{"id":32837,"date":"2023-06-21T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/?page_id=32837"},"modified":"2023-06-22T06:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T06:30:55","slug":"katong-joo-chiat-08-06-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/gallery-photos\/singapour\/2023-january-to-june\/katong-joo-chiat-08-06-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Katong-Joo Chiat – 08-06-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joo Chiat area is a very small area delimited by Changi road at the north, East Coast road at the south, Ceylon road at the west and Still road at the east. It is named after a famous Chinese immigrant, Joo Chiat, who had his plantation here and gave a piece of land to the government in 1920s to build a road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le quartier de Joo Chiat est tr\u00e8s petit, d\u00e9limit\u00e9 par la route Changi au nord, la route East Coast au sud, la route Ceylan \u00e0 l’ouest et la route Still \u00e0 l’est. Il porte le nom d’un c\u00e9l\u00e8bre immigrant chinois, Joo Chiat, qui avait sa plantation ici et a donn\u00e9 un terrain au gouvernement dans les ann\u00e9es 1920 pour construire une route.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joo Chiat came to Singapore around 1880 when he was 20. He was very poor and worked hard and saved money. After a few years (or decades?), he was able to buy a bit of land that he cultivated and he became very rich and gave back to his community (schools, churches, temples, helping the poor, etc.). A bit like the Singaporean self-made man dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joo Chiat, alors ag\u00e9 d’\u00e0 peine 20 ans, a immigr\u00e9 \u00e0 Singapour vers 1880. Il \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s pauvre et travaillait dur et \u00e9conomisait tout son argent. Au bout de quelques ann\u00e9es (ou d\u00e9cennies ?), il a pu acheter un peu de terre et il est devenu tr\u00e8s riche et a distribu\u00e9 sa richesse \u00e0 sa communaut\u00e9 (\u00e9coles, \u00e9glises, temples, aide aux pauvres, etc.). Un peu comme le r\u00eave du self made man singapourien.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This area is also called Katong (although Katong is bigger on the map<\/a>). Katong is the Malay name for a big green-back turtle that used to come to the shore of Singapore to lay its eggs. Before the 20th century, the was swamps with small villages scattered around. With Singapore expanding at the beginning of the 20th century, farmers replaced swamps by plantations. The only way to reach the area was by boat from the centre of Singapore (i.e. Chinatown). Gradually the area was developed with the first road being built in the 1920s. But it was still quite remote from the “city”. It is said that wealthy men installed their mistresses there as they were far from their wives. There are still some very wealthy houses, witness of this custom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce quartier est aussi appel\u00e9 Katong (bien que Katong soit plus grand sur la carte<\/a>). Katong est le nom malais d’une grosse tortue \u00e0 dos vert qui venait sur le rivage de Singapour pour pondre ses \u0153ufs. Avant le 20\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, cette zone \u00e9tait mar\u00e9cageuse avec de petits villages dispers\u00e9s. Avec l’expansion de Singapour au d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle, les agriculteurs ont remplac\u00e9 les mar\u00e9cages par des plantations. Le seul moyen d’atteindre la r\u00e9gion \u00e9tait en bateau depuis le centre de Singapour (c’est-\u00e0-dire Chinatown). Peu \u00e0 peu, la zone s’est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e avec la construction de la premi\u00e8re route dans les ann\u00e9es 1920. Mais c’\u00e9tait quand m\u00eame assez \u00e9loign\u00e9 de la “ville”. On dit que les hommes riches y installaient leurs ma\u00eetresses car elles \u00e9taient loin de leurs \u00e9pouses. Il existe encore quelques maisons cossues, t\u00e9moins de cette coutume.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typical Peranakan tiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joo Chiat is still very influenced by the Peranakan culture. There are a lot of typical houses and shophouses that have been refurbished very nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le quartier de Joo Chiat est encore aujourd’hui tr\u00e8s influenc\u00e9 par la culture Peranakan. Il y a beaucoup de maisons typiques et de boutiques qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s bien r\u00e9nov\u00e9es.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kuan Im Kuan Ti Kong Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joo Chiat rd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But Joo Chiat is also the place to go for good food. There are a lot of good quality traditional restaurants, sweet shops and groceries. We tasted popiah, which is a big springroll made freshly in front of you. We went to Kway Guan Huat that has been here for generations to taste a genuine popiah. Delicious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais Joo Chiat est aussi l’endroit o\u00f9 aller pour bien manger. Il y a beaucoup de restaurants traditionnels de bonne qualit\u00e9, de confiseries et d’\u00e9piceries. Nous avons go\u00fbt\u00e9 au popiah, qui est un gros rouleau de printemps fra\u00eechement pr\u00e9par\u00e9 devant vous. Nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 Kway Guan Huat qui est l\u00e0 depuis des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations pour go\u00fbter un authentique popiah. D\u00e9licieux !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also had a taste of Singaporean sweets in this sweet shop. Yummy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nous avons \u00e9galement go\u00fbt\u00e9 aux douceurs singapouriennes dans cette confiserie. Surprenamment bon !<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You know I am fond of murals and I found two very colourful ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous savez que j’adore les peintures murales et j’en ai trouv\u00e9es deux tr\u00e8s color\u00e9es.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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