Google_Gourmet - you will enjoy Singapore. But please do consider Penang - it’s where we Singaporeans actually go to eat!!
I’ve always ended up with jobs which involved travelling since back in 1991 when I started off with Singapore Airlines. I was in Beijing once on a 7-week assignment, cooped up in my hotel room on most nights as it was winter and feeling pretty isolated - this was back in the 90s when Beijing’s streets were full of bicycles and everyone wore black or dark-blue Mao suits and caps - not the Beijing of today with its hip, trendy cafes and restaurants. There was no Internet, and the invention of social media/food-blogging was a decade away still. What did I do - put on my walking boots in the evening and trudge around the city looking for interesting eats.
I went to Hong Kong a few months later and met a cousin. She told me, “I think it’s a great hobby - exploring a city for good eats. You need something, anything, which can keep you occupied when you have to travel so much.” Her words still resonate in my mind today.
From 2006 till 2011, I was a director in a shipping line and spent up to 40% of my time in the US, mainly based in Oakland. That’s when I got into CH, which has now led to HO.
My objective these days is, to paraphrase Jim Leff, look for something “new” - known to the locals but which has not been discovered by the food guides or masses of camera-toting food Instagram crowd. It’s getting harder these days as the world gets smaller. But the advantage of business travel is that you have local colleagues whom you can rely on for insights and dining tips.
Have a great 2017 - to more good travels and more good eats 
