What's New at the Old Market?

I guess the only thing that's worth going to Lau Pa Sat Festival Market (18 Raffles Quay;http://www.laupasat.biz/)

for is the satay served on the street. Over 120 stalls, with loads of different global cuisines to pick from under your nose, the stall lights and menus can be quite deceiving to the untrained eye. Especially at the seafood ones which don't really put up prices, and freshness of crustaceans and fish are questionable sometimes. Everything else is so-so...the char kway teow we ordered last night were tasteless and lacked colour, the local desserts such as ice kachang were sub-standard - served more like a fat ball than a tall peak of colourful sugar syrup and sweet corn. The only saving grace were probably Rojak Ministry, yum cha and the kooky young coconuts. I walked around inside in circles, and noticed that there was a mini concert playing Jewel's '90's hit, You Were Meant For Me, going on right in the centre of the 150-year-old national monument. Yawn-worthy.