The Lazy Dumpling Walking Tours

Walk the streets of Chinatown through a women's history lens, and uncover the stories of the migrants, workers, caregivers, educators, and trailblazers who helped build early Singapore.

Beginning with Mazu, the sea goddess who watched over those making the dangerous journey south, we'll move through temples, old streets, hidden corners, and community spaces to explore how women found protection, purpose, work, friendship, and independence.

You'll come away with an understanding of the community and the stories of the Samsui women, majies, educators, business owners, opera singers and caregivers whose lives shaped early Singapore — a warm, story-rich walk for curious travellers, locals, and anyone who wants to see Chinatown through the women who helped build it.

We start at Thian Hock Keng Temple, 158 Telok Ayer Street.

I'm Bridgit and I am the founder of The Lazy Dumpling. I am passionate about history and after embarking on my tour guide licence last year, I realised much of our Singapore story is told through the men who founded it. I want to bring some balance to this and give space to the women who have come before me and created their lives, built their careers and raised their families in Singapore — just like me.

I started in Chinatown because it was the first neighbourhood I lived in when I moved to Singapore twenty years ago, and as I learn and discover more, I hope to curate tours for other neighbourhoods and their heroines.

I'm excited to be rediscovering my love of history through The Lazy Dumpling and my family is happy that I can spare them the torture of my latest discovery by sharing it with you instead. Come join me, and celebrate the women who made the Singapore I call home.