This has been the summer of Crazy Rich Asians. Everyone seems to be reading Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel in anticipation of the film adaptation, which is set to hit theaters on Aug. 15.
While the characters are fictional, most of the places they visit in the book are real. From popular Singapore attractions to gorgeous vacation spots, there are many destinations you can visit in person. (Sadly, the Wendy’s on Orchard Road where Astrid threw a Frosty in Charlie’s face appears to have closed, and your budget may be a limiting factor when it comes to many of the other spots.)
Without further ado, here are 35 real-life locations mentioned in Kwan’s book, including a few that will appear in the movie as well. Warning: Spoilers abound.
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In the book, Nick takes Rachel, Peik Lin, and Kerry to the SkyBar at Marina Bay Sands to drink Singapore Slings — gin-based cocktails. From the trailer, it's clear the iconic resort will feature in the movie as well.
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Peik Lin wants to take Rachel and Kerry to the Raffles Hotel, where the Singapore Sling was invented, but Nick deems it "too touristy."
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On Rachel's first night in Singapore, she goes to Lau Pa Sat for satay with Nick, Colin, and Araminta. Lau Pa Sat is one of Singapore's famous hawker centers, dining complexes filled with food stalls selling inexpensive delicacies.
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Colin and Araminta's wedding reception takes place in Singapore's Fort Canning Park, where Nick shows Rachel his old hideout in the gatehouse.
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After Rachel breaks up with Nick, he hides out at Colin's place in Sentosa Cove, a residential enclave on Sentosa Island.
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While traveling through Asia, Rachel sees Peranakan terrace houses (Ã la the ones pictured above on Joo Chiat Road in Singapore). The book also mentions that Astrid owns a row of historic Peranakan shop houses on Singapore's Emerald Hill.
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Colin and Araminta's wedding guests gather in a warehouse in the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore to board a ferry for the dinner reception on a private island.
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Astrid's husband, Michael, recalls playing soccer every week as a teenager at the Padang, an open field in Singapore's downtown historical center.
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Peik Lin shows Rachel Orchard Road and describes it as Singapore's "version of Fifth Avenue."
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Nick recalls taking long walks with his father around the MacRitchie Reservoir at dusk while growing up.
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At the end of the book, Nick suggests Rachel, Kerry and Peik Lin go to Chinatown's food market on Smith Street in Singapore, but Peik Lin complains it will be too crowded. Nick also recalls "hunting for kueh tutu" — a traditional delicacy — in Chinatown in his younger years.
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Astrid enjoys buying jewelry at the fictional Stephen Chia Jewels in the real-life Paragon shopping center on Orchard Road.
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Nick also takes Rachel to the Old Airport Road Food Centre in Singapore.
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Eleanor insists the best place to get rojak (a traditional fruit and vegetable salad dish) in Singapore is a stall on the top floor of Lucky Plaza, a shopping center on Orchard Road.
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When she arrives at Singapore's Changi Airport, Rachel says she feels like she's "at some upscale tropical resort."
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Before the group settles on Lau Pa Sat, Nick mentions liking the satay at Newton Food Centre, but Colin insists Newton is "only for expats and tourists." In the movie adaptation, however, it seems the group chooses Newton.
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Nick, Colin, Alistair, Mehmet, and Lionel escape the Macau bachelor party to relax in Australia's Northern Territory. They drink flat whites while gazing at Uluru, aka Ayers Rock, a massive sandstone monolith.
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Nick's father goes fishing in Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia.
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Colin and Araminta go to the Croatian island of Hvar for their honeymoon.
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Nick plans to propose to Rachel in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia.
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While driving to the Cameron Highlands, Nick and Rachel stop in the town of Malacca to see the "distinctive crimson-hued facade of Christ Church, built by the Dutch."
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After the disastrous encounter with his mother and grandmother in the Cameron Highlands, Nick books Rachel a room at The Lakehouse, a Tudor-style hotel in the "Valley of Eternal Spring."
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Astrid takes a speedboat through Repulse Bay in Hong Kong to meet Charlie on a three-masted Chinese junk.
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While sailing in Hong Kong, Charlie and Astrid pass Lantau Island and Charlie bows at the bronze "Big Buddha" statue.
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Eddie keeps a 64-foot yacht called Kaiser at Aberdeen Marina in Hong Kong.
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Kitty and Alistair run into Serena Oh at Lung King Heen, a three-Michelin-star restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.
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Astrid walks through the Landmark shopping mall in Hong Kong on her way to Charlie's office.
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Bernard books a penthouse suite at the sumptuous Wynn Macau for Colin's bachelor party on the south coast of China.
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Eleanor and her friends travel to the Chinese city of Shenzhen to shop and do some digging into Rachel's past.
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Astrid and Charlie stayed together at the Hotel George V (now the Four Seasons Hotel, George V) in Paris in 1995.
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Astrid remembers her time in Paris with Charlie, during which they had lunch at the luxury tea house Mariage Frères.
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During their time in Paris, Astrid and Charlie dined at Le Grand Véfour.
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Peik Lin used to take Rachel out to eat at the luxurious Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California, during their years at Stanford.
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Rachel and Nick walk through Washington Square Park on their first date in New York City.
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Nick invites Rachel to spend the summer in Asia over afternoon tea at Tea & Sympathy in the West Village in New York.
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