Most kitchens in Singapore do not have air conditioning.
There are very few ‘open plan’ type kitchens here, meaning the kitchen is usually in a separate room, and without air con they get HOT!
Our Big Expat Adventure
Most kitchens in Singapore do not have air conditioning.
There are very few ‘open plan’ type kitchens here, meaning the kitchen is usually in a separate room, and without air con they get HOT!
Our Big Expat Adventure 
That is not what you or I would like that’s for sure.
Even in ‘western-type’ housing, or is that a misnomer?
“Can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen’ would apply regularly IMHO.
In Egypt it was the same. You are supposed to hire a maid who toils in the kitchen for you. Unfortunately *I* was the maid!
I really miss our central air in the US. Where everything from the bathroom to the kitchen to the bedroom had air con…as opposed to the room units.
We have a helper but I love to cook, so it’s usually me sweating to death in there…I keep the door open all the time, which helps, but not nearly enough.