Watch: PM Modi, Lee Hsien's dinner diplomacy includes chai, charcha and selfie in Singapore

Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday was a “happy guest” on his maiden visit to Singapore where he had a vegetarian dinner with his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and his wife at an Indian restaurant in Little India.

Modi, who has a penchant for clicking selfies with leaders on foreign tours, continued the trend on the first day of his maiden visit to Singapore by clicking a selfie with Lee and his wife Ho Ching at the Komala Vilas restaurant.

Besides Modi, the selfie was also posted by Lee on his Twitter account.

The Komala Vilas restaurant is located in Singapore’s Little India neighbourhood

The neighbourhood is a precinct of Indian-origin businesses, eateries and pubs where South Asians working in Singapore spend their day off - was the scene of the 8 December, 2013, riots, the city-state’s worst outbreak of violence in over 40 years.

Modi flew into Singapore from Malaysia. A tweet from the PMO India account described the two leaders as “the hospitable host and the happy guest”.  The meal was part of what Modi described as an “impromptu outing”.

Diwali lights & delicious Indian food. Thank you @leehsienloong. pic.twitter.com/EQe7cX3BnZ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 23, 2015

.@narendramodi It was a pleasure. - LHL

— leehsienloong (@leehsienloong) November 23, 2015

Besides Modi, the selfie was also posted by Lee on his Twitter account, saying: “Ho Ching & I took PM @NarendraModi to Little India. Took a #wefie after a delicious vegetarian meal.”

Earlier today, Modi delivered a 20-minute ‘37th Singapore Lecture - India’s Singapore Story’ - soon after his arrival during which Lee was also present.

With inputs from PTI