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Joo Chiat 60th Anniversary Carnival: Siglap Food Trail

Joo Chiat Constituency turns 60 this year and will be celebrating it’s birthday with a Carnival with rides, live entertainment, games and, of course, good food which I have helped to curate from around the Joo Chiat area! We did a food trail to visit some of the eateries in Siglap who will be participating […]

1 Ultimate Food Trails, 8 Siglap, Eat

Singapore Next Generation Durian Culture: 99 Old Trees, Durian Story, Spike Empire, Bao Jiak

We are in the middle of a durian revolution spearheaded by next generation durianpreneurs that are redefining the durian culture in Singapore! When I started writing about durians in 2012, most durian sellers were known by "Ah" something. So, we met durian uncles like Ah Loon, Ah Seng and Ah Kok. In the last few years however, we are seeing a new wave of durianpreneurs who go by modern English names!

1 THE MUST TRY LIST, 3 Next Gen Hawkers, Durians

ChaoShan Food Trail: Chaozhou and Shantou

Our trip to Chaoshan was inspired by the Netflix series, "Flavourful Origins". Although, I have always toyed with the idea of visiting my ancestral homeland for a while now, I needed that extra push to make it a reality. Well, the splendid documentary on Chaoshan food was that proverbial straw that broke the camel's back! So, we headed off to the land of the Teochews to look for olives, aged chai poh, beef hotpot, beef balls, marinated crab etc etc.

1 Travelogs, 8 Chaoshan, Eat

58 Minced Meat Noodles: Bak Chor Mee Soup!

The stall was started by Mr Sim’s grandfather who sold bak chor mee from a push cart along the streets of Chai Chee years ago when it was still a real kampung. Mr Sim himself has already been helming the stall for 32 years!

1 THE MUST TRY LIST, 3 Heritage Hawkers, 8 Bedok

Tanoshii: Korean inspired Japanese Fare

Once in a while, you come across a restaurant that can be described as eccentric, and even slightly self serving. It's the type of restaurant that owes its existence to an owner who decides to open his own place because he can't find the food he wants to eat anywhere else!

Eat, Japanese, Japanese - Kushikatsu

Good Eats and Hidden Gems: Sin Ming Industrial Estate Food Trail

We continue our exploration into our industrial heartlands to uncover good food and hidden gems! In today's trail, we will uncover a coffeeshop where toast is still done over charcoal and where you can see poh piah skin being made by hand. We will also showcase a stall making blue pea mee hoon kway and a cafe that serves a mean lu rou fan! So hit the play button and let's go!

1 Ultimate Food Trails, 8 Sin Ming, 8 Sin Ming Industrial Estate

Zui Yu Xuan: Authentic Teochew Porridge

After coming back, I find myself craving for Teochew muay more than before! But where can you find a good Teochew porridge nowadays? I mean a really good place where you get quality fish and authentic ingredients like the aged chai poh (pickled radish) and Puning fermented soya beans that was featured in the series?

Chinese Restaurants, Eat, Teochew

Henry’s Chicken Rice: Old School Flavours!

Most of the “roasted chicken” sold at our hawker centres are not actually roasted but deep fried or at least bathed in hot oil in order to produce that beautiful, bronzed skin color! I actually prefer roasted chicken to white chicken and if given a choice, I would choose it over white chicken anytime! […]

3 Heritage Hawkers, 9 Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre, Chicken Rice

Hong Kong Food Trail 2: More Good Eats!

Made a stopover in Hong Kong on route to Chaoshan recently, so here are some new eateries to supplement the more extensive Hong Kong Food Trail which I did last year!

1 Travelogs, 1 Ultimate Food Trails, 7 Hong Kong

Joo Chiat Prawn Mee: Resurrection!

Time flies! Nov 8, 2006 was when I first published my story about Joo Chiat Prawn Mee while they were still at 15 Crane Road. At the time I had just picked up a 2nd hand Canon 500D and was starting to develop my own style of street food photography. There were only a handful of food blogs then and no Instagram or Facebook and the only way of finding out where the best prawn mee are was to look at forums or ask your friends!

1 THE MUST TRY LIST, 3 Heritage Hawkers, 9 Ayer Rajah Food Centre

Famous Amoy Street Lor Mee: Lost and found!

I must admit that lor mee has always been on my B list of things to eat. It wasn’t a dish which my parents were particularly fond of, so I never got to eat much of it growing up. But lately I have been experiencing a lor mee renaissance. I re-discovered how delicious lor mee […]

1 THE MUST TRY LIST, 3 Heritage Hawkers, 9 Whampoa Food Centre

The Feather Blade: Good steaks, great sides

It takes a bit of guts to base your steakhouse on just one particular cut of meat, especially when there is only 5kg of it available per cow. (cf Striploin 13.8kg). But the Flat Iron Steak in the UK pioneered the concept which turn out to be a FLAT out success!

8 CBD, Eat, Steaks

Good Eats and Hidden Gems: Kampung Ubi Industrial Estate Food Trail

This is the 2nd in a series of food trails where we try to uncover good eats hidden in our industrial estates! These areas are often overlooked as places to go for food because we just assume that they cater only to the workers in the estate. But if you dare to go in and […]

8 Kampung Ubi, 8 Kampung Ubi Industrial Estate, Charsiu

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