THE MUST TRY LIST Social Enterprise Soul Food Enterprises: Purposeful Private Dining When my friend first invited me for lunch at Soul Food, I really wasn’t expecting much. The usual reason for visiting such social enterprises are
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Hainanese Village FC Seng Hock: The Butterfly Fritter: You Char Kway’s lesser known sibling! I’ve been re-awakened to the simple pleasures of the butterfly fritter (beh hei ji) lately. I have always enjoyed them, but they have never really
Hawker Centre Roast Chicken Choon Kiat Hainanese Chicken Rice: Boondock Gems I have said it before, I will say it again: There are a lot of undiscovered hawker gems hidden in our industrial estates!
Restaurants Joo Chiat East Treasure Specialty Prawn Noodles: By Astons It might be “The End of Char Kway Teow” but other dishes like prawn mee are enjoying a culinary rennaisance! While a lot of hawker
Chinese (Non-Hawker) THE MUST TRY LIST Xinghua Delights: Authentic Putian food in Sembawang! Xinghua Delights: Authentic Putian food in Sembawang! – ieatishootipost When I first wrote about Putien restaurant in 2006, there were but four restaurants in Singapore
THE MUST TRY LIST Heritage Hawkers Hill Street Char Kway Teow: Hawker Legend! Did you know that there are not one, but two famous Hill Street char kway teow stalls? The more well known one is located at
Pandan Chiffon Cake Cakes/Pastries Pure Pandan: Specialty Chiffon Cakes! In 2010, I published my pandan chiffon cake recipe after months of trials and failures. It’s satisfying to know that the effort didn’t go to
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Toa Payoh Lor 7 FC Hokkien Man, Hokkien Mee: Fine Dining Chef turned Hawker Hokkien Man, Hokkien Mee: Fine Dining Chef turned Hawker – ieatishootipost Xavier Neo created quite a stir on social media when he left his job
THE MUST TRY LIST Golden Mile FC Choon Kee Roasted Delights: Undiscovered Roast Master Choon Kee Roasted Delights: Undiscovered Roast Master – ieat Food blogs started to really take off in the early 2000’s. In 1999, there were but
Chinese (Non-Hawker) White Pepper Crabs No Signboard Seafood: Bold, New Menu It is good to see heritage brands like No Signboard Seafood moving with the times and boldly venturing into uncharted waters. Just months after opening
THE MUST TRY LIST Restaurants Kin: Straits Clan, Damian D’Silva’s Straits Cuisine I first met Damian D’Silva in 2008 when he was serving steaks and chops out of a coffeeshop in Bedok! Back then, he was a
THE MUST TRY LIST Little India Bama’s Kitchen: Grandma’s cooking Duck Briyani! I am sure everyone has significant milestones in our own gastronomic journey. One of mine was my “baptism of fire” into Indian cuisine at the
