Toa Payoh Blk 127 Best of the Best Chey Sua Carrot Cake: White only no Black! Of late, I have started re-visiting some of the hawker stalls which I have written about years ago. When I first wrote about Chey Sua
THE MUST TRY LIST Bukit Timah 73@Hillcrest: Modern Hainanese Coffee House with Ramen, Mee Sua and McMuffins! This stall is closed. Remember the old school Hainanese Coffee House? It’s a place where you can get western food, Hainanese pork chops, hor fun
Fish Head Curry Zi Char - Crabs Famous Treasure: Modern Nanyang Chinese Cuisine Picture this scenario: You have some important guests in town and you want to bring them somewhere to taste some local Chinese cuisine. Your first
THE MUST TRY LIST Heritage Hawkers Ah Ter Teochew Fishball Noodle Bar: Forerunners of Hawker Cuisine! Our hawker cuisine has been undergoing a period of maturity in the last decade or so. In the 70’s and 80’s we witnessed the progression
Shen Jian Bao Xiao Long Bao Dingtele: Shanghai Sheng Jian Bao and other dim sum! There are a couple of dumplings which are very good at Dingtele. I Their shen jian bao were very good, though I would have liked
Hawker Centre Hawker Food Big Prawn Noodles: Shiokness in the Boondocks! Our featured hawker today is Dickson Fong, an ex- Tunglok chef who decided to sell prawn mee after spending a few years doing business in
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Michelin Guide Singapore Nam Sing Hokkien Mee: The History and Origins of Hokkien Mee! Congrats to Nam Sing Hokkien Mee for being awarded the Bib Gourmand in 2023! Hawker heritage now part of UNESCO In this year’s National Day
THE MUST TRY LIST Food Courts Baba Bento: Authentic Peranakan Bento Boxes! My friends at Daddy’s Kitchen are now serving their delicious peranakan dishes at the basement of Hong Leong Building right next to Lau Pa Sat!
Alexandra Village HC Hawker Centre Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao: Heartland Xiao Long Bao! Xiao long bao can rightly be considered next generation hawker food. By that, I don’t mean that it is made by next generation millennials, but
THE MUST TRY LIST Heritage Hawkers Kim Heng Roasted Meats: Charcoal Roasted Charsiu My quest for the ultimate charsiu rice has brought me to Kim Heng Roasted in Serangoon. Foodies living around the area would be familiar about
Michelin Guide Singapore Michelin Bib Gourmand Chuan Kee Braised Duck: Bib Gourmand Braised duck The title of Bib Gourmand braised duck has changed hands from Liang Zhao Ji who held it from 2016 to 2017, to a relative newcomer
Zi Char - Fish Head Bee Hoon Zi Char - Prawn Rolls Quan Ji Zi Char: Old School Comfort Food! Wong po lou meen, (lit yellow cloth, blanched noodles) is one those old school dishes that is so old that I don’t remember eating it
