Toa Payoh Hong Kong Hong Kong Style Kitchen (港式小炒): Cheap and Good Zi Char Cheap and reasonably good zi char food. You can’t really complain when the steamed grouper costs only $15 and the fish handpicked by the chef
Alexandra Village HC Heritage Hawkers Lina’s Confectionery: Good olde Nonya Kueh! The first thing that strikes you about the lapis is how many layers there are. Then as you peel the layers, just how stretchy they
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Kuehs/Dumplings Kim’s Kuehs: The End of Teochew Kuehs? I really hate to be a naysayer, I really do. But just as I said that it is “The End of Char Kway Teow”, traditional
THE MUST TRY LIST Restaurants Hana-hana: Cheap and Good Omakase The food at Hana-hana is very good value. I am not saying you will get top class Japanese food, but for a Japanese omakase meal,
Seafood White Beehoon Fish Head Curry Hong Yun Seafood: Seafood White Bee Hoon Dry! This version of white beehoon is quite different from the wet version we are all familiar with in a similar way that wet hokkien mee
Michelin Star Restaurants Michelin Guide Singapore CUT by Wolfgang Puck: Highland Beef — Finally! About four years ago, I picked up a book from the library that was simply titled “Steak”. There are very few single words that have
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Roast Chicken Sinn Ji Chicken Rice: Young, Innovative Next Generation Hawkers There has been much debate about how to preserve our hawker culture. One idea was to set up hawker “schools” where courses are offered on
Classic Recipes Pork Recipes Leslie’s Char Siu Recipe: Finally perfected it after 9 years! After 9 years of research, trials and failures, I have finally succeeded in making charsiu at home. This is, by far, the most frustrating and
Salted Duck Toa Payoh Benson Salted Duck Rice: The old, made new Yes, I know what you are thinking. White duck like this nice meh? Honestly, I still prefer braised duck. But I went with a group
Heritage Hawkers Tanglin Halt Mkt Soon Heng Hot and Cold Desserts: Hawkers we grow up with I get a lot of different reactions whenever I pull out my DSLR camera. Some hawkers ask why I am taking photos. Others continue to
Butchery Wagyu Japanese Butchery @Cold Storage Takashimaya! I remember the very first time I had a slice of Japanese wagyu. It was one of those gastronomic moments that probed deep into the
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Alexandra Village HC Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood: Rising Star I remember my first encounter with the BBQ Stingray. It was in a little coffee-shop in Teban Gardens in 1987. Before that, I don’t think
