THE MUST TRY LIST Heritage Hawkers Ye Shang Hai Teochew Porridge: Taxi Driver’s Haunt This Teochew Ah Hia is your typical “hao lian bah“. The saying goes that Teochews are “hao lian” (like to brag), Hokkiens are “dua bian”
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs THE MUST TRY LIST Ah Li Japanese Fusion Mee Pok! After the meepok is tossed in the sauce, it is topped with a generous amount of sliced pork, pork balls and minced pork. Then tender
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Old Airport Road FC Roast Paradise: Turning over a new charsiew It is good to see our two young hawkerpreneurs, Kai and Randall doing so well at Roast Paradise one year on. When I initially posted
THE MUST TRY LIST Heritage Hawkers Hougang Fried Oyster: Big Oysters yeah! This is one of the few stalls I know who still insists on using pork lard to fry the oyster omelette. Their typical plate of
Michelin Star Restaurants Resorts World Sentosa Curate: Esben Holmboe Bang Signature Menu Curate is Asia’s first Michelin Chef showcase restaurant. Every quarter, it hosts a culinary pop-up event called “Art of Curate” where showcase the signature dishes
Seafood White Beehoon Ang Mo Kio Seafood White Beehoon: Beginning of a new trend Years from now, when you sit down with your kids (would be grandkids for me) for a plate of seafood white beehoon and they ask
THE MUST TRY LIST Ban Jian Kueh Pantree: Ban Jian Kueh 2.0 There are some things in life that are so simple and yet so good. Things like ban jian kueh (慢煎粿 – lit slow fried cake)
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Chinatown FC Ha Ha Bin Hokkien Mee: Makings of a Master You know those heartwarming videos that MOE puts outs to get more people to enter the teaching profession? Yeah, the ones that show a super
Sukiyaki/Shabu Shabu THE MUST TRY LIST Dashi Master Marusaya: Okinawa Agu Pork Shabu Shabu! Dashi Master Marusaya is one of my favourite Japanese restaurants in Singapore. It’s one of the few places I know which uses only natural ingredients
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs THE MUST TRY LIST KEK Zi Char Burgers: Introducing the Sotong BLurger! Behold the “Sotong BLurger! — Eat oredi sure blur like sotong!” The Sotong BLurger is basically deep fried calamari rings bathed in a creamy salted
Hawker Western Food THE MUST TRY LIST Ye Lai Xiang Tasty Barbeque: Classic Hainanese Western Food! You can find all sorts of authentic Italian, French and American cuisine in Singapore nowadays but back in the 70’s when I was growing up,
Cuttlefish Kangkong Changi Village HC Ho Guan Satay Bee Hoon: Pioneer Generation Hawkers! Satay Beehoon and cuttlefish kangkong belong to that category of hawker food which may be best described as “niche”. Some hawker dishes like chicken rice,
