Penang Char Kway Teow THE MUST TRY LIST Penang Place: Buffet with Character I generally eschew buffets. I find most of them to be pretty generic and nowadays I usually only have them when it is part of
Tea Smoked Chicken THE MUST TRY LIST Eastern House of Seafood Delicacy: Lobster Hokkien Mee! I first wrote about Eastern House of Seafood Delicacy in 2014 and since then we have been back there for our family meals quite a
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Pandan Chiffon Cake Katong Sin Chew Confectionery: Old School Curry Buns!! My friend, Cactuskit, has been wanting to introduce me to this old school bakery for the longest time! I don’t know why it took me
Zi Char - Fish Head Bee Hoon Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Boon Keng Fish Head Bee Hoon: Fishmongers know fish But, as you know, just because a fish is fresh doesn’t necessarily mean that it is the best. Where the fish comes from also plays
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Heritage Hawkers Da Sheng Bak Chor Mee: The Key to Better Hawker Food! Bai Yong Sheng, 36, has been helping out at his dad’s bak chor mee stall since he was 15 years old. His father had, in
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Hainanese Curry Rice Beo Crescent Hainanese Curry Rice: Shiokness to the Max! There are some eateries that are so shiok that you just have to write about them again. My last story was written in 2008, but
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Michelin Bib Gourmand Da Shi Jia Big Prawn Noodle: The evolution of Singapore food Singapore cuisine is undergoing puberty. In the last decade of so, it has quickly evolved from simple, austere hawker food to the stand alone restaurants
Sushi/Sashimi Restaurants Matsuya Dining: Omakase! Just feed me! I don’t know about you, but I find it more comfortable being served by a local sushi chef because of the language barrier I experience
Restaurants Western Firebake: Primitive Wood Fired Breads As the name suggests, Firebake is all about food that is cooked with fire. But not just any puny little gas fire, we are talking
Opened 24 Hours Kampua Noodles Q Gen: Kampua 干拌面 noodles! You probably know about kolo mee from Sarawak but have you heard of “kampua” mee (干盘面)? Kampua noodles are specialty of Sibu and is essentially
Marina Bay Area Restaurants WAKANUI Grill Dining: Tokyo Style Steakhouse, New Zealand Beef When I first heard about the Wakanui being a Japanese steakhouse, I immediately assumed that “Wakanui” was a Japanese name. It turns out that it
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Shen Jian Bao Shanghai Renjia: Chemically Engineered Exploding Shen Jian Bao If you define “favourite restaurant” as the place that you eat at most often, then Shanghai Renjia would be our family’s favourite restaurant. My kids
