Heritage Hawkers Yuhua Village FC Jiao Cai BBQ Seafood: Origins of BBQ Stingray My quest for the origins of Singapore hawker dishes has brought me to this BBQ seafood stall at Yuhua Village Food Centre where I met
THE MUST TRY LIST Farrer Bakery Brera: The Evolution of HDB Bakeries I still remember the bad old days in the 70’s when there was only one type of bread. Those were the days before Gardenia introduced
THE MUST TRY LIST Song Fish Head Eat First! 食之為鮮 A Tale of Two Brothers Once upon a time, there was a man who ran a very successful restaurant serving traditional Cantonese style food. This man, Mr Chai Kok Hoong,
Bak Chor Mee Mee Pok Yong He Bak Chor Seafood Noodles: Surf and Turf Bak chor mee has always been an understated Singaporean dish. At least it was until last year when Hillstreet Tai Hwa Minced Pork noodle become
Heritage Hawkers Double Boil Soup Si Yang Steam Soup: The Trials of the Hawker Life The couple behind Si Yang Steam Soup have been diligently serving their steam soup since 1982 and had built quite a good business at Ang
Serangoon Zi Char Uncle Lee’s Eating House: Yummy sand skin chicken I think the challenge for anyone entering the zi char business is to be able to come up with one or two signature dishes with
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
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
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
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
