THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Restaurants Shangri-la Lobby Lounge: Ultimate Hawker Showcase! From Hokkien mee to Hainan chicken rice; murtabak to mee siam; you won’t find a Singaporean who doesn’t reminisce about our local hawker food. When
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs Oyster Omelette Simon Road Oyster Omelette: Back at the same spot! Today we pay tribute to the late Mr Lim Seng Hong who passed away during Chinese New Year this year. I first met him in
Yuhua Village FC BBQ Seafood 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
Double Boil Soup Ang Mo Kio 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
Alexandra Village HC Kuehs/Dumplings 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
Tanglin Halt Mkt Hawker Desserts 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
Michelin Guide Singapore Braised Duck Liang Zhao Ji Braised Duck: Cantonese style duck Liang Zhao Ji has been around since the 1960’s and started off as a roadside stall outside of the Hoover theatre in Balestier. The stall
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Best of the Best The Original Katong Laksa: It really is the Original! We are living in the days of fake news, fake food, fake brands and fake accolades. I don’t know about you, but it really irks
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Prawn Mee Wah Kee Prawn Mee: The Next Generation I have been a fan of Wah Kee since the earliest days of the blog. In those days, I was quite crazy and would identify
THE MUST TRY LIST Zi Char Joo Heng Restaurant: Cantonese Style Comfort Food Joo Heng has been famous for the longest time and it was one of the first zi chars which blogged about in 2006 when I
THE MUST TRY LIST South Bridge Rd Legendary Bak Kut Teh: The future is bright for BKT! In recent years there has been a spate of new Bak Kut Teh restaurants opening up. We can probably attribute this trend to the success
THE MUST TRY LIST Teochew Porridge 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”
