Golden Mile Special Yong Tau Foo: I finally realise what makes them so special!
Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Bak Chor Mee: The Liver that Delivers!
Katsuya: Best Tonkatsu in Singapore, so far.
Filo Bistro: Modern Singapore Cafe Bistro
Il Clay: Supper Club Pizzeria at Clarke Quay
Heritage Hawkers
Golden Mile Special Yong Tau Foo: I finally realise what makes them so special!
THE MUST TRY LIST
Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Bak Chor Mee: The Liver that Delivers!
Tonkatsu
Katsuya: Best Tonkatsu in Singapore, so far.
Modern Singaporean
Filo Bistro: Modern Singapore Cafe Bistro
Pizza
Il Clay: Supper Club Pizzeria at Clarke Quay
Golden Mile Special Yong Tau Foo: I finally realise what makes them so special!
Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Bak Chor Mee: The Liver that Delivers!
Katsuya: Best Tonkatsu in Singapore, so far.
Authentic Hainanese Pork Satay Recipe: Finally!
This is yet another recipe which took me years to perfect. Sure, there are many Satay recipes online and in recipe books but none of ...
Twenty Hearty Recipes to cook for such a time as this
I thought it would be good to pull together a selection of hearty recipes that will fill our stomachs and bring us comfort for such ...
Leslie’s Best Pineapple Tart Recipe
Pineapple tarts are one of my all time favourite Chinese New Year snacks. I find them irresistible, especially when paired with Bak Kwa and a ...
Elevate your Mapo Tofu Recipe: with RedMart
Mapo tofu is one of those dishes that make a regular appearance at our dinner table. It is cheap and easy to cook and it ...
Cantonese Steam Codfish Recipe II: Kikkoman Special Fragrance Soy Sauce
Cantonese Steam Codfish is one of those simple recipes that anyone can do at home which will produce a dish that would rival any restaurant. ...
Leslie and Lisa visit Seng Choon Egg Farm – A RedMart Supplier Story
EGGS! They are one of the most versatile, delicious, and nutritious cooking ingredients which we all take for granted. You probably won’t give it a ...
Dong Po Rou Recipe: Oven braised technique
There is nothing quite as seductive and unctuous as a shiny slab of Dong Po Rou. The recipe is actually quite easy as it only ...
18 Chinese New Year Recipes to usher in the New Year!
With Chinese New Year just around the corner, you might be planning what to cook. Here is a compilation of some of the best recipes ...
Sweet and Sour Pork III: RedMart Recipe
When I wrote my 2nd sweet and sour pork recipe in 2015, I thought that was my final recipe. I couldn’t think of what else ...
Sukiyaki Potatoes and Pork Recipe: With Kikkoman Sukiyaki Sauce
Potatoes and pork is one of those dishes that regularly appear on the dinner tables of most Chinese families. If you grew up eating "three ...
Wok Hei Prawn Egg Fried Rice Recipe: US Calrose Rice
Good Fried Rice needs Wok Hei! There are two keys aspects of good egg fried rice. Firstly, the rice has to be plump, toothy and ...
Kikkoman BBQ Soy Sauce Prawns Recipe
It’s the festive season and I am sure some of you will be doing a BBQ with family and friends! I would like to share ...
Kombu Harvesting in Minami Kayabe, Hokkaido
I have long been intrigued by kombu. Like any other ingredient, the quality of kombu depends on terroir. 90% of the Kombu produced in Japan ...
Best Eats Around Hakodate, Hokkaido Part 2
One of the best things to do in Hakodate is to drive out to the beautiful Onuma Quasi National Park (Onuma Koen) where you can ...
Best Eats in Hakodate, Hokkaido Part I
For lovers of Japanese food, Hokkaido is indeed the promised land, flowing with milk and uni! Ask your sushi chef where the best uni, hotate ...
Singapore Foodie T Shirt: Why U Bo Jio?
Introducing the latest Singaporean Foodie T Shirt! What do you say when you see your friends posting delicious food that you did not get to ...
Durian Mobilization 2015!
Durian season is upon us again! This year, there is a bumper crop, so we are really going to have a FEAST! I have been ...
Batam Orphanage Update and Makan Session
It is so wonderful to see that the new orphanage building coming along so nicely! When we first visited the kids in Batam last year, ...
Chasing the Jamon Iberico Bellota!
I got my first taste of the Jamon Iberico de Bellota back in April 2011 at the now defunct Santi restuarant. At that time, the AVA ...
Top Ten Dishes of Malaysian Food Street @Resorts World Sentosa
Singaporeans love to travel to Malaysia to eat. The reason is very simple. Aside from the fact that it is usually cheaper to eat there, ...
8 Days Eat TV Series: Complete Series!
Here are all 8 episodes of the 8 Days Eat TV Series which I filmed with the lovely Belinda Lee. I wanted to bring ...
Best Eats in Valencia
Mention Valencia and one will immediately think of paella which is what the city is famous for. It is also known for the iconic City ...
Best Traditional Eats in Old Madrid
One of the best things about my trip to Madrid was its sense of history. Spanish people like things the way they are, so there ...
MasterChef Asia: Do You have What it Takes to Be the First Ever MasterChef Asia?
I am so excited that the world’s most loved cooking competition will be held in Singapore for the very first time and it’s going to ...
Song Fa Signatures: Own People Food!
When it comes to Bak Kut Teh, Song Fa has undoubtedly been one of the most successful in terms of expansion. I first met Yeo ...
Treasure Toast: Homemade Kaya, Crispy Toast!
Make Kaya Toast Great Again! I have made it my mission to “Make Kaya Toast Great Again!” Now, with so many kaya toasts around, you ...
Yang’s Epok Epok: Still Fried Fresh at New Toa Payoh Stall
I first posted about Yang’s Epok Epok in 2016 when they were still a solitary stall at the Bedok Corner Hawker Centre. It is good ...
Ah Jie Hokkien Mee: Gen Z Hawker Heroes!
New Stall, Long Queues! There is a new stall in Ang Mo Kio that has barely been opened for a month but is already attracting ...
Restaurant Peramakan: Back to the good old days!
My favourite Peranakan Restaurant since 2006 until…… I’ve been a fan of Bibik Kathryn ever since I first wrote about Peramakan back in 2006, when ...
Public Izakaya: Authentic Japanese Casual Dining
The Public Izakaya is 12 years old this year and they have recently undergone extensive renovations after taking over yet another unit at the 100am ...
Dian Xiao Er: Herbal Roast Duck and Zi Char Dishes!
The place for Herbal Roast Duck For years, Dian Xiao Er was a restaurant we often passed by but never considered stepping into—until two years ...
Jian Zao Ipoh Curry Mee: Hits the Spot!
The coffee shop opposite the Malaysia Dairy Industries along Macpherson Road has recently been renovated, and the new stalls are causing quite a buzz amongst ...
Margaret Drive Sin Kee Chicken Rice: Heritage brand!
A Legacy Brand from the Old Margaret Drive Hawker Centre It used to be that when you mentioned Chicken Rice, the name “Swee Kee” would ...
Good Eats: Perth 2
It’s been two years since our last visit to Perth, where we first visited our son when he embarked on his university education there right ...
Today Kampung Chicken Rice: Hotel Quality Chicken Rice in a Coffeeshop
Chicken rice is undeniably Singapore’s national dish. It’s available everywhere and appeals to people of all ages, from toddlers to great-grandparents. The quality of chicken ...
Chao Niu: Chinese Beef Speciality Restaurant now in the West Coast!
New Branch at the West Coast! Chao Niu is a restaurant we’ve been visiting regularly since we featured them in 2020 when they first opened ...
Singapore Fish Files: Pomfrets and Pompanos
These four fishes are grouped together because they are all known as "Chior" 鲳 by the Teochews/Hokkiens, although scientifically, they belong to different families. They ...
CUT: Red Poll 42 Day Dry Aged Grass Fed Beef!
There has been quite a bit of discussion about grass-fed vs grain-fed beef in recent years. You hear chefs and food show hosts touting its ...
818 Durians: Black Gold!
Fans of bitter sweet durians would be starstruck by the dark greyish green seams of the “Black Gold” durian. This is the stuff durian ...
Kanda Wadatsumi: Sea Squirts, Bering Sea Cockles and Coho Salmon
Sea Squirt, Ascidian, Sea Pineapple Halocynthia roretzi Japanese: Hoya This post is for the hardcore gastrogeeks. What is a gastrogeek, I hear you ask? Well, over ...
The Durian Tree: Honesty is the Best Durian Policy
I started writing about durians back in 2008. At the time, I was motivated by the quest for durian knowledge precipitated by the emergence of ...
Singapore Fish Files: Spanish Mackeral, Spotted King Mackeral and Korean Seerfish
Spanish Mackeral, Narrow-Barred Mackeral Scomberomorus commerson Teochew/Hokkien: Batang, , Mandarin 马鲛鱼 (ma jiao yu) Mal Tengiri Batang Links: Fishbase, Identification key The Spanish Mackeral, locally known ...
ieat Cooking Show Ep 4: Orh Nee!
Here is the recipe you have all been waiting for! Mr Koh of Fragrant Garden Teochew Restaurant shows us how to make a traditional Teochew ...
Singapore Fish Files: Ikan Kurau, Threadfin, Ngoh Her
Indian threadfin Leptomelanosoma indicum, Hokkien: Ngor Her, Orh Ngor, Malay: Ikan Kurau The indian threadfin is a highly prized fish in Singapore with prices ranging ...
ieat cooking Show Episode 3: Pork Omelette Vermicilli Soup
Today's recipe is a quick and delicious soup made with minced pork omelette.
Chasing the Jamon Iberico Bellota!
I got my first taste of the Jamon Iberico de Bellota back in April 2011 at the now defunct Santi restuarant. At that time, the AVA ...
ieat’s cooking show: Ep 2 Salted Fish Steamed Pork Recipe
In this video, we learn from Mr Koh of Fragrant Garden Teochew Restaurant how to make a very simple, yet delicious salted fish steamed pork ...
Ieat’s cooking show: Ep 1 Teochew Steam Pomfret
Steamed pomfret is a classic Teochew dish and Mr Koh of Fragrant Garden Teochew restaurant shows us how he cooks it at the restuarant! This ...
