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Foraging Edible Wild Fruits & Flowers @ Dempsey Hill. Fun Way to Clock 10,000...
When I was a boy in 1970s Singapore, one of my favourite pastimes was to follow uncle Teo around Singapore spotting wild flowers. Today, I relived my childhood following chef Isaac Henry spotting wild...
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Chinese Ocean Curry Fish Head @ Toa Payoh Lor 4
Nice Chinese style curry fish head with sweetish, slightly tangy curry and mild heat. Served bubbly hot in a claypot with ocean fresh Ang Ko Li 紅戈里 (gold band sea bream) and loads of...
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Best Kolo Mee in Singapore. Not Only I Say. Even Sarawak People Also 😝
Many people who have been to Kuching, Miri or Sibu would come home with a craving for kolo mee, what more Sarawakians away from home, like those living in Singapore. Where is the best kolo mee in...
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Singapore Foraging Diary. Edible Wild in our Concrete Jungle
It is fun spotting edible wild leaves, flowers and fruits in Singapore's concrete jungle. In this foraging dairy, I document the edible wilds that I stumble upon in public places, living in...
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History of Teochew Cuisine & Hawker Culture in Singapore
Teochew make up just 20% of Chinese population in Singapore but Teochew cuisine have a prominence in Singapore's food culture well beyond their numbers. Teochew dishes like char kway teow, bak chor...
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Makansutra Gluttons Bay Buffet. All You Can Eat A La Carte Zi Char for $19...
Makansutra Gluttons Bay has a simple plan to make happy gluttons of everyone on Wednesdays at the famous bay side Singapore street food haven. For $19 per person, we can have unlimited servings of a...
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Best Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice @ Golden Mile Hawker Centre Actually
Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice is the most popular chicken rice stall in Golden Mile Food Centre. It tastes good and is one of the cheapest chicken rice in Singapore, starting at $2.50 a serving.Got...
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Hainan vs YouFu. Tale of 2 Famous Hokkien Mee @ Golden Mile Food Centre
There are two popular Hokkien mee stalls now in Golden Mile Food Centre - Hainan Hokkien Prawn Mee which have been around for some 30 years and YouFu Hokkien Prawn Mee which started less than 6 months...
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Puri-Puri SG Beyond Japanese Rice Bowls @ 161 Lavender. Menu & Review
Jimmy suggested Puri-Puri at 161 Lavender Street for our meet up.When I stepped into Puri-Puri, I was struck by the beauty of the interior design. It's quaint, quirky, don't know what theme this is but...
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Jade Palace @ Forum The Shopping Mall. Hong Kong Cuisine in the Heart of...
You know, when we want to find a nice restaurant nowadays, we instinctively reach for our phones (how did relying on a digital sidekick become a human instinct so quickly?). I've often heard it said...
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Roast Suckling Pig from Yan Chuan Roaster Centre @ Ubi Ave 2
We had the famous cheap and good roast piglet from Yan Chuan Roaster @ 3020 Ubi Ave 2. I enjoyed it. The roast piglet comes a beautiful deep golden reddish brown. The skin looked like it was going to...
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Little Bangladesh Food Trail @ Desker Road Singapore
Today, we had a most interesting day in Singapore's unofficial "Little Bangladesh" with Jason and Alexandra (known to her friends as Alex).Jason and Alex developed a deep interest and close friendships...
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Samsui Chicken @ Keng Eng Kee Seafood. Legacy of Singapore's Samsui Women
Samsui chicken is a seldom seen variant of the ubiquitous chicken rice in Singapore. Only the Soup Restaurant chain has Samsui chicken on its regular menu, while Keng Eng Kee Seafood at Bukit Merah...
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Singapore Treaty 1819. Nine Days that Changed the Fate of Singapore
In 1819, Raffles signed the Singapore Treaty with Sultan Hussein and Temenggong Abdul Rahman of the Johor Sultanate which changed the fate of Singapore forever. In 1818, Stamford Raffles was appointed...
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Honolulu Cafe Egg Tart & Milk Tea @ Centrepoint Orchard Road
After a heavy lunch and some shopping, we went to Honolulu Cafe at Centrepoint for the obligatory pit stop. I can never resist a good Hong Kong milk tea and egg tart, but this was my first time at...
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Rare Singapore Hawker Dish #1. Lo Kai Yik 南乳卤鸡翼
Nam Yue Lo Kai Yik which means "Blue Bean Curd Stewed Chicken Wing" in Cantonese is sold at only 2, yes T. W. O., 2 ✌ hawker stalls in Singapore. Most locals go to Charlie's Peranakan Food stall at the...
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Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah @ Fort Canning Park
Keramat Iskandar Shah at Fort Canning Park is a shrine dedicated to Sultan Iskandar Shah who was the last king of Singapura and the first Sultan of the Malacca Sultanate.The structure we see today...
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Famous Eunos BCM Bak Chor Mee. 100 Years of Soup Minced Pork Noodles in...
Today, I stuffed myself with delicious Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee and listened in rapture about minced pork noodle's one hundred year history in Singapore. (I got more research to do, but here's the...
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What is the Difference between Singapore & Johor Teochew Bak Kut Teh?
Clear peppery, Teochew bak kut teh is synonymous with Singapore bak kut teh. Across the Causeway in "Little Swatow" or Johor Bahru, Teochew bak kut teh soup is brownish savoury herbal. Looking at the...
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Say Seng Famous Tau Kwa Pau. Rare Singapore Hawker Dish #2 生成豆干包
Today, Sylvia my avid foodie friend showed me her long time favourite Say Seng Famous Tau Kwa Pau. It is a vanishing Singapore hawker dish and it would be a pity if it disappears as it is so...
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