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Swee Choon Experience is More than Dim Sum @ Jalan Besar Singapore
Buddy Soo Nan jio-ed me for dim sum at Swee Choon at Jalan Besar.Restaurant name: Swee Choon Tim SumAddress: 183 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208882Nearest MRT: Jalan Besar stationTel: 6225 7788Hours: 7am -...
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East Treasure Woodlands Review 東寶
Went to East Treasure in Woodlands for a simple meal in a comfortable environment.Restaurant name: East Treasure Chinese Restaurant 東寶 Woods SquareAddress: 6 Woodlands Square, #01-07 Woods Square,...
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Modak · Favourite Sweets of Ganesha · History of Onde Onde, Klepon, Kangidan,...
Ganesha the elephant-headed god is one of the most recognisable deities in the Hindu pantheon. Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, god of wisdom and intelligence, and the god of fortune. Ganesha...
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Modak Fried or Steamed · Lord Ganesha's Favourite Sweet
The modak, either fried or steamed, is the favourite sweet of the Hindu deity, Lord Ganesha.Address, details, more photos »»
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History of Kangidan / Seijō-kankidan · 1,000 Year Old Japanese Sweet for Lord...
Japan's oldest sweet, the over 1,000 year old kangidan / seijō-kankidan 歓喜団 has a surprising but mostly forgotten history.Address, details, more photos »»
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How Much Do Lord Ganesha Love Sweets?' Legends of Ganesha's Sweet Love
Lord Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-faced deity, the Remover of Obstacles is a sweet lover. Address, details, more photos »»
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Macpherson Hai Sing Kway Chap · Underated Stall @ Chong Boon Ang Mo Kio 麥波申海星粿汁
I want to say right off the bat that this kway chap stall at Chong Boon hawker centre in Ang Mo Kio is slightly controversial. Some people found the food "bland" and the elderly stallholders a little...
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History of Tang Yuan 湯圓的歷史
The Chinese tang yuan 湯圓 (also known as yuan xiao 元宵) is a glutinous rice ball filled with jaggery or red bean paste, or sesame seed paste and cooked by boiling in water usually sweeten with jaggery....
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Big Chunks of Fresh Fish · Cai Ji Fried Fish Soup @ Chong Boon Ang Mo Kio 财记炸鱼汤
We decided to come here for fish soup partly because the last one we recently had at Toa Payoh was really bad 😤 We needed to find something to erase the memories of that one 🥹 Of course, we can always...
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Myanmar Glutinous Rice Ball Mont Lone Yay Baw · Sweet of Thingyan Burmese New...
Thingyan, the Burmese New Year which is celebrated over four to five days in April each year is associated with two things - the water festival and eating mont lone yay baw မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် (glutinous...
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Middle Road Pork Ribs Prawn Mee @ Sam Leong Road · Reunited & it Feels So...
Decades ago, this corner of Sam Leong Road and Verdun Road was one of my favourite haunts. I like the pork organ noodles at this corner coffee shop.Stall name: Middle Road Pork Ribs Prawn Mee...
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History of Klepon & Ondeh Ondeh · 1000 Year Old Sweet
Klepon is an Indonesian glutinous rice ball, coloured green with pandan and suji leaves, filled with palm sugar and garnished with or rolled in grated coconut pulp.Address, details, more photos »»
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History of Cambodian Num Kom & Num Ansom · 1500 Year Old Glutinous Rice Cakes
Num kom is a steamed Cambodian glutinous rice dumpling filled with grated coconut and palm sugar, and wrapped in banana leaf. (It resembles the Indian steamed modak except for the banana leaf...
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Penang Man Hokkien Mee (Prawn Noodle) @ Albert Centre 槟城人
Truth be told, I bought this for lunch at Albert Centre hawker centre because there was no queue. The usual suspects, I mean the stalls I prefer were either closed or had long snaking queues. A bit...
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Hindu Artefacts in Kaiyuan Buddhist Temple in Quanzhou China 泉州开元寺
Kaiyuan Buddhist temple in Quanzhou was built in 686 during the Tang dynasty (618 - 907). The temple ravaged by fires and the passage of time has been rebuilt many times. Most of the structures...
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Traditional Famous Prawn Mee in Hougang · No Horse Run · No Bull 传统著名虾面
Buddy raved about a traditional prawn mee stall in Ang Mo Kio saying it is "no horse run" 😮 Since he say until liddat (like that), I must really try it soon. I am usually skeptical, even cynical about...
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Pork Porridge @ Tong Xin Gu Wei Serangoon Garden Hawker Centre · Tasty...
Wendy said this porridge is a hidden gem. We tried it - indeed, it is hidden like a speakeasy and it tastes as good as any pork porridge I've come across in Singapore and Johor.Stall name: Tong Xin Gu...
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Yu Pavilion @ Kovan Heartland Mall · A Taste of Tradition · Hakka Rice Wine...
Hakka rice wine chicken is not commonly sold in Singapore restaurants or hawker stalls. So, it is quite unusual that a full fledged restaurant proudly has the dish as one of their signatures.Restaurant...
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Ah Seng Teochew Braised Duck Rice @ Serangoon Garden · One of the Best in...
When buddy brought this plate of braised duck from Ah Seng, my first reaction was "woah sliced so thin" 👍 It got me salivating straightaway.Most braised duck stalls in Singapore slice or chop their...
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History of Desker Road · One of Singapore's Most Colourful & Historic Streets
Desker Road is one of Singapore's oldest and most colourful streets. In the old days, pubescent schoolboys trying to act beyond their age will whisper Desker Road in hush tones and when teasing one...
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