Gastronomic Ruminations

S, Y and I met up for dinner at Jin Wee Restaurant in Siglap a few weeks back. Don’t be deceived by the name of this dining establishment as it is in reality an old-school Hainanese-run coffeeshop located close to the 24 hour NTUC outlet in Siglap. This place has been around for as long [...]

Chinese New Year starts on 10 February, have you made your feasting plans yet? From 21 January to 24 February, Park Palace at Grand Park City Hall presents “Golden Treasures of Prosperity“. I was invited to a preview of their offering. Golden Shunde Yu Sheng @ S$88++ In Singapore, no Chinese New Year celebration is complete without [...]

One of my favourite local breakfast food is Chee Cheong Fun (steamed rice flour rolls). They’re usually sold smothered with sweet sauce and chili sauce. As I prefer savoury food to sweet food, I usually opt to omit the sweet sauce and chili.   Chee Cheong Fun 猪肠粉 @ S$1.20   My plate of Chee Cheong Fun draws its [...]

The annual Singapore Food Festival is back for its 19th edition from 13 to 22 July 2012. * All images in this blog post reproduced with permission from Singapore Food Festival 2012   “Seafood Tales of Temasek” is a ten-day multi-venue event featuring a wide array of seafood prepared using cooking methods and flavours hailing [...]

I have been passing the famous Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 store at Everton Park countless times in the past few months on my way to the Singapore General Hospital for therapy. Ang Ku Kueh is the Hokkien name for a steamed glutinous rice flour cake stuffed with a sweet filling. “Ang” means “red”,  while “Ku” refers [...]

Variety is the spice of life. Visitors to the Singapore Food Festival 2011 (SFF) can expect to be treated to a diverse range of dishes hailing from the various ethnic groups that make up Singapore’s multicultural population. Curries and spices are the theme of the party, which will run for a period of ten days, [...]

Fishball Noodles (Dry) @ S$3 A favourite haunt amongst cyclists plying along Changi Coastal Road is Changi Village Hawker Centre. Having picked up cycling as a hobby a few months ago, I found myself at Changi Village Hawker Centre more often in the past 4 months than I have in the past 10 years. On [...]

Whenever I mention Carrot Cake in Toa Payoh to my foodie friends, they immediately think of the famous stall located in Toa Payoh Lorong 1 (recipient of Makansutra Street Food Masters 2008 award). Fried Carrot Cake @ S$2.50 / S$3 My family’s favourite Fried Carrot Cake stall is located in Toa Payoh Lorong 7. We’ve [...]

Happy Lunar New Year and Happy Birthday to all Chinese readers! Today (1 Feb 09) is the 7th day of the Lunar New Year and is known as Renri (人日, literally Human Day). It is usually on this day, that the tossing of the prosperity salad (Lo-Hei Yu Sheng 捞起魚生) is particularly significant (especially for [...]

Chinese New Year aka Lunar New Year (often referred to as CNY for short), is a season for feasting, catching up with family and friends, and a little gambling (c’mon we know that happens).The weeks preceding Chinese New Year (CNY) are usually filled with spring cleaning of homes, buying new outfits and buying Lunar New [...]