Gastronomic Ruminations

A bunch of us visited 28 HongKong Street recently to wish Y well before her operation and recovery-related abstinence from alcohol. The speakeasy derives its name from its actual street address and reservations are highly recommended. Truffled Mac & Cheese Balls @ S$12 It was my first visit even though I’d heard a lot of [...]

Is it just my imagination or does the Outram and Bukit Merah area seem to have quite a few famous Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 stores?   I’ve been eating so much Ang Ku Kueh in the past few weeks. I think its because I’ve been passing 2 stores (Ji Xiang and Lim Lam Hong) en route to and from [...]

I couldn’t help noticing another Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 store on my way home from regular therapy sessions at Singapore General Hospital so I stopped by to pick some up. Box of Ang Ku Kueh from Lim Lam Hong (Peanut – Red, Sweet Potato – Pink, Durian – Yellow &  Salted Bean – Grey) Ang Ku [...]

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 [...]

Whenever Nonya Kuehs are mentioned, most Singaporeans will immediately think of Bengawan Solo, Kedai Kue Kue, Kim Choo Kueh Chang and Glory Catering. It’s difficult to find decent Nonya Kuehs in Singapore these days because alot of the rich flavours, variety and details such as the hand-pinched design on tarts have been lost over the [...]

Chicken Char Siew Bor Lor Bao  (雞肉叉燒菠蘿包 Polo Bun) @ S$1.20 JW and I chanced upon a Hong Kong-style bakery a few weeks back, while strolling down Joo Chiat Road. We both love Bor Lor Bao, loosely translated to mean pineapple bun in Cantonese, so we bought some to try. By the way, there is no [...]

I feel sad that hawker food in Singapore has largely lost its soul in the past decade with attention to preparation and flavour sacrificed to expediency and profitability. Whenever I find any hawkers who retain the richness of flavours and techniques from the past, I feel compelled to tell all my friends about these last bastions [...]

My cycling accident in February has made it a little more inconvenient to travel.  Unable to travel to Malacca to get a Putu Piring fix, I had to turn to the next best alternative that’s alot closer to home, the famous Haig Road Putu Piring. This stall has been selling my favourite Putu Piring since my [...]

I stopped over for a few days in Hong Kong on my way home from visiting family members in San Francisco. BM, a friend working in Hong Kong, and I met for lunch on the last day of my visit. We ate so much that I had to get coffee at a branch of Caffe Habitu [...]

During a recent trip to Malacca, I was determined to check out the famous homemade Putu Piring that I had seen featured in a Malaysian food programme. Putu Piring has been my favourite snack since I was a child and given it’s rarity in Singapore, I was eager to get a fix. I was the first to [...]