This is the story of Daniel Pun, a 14-year-old boy who helps out at his mother's drink stall, Coffee House Banh Mi.…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Behind Nan Hwa Chong: The Legendary Restaurant That Invented Fish Head Steamboat
Nan Hwa Chong Fish Head (Ah Chew) Steamboat is widely considered to be a pioneer of fish head steamboat in Singapore. This is its story.…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Is This The First Ever Prawn Mee Stall? The Story Of The Old Stall Hokkien Street Famous Prawn Mee
The Old Stall Hokkien Street Famous Prawn Mee is a legendary 80-year-old hae mee stall When it comes to our classic hawker dishes, it’s often hard to ascertain their pioneers. If we’re talking about…
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Snack More is an old-school snack store in Yuhua Market run by a millennial!…
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We investigate how dishes such as mala and Chongqing grilled fish have taken over Singapore.…
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The steamed vs roasted chicken rice debate In a nation where food is so tightly woven into the cultural DNA, one dish manages to be the crowning jewel—the “national dish”, as some would call…
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Jia Xiang: Popular Mee Siam Stall With 50-Year History Run By Mother-And-Son Duo
Jia Xiang offers hearty mee siam and lontong at Redhill It is not often you hear someone rave about their favourite, or the best, mee siam or lontong. Dishes such as chicken rice, laksa,…
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The story of chicken rice in Singapore In hawker centres, there exists what I’ve termed the “chicken rice effect”, which happens when Singaporeans are faced with way too many food options, only to end…
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Yili Farm is a vegetable farm run by Gen Z siblings There’s a tendency for us city dwellers to romanticise the farming life. It’s why farm stays are on everyone’s bucket list, and why…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Nam Seng Wanton Noodles: The Story Of Singapore’s Oldest Hawker And Her Famous Wonton Mee
Nam Seng Wanton Noodles has famous wonton mee Whenever I’m wrapping wonton and shui jiao with my grandmother, I notice that she’d neatly pinch the skin together, forming perfectly shaped dumplings. I, on the…