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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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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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…
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Sun Kee Drinks: $0.30 Soya Bean, Grass Jelly, And Bird’s Nest Drinks In Kovan
Sun Kee Drinks has cheap old-school soya bean in Kovan “You know last time one bowl of noodles only 10 cents leh.” If there’s an aunty in your life, whether she’s your mum, neighbour,…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
The History Of Satay Bee Hoon, And Why It’s A Fading Hawker Dish In Singapore
The history of satay bee hoon in Singapore, according to its hawkers If you’re an older person who grew up eating satay bee hoon, try this little experiment: ask the younger folks around you…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Original Alhambra Satay: The Last Survivor Of Singapore’s Historical Satay Club
Original Alhambra Satay in the East was part of the Satay Club The year is 1962. You’ve just seen a Technicolor film at the Alhambra theatre. You find yourself walking along the bustling Beach…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Big Bakery: Old-School Apple Crumble Made By Hand At This 30-Year-Old Bakery
Big Bakery in Tai Seng has handmade old-school apple pies The F&B industry is a tough one, and it takes an aligning of many stars for any business to break even, much less succeed…