Bukit Merah View Carrot Cake is a legendary 70-year-old stall When I first saw Ng Kim Poh on the day of our interview, he was seated idly beside his carrot cake stall, his tired…
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
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Behind The Food Hawker Interviews
Che’ Rose Nasi Padang: The 60-Year-Old Toa Payoh Stall Part Of Singapore’s Nasi Padang Empire
Che’ Rose Nasi Padang at Toa Payoh For a stall proclaiming to have “probably the best rendang in Singapore”, Che’ Rose Nasi Padang looks decidedly modest. The hawkers buzz about its narrow interior, churning…
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Hawker Interviews Singaporean
Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee: Behind The 100-Year-Old BCM Stall That Inspired Bedok 85 And 511
The story behind Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee There’s a bak chor mee stall that resides in a quaint Eunos coffee shop I often frequent, drawing a line of customers who want to get…
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Behind The Food Food News
Mad Roaster: Hawker Stall Has Chocolate Babka And Honey Butter Coffee At Amoy Street Food Centre
Hawker bakes at Mad Roaster My bread-loving editor sent me a screengrab one rainy morning with a very excited text─“LOOK AT THIS WORK OF ART!!!!” The laminated brioche loaf by two-week-old hawker bakers Mad…
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Behind The Food Home Business Singaporean
Eat My CB: Family Starts Home Business Making Curry Buns To Survive Losing Jobs During Pandemic
Eat My CB has nostalgic homemade curry buns There is no way a name like “Eat My CB” won’t make you do a double-take. By few stretches of the imagination would such a phrase…
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Hawker Interviews
Bendemeer Tutu Kueh: Hidden Tutu Kueh Stall By A 67-Year-Old With Over 50 Years Of Experience
Mr Ho’s tutu kueh at Bendemeer Update (14/9/2020): Prices changed. “Oi Mr Ho!” an 80-year-old hollered from across the coffee shop. Our interview had yet again been interjected. To my dismay, this happens frequently.…
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Hawker Interviews
Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood: Secondary School Dropout Now Runs A Successful Zi Char Stall
Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood at Alexandra Village Food Centre Cooking is a passion project many of us embark on in our teenage or adult years, as a mere side hobby or a part-time…
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Hawker Interviews
Battle Of Chew Kee And Chiew Kee Soya Sauce Chicken: We Visited The Rivals At Upper Cross Street
Chew Kee versus Chiew Kee soya sauce chicken I had my first plate of soya sauce chicken noodles at Upper Cross Street a few years ago on a lunch date with my mum. She…
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Thai Baang at Lavender Thai Baàng holds a special place in my heart, for I believe it landed me this job at Eatbook. I discovered this humble Thai bakery a day before my interview…
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Hawker Interviews
Madam Leong Ban Mian: Braised Pork Ban Mian Made By A Single Mother Who Almost Took Her Own Life
Madam Leong Ban Mian at Holland Close Madam Leong Ban Mian is not only well-known for delicious ban mian, but also for the story of its owner, Vivian Leong. The 43 year-old single mother looks…