Posted in Eat-Out: Asian, Eat-Out: Buffet on Sep 15th, 2009
One weekday, Camemberu and I played tai-tais for an afternoon. We went for buffet lunch at a hotel, then shopping at ION Orchard – the newest upscale mall in town! Sounds luxurious? The reality: Buffet was hawker fare, and the shopping was just wistful browsing. “Ooh, look! So gorgeous! Wah, so ex!” We are, after [...]
Posted in Food and travel on Jul 5th, 2009
It’s already Day 3, but I’d yet to try the most acclaimed Penang dishes like assam laksa and char koay teow! Well, this was going to be THE day! Our friendly taxi driver “uncle” took us to Lorong Selamat for the famous char koay teow in front of Cafe Heng Huat. Apparently, Lorong Selamat is [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Mar 21st, 2009
No, this stall isn’t related to the famous Hill Street Char Kway Teow in Bedok South. Both stalls used to operate at the now-defunct Hill Street Food Centre, but note, the Chinatown outlet is named “Fried Kway Teow”, whereas the Bedok one is “Char Kway Teow”. I haven’t tried the Bedok version, so no benchmark [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Special events on Jul 4th, 2008
The Singapore Food Festival 2008 opened with a bang at Lau Pa Sat this evening. Local food bloggers received media invites to this event. Ooh, so now food bloggers are given mainstream media status? Cool! The guest-of-honor was Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Lee Yi Shyan (second from left in above photo). [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Oct 9th, 2005
Jian Bo Shui Kueh is a Singapore household name synonymous with great chwee kueh (steamed rice flour cakes topped with chopped salted radish). Having been ages since the last time I had their chwee kueh, we popped by Tiong Bahru market last weekend for an afternoon snack. Their chwee kuehs are still as good as [...]
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