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Golden Mile Food Centre’s Youfu Fries up one of the best wok-hei-filled hokkien mee in Singapore

For anyone embarking on a crusade to seek out the best Hokkien Mee in Singapore, Golden Mile Food Centre will inadvertently appear as one of the must-visit stops — it’s home to two hot contenders, YouFu Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodle and Hainanese Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee Continue reading “YouFu Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodle”

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Miss Saigon is Somerset’s 24/7 Banh Mi sanctuary for Those Sinful Sandwich Fixes

As cliched as it is to claim, the dogmatic hallmark of good authentic Vietnamese food is dinginess. Even the biggest brands start off as seedy hole-in-the-wall joints before falling prey to the glitz of shopping malls, leading to the slip into mediocrity. The new Miss Saigon at Orchard Plaza is a strongly convincing argument for this hypothesis. Continue reading “Miss Saigon”

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Hidden Gem Maddie’s Kitchen Cooks up tasty Comfort Flavours & Stunning Oyster Omelettes

Orchard is a district that doesn’t appear up top on the list of the best zichar restaurants in Singapore but to me, Maddie’s Kitchen at Far East Plaza deserves all the plaudits for setting up a space serving tasty comfort flavours, slightly elevated but still kept reasonably affordable for its prime location. Continue reading “Maddie’s Kitchen”

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New Era Dawns at the swanky new outlet of Kok Sen, Keong Saik’s Iconic Zi Char Restaurant

While on an evening stroll through Keong Saik Road, most sights would naturally gravitate towards the monstrous queue that used to form in front of shop No. 30, the long-time home of Kok Sen, the zichar restaurant that had become an icon of the trendy neighbourhood. Continue reading “Kok Sen Restaurant”

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Quality Melts is the Hidden Gem making Singapore’s Best Ugly Beautiful Sandwiches

There is always beauty to be found, even in the most humble and stripped-down locales. Singapore may be a luxurious and modern metropolis but that is doubly true for us, a city as impassioned about our humble hawker food as much as our Michelin-starred concepts. Being a sleek transplantation of New York into Singapore, Quality Melts is a concept that thoroughly fulfils this ethos. Continue reading “Quality Melts”

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233 Banh Mi — does Katong’s OG Banh Mi Hotspot Live up to the hype?

The Joo Chiat stretch is probably one of the most prolific neighbourhoods for Vietnamese food. The street is littered with numerous authentic eateries including one of the most classic spots for Vietnamese sandwiches in Singapore, 233 Banh Mi.

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Soi Aroy cooks up the most Authentic and No-Frills Thai Street Food in Singapore

Thai food in Singapore almost never matches up to those served in its motherland, especially not in the mall franchises soullessly replicated. But on occasion, you’ll chance upon dingy and obscure eateries serving the most authentic dose of Thai heartiness — for me, that’s Soi Aroy.

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Is the famous Song Zhou Luo Bo Gai the Best Carrot Cake in the East of Singapore?

Black or white? Many Singaporeans may be selectively colourblind — but not when it comes to the timeless hawker classic of carrot cake. Myriad names are thrown into the ring for the contention of best carrot cake in Singapore. Still, those living on the East side would be most familiar with one particular Song Zhou Luo Bo Gao, perhaps best known for its black rendition.

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Kam Long Curry Fish Head is Every Singaporean’s quintessential comfort hawker food when in JB

When Singaporeans travel to Johor Bahru, there are always a few hotspots that everyone tends to hit up. Be it the trendy minimalist cafes of Mount Austin or the much-better-tasting KFC at City Square, there’s one perpetual hawker haunt that’s constantly on top of itineraries — Kam Long Curry Fish Head.

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Nonette Banh Mi sets up in Singapore at Tiong Bahru Bakery, from Paris with Love

It’s well known that the French can be somewhat uppity when it comes to their proud culinary heritage. Hence it’s no small feat that Nonette, a Parisian Banh Mi deli, has become a huge hit on French home turf.

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