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SINGAPORE: Din Tai Fung

#02-01/31 Tampines Mall 4 Tampines Central 5, Singapore

Phew…almost there with the Singaporean posts.  This is the second last – I promise.

Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese restaurant known for the quality of their dumplings – in particular, their xiao long bao (literally known as little basket buns).  [...]

Written by mellie on April 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , | 6 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

SINGAPORE: Ah Balling

Aaahh…I love ah balling (or tangyuan as it is commonly known in traditional Chinese). These small dumplings made of glutinous rice flour contain an assortment of fillings, such as ground peanuts and sugar, crushed black sesame, sweetened red beans, mashed taro and even green tea paste.

Written by mellie on April 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , | 6 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

SINGAPORE: Chomp Chomp Food Centre

20 Kensington Park Road Singapore

The food in Singapore is absolutely fantastic, and none more so than the hawker delights at Chomp Chomp Food Centre.  We caught the bus over to Serangoon Garden Estate to catch up with some of Dan’s family. This is one place that is very [...]

Written by mellie on April 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , | 24 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

SINGAPORE: Old Chang Kee

Another well known and favourite snack in Singapore would have to be the Old Chang Kee Curry Puff.

Old Chang Kee started way back in 1956 in a small hawker store in McKenzie Road. It was brought out by an enterprising chap in 1986, who then standardised/modernised the business.

Now it’s [...]

Written by mellie on April 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , | 7 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

SINGAPORE: Ya Kun Kaya Toast

An almost identical photo over at Epicureal Epiphanies had me remembering one of my all-time favourite breakfasts in Singapore, Ya Kun Kaya Toast.

In the scheme of things, I’m only new to the delights of this dish (well, since I met Dan almost two and a half years ago).  And like [...]

Written by mellie on April 15th, 2009 | Tags: , | 10 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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