local food

  • As one of my readers (who is also a good friend) commented the other day, I seem  to be in a good mood. Yes I am.  It’s a good day, not because I was efficient  and got many things done, but because I have received and heard interesting  stories from my readers.  It is always…

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  • I’ve been up since 5.30am this morning.  I’m up this early not because I’m ill, nor do I have somewhere to go this early in the morning, but I’m up because I was so exhausted yesterday I came home and fell  flat on my bed at 9.30pm and a good eight hours later, I am…

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  • It’s the weekend and we all must dine.  I love long weekends where I have the time to meet friends, hang out and just enjoy eating good food.  Life is great at this point.  When we travel, we also must eat good food.  For me, travel and good food go hand in hand.  To experience…

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  • Bak Kut Teh at Outram Park Ya Hua Rou Gu Cha

    I feel like I haven’t been to Singapore if I haven’t had Bak Kut Teh. What is it? It’s pork rib soup. What I love about it is that the soup has lots of pepper and as a meal it is not too heavy. We have this dish also in the southern provinces of Thailand…

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  • Singapore’s Hawker Foods

    Singapore’s Hawker Foods

    Like in every country, food comes in many ways and forms.  There are always the “elegant” and high end restaurants which just give you an experience to remember and then there’s the “local” kind of foods that most people eat on a day to day basis.  If you come to Singapore and want something “local”  you should try the…

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  • Singapore’s Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

    Yes, I’m traveling again.  This time though is not to the incredible pyramids of Egypt or the fish market in Japan.  I’m in Singapore, the Merlion City where much happens in this tiny island of only 274 sq miles (710 sq km).  It’s small yet there is diversity and it is ever changing.  The last…

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