Jiu Jiang Shao La: You have to ask for the Pig’s armpit!
If you are dining at Ghim Moh Food Centre and are hankering for a plate of roast meat, then the stall with the longest queue is invariably Jiu Jiang Shao La. This stall had many fans recommending them,...
View ArticleFu Shi Traditional Roasted: There is a future for Hawker Food yet!
Char Siew $30 per kg We are always lamenting the dismal state of our hawker food as more and more stalls have come to serve generic hawker fare at clinical food courts that only provide sustenance...
View ArticleYee Kee Specialist Roasted Duck: Sio Bak Heaven
Sio Bak (Roast Pork Belly) Sio Bak, so simple, so primal, so shiok. Sio Bak really celebrates the pure flavour of pork since it is simply pork that has been salted and roasted. The beauty of Sio Bak is...
View ArticleHow to make Sio Bak (Chinese Style Crispy Roast Pork Belly)
Sio Bak is actually quite a simple thing to do at home as compared to say, Laksa where you have to prepare a whole list of ingredients. All you need for a Sio Bak with a crispy rind and juicy, tender...
View ArticleFoong Kee Roasted Meat: Super Duper Sio Bak!
Sio Bak $32/kg Foong Kee has been battling an identity crisis ever since they were featured on Straits Times as the best Wonton Mee in town. I admit that even I made the same mistake when I wrote about...
View ArticleMei Mei Roast Meats: This little Sister Roasts a Mean Duck!
There are not many Roast Meat joints which are headed by a lady boss. The one that most people know about is Kay Lee who became even more famous when news broke out last year that she is going to...
View ArticleChar: One of a kind Char Siew!
Char Siew $15 300g Char Siew is not easy to define. When you see it, you know it. But if I were to try to describe it in terms of its attributes, it would not be so easy. It’s most basic description...
View ArticleChan Kwong Kee Roast Shop: Best Roast Duck so Far!
Let me just get straight to the point and tell you that this is currently my favourite place to go for Roast Duck. Of course, everyone has different criteria for judging what constitutes for a great...
View ArticleJia Le Roasted Meats: Meet the Man and his Meat!
There is one memory of Cantonese Roast that has been ingrained in my mind and that was of Jia Le Roasted Meats when they were still at Suntec City Republic Food Court. It wasn’t just the glistening...
View ArticleFatty Cheong ABC Char Siew Rice: The Next Generation!
Fatty Cheong’s has been one of my favourite places to eat at since I first discovered his sublime char siew back in Nov 2006 when the blog was only in its infancy! Since then, his char siew has been...
View Article88 Hong Kong Roast: Super Sio Bak!
Let me give you the bottomline right here at the top. If you love Sio Bak, you must head down to this particular stall to try their Sio Bak and then write to me if you know of any hawker stall that can...
View ArticleIeat’s Chinese Roast Pork, Siu Yuk, Sio Bak Recipe II
I managed to pick up a few more tips in the last 3 years and have updated the recipe for a juicier, more flavourful sio bak! It's one of those things that is really worth doing at home as it is...
View ArticleKim Heng Roasted Meats: Charcoal Roasted Charsiu
My quest for the ultimate charsiu rice has brought me to Kim Heng Roasted in Serangoon. Foodies living around the area would be familiar about this place which has been around for three decades. The...
View ArticleFook Kin Roasted Meat: Hipster Hawkers Cantonese Roasts
The last decade has been an interesting time for the evolution of Singapore cuisine. Our hawker food is gradually moving out of the hawker centres into their own standalone eateries and our next...
View ArticleGood Eats and Hidden Gems: Kampung Ubi Industrial Estate Food Trail
This is the 2nd in a series of food trails where we try to uncover good eats hidden in our industrial estates! These areas are often overlooked as places to go for food because we just assume that...
View ArticleChoon Kee Roasted Delights: Undiscovered Roast Master
Food blogs started to really take off in the early 2000’s. In 1999, there were but 23 blogs in existence, by 2006, there were 50 million. In Singapore, there were just a handful of food blogs when I...
View ArticleFook Kin: Char Siu Sio Bak 2.0
You probably heard about Roast Paradise, the upstart Cantonese Roast stall at Old Airport Road started by two young men that quit the nightclub scene to pursue a hawker’s life. They managed to quickly...
View ArticleTGIF Specials with CITI Gourmet Pleasures
Why start your weekend feasting on a Saturday when you can start on Friday with Citibank Gourmet Pleasures TGIF Specials? On this food trial, we bring you to four restaurants where you can enjoy a free...
View ArticleGood Eats near Lentor MRT: Lentor Modern
The new Lentor MRT station on Thomson-East Coast line is located in a serene part of Singapore, surrounded by nature and landed residences. The parcel of land next to it will be developed into Lentor...
View ArticleChar: One of a kind Char Siew!
Char Siew is not easy to define. When you see it, you know it. But if I were to try to describe it in terms of its attributes, it would not be so easy. It’s most basic description might be that of...
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