Chinatown~ food~
Hello, everyone!👋
Next destination is Chinatown. As I said in the 1st post, Singapore is multicultural country and the 80% of the people is Chinese. While you are in Chinatown, you'll feel as if you were in real China. It has a number of fascinating points, so today I'll introduce food plan in Chinatown.
Did you enjoy your meal? There are many Hawker centers in the city and they have different foods and atmosphere. For example, some Hawker centers have terrace seats which are suitable for nightlife with beautiful night view. Other Hawker centers have mainly seafood installments. I want you to try them as much as possible and find out your favorite Hawker food. 😀😀
Next destination is Chinatown. As I said in the 1st post, Singapore is multicultural country and the 80% of the people is Chinese. While you are in Chinatown, you'll feel as if you were in real China. It has a number of fascinating points, so today I'll introduce food plan in Chinatown.
Breakfast
It focuses on a variety of food. Local people start traditional Singaporean breakfast in a kopitiam(coffee shop). Here is the popular memu; Kaya Toast, Kopi (coffee), Soft-boiled eggs. Kaya is coconut jam and some people may feel it's too sweet, so Singaporean way is to dip it in runny eggs and wash down with kopi. Typical kopi is added sugar and condense milk, but you can order the amount as you like. Ya Kun Kaya Toast and Killiney Kopitiam are well known chain restaurants which have a long history with Singaporean. If you don't know which cafe serves us kopi, you should try the two shops.Lunch
For lunch, how about joining the crowds at Chinatown's Hawker center. Hawker means installments. Singaporean restaurants are relatively expensive for students because of the good quality, but at hawkers center, if you have S$3-7, you might be full with real-deal foods. There are so many eateries from Mexican to Southeast Asian!! I stayed in Singapore, I tried Chicken Rice many times at every installments. It is one of the most famous hawker foods. Mostly, it costs about 4S$ (320yen), so if you can't decide what to have lunch, I strongly recommend you.
Dessert
After having lunch, you may still have a craving for attractive sweets. Singapore is famous for fresh seasonal fruits. I'm sure you're also allured by pleasant aroma from them and you'll be in front of a sweet store. There are two popular memu. First one is Ice Kachang which is similar to Japanese kakigori. Kachang means bean, so most of them are added bean syrup. Second one is Jelly sweets. It has several types, but many of them are Chinese sweets, which tastes Japanese cold Anmitsu.
Dinner
When it comes to Chinatown, local people recommend us to eat Bak Kut Teh, a pork rib dish cooked in a broth. The taste depends on restaurants. Some ones serve more spicy pork rib derived from herb and black pepper and other ones have feature that smells vegetable and seafood. The way of enjoying the soup is to eat it with rice! You can ask a second helping of soup after finishing the pork rib, so it gives you different way of eating.Did you enjoy your meal? There are many Hawker centers in the city and they have different foods and atmosphere. For example, some Hawker centers have terrace seats which are suitable for nightlife with beautiful night view. Other Hawker centers have mainly seafood installments. I want you to try them as much as possible and find out your favorite Hawker food. 😀😀
Thank you for this post Mako. It was well written and equally well laid out. Your writing style is informative and bounces along in a cheerful way. It definitely reads like a travelogue. Well done. One thing I derive from your writing was the use of the word 'installment'. I have never heard it used quite this way, but soon realized you were referring to the more commonly used 'stall' as is 'food stall' or what we call 'yattai' here in Japan. The word 'hawker' has this meaning:
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a person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street or going from door to door; peddler.
As such, it makes sense the way the term is used in Singapore.
I'm sorry to confuse you. Hawker makes sense in Singapore because it came from Malay. I should have added ' in Malay.' Thank you for your comment.
DeleteYour post is easy to read because it is divided into mainly four parts. Moreover it is lined up chronically so it help readers understand clearly. Although I understood how fascinating place it is, I have an advice about your post. How about adding Chinatown's address? Most people may feel like visiting there after reading this blog. So you should tell about the location, too. For example, you can add the information about how far Chinatown is from the capital city. I'm looking forward to reading your next destination.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your advice. I'm putting the location link to the names in the next time.
DeleteThe story is divided into four parts, making it easy to read. I will try to imitate it in the next blog.
ReplyDeleteYour post also helps my blog. I want to try telling the readers stronger message than this post in next time.
DeleteReally nicely written. I also enjoyed this post a lot! I got to know loads of new food here. It seems the amout for breakfast is too much for me though. But I would absolutely love to try the two desserts you mentioned, as I like anmitsu. I also appreciate that you added bits of information about the ingredients too. It helps. I was able to tell from the food that Singaporeans are really mixed because it seems their food looks not only Asian but European too. It is really nice of you to exemplify like this.
ReplyDeleteI think Singapore is one of the best places where you see, hear and taste the world. Singapore put the importance on tourism which attracts all over the people. Especially, i was astonished by the quality of art, so I'll introduce them in the other time.
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