ieat writes: Prata Kosong 80 cents eaI have been lamenting the fact that the last prata stall which I blogged about closed down barely a week after I blogged about it. Till this day, I still don't know what happened and I wonder sometimes if it had anything to do with the photo of the prata man which I posted on the blog.  It seemed that there is just too much of a coincidence that the stall should close so soon ...
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ieat writes: Prime Rib Bak Kut Teh $8 per bowlBalestier must be the epicentre of Bak Kut Teh in Singapore.  There are altogether 9 places selling Bak Kut Teh along this road, but the one that probably has the most photos of celebrities pasted on the wall is Founder's Bak Kut Teh. It's been a while since my last Bak Kut Teh post.  Since then, many things have happened including the Malaysian Tourism Minister trying to claim Bak Kut Teh as a Malaysian dish. Well, in my previous posts, I traced the ...
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ieat writes: Tomorrow is Eat with your Family Day! I grew up in a home where my mom was a homemaker, so everyday was Eat with the Family Day.  Nowadays everyone is busier so a lot of families don't actually have the time to eat together which is why every year, one day is set aside to remember the importance of having a meal together.  But eating with the family shouldn't just occur once a year!  It should be a regular time where the family comes together to share in a meal and bond.I will be giving two talks today and tomorrow on "Taking Family Photos" in conjunction with MINDEF/SAF's "Eat with your Family Day" ...
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ieat writes: Garlic Prawns with Vermicilli $36/kgWhen I started writing the blog four years ago, it was a one man show for a couple of months before readers started to write to me about wanting to join me during the blogging sessions.  Soon, I had a couple of kakis who would accompany me during the week when I went around blogging the famous hawkers stalls around Singapore.  This community of close knit kakis has grown through the years and these are the ...
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ieat writes: Yee Mee $6A lot of people tell me that Pasir Ris is a foodie's desert and there are not many great eateries around.  It seems to me that most of the newer estates like Pasir Ris, Punggol and Sengkang all suffer from the same problem.  Older estates like Commonwealth, Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio abound with great hawker finds compared to the newer estates.  Do you think this is a reflection of the difference between the old generation of hawkers ...
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ieat writes: Beef Prawn and Fish Hor Fun $5Fried Hor Fun is one of those dishes that you tell whether it is good or not by smelling it.  Amazingly, there are not many foods like that in our hawker centres. Let's see, Mee Pok, Chicken Rice, Char Siew Rice, Fish Soup, Poh Piah, Rojak even Hokkien Mee.  You don't really smell these as much as a good Wok Hei from a well fried Hor Fun.  There is something magical about the combination of Kway Teow (Rice Noodles), oil and soy sauce fried in a ...
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ieat writes: Rojak with Century Egg $3 + $1 extra for the eggIf you ever have to describe the ingredients that go into rojak to a westerner, I am sure none of them would want to eat it.  I mean seriously, does fruit salad dressed with a sauce made from fermented prawns sound delectable? Not only that, you get to eat it with a black coloured duck egg that smells of urine (ammonia).  To use Singaporeans, that is yummmmeeeee, to them it is the stuff they use for Fear Factor....
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ieat writes:  Half Chicken $9 One of the big differences between the Chicken Rice of old and the modern day Chicken Rice is the sauce that they douse over the chicken.  Some places like Yet Con still persists in traditional Hainanese Style Chicken Rice where the chicken is served without a sauce.  This is the way my mother-in-law still serves her Chicken Rice.  Our modern day chicken rice comes with a soy based sauce partly because our chicken nowadays don't taste as "chickeny" as ...
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ieat writes: Hiyashi Chuka Cold Ramen $14I finally come to the end of my Ramen Rampage!  These ten Ramen posts represent what I think are the top ten Ramen places to eat in Singapore based on our ieat community recommendations.  Of course, there will be new Ramen-yas opening up in the future and I will certainly keep an eye out for them after a brief respite.    We will run a poll next to find out which of them is the favourite amongst our readers.For the final Ramen-ya to be featured in this series, I have ...
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ieat writes: Photos by Canon professional, Jino Lee.  You can view his excellent photos at www.jinolee.com.sgThe Canon-ieat food photography workshop attracted 50 participants which is the largest turnout to date.  I think it reflects the increasing popularity of taking pictures of food before we eat to upload onto the internet. Everyone loves to make their ...
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