When foreign friends come to Singapore, I'd usually take them to Glutton's Bay, Sentosa, Little India, Chinatown, Night Safari etc. But today was actually the first time I took one of them to the food center at Chinatown.
Came across the Lim Chee Guan Bah Kwa, which in my opinion, is tastier than the more widely available Bee Cheng Hiang that I grew up eating.
Since Rotem (from Israel) had been living in Singapore for a while, she's already tried most of the local Must-Eats. Still, I got to introduce her to the famous Tiong Bahru Bao, Hokkien Mee and Bak Kut Teh! The latter literally translates as "meat bone tea", and at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours. Despite its name, there is in fact no tea in the dish itself; the name refers to a strong oolong Chinese tea which is usually served alongside the soup in the belief that it dissolves the copious amount of fat consumed in this pork-laden dish.
The next time we meet, we are going to try some non-hawker food.... The Clan Restaurant!!!! ^_^
Foodprinted on 4 November 2012, Sunday.
Came across the Lim Chee Guan Bah Kwa, which in my opinion, is tastier than the more widely available Bee Cheng Hiang that I grew up eating.
Since Rotem (from Israel) had been living in Singapore for a while, she's already tried most of the local Must-Eats. Still, I got to introduce her to the famous Tiong Bahru Bao, Hokkien Mee and Bak Kut Teh! The latter literally translates as "meat bone tea", and at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours. Despite its name, there is in fact no tea in the dish itself; the name refers to a strong oolong Chinese tea which is usually served alongside the soup in the belief that it dissolves the copious amount of fat consumed in this pork-laden dish.
The next time we meet, we are going to try some non-hawker food.... The Clan Restaurant!!!! ^_^
Foodprinted on 4 November 2012, Sunday.
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