Oct 27, 2022·edited Oct 27, 2022Liked by Katherine Spiers
Jealous of your transit in Singapore! Where are you heading to before or after?
My personal 24 hr bucket list is a bit niche, mostly because I lean to eating pescetarian now - (daily set at Onn Vegetarian, paper dosa or anything at Gokul, gunpowder dosa at Sri Kumbhakarna, nasi padang or tahu telur at Warung Ijo, dosa & putu piring at Geylang Serai, kueh pie tee IF I can find it, handmade noodles and fresh coconut at Lorong 32 Ban Mee, and xo fish beehon at Old Airport Road, tahu tempeh penyet at far east plaza). Also niche because I mentioned dosa 3 times, which is not that common and you can get that in Pasadena or Artesia here in LA anyway.
That being said, you can get great great great food almost anywhere (avoid the tourist restaurants along the river at Boat Quay please!), and there are a few more standard hits you can find in the hawker centers around the more central Chinatown area. (The ones above are restaurants and shops spread out through the east). Claypot rice, bbq chicken wings/stingray at Chinatown Complex, prata and teh tarik at Maxwell Food Centre, indian rojak, popiah, sate and bbq seafood at Lau Pa Sat (a bit uncool and touristy, but I like it), yong tau fu at Amoy Street Food Centre, bak chor mee at Hong Lim Food Centre, chicken or duck penyet at far east plaza (I will also get flack for this one, but I don't care) and as much sugarcane and calamansi I can get my hands on.
Jealous of your transit in Singapore! Where are you heading to before or after?
My personal 24 hr bucket list is a bit niche, mostly because I lean to eating pescetarian now - (daily set at Onn Vegetarian, paper dosa or anything at Gokul, gunpowder dosa at Sri Kumbhakarna, nasi padang or tahu telur at Warung Ijo, dosa & putu piring at Geylang Serai, kueh pie tee IF I can find it, handmade noodles and fresh coconut at Lorong 32 Ban Mee, and xo fish beehon at Old Airport Road, tahu tempeh penyet at far east plaza). Also niche because I mentioned dosa 3 times, which is not that common and you can get that in Pasadena or Artesia here in LA anyway.
That being said, you can get great great great food almost anywhere (avoid the tourist restaurants along the river at Boat Quay please!), and there are a few more standard hits you can find in the hawker centers around the more central Chinatown area. (The ones above are restaurants and shops spread out through the east). Claypot rice, bbq chicken wings/stingray at Chinatown Complex, prata and teh tarik at Maxwell Food Centre, indian rojak, popiah, sate and bbq seafood at Lau Pa Sat (a bit uncool and touristy, but I like it), yong tau fu at Amoy Street Food Centre, bak chor mee at Hong Lim Food Centre, chicken or duck penyet at far east plaza (I will also get flack for this one, but I don't care) and as much sugarcane and calamansi I can get my hands on.