Zheng Ling Char Kway Teow: There is hope for Char Kway Teow!
Things are certainly looking up for Char Kway Teow! When I published my first book in 2010, it was titled "The End of Char Kway Teow" because at the time, I observed that all the best Char Kway Teow...
View ArticleArmenian St Char Kway Teow: It’s Really The End of Char Kway Teow
I'm telling you: It's REALLY The End of Char Kway Teow! I have been sounding the alarm about the impending demise of Char Kway Teow for quite a few years now. It's fate was encapsulated in the title of...
View ArticleDancing Char Kway Teow man of Circuit Road Food Centre
It is good to find a Char Kway Teow man who seems to have fun fun at work. Mr Chee Wei Liang, 60 tells me that he doesn't have time to exercise, so he incorporates a dance routine when he fries his...
View ArticleHougang Fried Oyster: Big Oysters yeah!
This is one of the few stalls I know who still insists on using pork lard to fry the oyster omelette. Their typical plate of oyster omelette is 70% crispy and 30% gooey which is a very nice combination...
View ArticleFu Ji Char Kway Teow: Lost and Found
I was on a treasure hunt one day after receiving a heads-up from The Silverchef about a certain char kway teow man in an old coffeeshop around the area. Unfortunately, he didn't give me an address nor...
View ArticleHill Street Char Kway Teow: Hawker Legend!
Did you know that there are not one, but two famous Hill Street char kway teow stalls? The more well known one is located at Bedok which has been taken over by the son of the original hawker. The other...
View ArticleYong Xuan Fried Kway Teow: Episode 4 – A New Hope
In 2010, I published “The End of Char Kway Teow” which was a clarion call for us to do something about beloved hawker dish whose popularity has been waning in recent years. Back then, I had already...
View ArticleChuan Kee Fried Kway Teow: One Plate at a Time
“Old School” is the phrase that best encapsulates what Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow is all about. Over the years, the number of hawkers that are still frying Char Kway Teow one plate at a time has really...
View ArticleWoks of Taste: New Beginnings for Char Kway Teow
In 2010, I published “The End of Char Kway Teow” which sounded the alarm that the future of our beloved Char Kway Teow (CKT) might be in peril. Back then, many of the famous CKT hawkers were already...
View ArticleDifferent Taste Cafe and Restaurant
Having lived in Siglap in the early 2000’s, we were quite familiar with the food scene along Frankel Ave. We must have driven past Different Taste many times but never stepped in to see how they tasted...
View ArticleZheng Xing Char Kway Teow: Local Hawker Heroes
There are some hawkers who remain known mainly in the local community. Zheng Xing is one of them. I am sure they must have some fans who travel some distance to eat their Char Kway Teow, but they are...
View ArticlePoh Preserved Veg Hor Fun: Hawker Stall Chye Poh Kway Teow
Chye Poh Kway Teow is a dish typically found at Teochew restaurants. It’s essentially peasant food made of simple, everyday ingredients like rice noodles (kway teow), chye poh (preserved radish), eggs,...
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