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Looking for Singapore food? Want to know what local Singapore food that you must try when you are in Singapore?
Singapore is a food paradise. Singapore is a land of multi-cultural culinary pleasures. Offering a diverse menu compassing Indian, Chinese, Malay, Peranakan, Eurasian, French, Indonesian food and many more. wOf course when you are in Singapore you have to try the local Singapore food. To save you time, I have list down some local favourite Singapore food that you must try when you are in Singapore.
1. Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶 lit. Meat bone tea/ Pork Ribs soup)
Bak Kut Teh has been in Singapore since we were still a developing country and deserves its recognition as a simple, humble dish. Most of the Bak Kut Teh here are the pepper variety with mild use of herbs like Star Anise. Choose pork ribs meat in your soup for a more tender bite. The other variant would be the Klang Bak Kut Teh, a dark and highly flavoured herbal soup originating from Malaysia.
Best Bak Kut Teh stores:
Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh: 7 Keppel Road, #01-05/07, PSA Tanjong Pagar Complex, Singapore 089053 (closed on Mon)
Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh: 321 Beach Road, Singapore 199557 (closed on Wed)
2. Chili Crab
The most famous style of crab cooking in Singapore are with a sweet, spicy tomatoes chilli sauce, or with black pepper sauce. Chilli crabs are usually eaten along with fried mantou (buns), which are dipped in the luscious chilli sauce. Well prepared crabs go through a 2 step cooking process, boiled first then fried so that the meat doesn’t stick to the shell. Recently, many popular styles of cooking have surfaced as well, like salted-egg crabs or crab bee hoon.
Best Chili crab stores:
No Signboard Seafood: 414 Geylang Singapore 389392
Long Beach Seafood: Blk 1018 East Coast Parkway, Singapore 449877
3. Satay
Satay is a dish of skewered, Turmeric marinated meat that is grilled on an open fire. It originates from Indonesia but has become a common hawker fare in Singapore. Stalls are not restricted to any race and may be operated by Chinese, Malays or Indians. Typical meats include chicken, beef, mutton and even pork which is sold by the Chinese stall owners. Ketupat (rice cake), onions and cucumbers usually accompanies Satay. A spicy peanut dip is also provided for the Satay and sides as well.
Best Satay stores:
Haron Satay: 1220 East Coast Parkway, East Coast Lagoon Food Village, Singapore 468960
Chuan Kee Satay: Block 51 Old Airport Road, #01-85, Old Airport Road Food Centre Singapore 390051 (closed Mon, Thur)
4. Bak Chor Mee (肉脞面 lit. Minced Meat Noodle)
Colloquially known as ‘Bak Chor Mee’ 肉脞面, this is a noodle dish with minced pork, liver, meat balls/ fish balls, fish cake slices and a signature vinegar braised sauce that adds some wetness.
Typically, the dish is ordered ‘dry’ to savour full flavours of the sauce and you can choose between chilli or ketchup, and the type of noodle to use. Noodle choices are normally either Mee Pok (a flat noodle) or Mee Kia (thin noodle), while some stalls offer bee hoon, mee sua or mee tai mak as well.
Best Bak Chor Mee stores:
eng Hiang Food Stall (soup variant): Blk 85 Bedok North Street 4, Fengshan Market & FoodCentre, Singapore 460085
Seng Kee Mushroom Minced Pork Noodles: 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre, Singapore 555945
5. Chicken Rice
More accurately known as Hainanese Chicken rice, this is one of Singapore’s most well-known and celebrated dish. No coffee shop in Singapore is complete without a chicken rice stall. The whole chicken is steeped in sub-boiling pork and chicken bone stock to absorb the flavours and cook. Some shops will also dip the bird in ice after cooking to create a jelly-like finish on the chicken’s skin. Variations also include roasting the chicken which is called ‘black chicken’, in contrast to the ‘white chicken’. The stores with better service will de-bone the chicken for you.
The rice used in chicken rice is cooked with chicken stock, ginger, garlic and occasionally pandan leaves for added fragrance. Chilli sauce made with garlic and red chilli is served with chicken rice, as well as being topped with dark sauce and heaping spoons of chopped ginger.
Best Chicken rice stores:
Tian Tian Chicken Rice: 1 Kadayanallur St, #01-10, Maxwell Road Hawker Centre, Singapore 069184 (closed Mon)
Pictures taken from:
https://club3510.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/singaporean-chili-crab/
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/malaysian-satay/4c307b3e-030a-400e-ac58-d01ea5c22032
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/08/hainanese-chicken-rice-set-recipe.html
https://linsfood.com/bak-chor-mee-singapore-noodles/
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