Hawker food

To get the best of everything, we highly recommend the Signatures Combo for one ($30). You can choose from a set of 2-boned lamb cutlets and 100g beef or duck wellington, or a combination of both the duck and beef wellington at 100g each. Both options come with a serving of baked potato/fries and a side salad. Definitely a spread for one if you ask me! Could possibly be enough to share between 2 which makes it really affordable.

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We ordered a small plate of Oyster Omelette ($5) to try and at first glance, it looked like a textbook-perfect Orh Luak - generous amount of egg (we secretly counted about 5?) well-balanced with the batter, and garnished with parsley. The first few bites were shiok as there were a lot of eggs latched onto the batter. But after a few more mouthfuls, it got a bit jelak as it was greasy. It was hard to miss the layer of oil sitting underneath the Orh Luak.

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Although it doesn’t get as much attention as other famous Char Kway Teow stalls, Katong Jago still serves up a pretty good plate of Char Kway Teow. Plus point of a hidden gem? You will not need to queue for a long time! They appear to also sell Carrot Cakes, but during our visit, only Char Kway Teow was on the menu. We will probably be back to try their Carrot Cake.

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The shaved ice were packed firmly, and I enjoyed digging into the ball of ice looking for the usual toppings of Cendol. It came with around 2 attap seed, kidney beans and the noodle-like pandan jelly. The Pandan Jelly had a Q bite to it which I preferred as compared to the soft and mushy ones. Though, I wished it had more pandan aroma.

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The Uggli muffins were unlike the usual moist, dense and cakey muffins. It had a chewy bite to it. As it was freshly baked, you could smell a strong buttery aroma when tearing into the Uggli Muffin. Unsurprisingly, the muffins were also generously stuffed with toppings. I loved the macadamia toppings especially, every bite had a piece of macadamia in it.

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For the Hokkien Mee connoisseurs out there, you would know that we can broadly categorise them into either dry, or wet Hokkien Mee. As a fan of the saucey goodness, I was delighted to find that Come Daily serves them wet! A piping hot plate of mee ($5) with sufficient moisture probably due to the steaming of the noodles, that made it so soft such that it almost melts in your mouth.

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For a single serving, the plate of mixed organs and meat was more than sufficient. Da Cheng Kway Chap had the usual ingredients - taupok, pork belly, pig intestines, and braised egg. What was surprising was that we also found fish cake in the braised dish! Perhaps it was to make up for the lack of soft tofu we usually find in traditional Kway Chap.

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In front of Chef Sham’s stall is a humongous pot of soup that is hard to miss. The soup is cooking constantly, extracting the essence of the chicken, pig soup and fish maw all at once. It is evident that the soup has been carefully boiled for long hours by the milky colour of the soup.

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Though they increased the price of Xiao Long Bao (10 Pieces) from $6 to $7, it is still one of the more affordable ones. While the skin of the Xiao Long Bao is not the thinnest one around, the saving grace is definitely its well marinated minced pork fillings. There is no “right” way to eat the Xiao Long Bao, but my favourite way would be to bite a small hole at the side of the dumpling, let the broth pour into the spoon, dip the dumpling in the vinegar sauce, eat the dumpling and lastly savour the broth.

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It’s not often you see a Hawker coffee stall using an espresso machine to brew their coffee. Tucked in a little corner of Chinatown Complex, Lim’s Cafe does just that. On top of looking like a crossover between the traditional and the modern, the beans used at Lim’s Cafe are also a fusion of Western and Asian coffee beans.

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This is the world’s first ever hawker stall to be awarded a Michelin star. Going at just $3 for a plate of Soya Sauce Chicken rice, it is no wonder that there were long queues and even a designated queueing area at its Chinatown Food Complex stall.

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While there are 14 types of Banh Mi on the Menu, we had to go with Special Great Banh Mi (who can say no to a name like that?). At only $6.90, the Special Great Banh Mi was huge. The baguette could barely contain all of its stuffings

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