A collection of traditional as well as contemporary recipes showcasing all the good stuff found at our hawker centres and pasar malam (night market).
Char Kway Teow is Singaporean and Malaysian Zi Char comfort food at its best. Flat and wide rice noodles are flash fried with just garlic and chilli and filled with any kind of protein you fancy. What in the world…
Gado-gado is a healthy salad served with peanut sauce that can be eaten as a side, a starter or a main meal. Origin of Gado-Gado Gado-gado is definitely Indonesian in origin. However, exactly where in Indonesia and when, is a…
Kangkung belacan is a rustic, quick and easy vegetable side dish that is simply perfect on its own with some rice, or as part of a Malay, Chinese, Nyonya or Eurasian meal. It is a very typical hawker fare not…
Mee Rebus is Malay Hawker Centre fare. It’s a delicious bowl of egg noodles in gravy, topped with all the usual suspects: eggs, tofu, chillies and limes. This is just the way my granny used to make it. What’s in…
Telur Tempra is a simple Nyonya dish of sunny side up fried eggs topped with a sweet, sour and hot sauce. It’s deliciously rustic and just perfect as a quick lunch with rice or as a side dish in a…
Sambal belacan is a strongly flavoured spicy condiment that is eaten with rice throughout South East Asia. You’ll almost always find it at the dinner table in many a Malay home in Singapore and Malaysia. What is Sambal Belacan? It…