Gastronaut

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Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rice. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 October 2013

Por Kee – A Name That Had Run Its Course

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Por Kee Eating House closed its shutters for the last time on 30 September 2013. That brought to an end another chapt...
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Saturday, 30 March 2013

The Jumping Table – The Quintessential Malay Feast

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It was only after I had lived a few years away from Singapore, that I truly appreciated having grown up in its famously m...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Chicken Rice -- You say Cantonese, I say Hainanese

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Chicken was a luxury in the 1960s. At a time when a bowl of mee pok tah was all of just 20 cents, the 70-cent cost of a plate of...
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Food has always ‘spoken’ to me… Y’know, the way a psychic touches a wedding ring or a strand of hair, and the owner’s life flashes before her eyes. I’m exaggerating, of course; but you get the picture. Food and cooking have always been priceless to me, especially when they evoke things, places, people, emotions and sensations, regrets and desires, from my past and present. I’ve always believed, too, that real culinary experiences await and reward the curious, passionate, and open-minded seeker. But, as it so often does, life had other plans for me. Now, however, after nearly 50 years of turning a deaf ear to this ‘calling’, I’ve decided to make the discovery—and rediscovery—of exceptional foods, personalities, and culinary traditions my life, and joy. It’s an adventure I hope you’ll share with me.
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