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A Singaporean foodie fling

Australia's favourite food blogger, Not Quite Nigella , aka Lorraine Elliott, lists the places where local Singaporeans love to eat.

In my last Singapore post I showed you about the high end of Singapore. And although it has been a good 15 years since my last visit before that we used to visit a lot. My mother is Singaporean and every few years we’d get on a plane to visit my aunt, uncles and countless cousins. I can tell you these five things about Singaporeans:

1. Singaporeans are obsessed with food. Like seriously obsessed. They will spiritedly debate the merits of their favourite chicken rice, char kway teow, oyster omelette place and then cluck at you good naturedly for going to the wrong place or give you a loud bellow of “Approved!” for selecting the right place.

2. They love high end and they love low end food. By low end I mean cheap hawker centre meals where deliciously fragrant and flavoursome food can be had, in the heat and humidity, for a mere $1 per drink or $2-$4 per main meal. The high end here is higher than the high end is a lot of countries with the most expensive meals costing about $S400 per head.

3. They love to shop and the shops are open until late to cater for this love.

4. They don’t seem to sleep much. They’re too busy working, eating and shopping.

5. They are obsessed with food. They really are. So it’s no wonder that with a mother from Singapore I would be similarly devoted. It was in my genes…

So it would seem only fitting that we see Singapore, the other Singapore beyond the glittery 5 star jewels with some of the locals of Singapore. These people will uncover to us the hidden gems, the best places to eat where Singaporeans eat and the places about which they furiously debate.

Geylang Serai Food Market

No trip to Singapore is complete without a visit to a hawker centre. All of us were up early at the crack of dawn and ready to partake in Tony Tan’s food tour of local hawker centres and shops where he gives us a his view on the food and history of Singaporean cuisine. We start at the Geylang Serai food market where the hawker food sits on the level above the wet market below. It’s a predominantly Malay Muslim market so the food is mostly halal.

We start with the stands around the outside of the markets that sell dried shrimp and palm sugar.

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