"DC." <not@home> wrote in message
...
> Hi Rona,
>
> Was in Singapore & Malaysia a month ago, can advise but i'll need to know
> what you'd like to eat. If you've been to Singapore before then you'll no
> doubt know that the variety of food there is virtually Endless..... the
> people there are forever inventing new fusions or mixes, some East/West,
> some even within their own cuisines & there seem to be a back to Mama's
> kitchen type revival there as i saw a few local cookbooks being promoted
> heavily in Borders. So whatever your taste is, i'm sure you'll find
> something to keep you happy.
>
> Try this makansutra.com.sg it list & rates local food outlets &
> restaurants. We didn't eat everything we wanted as we kept being side
> tracked by the sight & smell of other yummy food. So unfair!
>
> DC.
>
>

I want to eat everything :-). I keep reading/hearing about Sin Huat and
their chilli crab so I think I'd like to eat chilli crab if at all possible.
The last time I was in Singapore, I ate mostly Chinese and just one Indian
meal. I didn't get any Nonya food at all, so I think I'd like to try at
least one Nonya-type place or if there are any good Indonesian or Malaysian
restaurants, I would love to hear about those. I'm not really looking for
European/Western food--I can plenty of that here in Japan--and good Thai
food I'll get in Thailand, but any of the other Asian stuff would be great!
Japan doesn't really do other Asian food well (except perhaps Indian).

I have browsed through makansutra, makantimes, and another moderated site
started by makansutra regulars (can't remember the name now), but some of
the information is difficult to get to/through. There's so much stuff it's
narrow things down! But I'll still go back to them and browse around a bit
more.

Singapore is a really great food town, isn't it? I was supposed to be in
Singapore in March 2003--during the Food Festival no less!! but had to
cancel that leg of the trip because of the SARS epidemic. I was so
disappointed, as I had been dreaming of Tien Tien and this little Indian
sweets place that had the most amazing gulab jamun and jilebi... Sigh!

rona

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