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> 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.

Not familiar with SinHuat... but there is a row of seafood restaurants along
the coast (east coast park?) that's quite famous & they do all the regular
Singapore seafood dishes. We prefer it here as there's a little sea breeze
coming in when you have your dinner & it's only 50m or so from the sea
instead of a busy street. We had all our favourites there, black pepper
crabs, chilli crabs with steamed & deep fried mantou(buns) which you use to
mop up all the yummy gravy. deep fried baby squids in dark soya sauce &
chilli sauce, satay, kangkong belachan(stir fried 'water spinach' with
shrimp paste), steamed fish, etc.. all washed down with tiger beer. Only
thing we found a little disappointing was that most of the food were a
little too sweet, they must have added lots of sugar into their dishes.
Didn't remember it was so sweet before? maybe it's a trend or a change in
the local tastes.... i don't know.


> 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.

We were brought to a restaurant in the Bugis shopping area, this Indonesian
restaurant was called Warung M Nasir(sp?) & it wasn't listed in makansutra
so you might need to ask someone there. I thought it was extremely good, the
sauces were to die for. Chicken rendang was a clear winner! we were also
told they have another restaurant just open at the recreation club near the
padang(field?) near the old parliament building. It serves Indonesian Padang
style meals which i haven't had since a kid but like many things, too little
time & too much food to eat. Maybe next time. We were also driven around the
old muslim mosque area (Arab St?) & there are quite a few very good
Indonesian & Malay restaurants there now. As usual... we didn't get a chance
to try any. How very frustrating being shown all these yummy places to eat
but not actually have the time or stomach to try them! As for Indian food...
Little India is probably the best place but also ask about a dish called
Indian fishhead curry. It sounds gross but the fishhead is huge & you get
tender meat around the jaws & cheeks of the fish that just melts in your
mouth & the gravy that goes with it.... you'll have to try it.


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> 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.

Very intriguing too if you don't understand Singapore English, the best
thing i found was to get yourself a local to bring & show you all the food
places! I just pay for their food... more often then not, you'll find that
works pretty well as they can't resist having a free meal! LOL.

> 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!

Yes i've heard of the food festival but never been to it either, but
everyday is a food festival there if you ask me. You are simply overwhelm by
the variety... it's like the country is driven by food, i don't know of any
country that is so food obsessed. What is Tien Tien? a Chinese restaurant?
where is it? We did a few restaurants while we were there but ate mainly in
hawker stalls or little cafe or as they call it there - coffee shops. A lot
cheaper & better too. Talking of roti... there's this place that is out of
the way but it's one of the best rotis there. It's off Upper Thomson Rd, on
a residential road called Casaurina Rd(?) but the rotis there are so crispy
& perfect. I did recall they were getting smaller & smaller each time we go
there over the years. But what we like most about it is that only 5mins walk
away is the reservoir & they've got raised wooden walkways through it so you
actually walk through the rainforest & along the edge of the water for a bit
of peace & quite after a filling beakfast or lunch of rotis. Like yourself,
we ordered 2 rotis but ended up asking for more.

You've left me salivating just thinking... i'll have to get a few frozen
rotis out of the freezer & fry them up now.

DC.