"DC." <not@home> wrote in message
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>
> Not familiar with SinHuat...

Sin Huat, I think, was the original chilli crab place. I'm not 100% sure
about that. It was supposed to be the best, though I have also read
recently that it has fallen from it's number one spot. If you ever watched
A Cook's Tour, Tony Bourdain featured it on the Singapore show.

>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.

Cripes! It's a good thing I just ate dinner! All those foods had my mouth
watering...except the choice of beverage. I hate 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.
>

When I went to Thailand with my dad he complained constantly about how sweet
everything was. I suspect it's a global trend--there's nothing like a good
bit of refined sugar (I suppose I shouldn't complain, though, since that
global trend helps support the family business).

>
> 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!

I'll search around for it. It's on the list!

>How very frustrating being shown all these yummy places to eat
> but not actually have the time or stomach to try them!

I know!!! Every place I visit has a far longer "must try" list than I can
manage. It's especially difficult when I'm travelling alone, since it's not
like I can taste someone else's order.

>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.
>
>

My mother would love it. She loves fish heads--especially sucking the
eyeballs out. We're bringing lots of moist towelettes with us, too :-).
>
> 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.
>

I used to have a source, but have lost touch with them. I think my sister's
pen pal from eons ago still lives there, though. I wonder if she'd care to
show us around--just to restaurants, that is :-).
>
> 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.

I remember years ago, on rfc, trillium mentioned a discussion she and her
partner had about Singapore. Someone had said that Singapore was like
Disneyland (pretty but with no soul) and her partner replied, "No, it's like
Disneyland but with good food." I thought it was cute.

>What is Tien Tien? a Chinese restaurant?
> where is it?

Tien Tien (I'm not actually sure that's the name, but I think it is) is a
hawker stand at the Maxwell Street hawker place that sells the best
Hainanese chicken rice I've ever had. I chanced upon it and am forever
grateful that I did--I was in the area, was hungry, and went to the stand
that had the most people in line. It was cheap, too--maybe $3-5--for a huge
serving of chicken and an even larger serving of rice. And it was perfect.
The chicken was perfectly moist, the rice was flavourful and not too greasy,
and the three sauces were perfectly balanced (did I use perfect enough in
there?). I've not been satisfied with any other chicken rice since then.

Thanks for all the suggestions...my list is getting way to long for a four
day trip!

rona

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