I’m so happy to have found this channel! You’re so disarming that the hawkers let you enter and film inside the tiny stalls, all in 4K glory. I’ve never managed to get a taste of Shima and Lucky because the queues are always so long lol. I have to tell you, I’m your new fan 😍
Currently residing overseas and these videos has brought me so much comfort, reminiscing of all the food I was blessed with back home in SG. Miss it so much.... Thank you, sir!
@@hoongleong7702 haha.. I’m really no expert.. but if you need any information.. I’ll be happy to help. Travel lanes are just opening up.. but if you ever visit Singapore.. you gotta visit Malaysia or Thailand too if you’re travelling from afar
Thank u for taking so much time and effort to video and edit... so that everyone is able to experience and feel Singapore's hawker culture and even educate our own people. Many youngsters nowadays prefer aircon restaurants snd food courts over the hawker centres that houses most of the gems and wonderful dishes and culture of Singapore. Me and my family love watching your videos. Please don't stop! U are very talented in capturing the essence of the culture. Decades down the road this can be history videos to show how it was like in the past! Great job!
Thank you Sujun 😊 and you got the reason why I started doin this. I’ve gotten to this age that Im a little sentimental that many of the old hawkers I knew had slowly faded away. These are hawkers who have toiled their entire lives to bring us the simple joys. I was also worried that our hawkers will disappear within a decade as there are not many young blood willing to take over. Some are slowly taken over by larger corporations and mass produced.. as you said.. many of our younger generation prefer aircon restaurants and eateries.. I’m guilty of that too.. so if we don’t create awareness of our Hawker centres and our hawkers. Our heritage will soon be a thing of the past that’s lost to the ever changing social habits
love love your shows keep them coming have them all recorded for future reference spoilt for choice when i do get back to sg five, thumbs up ,, lee.;-)
The Shima's kitchen looks incredible! I have no idea how they can work while wearing mask and 3 frying pan on! Wow! The lady was so polite! She apologized because she pumped into you 😍
I can’t imagine how she stormed the kitchen with 40 dishes and yet every single dish looks so delectable.. plus the servings was generous and pricing fair enough to constantly have a line of 20 or more.. and most amazingly.. remain soooo humble with zero cocky attitude 👏🏼🙏😌
Dear person that's reading this, we may not know each other but I wish you all the best in life ♥ Your smile is precious and all the keys of happiness is in your hands, so open it up and be happy :) I believe in you, Love from a small RU-vidr!
Piggy puggy,I wanna say a Big Thank You to you.I love watch your RU-vid recommendation. This morning,I went to try the Kway Chap and I love it.The Bao is also very yummy especially the Char Siew Piao.Have a cup of Teh Si ,was so good.Unfortunately didn’t get to try the Nasi Padang because they are close on Sunday.The briyani is sold out by the time I wanted to order
Haha WT.. ya know what.. I haven’t tried them all 😅 I usually just hunt around to kaypoh those stalls with a lot of customers.. and try to film them. Alternatively.. I would ask those I film on recommendations on what they would eat other than their stalls. It was never meant to be a recommendation channel.. but thank you for visiting our hawkers.. I wanted to bring more life to support the whole hawker eco system 😊🙏
Piggy Puggy, you did it again! Another excellent video! 👍👏It is hard work and you managed to do it so well everytime, with good content, very clear images at different angles and how you can even maneuver around quickly without getting in the way. Yes, I can imagine how much patience you must have plus humility to do what you do, plus all the effort in editing to give us viewers your perfect content. Can't imagine those customers were complaining about your videotaping, difficult these days to find compassion and empathy. Well, you get A Big Thank You from me!👍 I like the Holland area. I guess everybody's favorite is that Malay stall Shima's kitchen. Wow, that super woman, making 40 dishes everyday! I always love Malay food as they are really authentic and delicious. Kuehs are my favorite. The blue one with coconut on top, Kueh Pulut Inti is one of my favorites. The Indian stall's dum briyani looks amazing too. How they could even cook such a giant pot of basmati rice and have it turn out so fluffy and not stick to the pot. Love every stall you featured in this video. Hats off to hawkers, they are the best!!! Thanks Piggy Puggy....enjoy your remaining weekend.😁😊🤣
Thank you 🙏 😊 Thank you Thank you 😊😊😊 there are days where I need to feel good to do this 😌 and get the ball rolling. But actually.. it’s a life learning experience to see such heroes in action. I can feel it from the Humility from the Malay family cooking. The patience of the kway chap ladies. And many others who are willing to chat with me for a minute about the history.. I see also sad scenarios.. very old hawkers falling asleep as their stalls that sells curry rice. I wasn’t sure to help feature them or not. I see proud hawkers too.. so many kinds of people around us. I also believe mental health and stress is becoming a very real problem for some as I noticed many stalls are closed more often.. haha.. thanks again for your support 🥰 🥰🥰 always makes my day how much details you can get of each video.. wish you a Beautiful Sunday ahead. Oh.. that Nonya kueh stall is a gem! It’s soooo good.. looks can be deceiving
@@Piggypuggy You set out to do this with important goals in mind, primarily to help create awareness for hawkers in S'pore, to demonstrate your appreciation and support for them, etc. besides providing entertainment for viewers like us. It is also important to always have compassion and empathy. We both know that if we ever have to walk a mile in the hawker's shoe, we won't survive, at least I know I would not last. Re those sad scenarios, my sister and I see that all the time and unlike others, we buy something from them to make their day. When you put a smile in someone's face, it warms the heart and is priceless. Even when they have no business, all it takes is for someone to believe in them to give them hope. On occasions, we were pleasantly surprised that the food was not bad despite those reviews. So, you never know, it is all subjective. This is what compassion is all about and you sure have that plus your respect for seniors and old time hawkers. Never change that nor take anything for granted in life. When there is despair, let there be hope and it is always fun to hear you chatting with the hawkers. It is a very tough life. Everything else is going up in price except hawker food. It was a very busy week but I also managed to view your previous Empress market/food center video as well. Take care and until the next video...be safe.😊
Much praise and admiration to all the hard-working hawkers cooking and serving delicious food! I would love a bouquet of Malay food over flowers any day 😊👍💕🙏 Sedap! Love yr filming and English captions. Wonderful work! 👍
Love your videos. As a pale-faced foreigner, I would love more explanation of some of the foods. Sometimes I am not sure whether something is peanuts or pork floss or something else entirely. Nor am I sure what some of the names mean, and I would love to learn
Nice huh? That KOLO Mee texture is really nice.. I like how it's dry and that sauce.. goes well with the Yong Tau Fu also. Kway Chap been there 47 years. Solid 👍
My workplace is opposite at the Metropolis. Sometimes will walk over to this hawker for my lunch when possible :D Lots of very good affordable food there. The hakka noodles and that kolo mee yong tau fu are both great in their own ways. Always wanted to try that Malay stal but too long queue lah. Even the chinese dessert stall near the Malay stall there is nice too. So is the soya bean drink stall and drinks stall. There's a stall that sells Penang fried kuey tiao and various kueys also quite nice...the list goes on LOL The claypot stall though seems to be not as nice as the first time I tried them. Baos I've bought to try cannot remember which ones, ermm the fillings too bland for me.
Wow.. lucky you.. just walk over nia.. then again.. the Singapore lunch time heat is almost unbearable 😂 yeah man.. the Malay food queue is just SUPER! I didn’t even notice Penang fried kway Teow 😅 well it’s great that your workplace brings you much further for more hawker fare.. you live around Eunos? Thought I remembered there’s someone living there
You used to go there? I’ve been so Holland Village soooooooooooooooo many times.. but funny thing is I haven’t even stepped foot here even once. Did go to that Hans by the corner several times though..
The Kolo Mee Char Siew slices has reduced by about 30% as I've eaten this stall consistently about 5 months!!! The meat is rather dry but now with lesser slices which I hope is temporary maybe due to increased pork prices, I hope they give the same decent amount as 1 - 2 months ago in due time ! Seems prices of Char Siew, Roast Pork have risen...But Cheng Heng Kway Chap still gives same amounts as usual ! Are those hawkers trying to make up losses because of restrictions on dine in Twos etc which have reduced their customer numbers ? This has been the scenario in Singapore hawkers normally cut down on amounts given when meat, vegetables prices goes up but later when prices are back down to normal some still continue to give lesser amounts!
Really ah?pork prices will always fluctuate.. stalls should not reduce ingredients coz of temporary rise in commodity price. next time you ask the uncle why now less slices.. 😜 see what he says.. tell him, as long time customer.. you noticed the change. 😅
come here everytime make myself hungry with the knowledge that i cannot be fulfilled the way i want to only 😂😂😂 i didn't even know i was missing bak chang until i saw it here... haiz. The cheong fun look damn zai also oh man
Hahaha.. this channel damn dangerous for ex Singsporeans to watch.. see already cannot touch and taste.. can only imagine 😄 relak relak.. come home soon and be Foodfilled
Waaa... the nasi padang stall has so many deliciously looking dishes I wouldn't be able to decide what to get 🤤😋 Love the pulut inti with generous portion of palm sugar coconut. When you film up close, do the hawkers mind that you get in their way?
Oh.. that Pulut Inti was super fabulous! Better than all the ones I’ve tried. Oh.. I actually bought the kueh 😅 but as for the rest.. I try to zoom in for close ups. But gotta really make it snappy. It all boils down to estimating the patience of the hawkers 😅😅😅
Hai Piggypuggy 😄 I'm Byrani lovers, but I prefer the Indian style. The fragrance of the Byrani really makes your day. Tq for sharing stay safe and take care 👍😄
I haven't got the chance to try yet.. but it smelled sooo good in the Kitchen.. the colours of all the dishes were so vibrant.. 100x more attractive then on the outside
👍🥣☕Best hawker fare,definitely my travel hawker list.Choices is so varied.Loved the Shima kitchen,how lovely the dishes looks when placed on glassware,very well organised.Tks PP and have a Wonderful and Happy Halloween 🎃 🎭🎀🎃🎭🎃
Hey Lucy! Happy Halloween 🎃 yes.. I haven’t been to this hawker before.. but now I know it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re back in Singapore. Have a Happy Sunday ahead 👻
Hundred over hawkers under National Environment Agency.. some are smaller in size. They’ve been set up around the late 70s to remove all the street hawkers completely. The newer estates does not have such Hawker centres. They now have privately run coffee shops (usually under Housing blocks) which have around 8 stalls
The Cheung Fung place has sadly closed down and replaced with a nasi lemak stall. Looks good but no queues there. A lot of empty stalls now but shimas is still killing it!
Haha kok kok mee is because in the old days they push around a cart to neighbourhood and start hitting a piece of wood or metal kok kok, kok kok, or tok tok, hence the name tok tok mee
I used to eat at that kuih chap stall as a kid more than 30 years ago... Travelled down by bus all the way from Jurong West during weekends and would have to wait about an hour before we could get to eat. That time no self service so the stall owners would send your order to your table.
Glad it brought back memories for you. Jurong to Holland! Wow 😄 Have you visited them lately? I was there at 11am. The queue was still manageable then..
@@Piggypuggy i am not in SG now... But this stall is still one of the best kuih chap stalls i had ever eaten. Those aunties in the clip look pretty much the same.
@@terubong yes go try once... There were times that we had to wait for more than one hour at our tables last time but we just waited patiently. Worth the wait 😋
i'm hungry, the Malay food stall spread is so good. bless them no wonder steady business. they let you in also during peak hour. normally the usual auntie-uncle will show you black face, like the charcoal burning the claypot. lol
Very mixed feeling abt this area being prime location status, other than the weekend clubbing attraction, there isn't anything here. Not even a decent size air-conditioned mall. No fast food restaurants too. Star Vista pedestrian area is not even air-conditioned making window shopping unpleasant. Comfy air-conditioned place is a luxurious thing here and SG is so hot at times.
Shima has been around for about 8 years.. based on what I see.. they are easily the most popular stall at the hawker centre.. probably sold out in a few hours
Putting this one on my list now SG is opening up to us. Thank you PiggyPuggy for bringing these to us so we travellers who have missed a lot of these places over the years can go and find them appreciated greatly.
There’s really too much to eat in Singapore 😅 and this hawker is probably just a 20min walk from Ghim Moh Hawker centre which is the one I’d pick as a must visit. It’s sometimes depends on the vibe too.. weekends are crowded.. but it brings along the true essence and liveliness of the HC. It’s best for a visitor to just try a few spoonfuls of each dish.. can’t eat them all 😂
@@Piggypuggy That is a shame still would like to have a last look though before Tanglin and Commonwealth disappear altogether there was wonderful popiah skin hawker there I'd like to see if he is still selling
I’m also not sure what QQ is.. I first heard of it on Taiwanese shows.. the kept using the word QQ to describe.. I thought it’s more towards having a chewy texture and a bite to it
egg and akaline.. that the main thing that affect the texture of the noodles beside the flour. i think QQ can maybe use al dente to describe .. as NOT soggy and all clump together like a ball
I googled more into it and found out it's what Taiwanese hokkien term calls it.. Qiuu Qiuu.. like chewy.. Here's what Michellin guide described it as: The term originated from Taiwan, where Q sounds similar to the local word for “chewy”, but it's evolved to mean a little more than that. The Asian version of al-dente, QQ foods are soft but not mushy - they must offer some resistance to the bite. Just as Ace Toh described it to be.. Al Dente
Ay.. Amazing leh.. she is still cool as a cucumber 🥒 super calm composure.. and yet! Still wearing a mask 😅 I have seen many take off their masks inside.. and it’s very understandable too. I was embarrassed to be sweating buckets just filming
Haha.. tried to explain but he just barged on and continued ranting.. so I just kept quiet. Stood aside and let him be.. decided to leave coz he was upsetting everyone. Well.. can’t calm a person down if he really refuses to.. luckily the owners was still calm and told me it’s ok laa..
@@Piggypuggy it’s normal elderly sometimes are stubborn and grumpy. Just leave him. Hope you do your thing and don’t get triggered by him. Annoying, such people always want force their own views on others.
Haizt.. hope he managed to enjoy his lunch.. but doubt so.. coz I could see him glancing at me even while eating his kway chap 😅 hope he takes it easier in life. Sometimes a small disagreement can easily blow up into something unpleasant if one chooses to harp on it.. ✌🏼
alot of old people is like that, refuse to listen and accept any other ideas beside his own. As if his single order can support the stall. As if the whole world is up against him. Have you done honglim food center before? There alot of nice food stalls - unfortunately most only open for lunch crowd only.
@@acetoh5520 😄 old but yet full of fire in them to grumble. Ok laa.. if he had met a younger person.. it'd turn into another unnecessary ugly scene that we sometimes see at the hawker centres. Hong Lim was one of the initial hawker centres invisited.. I only covered individual stalls there. Like the famous CKT and Curry Chicken Noodles and the Zi Char.. haven't done a holistic one before...it can be quite difficult there as the business hour really focus on that 2hr lunch window.. so sometimes not too condusive to bother them during that 2hrs. After that.. it's all zzz.. 😅
Billion dollar global insight to max profits and charity donations via monetisation in anime, real life, movies, gaming or thesis. Problem where full 8 to 12 hours of full time hawker labour (e.g. repetitive muscle stress and injuries from cooking) cause many older and elderly experienced hawkers or chefs to leave the industry. Why not retain the experienced chefs by using corporate human resource systems by respectfully communicating to the hawkers (respect to elders is important in Asian cultures), that they can cook for 4 hours, then spend rest of the days (not limited to own hawker stalls, e.g. float around to nearby hawker stalls) to work as cashiers, cleaners or trainers of other hawkers? This adds variety, expand their social circle, slow down injuries, reduce pain and suffering and max quality of life. Hawker chefs are not the best at networking, socialising or business or marketing minded.
