Jimmy, the Pork noodles do indeed have an acquired Singaporean flavour. Funny enough, it's a dish that most Singaporeans crave when they're travelling abroad (especially when visiting Korea)!
The pork noodles is called Bak Chor mee and its found in almost every hawker in sg. Singaporeans love the strong vinegar, salty and spicy taste. its really unlike anything you have tried in other south east asian or asian countries.Also the only michelin star hawker food is Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, Crawford Lane. Not the one u have tried. The rest are just michelin gourmand.
Yes, the vinegar is Zhenjiang or Chinkiang black rice vinegar. It is similar to taste of balsamic vinegar . Great as a dip with Xiao Long BAO or Shen Jian Bao. Delicious.
I ate at that Egg Noodle hawker stall that you said had an “acquired taste”. I actually LOVE it i ordered two bowls! We stumbled upon this place when we missed the bus stop for bugis 😅 Love this video and happy you featured a less crowded area
It's funny. I definitely felt allergic reactions in the early days of this channel, but now I barely feel anything when I eat shellfish. 😅 I just hope it doesn't surprise me with a sudden extreme reaction one day.
People who grow up in the West are allergic to a lot of things. They found in medical studies that the proportion of Asians being allergic to peanuts is much lower than the West but if the Asian parents live in the West before they give birth to kids in the West, they would give birth to just as many kids with allergies to peanuts. However if their kids were born in Asia but went to West and grew up there they still rarely develop allergies to peanuts...though my country Singapore has higher allergies to peanuts that some Asian countries..but lots of our peanut butter are imported from West. Food for thought...
Kaya toast is considered breakfast food although like many breakfast foods, it is sold all day like an all-day breakfast. It is the Southeast Asian equivalent of marmalade or peanut butter and jelly.
Thank you so much for sharing another great video. Special thank you for including the prices for us. I am sure if you can afford it there are amazing things to eat everywhere but this was really affordable, it was amazing! P.S. pleas be careful with the shellfish if you’re allergic, we love you x
I always pass by this hawker every time i get the chance to visit singapore ! Duck rice is probably my favorite food to grab ! The price/Taste ratio can't be beat !
Hi Jimmy Bro. Just a brief info.on Singapore Hawker centres(Food centres). In the old days street hawker use to do their trade in push cart form on the open streets. Due to hygiene and pollution isses being consolidate into Hawker centres for better management of hygiene, convenience location for the public to consume food at an affordable price. Their in fact food/drinks stores now and "not restaurants". Singapore Hawker culture is listed by UNESCO as Intangible cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Random but for some reasons your most recent videos haven’t been showing on my suggested 😢, but this video did idk what’s up with the algorithms. Keep it up tho
So that's what you had at Hong Lim! That's a lot for breakfast 🤣 I really love minced pork noodles especially when I come home from an overseas trip but I didn't like the one from TaiWah cause the last time I had it, it was had a strong porky taste 😢 I think for your next trip back here you can head to lesser populated Hawker Centres to find other hidden gems. 🤩
Yeah! I think I made a good call by going to Hong Lim as my first hawker experience, but I would love to explore more of these! Many of my Singaporean viewers had mixed opinions on the best hawker center in Singapore.
Isn't the reason Hawker centers are so popular in Singapore specifically, and are also clean etc. because they are subsidized by the government? So, they are subsidized and regulated by the government and that keeps prices fairly low and everything higher quality and clean. At least that's how I understood Hawker centers there. I don't know if they are the same in places that have Hawker centers outside of Singapore though.
Ah! Singapore hawker video finally out! Think. you ate more than I ever had at a hawker! For the Bak Ku Teh, I love the Singapore pepperish version which is sooo lovely and warming especially on cold rainy days. As for laksa, it's my favourite local food, especially the Katong laksa version which is more coconutty and the noodles are cut short so you only use a spoon to scoop it up! If you do come next time, hope you check those out as well! :D And yes the pork noodles, Bak Chor Mee, even for myself, when I first had it in my younger days, I was not used to the taste because of the vinegar. But trust me, it grows on you, and on a random occasion, you will suddenly find yourself missing it and craving that tangy flavour from the vinegar. When I order mine now as an adult, I even add extra vinegar and chilli! LOL
I think that laksa was a splipper lobster not a crawfish . in some places in Japan that dish would be worth 40$usd for lobster alone at market. So that was an amazing deal.9$ lolool nice.
Interesting! Their noodles seem to be less absorbent than the typical Korean/Japanese wheat noodle, almost like rice vermicelli. Curious to see if more of the rest of the noodle dishes you try will be of that style.
Jimmy that Laksa looks really good! I remember you mention you are alergic to shellfish? How much can you eat before something happens? Last video you had many lobsters at the fancy buffet.
I’ve been food poisoned in Singapore, it’s always the pre cooked chicken left at room temperature in the Singapore heat that gets me. I think it is just served this way in Muslim countries like Malaysia and Singapore as they sometimes eat with their hands
I would love to know how you get from the airport to your destination. How do you know where to go? Are you taking an Uber everywhere? Walking? Renting Vehicles 🚗? Etc. Thank you for your consideration ☺️
Next time, when you order the pork noodle, remember to ask them not to omit the vinegar. Without the black vinegar, it may taste very different and extremely delicious. It may be more delicious than you can imagine. BTW, you look very much Korean, not Chinese.
I think for TaiWah's Pork noodles/bak chor mee is on the pricier side and kind of an over hyped In some hawker centers you can still get cheaper bak chor mee then what you paid for.
The ribs were great! I felt bad not drinking all of that soup though... Also, many people mistook me for Chinese and Japanese before haha so she didn't surprise me 😅
Not that I particularly fancy but when you go hong lim you didn't queue for the wanton noodle and fried kway tiao? You need a local guide man, the pork noodle you went to is kinda the "wrong" stall... I like that curry chicken tough... Other than that you should had tried the duck confit from Eddy's (level 2, S$13) since you are already not eating all Michelin.
My guess was whichever micheline food critic/judge who's in charge of handing out stars was a little plastered and started handing out stars to any stall that had food that wasn't bad. Seems a little trigger-happy considering some of the stalls were just okay or average. I do like how clean singapore's market looks compared to the outdoor street food in Thailand or Vietnam. I respect that it's good food with talented, well-experienced cooks. But I can't stop thinking about them not washing their hands or bugs getting on ingredients/food.
I think Jimmy mentioned they were Michelin recognized so they don’t have a Michelin star necessarily but in the Michelin Guide. They could be a Michelin Bib Gourmand stall as well.
