haha, in singapore, the chinese "carrot cake" is actually radish "cakes" as the direct translation of radish in Chinese is "white carrot". So they just name it carrot cake. The radish cakes are made of shreaded radish and rice flour and then steamed. But we do have the actual dessert carrot cake but typically not sold in hawker centres
Thanks for the explanation, I thought some rice flour might have been involved. Carrot cake is one of my favourite desserts but I loved this Carrot cake also, would definitely have again 🫶
Actually there is zero carrots or radish in it , it is 100% made by rice powder, so should be rice cake by right,in the early days they just called fly cake (抄粿）,until the 70’s someone try to be smart and change the name into carrots cake.
Welcome to Singapore! Kudos for visiting the off beaten paths. Everyone thinks Singapore is very expensive when compared to other SEA countries but if compared to other first world countries, Singapore isn't that expensive except for lodging.
Exactly, even the hotels really, if you compare to London for example it's very affordable. Plenty of activities you can do for free and unless you're going to high end restaurants the price of food is very reasonable also. I think a lot of people who go to South East Asia are doing so on a budget so Singapore does seem expensive in comparison to neighbouring countries. However no other country in SE Asia (that I've been to anyway) has the same level of infrastructure as Singapore so that's a key difference. However I'm sure living in Singapore long term is expensive, especially if you want to buy a car 🤯
Yeah not going to lie, drivers aren't the best in Singapore as well 😂 Also you don't want a situation where there is more pollution so understandable. Public transport is great and set up well for cyclists also 🫶
WRONG..Why Singapore been ranked the most expensive for the last 9yrs mainly due to property & cars(SG remains the most expensive place on earth to own cars since 1980s,high pricing been this way for so many decades). Property pricing is insanely expensive when comes to rental & sale. Try living in Singapore(NOT as a tourist for only few days of stay) & u will experience yourself.😅😂 Why other things seem alot cheaper than Europeanz is because of cheaper food & public transport systems. Europeans & America dont have long culture of street food. Singapore is located in asia so asia in general luv to have street food just like many asia countries. Of course singapore street food is more organized & cleaner since is a developed country. So in this manner, singapore is lucky to be located in asia with influence of street food culture. Therefore if u come in as a tourist, u WONT be able to know singapore is insanely expensive since ur only concern when u visiting is just food & public transport only haha; These 2 things are dirt cheap to our standard & very affordable to many countries too!! 😂
@@cworldwandererU came in as a TOURIST, NOT as a long term resident, of course u would assume S'pore is still cheaper since tourists only care to look for food & public transport🤣🤣 U might get heart attack when u know how expensive Sg rental & sale of property are like. We even have the world's most expensive PUBLIC HOUSING, vy common to find some HDB/public housings are sold over 1 million SGD for just 3 bedder(means only 2 bedder,1 living rm & 1 toilet, 700 sqft). Pls do remember they are PUBLIC housing NOT private condos, private apartments or landed houses in SG are at crazy unthinkable pricing that only the richer ones can afford to buy. For eg the CEO of tiktok chew bought a vy OLD rundown mansion at prime location for SGD86 mil(USD65 milion). ❤
Singapore is the best, earn high salaries, but daily necessities like transport, food, groceries, toiletries, clothing etc, are cheap. That’s why Singaporeans are one of the highest in savings in the world!
Everytime they talk about cost of living . The factors they calculate is The price of renting or buying a apartment and owning a CAR.. but in Singapore if you buy HDB flats and take public transportation.. these 2 factors isn't as expensive as what ppl assume..
Yeah I wouldn't own a car in Singapore, not needed really is it. I guess a foreigner wouldn't be able to buy a HDB though right? So rent would be a big factor for someone wanting to live in Singapore.
@@cworldwanderer no surprise there....45 years born and raised here, yet i myself have not covered all the hawker stalls in Singapore. we are just so blessed here and spoilt for choice.
There are TWO versions of the carrot cake, white (which you had which is more savoury) and black ( which is fried together with sweet black sauce, and is sweet and savoury). Other versions, they may fry with prawns too
I'm not surprised, it was just starting to fill up as we left so think we timed it well haha good quality food and drink at a reasonable price is always a winner
That my man, is the central ventilating for the cooking smoke being filtered and expelled from the roof top. The Chinese restaurant you were at serves North/Eastern and Szechuan cuisine according to the signage.
LOL that auntie not quite know how to answer your question in English. It is literally translated from chinese word for the radish...white carrot. There are two versions of this dish. White or black. White is more savoury and eggy, black is cooked additionally with sweet dark soy. So it will have a sweeter taste and perhaps a more smokey or intense taste profile than the plain white version. The dish is usually fried with preserved radish, minced garlic, fish sauce... Old Airport is a very good hawker centre with lots of choices. It is one of the few hawker centres that has stalls opened for dinner crowd. Tekka market is a good foodie place as well. LOL did you just used two spoons instead of fork and spoon? That's mantou with condensed milk (sweet) dip. Mainly tourists queue for Tian Tian chicken rice though.
Lor 18 😄 Geylang is actually quite good for male tourists to stay , traffic is convenient and food is 24hr available. The entertainment section you guys got to explore yourself.
It's radish, commonly known as white carrot. It's grated white radish mixed with rice flour and tapioca flour and steamed. The end result is radish omelet. The taste of fish is from the fish sauce.
There are many poor people like me in Singapore. We can still survive and live in this country. In Singapore, we call this 好看不好吃。 however our hawker food is 好吃不好看。
@@cworldwanderer unless there is someone free to do the cooking (which is not common), most of us eat at hawker centers or coffeeshops where the prices are pretty similar
@@cworldwandererthanks why I go to more than one stall & feast like there is no tomorrow which is what I will be doing when I return to Singapore in 2 weeks & 4 days time
Carrot cake is white radish mixed with flour, steamed, cut into small pieces, then stir fried with eggs & some sauces. White radish in chinese direct translate into carrot, therefore the name. 😅
Singapore restaurants are expensive, as there are taxes on top including GST, services, etc. So a 100dollars of bill, 20-30 % are non-food related. if you want to eat cheap, you must dine in the hawker center, where a meal is cheaper than the average HK meal.
LOL it doesn't sound appealing but taste quite all right. Most said it is a cross between chicken and fish. It isn't very meaty though.@@cworldwanderer
Never tried 🐸, I have seen it in Penang before. I think like chicken feet, it's best for me a bit crispy instead of in a porridge haha I'd definitely try it but if I order for myself I don't like wasting food if I don't like it
The carrot cake in Singapore is COMPLETELY different from what you have in mind about carrot cakes. It's not really "carrot". A westerner will not understand why this is called carrot cake.
Carrot cake is a classical case of something lost in translation. It is actually rice cake with radish. Because our early forefathers low literacy and poor grasp of English, they mistakenly translated radish for carrot. This is because the Chinese character for radish and carrot is the same. It is differentiated in Chinese with the colour. Direct translation of radish would be white carrot, while carrot is red carrot.
Thanks for the reply, I've had chicken rice in Singapore a couple times so wanted to try something different this time. Also had kway teow in Malaysia many times, maybe I should try next time in Singapore to compare 😅
@cworldwanderer the restaurant which ur friend brought u to is a northern China 🇨🇳 cuisine. Not traditional LOCAL Singapore Chinese. If u're interested, u may visit Spring Court located at 52 Upper Cross Street (few minutes walk from Chinatown mrt Station) they had been around since 1929 n serve authentic local Chinese cuisines of various dialect groups.
I would like to think I'm more handsome than him 😅 but no we're not related. Thanks though he's obviously very good at what he does so I'll take it as a compliment 😂
Not at all. Food is cheap especially hawker centres. If you compare to London, both are developed countries, London is expensive even a decent nice accommodations can be quite expensive.
Yep, I would say it's a much nicer environment in Singapore also. Some areas in London are like warzones haha Take a look at the cheapest accommodation in London, it's still expensive and you're living in terrible conditions
@@cworldwanderer I agree. I love London but now the city is not as safe as it is used to be, like warzoneas you said and also, I did stay in Central London once with my sibling and can't remember where it was but it's the Victoria walk up type and room was small and basic like 50 to 60 pounds a night but again, it is in central London and it was one of the pocket friendly hotels. We stayed for a night before heading off to Glasgow. Probably will be back to London maybe in late October or November for the west end musical.
Chicken is chicken. Can't imagine you have many, if any chicken farms in Singapore. We have chicken farms in UK but I think we import alot from Thailand also
Had biryani in this video is that Chinese as well? 😂 The previous video I had Kaya toast and Prata 🤷 Didn't eat much Malay food as I went to Malaysia after Singapore
Most of the youtube’s video by creators mostly concentrated around areas of chinatown, marina bay…the usual spots. Chinatown is too “articulated” if I were to say diplomatically. Great that you explored Geylang area and Tekka. These places are more “organic” and still have its soul. And true, better off to have good Malay food in Malaysia. I’m Singaporean and I still firmly feel Malaysia’s food fare is better than here. It’s just sad they don’t know how to market it well.
I don't like western cake in our heat. Maybe in an Air-conditioned cafe. Try cendol or ice kacang next time. Shaved ice desserts r perfect for our weather.
@@cworldwanderer ice kacang is d multi coloured syrup covering a mountain of ice. Below r red beans n cubes of agar. There may be seeds of the attap palm.
