5 Must Try Food in Singapore {Foodee}

Warning: this post might make you hungry.

The great thing about Singapore is that it is a melting pot of cultures. Their own locals are composed of major races, plus they have a lot of “foreign talent,” resulting to a huge range of cuisines almost everywhere you go. I don’t think a lot of countries can boast of such diversity in their food courts.

So if you’re a tourist here, I imagine it can get quite overwhelming and confusing to decide which food to try. I’m a foreigner myself, so perhaps I can help you in that area. Here’s my top 5 favourite food in Singapore.

(1) Hokkien Mee

This consists of 2 kinds of noodles – egg and rice – stir-fried with egg, pork, prawns and squid, and served and garnished with vegetables, small pieces of lard, sambal sauce and lime, for the juice to be squeezed and adding that nice kick.

This was the first Singaporean dish I fell in love with. I introduced it to a friend when she visited, and she loved it so much that she ate it every day, and still does every time she’s here! What have I done?

(2) Chilli Crab

This is probably the most popular Singaporean dish, having been listed at number 35 on World’s 50 most delicious foods compiled by CNN Go in 2011.

Giant mud crabs are commonly used and stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato and chilli based sauce. I used to dislike eating crabs because you have to exert a lot of effort in cracking them open for very little meat, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with these meaty crabs. I love dipping hot crispy buns into the sauce. Slurp!

(3) Cereal Prawns

I never would have thought of combining breakfast food with seafood, but some genius did, mixed them with butter and came up with one of the best tasting dishes in the land. It’s so good that some people have been known to mop up the cereal dregs, long after all the prawns had been fished out of the plates.

(4) Salted Egg Yolk Pork Ribs

I love salted egg yolk everything, actually, not just pork ribs. Some mastermind came up with the heavenly salted egg yolk sauce and people realized it was so delicious, that they coated everything with it – and do I mean everything! Look at this list! I haven’t tried everything on it but I intend to someday. #SingaporeBucketList

(5) Bak Kut Teh

The name literally translates as “meat bone tea.” Despite its name, there is in no tea in the dish itself. The name refers to a strong oolong Chinese tea which is usually served along with the soup in the belief that it dilutes or dissolves the copious amount of fat consumed in this pork-laden dish.

This dish consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours.

It is usually served with strips of fried dough for dipping in the soup, but I prefer rice. I love that there’s a Song Fa Bak Kut Teh restaurant near our office, so it’s easy to go for this treat every once in a while!

 

Do you like any of these dishes? What other Singaporean dish can you highly recommend?

This post is part of the A to Z Challenge, a blog hop that goes through the alphabet for all the days of April except Sundays. Today’s feature is S for Singapore.

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