I do love fish head curry, a national curry dish of Singapore but, eating this special curry needs a little bit of work. At times, you don't have the luxury to spend time eating this dish. All my problems are now solved with this fish tail curry -easy to eat. Next time, I'll opt for fish body curry.
Humble Japanese, trying to de-mystify Singapore cuisine and food culture. This is not a restaurant / stall rating blog.
8.26.2009
Fish Tail Curry 咖哩魚尾
I do love fish head curry, a national curry dish of Singapore but, eating this special curry needs a little bit of work. At times, you don't have the luxury to spend time eating this dish. All my problems are now solved with this fish tail curry -easy to eat. Next time, I'll opt for fish body curry.
8.20.2009
新しくなったテッカセンター 新竹脚中心

8.17.2009
Polar Puffs and Cakes ポーラーパフ&ケーキのカリーパフ
Curry Puff -a ubiquitous S.E. Asian snack with curried chicken filling encased with a flaky pie crust. It is questionable if this is a Singaporean creation (there's curry puff in Malaysia and Thailand as far as I know (as a matter of fact it could be an Anglo-Indian cuisine adapted during the British Raj era mid 1800's - mid 1900's ) but regardless of its origin, this is one of many Singapore/Western type of food that includes Hainanese pork chop, sausage rolls, chicken pies, etc. I guess it is only natural if you take a Brits' favorite chicken pie and adding some curry powder in it. Polar Puffs and Cakes curry puff is certainly baked in the oven. But the one at Old Chang Kee is deep fried in oil. Now, does that make it a true curry PUFF? Purist will say that curry puff should be baked in the oven because the dough should be that specific puff pastry -a multi layered pastry using chilled fats. Deep fried curry puff does not use the puff pastry but the dough is more like samosa or epok epok where the dough is not multi layered.
8.10.2009
Hainanese Porridge 海南粥

8.07.2009
Achar/Acar アチャール 南洋泡菜
アチャー(人によってはアチャール)はシンガポール料理には欠かせない唐辛子の効いたピクルスで食事と一緒に食べる日本でいう漬物だ。ニョニャ、マレー、ユーレイジアン、そしてインディアンプラナカンーそれぞれの民族に合ったアチャーが存在する。シンガポールやマレーシアのアチャーは移民してきた南インド人の影響といわれている。では、アチャーはいったいどこが発祥なのか?ヒンディー語、ウルドゥ語でピクルスの事をアチャーという。その発祥はペルシャやアラブという説が一般的だが、酢を意味するラテン語のアチェタリア(acetaria)からきているという説もあれば、スペイン語のチリ(aji)又はポルトガル語のチリ(achi)からきているという説もある。(Achaya, K. T., 'A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food,' Oxford University Press, New York 2006, p186.参照)余談だが、チリはもともとポルトガル人によってインドに持ち運ばれたものだ。
8.04.2009
Laksa @ Tanglin Club

I had an opportunity to eat at one of the restaurants at the prestigious private club -Tanglin Club which was founded in 1865. Casual retaurant, "Tavern," has a pub-like ambiance and I find it to be a nice place to hang out after five for a pint. I was recommended club's laksa so that's what I chose -not Katong style but more like Nonya laksa. Toppings include decent amount of shrimp, shredded chicken, fishcake and tau pok (deep fried tofu puffs). The flavor was actually not bad with a richness of coconut milk and aroma of dried prawns. The portion size was huge! -about twice the amount of coffee shops.
8.01.2009
シンガポールの半熟卵 Soft-boiled Eggs @ Kopitiam

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