This mangrove nut with blackish flesh inside, when mixed with tamarind paste and other spices make a very unique local Singaporean dish. Cooked with chicken, pork or even duck meat. Sour sweet taste with a little pungent overtunes, makes it a very exotic dish to try. [20/01, 13:12] Colin Tan: Where did you buy the mangrove nuts from to make the buah keluak? [20/01, 20:04] Lee JERRY: Little India mkt. At the back near stairs going down to bus stop. Be careful , a lot are empty nuts. Sgd 10 per packet. Boil then break the lips [20/01, 20:18] Lee JERRY: Tekka Wet Market
Hainanese Pork Chop A delicious dish where pork slices from the lean parts of the pig are dip in egg and then coated with cream crackers and fried in a pan.They are then sliced into small pieces to be served with the gravy. The gravy that goes with it is made of tomato sauce thickened with corn starch and boiled with onions and potatoes. Green peas can be added. You can eat with rice or just with the pork chop dipped in the sauce. It is actually a Western dish served to the British Colonial Masters in Singapore by their Hainanese cooks. Thereafter it became part ot the repertoire of dishes served by the Hainanese coffeeshops
The Best food in JB Town. Singaporeans or for that matter Malaysians too crave for good food. I found an enclave in JB Town worth exploring for its delightfully good food. It is in the old quarters of Jalan Hock Ngee, Jalan Dboby, Jalan Trus and Jalan Segget. Old Shophouses dot the landscape interspersed with some high rises like the Menara MCA and UTC. Yes, it is in the vicinity of the Indian town and the town Indian temple and Sikh temple. At night there is a night bazaar named Pasar Karat meaning Rusted Market literally.The most famous restaurant of which is the Hua Mui coffeeshop on Jalan Trus. This is a Hainanese shop specialising in Western Dishes like Chicken Chop, Lamb Chop, Fish and Chips as well as famous Hainanese dishes like The Hainanese Pork Chop and Hor Fun. Their cousin has set up another shop named IT Roo up on the adjoining street called Jalan Dhoby. IT ROO boasts of serving up the best Chicken chop in town. Up on Jalan Dhoby is also the old bak...
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