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Hmm, food, glorius food! That's why I wnat to be in SG.beppi wrote:A (German) friend of mine was once told this by a taxi driver:
"Singapore, ah, so difficult to decide what to eat lah: Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"
But some S'poreans must have ikan bilis only for very meal - must be catching up with iron deficiency.
You forgot nyonya food, Penang food and Vietnamese is different Phillipino's from Cambodian, as Northern Indian is different Southern Indian etc.
Western food is a vast range. German food's different from French, from Italian, Swedish, English, Irish, Scottish, Greek, American - perhaps more in the list.
We're spoilt for choice. You can have all these in London but nothing like the hawker centres, food courts, mall courts, hotels and club food in SG, Penang and KL. Don't know about the rest.
We are what we eat.
Er we have a Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and two Chinese restaurants all with a couple of 100m, and this is something of a residential backwater...beppi wrote:A (German) friend of mine was once told this by a taxi driver:
"Singapore, ah, so difficult to decide what to eat lah: Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"
If that taxi driver last visited 30 years ago I might see his point, but times have changed.
p.s. On which note.... something to add to my list of pet peeves. How often you hear SG being talked about as if is the only country in the world to have progressed over the last 50 years !
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every freakin' time I hear/read local news!JR8 wrote:How often you hear SG being talked about as if is the only country in the world to have progressed over the last 50 years !
the singaporeans I run into everyday are as cynical, if not more than I am.
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
Everyone in every country likes food, seems in Singapore they just like to talk about liking it more than elsewhere.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
anneteoh wrote:Hmm, food, glorius food! That's why I wnat to be in SG.beppi wrote:Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"
But some S'poreans must have ikan bilis only for very meal - We're spoilt for choice. You can have all these in London but nothing like the hawker centres, food courts, mall courts, hotels and club food in SG, Penang and KL. Don't know about the rest.
We are what we eat.
Ape Shall Not Kill Ape
EADG wrote:Everyone in every country likes food, seems in Singapore they just like to talk about liking it more than elsewhere.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
anneteoh wrote:Hmm, food, glorius food! That's why I wnat to be in SG.beppi wrote:Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"
But some S'poreans must have ikan bilis only for very meal - We're spoilt for choice. You can have all these in London but nothing like the hawker centres, food courts, mall courts, hotels and club food in SG, Penang and KL. Don't know about the rest.
We are what we eat.
Yep, can't disagree with that.
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EADG wrote:Everyone in every country likes food, seems in Singapore they just like to talk about liking it more than elsewhere.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
anneteoh wrote:Hmm, food, glorius food! That's why I wnat to be in SG.beppi wrote:Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"
But some S'poreans must have ikan bilis only for very meal - We're spoilt for choice. You can have all these in London but nothing like the hawker centres, food courts, mall courts, hotels and club food in SG, Penang and KL. Don't know about the rest.
We are what we eat.
I totally agree.....food in singapore is talked about so much that they dont actuallly realize that they dont have too much variety and the taste of the food is not very good......
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+1carlsum1986 wrote:EADG wrote:Everyone in every country likes food, seems in Singapore they just like to talk about liking it more than elsewhere.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
anneteoh wrote: Hmm, food, glorius food! That's why I wnat to be in SG.
But some S'poreans must have ikan bilis only for very meal - We're spoilt for choice. You can have all these in London but nothing like the hawker centres, food courts, mall courts, hotels and club food in SG, Penang and KL. Don't know about the rest.
We are what we eat.
I totally agree.....food in singapore is talked about so much that they dont actuallly realize that they dont have too much variety and the taste of the food is not very good......
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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@carlsum1986: That's why there must be lots of chili added! So that the food will taste better.nakatago wrote:+1carlsum1986 wrote:EADG wrote:Everyone in every country likes food, seems in Singapore they just like to talk about liking it more than elsewhere.
Plus after years here I still don't get what they're on about, and I've tried just about everything. The local stuff is ok sometimes but usually a letdown or nothing special or of low quality.
The food in Thailand or the States or Japan is way better and the variety as wide or wider. Not to mention Europe of course.
I totally agree.....food in singapore is talked about so much that they dont actuallly realize that they dont have too much variety and the taste of the food is not very good......


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I once had Singaporean noodles outside of Singapore but I didn't find that dish here in Singapore when I first visited here 4 years ago. I'm now based here for more than 3 years but I still can't find that Singaporean noodle dish.nakatago wrote:TouchéJayCee wrote:How many Chinese, Thai, Indian, Japanese, Italian and American restaurants do you see outside of their respective countries of origin?
And how many Singaporean restaurants?
Exactly![]()
also on the chili comment

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Maybe someone made it up so that he doesn't have to serve Peranakan/Nyonya food which Singapore shares with MalaysiaAsian_Geekette wrote:I once had Singaporean noodles outside of Singapore but I didn't find that dish here in Singapore when I first visited here 4 years ago. I'm now based here for more than 3 years but I still can't find that Singaporean noodle dish.nakatago wrote:TouchéJayCee wrote:How many Chinese, Thai, Indian, Japanese, Italian and American restaurants do you see outside of their respective countries of origin?
And how many Singaporean restaurants?
Exactly![]()
also on the chili comment



"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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