What lah the mother-in-law says

[beppi]

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!"

[anneteoh]

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!"

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 - 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.

[JR8]

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!"

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...

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 !

[nakatago]

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 !

every freakin' time I hear/read local news!

the singaporeans I run into everyday are as cynical, if not more than I am.

[EADG]

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.

Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"

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.

[JR8]

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.

Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"

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.

Yep, can't disagree with that.

[carlsum1986]

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.

Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"

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......

[nakatago]

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.

Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"

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......

+1

[Asian_Geekette]

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.

Have Chinese food, have Indian food, have Malay food, have Indonesian food, so many ah! Your country - easy lah: Only Western food!"

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......

+1

@carlsum1986: That's why there must be lots of chili added! So that the food will taste better.

[ScoobyDoes]

@carlsum1986: That's why there must be lots of chili added! So that the food will taste better.

That's fine...... but then it all tastes the same.

[JayCee]

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

[nakatago]

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

Touché

also on the chili comment

[Asian_Geekette]

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

Touché

also on the chili comment

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]

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

Touché

also on the chili comment

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.

Maybe someone made it up so that he doesn't have to serve Peranakan/Nyonya food which Singapore shares with Malaysia

[durain]

how often people order sweet and sour pork in singapore?