Singapore~Foods

Foods to eat

Most shopping complexes in Orchard Road have a food court. Air-conditioned food courts located conveniently in shopping complexes offer you a variety of local dishes.

Kaya toast with cup of local coffee

Kaya is a sweet coconut egg jam spread generously over toasted bread. Eat the toast with

half-boiled eggs and add a dash of black soya sauce for extra taste.

Roti prata and the tarik

Roti Prata is a flaky Indian bread made with or without eggs and served with a thick

vegetable based lentil curry. Teh tarik is a tea that is mixed with carnation milk and 'pulled' 

from one mug to another to create froth when served.

Bak Kut Teh and Rice

This is a Chinese clear pork rib soup cooked with five spices and served usually with rice.

Nasi Lemak

Nasi lemak is a hearty meal comprising coconut rice, a slice of omelette, anchovies, a slice of cucumber and some chilli paste, uniquely packed in brown paper or banana leaf

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Steamed chicken served with rice cooked in chicken stock.

Laksa

Rice noodles in a coconut curry gravy with shrimp, egg and chicken as garnishing.

Char Kuay Teow

Broad white noodles fried with black Soya sauce, bean sprouts, fish cake, clams and Chinese sausage.

Hokkien Prawn Mee

Vermicelli and yellow noodles fried with shrimp, sliced cuttlefish and pork bits.

Fish Head Curry

A huge fish head and vegetables cooked in a curry and served with rice. Have a glass of 'calamansi' or local lime juice to go with it.

Satay

Meat kebabs served with rice cake and cucumber and a peanut sauce.

Oyster omelette

An egg omelette mixed with flour and fried with a generous helping of small oysters garnished with coriander leaves.

Chilli Crab

Hard shell crabs cooked in a thick gravy that has a tomato chilli base. Bread is normally ordered to soak in the gravy. This dish is usually ordered with other seafood dishes.

Ice kacang

A mound of grated ice, smothered with different sweet syrups with a base made of jelly, red beans, corn and atap seeds.

Chendol

Coconut milk drink mixed with brown sugar (gula melaka), green starch strips and red beans.

Durian

Creamy and fleshy with a big seed contained in several segments of one big, thorny fruit, you'll either love it or hate it. "it smells like hell but tastes like heaven!"