Posts Tagged ‘Modern Food’

Singapore Culinary: Fish-head steamboat

Not far from Xin Yuan Ji, there are some Chinese restaurants that sell fish-head steamboat – Teochew food. Even along New Bridge Road up to Sultan Road, there are more restaurants that sell primarily on fish-head steamboat. At the end of Sultan Road, there are always abundant visitors, with tables and chairs arranged on the pavement.

One of the favorite places for fish-head steamboat is the G15 in a small alley near Geylang 15. In the G15, which many people particularly like is the sauce. Like eating habits in Chinese restaurants, head of the fish was not presented intact, but had been cut up so easily lifted with chopsticks. In addition to the fish pieces, there is also a piece of taro and vegetables. The portions are huge. The smallest portion with the price of Sin $ 20 alone was too much to eat together without rice. Understandably, taro is already a glut of carbohydrate sources.

Soy sauce and chopped chilies are provided only for dipping, while the sauce can be sucked out without additional condiments. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Most Expensive’ Pancake & Omelet in The World

On the way visit a coral island off the coast of Normandie in northern France known as Le Mont Saint Michel, you can discover a restaurant that sells pancakes and omelets in the area of the Grand Rue. Pancakes and omelettes are the two types of ‘common’ food that can be found everywhere.

If you are jostling with other visitors to get to the Abbaye du Mont Saint-Michel that is located at the top of the coral island; take some time to enter some souvenir shops or just see a list of restaurant menus displayed on the outside wall. I casually look at the menu of a pancakes and omelettes shop named La Mere Poulard. What is surprising about this shop is the price.

A package of pancakes or omelets that is traditionally made in La Mere Poulard, the most famous restaurant in complex of Le Mont, sold for 25 Euros It seems that it is a symbol of Le Mont as so many food products sold in the area with ‘La Mere Poulard’ on it -ranging from pralines, biscuits, ice cream, a restaurant, store name even inn name. There is a saying that: When in Rome, eat as Romans do, meaning that you should try the local cuisine. You may want to spare 25 Euros for a pancake – a special one, of course.

Surprisingly, despite the exorbitant charge, La Mere Poulard restaurant is always crowded with visitors. In fact, many prospective buyers are willing to stand for long outside the restaurant, Read the rest of this entry »

The Taste of Singapore

Some foods are very popular spicy flavor and an icon of Singapore is curry and chili crab. These types of foods sold in many parts of Singapore, ranging from small shops in the street, until the top luxury restaurants.

You have a limited budget for a meal during a visit to Singapore? Do not worry about it. Although the amount of your funds is limited, it does not mean you can not enjoy the delicious cuisine of Singapore. Instead you’ll be surprised of how much food in Singapore was actually a very affordable price.

Because most people in Singapore are the workers who work every day, rarely at home, so often they do not have time to cook their own meals at home. Well, that’s why many food-court or depots emerging that sell food in the form of take-away (pack). Now at the food-court and depots here, you can taste the delicious cuisine of Singapore is indeed! The types of food such as chao guotiao, Read the rest of this entry »