Joanna James
Singapore is a wonderful destination with endless experiences. Whether you travel solo, or with friends or family, it offers oodles of beauty and enticing attractions to keep you engaged. Complementing these is the exotic cuisine Singapore is famous for. Be ready to titillate your taste buds.
A perfectly balanced dish which can be enjoyed anytime during the day, Nasi Lemak is relished even at breakfast at 5-star hotels in Singapore the likes of Grand Park City Hall. The base of this unique dish is rice infused with coconut and pandan leaves steamed to perfection. Delicious chicken wings, fried peanuts, anchovies and well-spiced sambal are great accompaniments to the soft and fluffy rice.
Having been invented way back in 1956 by a couple who managed a food cart, this dish of crab is also known as the National Dish of the state. The stir-fried crab in tomato sauce with a dash of Chili grew so much in popularity that a chef experimented with using the local sambal sauce, eggs and tomato paste to the dish to make a thick gravy. At present, this is widely enjoyed all over Singapore.
This dish of Chicken Rice is a unique endowment from the Chinese Immigrants from the Hainan province of China. Using the traditional Hainanese method, they cook the chicken and rice to be full of flavour with strips of juicy steamed chicken laid over rice and drizzled with light soy sauce and served with cilantro and sesame oil, a dish well enjoyed by vistorsl.
The outstanding flavours of this toasted bread with butter and kaya paste, a spread made with coconut milk, eggs, sugar and pandan and a steaming cup of coffee are simply awesome. A soft-boiled egg can complement the toast making it a wholesome Singaporean breakfast.
A large stuffed pancake using chicken, beef or mutton cooked with egg, spices and onions. Layers of crispy naan are filled with this tasty stuffing and accompanied by a thick gravy of the meat. Try this Indian Dish and bite into succulent meat and egg coated with gravy.
An important traditional dish of Singapore, this stir-fried flat rice noodle is made with prawns, eggs, Chinese sausage slices, Chinese chives, and bean sprouts, made on high heat. A hard to resist dish once you have tasted it
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