New Generation Signboards

Now it's time to post some food blogs ... for ardent foodies, make sure you check out the renovated Tiong Bahru market for some good ol' hawker style food. For those who live in the East, South, North and Central, check out the reputed Tiong Bahru Lor Mee stall. There's at least 3 other stalls there all bearing different names but the original one has to be the stall with the yellow placard that hangs precariously over the food items that says "LOR MEE" in huge font size (at least 1000 point in size, so that even the severly myopic will not miss it). For $3, you get a large generous serving of thick flat yellow noodles (i prefer my humble plain bee hoon though) with generous servings of lor bak (very lean, so even if you're on diet, fret not), ngor hiang slices, a braised egg (very deeply flavoured, must have taken time to cook till perfection) , deep fried fish in batter (you can request to add on more if you like deep fried stuff for an additional charge), beansprouts and loads of their wonderful gravy mixed with freshly finely minced garlic and rich black vinegar with a dollop of red chillies and a splash of spring onions.

Other than the famous Lor Mee, there's the peanut pancake, pork porridge, kway chap, teochew fish porridge and roasted pork rice (on the yellow signboard, it reads Tiong Bahru Roasted Pig www.tiongbahruroastedpig.com.sg) waah! talk about IT-savvy hawkers.

But my most fascinating find must be this stall with a signboard that reads "KOPI MUSEUM." And who else to inform first but my coffee addict hubby who was sipping his third cup of caffeine by then. Speaking of kopi, let's just say that he has double standards when it comes to the person who's brewing that cuppa. He insists that uncles make better kopi than aunties, a hypothesis which I strongly refute. Is there really a difference of gender in concocting that dark aromatic brew which most Singaporeans cannot start the day without? To extrapolate further, do male chefs make better cooks than females? Are male supervisors better people managers than females? Are sportsmen better achievers than their female counterparts? Not necessarily so, isn't it? Thus why the double standard with coffee?

To end off this food blog laced with a tinge of feminism, do check out this stall with a signboard that reads TAW KWAR POP. I assume that it should righfully translate into TAU KWA POK (the deep fried brownish beancurd skin squares filled with cucumber slices, bean sprouts, prawn paste -- the Asian version of the pita). Surely it can't be a new genre of music? I've heard of cantopop, korean pop (K-pop), Japanese pop (J-pop) but TAW KWAR POP? Now, that's gotta be realleeee new.... till then, happy pigging out and adios...