Great for reunion dinners or birthdays, these restaurants have seen us through the years from puberty to adulthood. Still standing strong, these five establishments are frequented by intergenerational families who return for consistently good traditional nosh hard to find elsewhere. Here are our top five picks. Singapore’s oldest family-run restaurant, founded in 1929, continues to serve traditional Singaporean Chinese food.
Fish Paste only Yong Tau Foo – Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis Yong Tau Fu
Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis YTF was started by Lee Siew Khim’s grandfather who used to sell his meat-paste Yong Tau Foo along Sago Lane in the early 60′s before the hawkers were relocated to Chinatown Complex Food Centre. According to Khim, it was during her father’s time when they started stuffing their YTF with fish paste.
Her mother, Mdm Tang Chui Har used to work at her family’s laundry shop just behind Sago Lane. After getting married, she began to help out in her husband’s YTF stall. She got a little teary eyed as she recalled how they would spend long hours at the stall scraping the flesh off wolf herring (
December 12, 2020
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While travel restrictions to some parts of the world are starting to ease up, it could be a while more before we can resume our travel plans that have been derailed by the viral pandemic.
Fortunately, our wanderlust can still be fulfilled as Singapore plays host to many international cuisines in our tiny island nation.
Here, we are highlighting various Chinese restaurants that introduce regional cuisines from around China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
1. Teochew: Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine
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With one Michelin star under their belt between 2017 to 2019, you know you would you be in for a good meal at Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine.