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Tuesday, March 09, 2004 La cuisine de Singapore "There is no food like food back home! While Asian food is getting very popular nowadays in the West, authentic Singapore and Malaysian food is still largely unavailable and a mystery to most. " --Makan Time I've had this incredible longing for Singaporean food all day. Local cuisine is the pride of Singaporeans, who, in any given place in the country, can tell you which restaurant or food stall is famous and for what; unfortunately, as far as I can tell, many of the ingredients are difficult find outside of Southeast Asia. My brother and I always joke that while in other countries people starve to death, Singaporeans die from overeating... and that their main two hobbies are shopping and eating. Which is more accurate than anyone who's never visited could realize. As I write this I'm munching on warm French bread and canned chicken curry "imported" by relatives who visited in October; the combination is wonderful, although I'm reminded how pathetic my spice tolerance is for an Asian. My tongue is burning--I've only had a few bites and my glass of water is already half empty. And then there's my craving for durian, the best fruit ever--when else can you eat custard straight from a fruit? Hmm. It's Gabe's fault for talking about this. On Sunday I found out he'd spent some time in Thailand and we had a discussion on local foods. So perhaps that's why earlier today I tried to make something resembling Hor Fun--not entirely accurate, but it was close enough considering I lacked a number of ingredients and had never tried to make it before--and fed it to Tait, who said it was delicious but hardly touched the noodles (his normal serving size is rather small though, so it was hard to tell if he was just being nice or just wasn't that hungry). It's days like this that tell me that I am Asian, as American as I often seem. Being a singaporean student studying overseas is really hard.... especially when u really crave for some home cooked meal .... but dun have the recipe .. i cannot tell u how much your hokkien mee recipe saved my hunger pangs .. i was all ready to drop everything ... give up everything for a plate of hokkien mee .. but your recipe saved me .. .... THANKS A GREAT DEAL ... will be introducing all my home sick frens to your page .. literally made me drool .... congrads on a job well done. --Sharon, Australia (from Makan Time) ^ Top | 12:30 AM | | | 
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