Good food can be found all over the world.
So what makes Singapore's hawker culture our national treasure and pride?
Delicious food is just the foundation. An important must, but this is way more than that.
Beyond great food, there are many more layers beneath, each contributing in its own way - giving rise to the colorful and vibrant culture we witness today.
In our younger days, we have fond memories of our parents bringing us to the nearby hawker centre for Sunday breakfast.
I missed those yesterdays. Fragrant wok-fried carrot cake, the blacker the better for me. Freshly-cooked roti prata with crisp burnt edges.......served with a spoonful of sugar because hey we were kids back then. Wanton mee tossed with a dollop of ketchup because we couldn't quite endure ingesting chilli yet.
During my student days, I used to play soccer in void decks of flats and basketball courts after school. We’d get all hot and sweaty after a game under the scorching afternoon sun. I relished trotting to our favorite dessert stall in Tanglin Halt Food Centre afterwards and devouring a huge mountain of ice kacang or sometimes cheng tng.
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