Great video guys! Hope you’ve had a wonderful time experiencing Singapore. Perhaps next time, you may visit Geylang Serai market, where the Malay food hawkers are at. You can get to also try our traditional Malay kuihs (sweets and savory cakes/desserts). Also, the one you had was the Chinese rojak and the “apple” thing is actually turnip, which is also one of the ingredients in the popiah. Another think you could try is the Indian Rojak, Malay satay (meat in skewers dipped in peanut sauce) and varieties of seafood with fresh sugarcane juice as your accompaniment drink. Sounds like there’s another reason for you to visit us again huh! 😝🤗 And don’t forget the Botanic Gardens this time, it is free! If you go to the National Orchid Garden there, you can find numerous orchids named after visiting heads of state, heads of government or popular celebrities and important visitors to Singapore. It is our tradition since 1956. 🌸🌸🌸
some people will do a food hawkers vacation in Singapore, just to eat at the many different food hawker's places...Love your Vlog of the food you guys tried... the food looks so good....I can imagine all the variety of food choices...Take care and be safe.🙂
It's actually pandan, a type of plant commonly seen in southeast asia. 😊 I like it that you guys said it correctly as chicken rice, and not chicken & rice seen in some videos of others. 😅
@@nicoleandmicoIt is not your fault, do not apologize. Quite frankly if somebody wants to become a tour guide, they could at least learn how to pronounce words and educate themselves to avoid misinformation.
Tian Tian is nice but not the best . Not far from where maxwell market there is another hawker center at China town which also the biggest hawker center in singapore . Is at 335 Smith street 2nd floor. This 2 old couple got the best chicken rice I have tasted so far
Lovely food but you do not give any information about the etiquette in these Hawker Centres i.e. take your own napkins, or if there is an item left on a table it means someone has reserved the table while waiting/queuing for their food!
Singapore had its role in India's Independence. Indian National Army was formed in 1942 under Rash Behari Bose by Indian POWs of the British Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. Rash Behari handed over INA to great Subhas Chandra Bose. he set up provisional government for free India in Singapore. then started the war of indian independence from the British. it was one of the most Epic battle with very little help from the Japanese. after Japan surrender at the end of world war 2 the battle of INA also ended and the soldiers were captured by British army. Brits decided to conduct a public trial on 3 commanders of Ina-Dhillon, Sahgal, Khan. as the news of Netaji with his Army fought against the British spread the entire British Indian Navy revolted in 1946. because of this already weakened British army because of WW2 could not hold onto India and they left in 1947. in 1956 when British pm Clement Attlee came to India then Bengal Governor asked him why British leave India. to which Attlee replied that the role played by Netaji army was paramount for India's Independence.
I'm BORN BRED MANUFACTURED in S'pore. Now at 65 yrs old. This is my FIRST EVER time i'm going to comment on our local food. Yes, i'd agree that Maxwell Food Ctr have some very GOOD n TASTY stalls. But only ONE item caught my ATTENTION !!!!!!. It's the ONDEH ONDEH. Why ????? Bcos it's NOT very common to find this. Let's face it. Chicken rice stalls are all over S'pore. U being a tourist is understandable. Must try other town hawker ctr NOT those TOURISTY area !!!!!
Tian tian is a bad representation of good quality chicken rice in Singapore. Many locals will consider them as tourist food. There are definitely better chicken rice out there in Singapore, just ask the locals.
When I was in Singapore, one of my favorite dishes (aside from everything you guys ate in the video) is the Sambal Stingray that's located in Newton Hawker Centre. I hope you guys get to try it as well.
Well, i'm sure u've been RIPPED OFF. Newton Hawker Ctr is so NOTORIOUSLY well known for charging HIGH prices even to local S'poreans. Even my GOVERNMENT cannot do anything regarding the pricing. My advice to u is if u ever come back to S'pore, go to CHOMP CHOMP Hawker Ctr. It's in Serangoon Garden area. Plenty of nice n tasty dishes at much more much more CHEAPER prices including ur STINGRAY !!!!!!!
Some of the underrated hawker centres worth going are Golden Mile food centre (favourite chicken rice at B1-35 ua-cam.com/video/Vj6XwimK1CE/v-deo.html ) and Hong Lim market and food centre (best fried kuay teow mee at 02-17 Outram fried kuay teow mee ua-cam.com/video/RS9X4w0P-gY/v-deo.html). The popiah and rojak at Maxwell food centre are my favourites too but not the Tian Tian chicken rice. Tian Tian chicken rice is too dry, no soup and sometimes they don’t give enough skin.
Amazing thanks for the great tips! We agree, there are just too many places to get great food, it's impossible to taste it all in one visit. We will definitely be back to try some of these places :)
@ 6:08 giving you a like and subscribe for the pure attempt at pronouncing "KAYA" and "PANDAN" properly. I've heard countless Singaporean's go overseas and change the way they speak to appease the westerners. So thank you Nicole and Mico!
I knew it !! Why do foreigners/ tourists eat chicken rice at Tian Tian ????🤔 Not a good representation of delicious chicken rice. Chicken is not silky smooth found in many other stalls. No black sauce to complement the chilli sauce . No soup too 🙃 The ngoh hiang food should be dipped in either the sweet pinky sauce & chilli sauce. They were eating it plain . Oh… I was taken aback when food guide taught them the name of the pandan coconut balls as ‘ oneh oneh’ instead of ‘ondeh ondeh’. I notice that tourists usually eat the same same thing from Indian stalls/ restaurants & that is nasi beranyi. So far nobody tried Indian rojak, Indian style meesiam, mee goreng, etc. Overall not a good hawker experience 😕
Rojak, pronounced as "Row-jark". There are just too much yummy food in Singapore, you can eat different things every meal at different hawker centres and still not tried everything after a month.
Happy that u tried many yummy foods! Tian tian is just over hyped and over rated (maybe due to netflix) no hate to it but i ate better as a singaporean! Hope u guys got to try more local delights:)
Sorry if this sounds creepy, but I just noticed Nicole's hair is done up (I can't see quite clearly as Nicole's hairdo is NOT the topic of this video, but it seems like there are braids and a bun? Not sure if I am using the right words). My daughter does ballet and she needs to bun up her hair and my wife spends quite a bit of time doing up her hair. So was wondering if Nicole's hairdo in this video is easier to do by herself... or is Mico an aspiring hairdresser? This is a silly, off-topic comment, so feel free to ignore it! I watched videos like these to remind me of the joys of living in Singapore.
Haha I'm so sad I didn't see this comment back when you first left it! To answer your question, I do it by myself! It does take me a bit of time, but I like it a lot. I do two french braids and end them at the nape of my neck, and then use bobby pins to secure the rest of my hair into a bun. I might be too late to help you out with your issue, but hopefully not!
@@nicoleandmico Thanks for replying my off-topic creepy comment. May I say that I'm a little disappointed that Mico is not an aspiring hairdresser. Is there a name for what you did, or it's just a personal variation? Anyway, thanks. I'll let my wife know, but if it takes a bit of time, maybe we'll save it for special occasions.
Hainanese chicken rice did not originate in southern china but here in Singapore! The Hainanese community here (migrants) came up with it.
I really love the guide ...she has genuine smile while sharing food 👍🏻❤😊
She was amazing!
and guess what? the food scene here is ever evolving as people from all over the world settle here, bringing their food culture along
We love that. The diversity is just amazing.
Great video guys! Hope you’ve had a wonderful time experiencing Singapore. Perhaps next time, you may visit Geylang Serai market, where the Malay food hawkers are at. You can get to also try our traditional Malay kuihs (sweets and savory cakes/desserts). Also, the one you had was the Chinese rojak and the “apple” thing is actually turnip, which is also one of the ingredients in the popiah. Another think you could try is the Indian Rojak, Malay satay (meat in skewers dipped in peanut sauce) and varieties of seafood with fresh sugarcane juice as your accompaniment drink. Sounds like there’s another reason for you to visit us again huh! 😝🤗 And don’t forget the Botanic Gardens this time, it is free! If you go to the National Orchid Garden there, you can find numerous orchids named after visiting heads of state, heads of government or popular celebrities and important visitors to Singapore. It is our tradition since 1956. 🌸🌸🌸
yesssss
You guys are true food connoisseurs!
Thank you! We do our best to be open to trying as much as possible 😊
some people will do a food hawkers vacation in Singapore, just to eat at the many different food hawker's places...Love your Vlog of the food you guys tried... the food looks so good....I can imagine all the variety of food choices...Take care and be safe.🙂
So true! After trying the food we can definitely believe it!
In the olden days, usually people enjoy their coffee by pouring it into the coffee plate if the coffee is too hot.
If you didn't sample hawker food, you have not been to this country.
Some people do dip their toast in the kopi, nothing wrong with that! Some will dip into the soft boiled eggs.
SCR = Singapore Chicken Rice, Bakso, TumYum, Curry Ayam, Kway Teow and a lot more. Singapore is such a vibrant country.
Couldn't agree more!!
you were lucky to have such a great guide, she knows here stuff! these are great spots even locals go to.
We agree!
Food tastes amazing and is so CHEAP in Singapore !! Expect to spend loads more in London, NYC, Toronto ... etc
Definitely!!
It's actually pandan, a type of plant commonly seen in southeast asia. 😊
I like it that you guys said it correctly as chicken rice, and not chicken & rice seen in some videos of others. 😅
First 🥇
I've traveled so many places already, but have not been t Singapore yet😢
I hope you get to visit Singapore. I've been there twice and it's amazing and the cleanliness rivals Japan.
It's amazing! Hope you can visit soon!
For goodness sake, its not call oneh oneh. Its called Ondeh Ondeh in Malay.
Nevermind la, some chinese and malays call it oneh.
And Explode becomes Erode 🤦♂️
I think the tour guide is chinese educated. But i guess she shld learn the correct terms of the food at least. But chill la guys 😊
Sorry we can't pronounce it! We only speak English and are trying our best to understand the language more. It was an honest attempt
@@nicoleandmicoIt is not your fault, do not apologize. Quite frankly if somebody wants to become a tour guide, they could at least learn how to pronounce words and educate themselves to avoid misinformation.
How late are the hawker centers open?
We don’t remember but we had lots of street food at night and they seemed to be always open late. I would double check online though
It looks like you had a private tour. Was that the case or were you part of a group?
Just a private tour with A Chef's Tour :)
Tian Tian is nice but not the best . Not far from where maxwell market there is another hawker center at China town which also the biggest hawker center in singapore . Is at 335 Smith street 2nd floor. This 2 old couple got the best chicken rice I have tasted so far
Wow great rec! We would love to try that next time we're back in Singapore!
Hungry already.
🤤🤤🤤
Lovely food but you do not give any information about the etiquette in these Hawker Centres i.e. take your own napkins, or if there is an item left on a table it means someone has reserved the table while waiting/queuing for their food!
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Singapore had its role in India's Independence. Indian National Army was formed in 1942 under Rash Behari Bose by Indian POWs of the British Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. Rash Behari handed over INA to great Subhas Chandra Bose. he set up provisional government for free India in Singapore. then started the war of indian independence from the British. it was one of the most Epic battle with very little help from the Japanese. after Japan surrender at the end of world war 2 the battle of INA also ended and the soldiers were captured by British army. Brits decided to conduct a public trial on 3 commanders of Ina-Dhillon, Sahgal, Khan. as the news of Netaji with his Army fought against the British spread the entire British Indian Navy revolted in 1946. because of this already weakened British army because of WW2 could not hold onto India and they left in 1947. in 1956 when British pm Clement Attlee came to India then Bengal Governor asked him why British leave India. to which Attlee replied that the role played by Netaji army was paramount for India's Independence.
So cool thanks for sharing that!
I'm
BORN
BRED
MANUFACTURED
in S'pore. Now at 65 yrs old. This is my FIRST EVER time i'm going to comment on our local food. Yes, i'd agree that Maxwell Food Ctr have some very GOOD n TASTY stalls. But only ONE item caught my ATTENTION !!!!!!. It's the ONDEH ONDEH. Why ????? Bcos it's NOT very common to find this. Let's face it. Chicken rice stalls are all over S'pore. U being a tourist is understandable. Must try other town hawker ctr NOT those TOURISTY area !!!!!
Tian tian is a bad representation of good quality chicken rice in Singapore. Many locals will consider them as tourist food. There are definitely better chicken rice out there in Singapore, just ask the locals.
When I was in Singapore, one of my favorite dishes (aside from everything you guys ate in the video) is the Sambal Stingray that's located in Newton Hawker Centre. I hope you guys get to try it as well.
oooo that sounds amazing. Will definitely have to try that at some point!
Well, i'm sure u've been RIPPED OFF. Newton Hawker Ctr is so NOTORIOUSLY well known for charging HIGH prices even to local S'poreans. Even my GOVERNMENT cannot do anything regarding the pricing. My advice to u is if u ever come back to S'pore, go to CHOMP CHOMP Hawker Ctr. It's in Serangoon Garden area. Plenty of nice n tasty dishes at much more much more CHEAPER prices including ur STINGRAY !!!!!!!
Some of the underrated hawker centres worth going are Golden Mile food centre (favourite chicken rice at B1-35 ua-cam.com/video/Vj6XwimK1CE/v-deo.html ) and Hong Lim market and food centre (best fried kuay teow mee at 02-17 Outram fried kuay teow mee ua-cam.com/video/RS9X4w0P-gY/v-deo.html). The popiah and rojak at Maxwell food centre are my favourites too but not the Tian Tian chicken rice. Tian Tian chicken rice is too dry, no soup and sometimes they don’t give enough skin.
Amazing thanks for the great tips! We agree, there are just too many places to get great food, it's impossible to taste it all in one visit. We will definitely be back to try some of these places :)
@@nicoleandmico Cheers
Actually I don’t really like that briyani . I prefer more basmati rice . Many tourist follow what they see in UA-cam and choose wrong food in here
@ 6:08 giving you a like and subscribe for the pure attempt at pronouncing "KAYA" and "PANDAN" properly. I've heard countless Singaporean's go overseas and change the way they speak to appease the westerners. So thank you Nicole and Mico!
Awe thanks so much! We really do try our best :)
The food tour videos never disappoint! Chef's Tour looks to be a fantastic global resource that gives you such amazing food culture experiences.
We agree! We've always had a stellar time with them
I knew it !! Why do foreigners/ tourists eat chicken rice at Tian Tian ????🤔 Not a good representation of delicious chicken rice. Chicken is not silky smooth found in many other stalls. No black sauce to complement the chilli sauce . No soup too 🙃
The ngoh hiang food should be dipped in either the sweet pinky sauce & chilli sauce. They were eating it plain . Oh… I was taken aback when food guide taught them the name of the pandan coconut balls as ‘ oneh oneh’ instead of ‘ondeh ondeh’. I notice that tourists usually eat the same same thing from Indian stalls/ restaurants & that is nasi beranyi. So far nobody tried Indian rojak, Indian style meesiam, mee goreng, etc. Overall not a good hawker experience 😕
I am going there this February next year thanks for sharing this information
Making me miss Singapore!!!
especially all that foooooddddddd
Rojak, pronounced as "Row-jark".
There are just too much yummy food in Singapore, you can eat different things every meal at different hawker centres and still not tried everything after a month.
Ro Chia, like Jocelyn Chia. LMFAO! 😂
Onae onae sounds like ah neh ah neh. LMFAO! 😂
Happy that u tried many yummy foods! Tian tian is just over hyped and over rated (maybe due to netflix) no hate to it but i ate better as a singaporean! Hope u guys got to try more local delights:)
Loved the food in Singapore and honestly we just scratched the surface. Can't wait to go back and try more one day!
Sorry if this sounds creepy, but I just noticed Nicole's hair is done up (I can't see quite clearly as Nicole's hairdo is NOT the topic of this video, but it seems like there are braids and a bun? Not sure if I am using the right words). My daughter does ballet and she needs to bun up her hair and my wife spends quite a bit of time doing up her hair. So was wondering if Nicole's hairdo in this video is easier to do by herself... or is Mico an aspiring hairdresser? This is a silly, off-topic comment, so feel free to ignore it!
I watched videos like these to remind me of the joys of living in Singapore.
Haha I'm so sad I didn't see this comment back when you first left it! To answer your question, I do it by myself! It does take me a bit of time, but I like it a lot. I do two french braids and end them at the nape of my neck, and then use bobby pins to secure the rest of my hair into a bun. I might be too late to help you out with your issue, but hopefully not!
@@nicoleandmico Thanks for replying my off-topic creepy comment. May I say that I'm a little disappointed that Mico is not an aspiring hairdresser. Is there a name for what you did, or it's just a personal variation? Anyway, thanks. I'll let my wife know, but if it takes a bit of time, maybe we'll save it for special occasions.
The Singapore noodles are fantastic, a great contribution to world food, I hope you have tried this, it’s fabulous ✌️❤️🇬🇧much love mico and Nicole
So delicious!
great video
Thanks!