Chendol is the green jelly that is on top of dessert. It’s made from “mung bean” flour. The rice cake that you like is called “Putu Bamboo” which translates to Putu = Rice Flour and bamboo for its cylindrical shape. Traditionally the rice flour would be stuffed in a bamboo then steamed. By the way there is no brown sugar in Chng Teng. It gets its brown colour from the dried longan.
Glad you're enjoying the local favourites! Cringing a little at Jean's explanations of some of the items... The Cheng Teng gets it's brown color from the dried longans, not brown sugar. Traditionally you boil the soup with rock sugar which is "cooling". Regular sugar is considered "heaty". The green "jelly" bits in the Chendol are traditionally made from mung bean flour and pandan extract/juice. Though those you ate look factory made so are likely made with artificial pandan flavouring, hence the more vibrant green color. They're not jellies at all.
What interesting Singaporean dishes...the carrot cake and the bbq pork are the ones I would love to try. Thanks for the time in the Temple too..it is quite beautiful.
the indonesian bamboo cake is actually called "kue putu" or "putu bambu". this cake is made of rice flour and filled with palm sugar, and steamed in bamboo tubes, hence its name, and served with grated coconut. kue putu can also be found in the netherlands due to their colonial ties with indonesia.
Hey guys! Hope you guys enjoy watching us try all the street food in Singapore’s Chinatown. I apologize for the sound in the background inside the hawker center. It started to rain hard and it was loud!
It's called carrot cake because in chinese the word for radish and carrot is the same and the chinese in british occupied singapore called it that. the name stuck presumably because the english also have a dish called carrot cake.
I will appreciate if you can stop giving comments about food in Singapore. The fact of the matter is you know nothing about Singapore food but you talk like a subject specialist. And the way you ate was disgusting.
Statues at 1.24 and 1.29 depict the early settlers who came to Singapore to eke out a living and to send their earnings to families back home. One is of a male coolie (hired labourer) who transported heavy loads on his bare shoulders. The Chinese characters 苦力 (kǔlì), meaning "to exert one's abilities or heavy labour work". The other statue is of a Samsui woman, also known as hong tou jin (红头巾; Mandarin for “red headscarf”) after their trademark red head wear. These were female immigrants mainly from the Sanshui (“Samsui” in Cantonese; meaning “three waters”) district of Guangdong province in southern China and also other regions of China. These Samsui women started arriving in Singapore in large numbers in the mid 1930s and many found work as general labourers on construction sites to carry building materials and clear debris. Some worked in tin mines and rubber estates; others became domestic servants (known as amah) in wealthy households. To save on rent and take care of each other far away from home, lots of them lived together in shared accommodations. There are hardly any samsui women left in Singapore today.
so many of these foods are the same or similar as the malaysian ones, so the video is making me sooooooo hungry! 😭 Oh, btw it is called carrot cake because in chinese daikon is called white carrot.
"There is no sugar in sugar can juice." sounds like my mom telling my wife that its ok to give my 2 year old sugar cane juice. I laughed so hard. Like always love your videos.
people somehow think that just because it isn't refined that it isn't the same thing. sorry health nuts your body treats the juice the exact same way it would the stuff that comes out of the bag. the only difference is that the cane juice may have other elements to it like some vitamins and or minerals.
So after the first Singapore video, I was talking with a fellow crew member about places to visit; he brought up Singapore and I said Japan. It’s highly recommended and I was warned it could get really expensive and to not break ANY laws, don’t even miss the garbage can 😂😅 Those rice cakes look very interesting! That’s so interesting, that the cane sugar drink is not overwhelmingly sweet. Oooo Satoshi might like the beef slices with some ice cold beer! I’d go just to try all the food you’ve shown me. 😂 I’m Size 29cm in shoes, it is probably hard for me to find shoes in Singapore or even Japan 😅 (I’m a female haha)
Maxwell food (hawker) centre is just across the road from the buddha tooth relic temple, where u get to try the famous Tian Tian Chicken with raving reviews by Anthony Bourdain. And the peranakan nonya laksa there is really good too.
Thank you Shinichi and Jean, I always love your food review videos, so much yummy food and drink. I love how colorful it was in China Town. Take care and I will see you soon.
Enjoyed watching this...makes me wanna go back to Singapore, it’s been ages. That carrot cake dish is called such because it’s made from grated radish which is literally called “white carrot” in mandarin 😊 Pls visit Malaysia next.
lots of confusion with the carrot cake. in Chinese there is white carrot and red carrot. and white carrot is daikon. what westerners are familiar with is a dessert for carrot cake made with red carrots. the savory carrot cake here is made using white carrot or daikon. it is called a cake because the daikon is mixed with rice flour. cake is a literally translation and can be both sweet or savory.
China town got lots of foods to choose from healthy foods fresh fruits very good foods the best foods in. Singapore got the best foods thank you for sharing your beautiful healthy foods.
An interesting video. The way you describe the food.😋. I can tast it myself☺. Thank you to guide and show us the food and culture. Also many thanks to Jean. I cann't wait to see the other singaporevideo's.
Carrot cake is my favourite too. For breakfast, snacking or just for light lunch or dinner. Always a great time. And lucky for me I live close by to SG, so each time I crave some, I just flew over there :D
Loved this video! And I've only just properly looked at it for the first time, despite being a long-term subscriber - I absolutely love your Tabi Eats logo! Onigiri, travel/mountains, a bite taken out of it... great concept!
Haha now you know why many Singaporeans tend to go out in their flip flops and sandals. ;) Just before I left Tokyo a couple years back, Bee Cheng Hiang was promoting their products there, so I think you might find an outlet in Tokyo after all. :)
Both of you look nice & friendly. I agree with John ... that chwee kueh has to be eaten with chilli sauce otherwise it would be too salty if eaten with the pickled radish.
That green jelly is what makes the dish cendol, without it ain't a cendol haha. It's made with pandan juice, rice flour or green bean flour some with tapioca flour. The brown sugar drizzled on it is gula melaka or coconut sugar. Good ones are those that they made themselves usually from stalls that specializes in making cendol. Those with bright green coloured ones usually just colouring no actual pandan juice unlike those pale green ones which are natural and homemade :D The base of cheng teng soup is made from dried longan and longan is heaty and too much of it will cause phelgm heehee but it is nice though. Different stalls will have their own mix of ingredients some has added sweet potatoes, ginko nuts etc. Oh ya, hope you've tried some Indian food here like curry fish head, briyani, prata..
Welcome to Singapore~ Ah u are in Chinatown. Did u visit this place called Kele. It's no 1 pineapple tart in SG. A must try! You can bring it back as souvenir
This lady is an excellent co-host. She is very natural, pleasant, and informative. She doesn't have exaggerated expressions or reactions, or a shrill, annoying laugh like Ai does. This lady is a keeper. Shinichi's mother is also very pleasant and fun to watch.
You very lucky to be there in. Singapore eat all healthy foods the best foods in the world you can eat healthy foods spices fresh foods we always get this brand is the well know mane thanks
For the Cheng Tng dessert, I think it was a gingko nut not a lotus seed. If you're in Chinatown and looking for that BBQ pork/bak kwa, don't go for Bee Cheng Hiang, go for Lim Chee Guan instead. It's got a smokier flavour and less of the sweetness, Lim Chee Guan is much better than Bee Cheng Hiang in my opinion. The queue for Lim Chee Guan can get up to 3 hours during Chinese New Year period. Address: #01, 1 Park Rd, 25 People's Park Complex, 059108
12:45-13:10 lol that older woman giving you guys the "evil eye" lol...was going to say wow $24 for one of the barbeque slices, but I saw the 'per kilo' after two rewatches.
Wroooong, the green stuff in your cendol is the cendol it's made from rice flour. And cendol is from Indonesia/melayu not Singaporean. It also uses coconut milk
Maha Kali I know what you mean. His skin doesn't look as dry but is more plumped up and dewy which actually makes him look younger. Due to our humid Singapore climate, the moisture in the air is high and it's really a boost to our skin, especially those with dry skin. However people with oily skin here suffer more too.
@tabieats just FYI, for the inside of that indonesian bamboo rice cakes, it is actually palm sugar. And the flavour profile IS a bit like sweet soy sauce used in Mitarashi Dango. In malaysia, we call it Gula Melaka.
Byron W Radish is called “white carrot” by the locals. Watered down rice flour with grated radish is steamed and the resulting cakes are diced and fried with dark and sweet soya sauce, dried radish bits and egg. Hence, the old folks have been calling it “carrot” cake.
Ange Maidment Radish is called “white carrot” by the locals. The dish is actually steamed rice flour with grated radish. The steam cakes are then diced and fried with soya sauce, chopped dried radish and egg.
THANKS FOR VISITING SINGAPORE ! WHOOHOO. We call the bbq pork thingie as " bak kwa" xD I literally just visited that hawker centre yesterday for dinner with my friends. There's also sugar cane juice with lemon.
Lol she not talking about chwee kuay. Its about carrot cake. Its actually radish. In Chinese radish is know as white carrot. So literary translated into English, becomes carrot. Thus carrot cake. In Chinese, red carrot is the normal carrot and white carrot is radish.
@@tttan1843 thank you. It's starting to make more sense. If someone asked me to get "white carrot", I would not think radish or daikon, I would think parsnip.
Chendol is the green jelly that is on top of dessert. It’s made from “mung bean” flour. The rice cake that you like is called “Putu Bamboo” which translates to Putu = Rice Flour and bamboo for its cylindrical shape. Traditionally the rice flour would be stuffed in a bamboo then steamed. By the way there is no brown sugar in Chng Teng. It gets its brown colour from the dried longan.
With pandan leaves too. That’s why it’s green.
Glad you're enjoying the local favourites!
Cringing a little at Jean's explanations of some of the items...
The Cheng Teng gets it's brown color from the dried longans, not brown sugar. Traditionally you boil the soup with rock sugar which is "cooling". Regular sugar is considered "heaty".
The green "jelly" bits in the Chendol are traditionally made from mung bean flour and pandan extract/juice. Though those you ate look factory made so are likely made with artificial pandan flavouring, hence the more vibrant green color. They're not jellies at all.
What interesting Singaporean dishes...the carrot cake and the bbq pork are the ones I would love to try. Thanks for the time in the Temple too..it is quite beautiful.
the indonesian bamboo cake is actually called "kue putu" or "putu bambu". this cake is made of rice flour and filled with palm sugar, and steamed in bamboo tubes, hence its name, and served with grated coconut. kue putu can also be found in the netherlands due to their colonial ties with indonesia.
Jean is a beautiful addition to your videos.
Hey guys! Hope you guys enjoy watching us try all the street food in Singapore’s Chinatown. I apologize for the sound in the background inside the hawker center. It started to rain hard and it was loud!
I like the background sounds, it is like an immersive experience! If only the smells of the food came through, too, lol.
Âre u stil in sg
you're so right, you are out of your element. so fun watching your videos
It's called carrot cake because in chinese the word for radish and carrot is the same and the chinese in british occupied singapore called it that. the name stuck presumably because the english also have a dish called carrot cake.
I will appreciate if you can stop giving comments about food in Singapore. The fact of the matter is you know nothing about Singapore food but you talk like a subject specialist. And the way you ate was disgusting.
Statues at 1.24 and 1.29 depict the early settlers who came to Singapore to eke out a living and to send their earnings to families back home.
One is of a male coolie (hired labourer) who transported heavy loads on his bare shoulders. The Chinese characters 苦力 (kǔlì), meaning "to exert one's abilities or heavy labour work".
The other statue is of a Samsui woman, also known as hong tou jin (红头巾; Mandarin for “red headscarf”) after their trademark red head wear. These were female immigrants mainly from the Sanshui (“Samsui” in Cantonese; meaning “three waters”) district of Guangdong province in southern China and also other regions of China.
These Samsui women started arriving in Singapore in large numbers in the mid 1930s and many found work as general labourers on construction sites to carry building materials and clear debris. Some worked in tin mines and rubber estates; others became domestic servants (known as amah) in wealthy households.
To save on rent and take care of each other far away from home, lots of them lived together in shared accommodations. There are hardly any samsui women left in Singapore today.
nature nurture interesting history. Thanks.
You make me want to return to Singapore! I love Singaporean food 🙏
so many of these foods are the same or similar as the malaysian ones, so the video is making me sooooooo hungry! 😭 Oh, btw it is called carrot cake because in chinese daikon is called white carrot.
Thank you, I've been wondering why!
Singapore has so many interesting things to try.
With love from Singapore 🇸🇬
"There is no sugar in sugar can juice." sounds like my mom telling my wife that its ok to give my 2 year old sugar cane juice. I laughed so hard. Like always love your videos.
people somehow think that just because it isn't refined that it isn't the same thing. sorry health nuts your body treats the juice the exact same way it would the stuff that comes out of the bag. the only difference is that the cane juice may have other elements to it like some vitamins and or minerals.
I don't get why people don't understand sugar is sugar no matter what form it comes in
Bugger the sugar in it, regardless of it being natural. I’d be more concerned about the bacteria in raw sugar cane.
I laughed so hard when he said, "This is no suger, right? This is just a natural SUGAR from SUGAR cane." lmao
So after the first Singapore video, I was talking with a fellow crew member about places to visit; he brought up Singapore and I said Japan. It’s highly recommended and I was warned it could get really expensive and to not break ANY laws, don’t even miss the garbage can 😂😅
Those rice cakes look very interesting!
That’s so interesting, that the cane sugar drink is not overwhelmingly sweet.
Oooo Satoshi might like the beef slices with some ice cold beer!
I’d go just to try all the food you’ve shown me. 😂
I’m Size 29cm in shoes, it is probably hard for me to find shoes in Singapore or even Japan 😅 (I’m a female haha)
Maxwell food (hawker) centre is just across the road from the buddha tooth relic temple, where u get to try the famous Tian Tian Chicken with raving reviews by Anthony Bourdain. And the peranakan nonya laksa there is really good too.
Thank you Shinichi and Jean, I always love your food review videos, so much yummy food and drink. I love how colorful it was in China Town. Take care and I will see you soon.
Thanks! Glad you like it.
The food looks good and that temple is beautiful! 😍
I dunno guys, but watching Jean's face warmth my heart.
Another brilliant video, thank you so much, good start into the weekend!
Enjoyed watching this...makes me wanna go back to Singapore, it’s been ages. That carrot cake dish is called such because it’s made from grated radish which is literally called “white carrot” in mandarin 😊 Pls visit Malaysia next.
The food looks so good , I will be in Singapore and stay in china town area in couple weeks . I can’t wait to try those food
You should try the old airport road hawker center, there are so many good dishes there
lots of confusion with the carrot cake. in Chinese there is white carrot and red carrot. and white carrot is daikon. what westerners are familiar with is a dessert for carrot cake made with red carrots. the savory carrot cake here is made using white carrot or daikon. it is called a cake because the daikon is mixed with rice flour. cake is a literally translation and can be both sweet or savory.
Bee Cheng Hiang is ❤️
OMG,those street foods in Singapore are so mouth watering... 😍❤️
OMG Jean is adorable :)
Well brought up, she's lovely.
she the hottest 1 on tabi so far
China town got lots of foods to choose from healthy foods fresh fruits very good foods the best foods in. Singapore got the best foods thank you for sharing your beautiful healthy foods.
An interesting video. The way you describe the food.😋. I can tast it myself☺. Thank you to guide and show us the food and culture. Also many thanks to Jean. I cann't wait to see the other singaporevideo's.
Omg this was incredable :) the atmosphere must have been awesome..so colourful and all the smells ... mmm....
Looks like you really enjoy the hawker food in Singapore. You should try the hawker food at old airport road.
Carrot cake is my favourite too. For breakfast, snacking or just for light lunch or dinner. Always a great time. And lucky for me I live close by to SG, so each time I crave some, I just flew over there :D
Loved this video! And I've only just properly looked at it for the first time, despite being a long-term subscriber - I absolutely love your Tabi Eats logo! Onigiri, travel/mountains, a bite taken out of it... great concept!
Haha now you know why many Singaporeans tend to go out in their flip flops and sandals. ;) Just before I left Tokyo a couple years back, Bee Cheng Hiang was promoting their products there, so I think you might find an outlet in Tokyo after all. :)
You guys are awesome, the food makes me soo hungry! I want to go to Japan again
That bbq pork looked so good! Wish we had that here in the states.
The green "jelly" is actually rice noodles dyed green. In my culture, we eat it in a cold sugar syrup soup. Sooo good in the summer.
The sweet sauce in the popiah is Sweet Flour Sauce.
Sugar cane juice is very popular here in Brazil too. Popular, cheap and delicious!
Yeah, third world countries don't have access to proper food
FUN VIDEO!!! so many new foods!!! the last meat one looked like a thin version of fried spam to me...YUMMY!!! :D .
Both of you look nice & friendly.
I agree with John ... that chwee kueh has to be eaten with chilli sauce otherwise it would be too salty if eaten with the pickled radish.
Nice food tour.
Another yummy video
Any chance you've made a video on Hawkers Singaporean street food, particularly outside of Chinatown .
The green jelly is actually flavoured from pandan leaves
Oh my god 700 stores. So many!
That green jelly is what makes the dish cendol, without it ain't a cendol haha. It's made with pandan juice, rice flour or green bean flour some with tapioca flour. The brown sugar drizzled on it is gula melaka or coconut sugar. Good ones are those that they made themselves usually from stalls that specializes in making cendol. Those with bright green coloured ones usually just colouring no actual pandan juice unlike those pale green ones which are natural and homemade :D The base of cheng teng soup is made from dried longan and longan is heaty and too much of it will cause phelgm heehee but it is nice though. Different stalls will have their own mix of ingredients some has added sweet potatoes, ginko nuts etc. Oh ya, hope you've tried some Indian food here like curry fish head, briyani, prata..
Carrot cake is my favourite hawker dish. You can generally get a combo plate and not pick a favourite child. Both white and black.
Singapore street food is Epic:)
Hi Shinichi! 👋👋👋. You're in food heaven
Welcome to Singapore~ Ah u are in Chinatown. Did u visit this place called Kele. It's no 1 pineapple tart in SG. A must try! You can bring it back as souvenir
This lady is an excellent co-host. She is very natural, pleasant, and informative. She doesn't have exaggerated expressions or reactions, or a shrill, annoying laugh like Ai does. This lady is a keeper. Shinichi's mother is also very pleasant and fun to watch.
Love it 😊
Singapore enjoy your meal stay safe 👍💘😋😋😀
I like to wrap the BBQ pork in between slices of bread :D expensive sandwich!
that's how my father eats it and some street vendors sell that in Malaysia..yums
Such interesting and fascinating foods and drinks to me,I would surely try everything!
Hope you guys are feeling well Loved the Video!!
You very lucky to be there in. Singapore eat all healthy foods the best foods in the world you can eat healthy foods spices fresh foods we always get this brand is the well know mane thanks
For the Cheng Tng dessert, I think it was a gingko nut not a lotus seed. If you're in Chinatown and looking for that BBQ pork/bak kwa, don't go for Bee Cheng Hiang, go for Lim Chee Guan instead. It's got a smokier flavour and less of the sweetness, Lim Chee Guan is much better than Bee Cheng Hiang in my opinion. The queue for Lim Chee Guan can get up to 3 hours during Chinese New Year period. Address: #01, 1 Park Rd, 25 People's Park Complex, 059108
12:45-13:10 lol that older woman giving you guys the "evil eye" lol...was going to say wow $24 for one of the barbeque slices, but I saw the 'per kilo' after two rewatches.
That looks amazing vegetarians really miss out on amazing food.
We don't miss the animal cruelty, all the hormones, antibiotics, cardiovascular issues etc... Vegan for life.
@@gabispn13 WHA WHA WHA stfu whiner !
Jean is really familiar with local food. Is she a foodie guide who tourist can engage her?
Jean is hella cute! And the food looks good!
The green things is called cendol, the best one is in little India’s hawker.
Cendol is from Indonesia, like your kue putu. The green is the cendol. The grass jelly is made from leaves.
Sounds like heavy rain in the background? 👀
Omg. I ♥️ chwee kueh 😋😋😋
9:17 "i came i the rainy season huh!." Hahah welcome to Singapore, it is rainy around tbh (:
The green stuff on Chendol is actually rice flour jelly.
Jean 😊
Nice episode !
Oh no I can’t believe u were just in Singapore!! Would have loved to meet u guys ... :(
Out of element is a Good way to enjoy a food journey. Familiarity breeds boredom.
Wroooong, the green stuff in your cendol is the cendol it's made from rice flour. And cendol is from Indonesia/melayu not Singaporean. It also uses coconut milk
Did you change something?
You look so very good in that video 😍 I mean you always look good but there a bit more than usual 🤔
Maha Kali
I know what you mean. His skin doesn't look as dry but is more plumped up and dewy which actually makes him look younger. Due to our humid Singapore climate, the moisture in the air is high and it's really a boost to our skin, especially those with dry skin. However people with oily skin here suffer more too.
Are you still in Singapore Shinichi? Would love to bring you experience local food not in touristy places.
Did not try the 1-tyre rated hawker chan chicken rice while u were in chinatown?
@tabieats just FYI, for the inside of that indonesian bamboo rice cakes, it is actually palm sugar. And the flavour profile IS a bit like sweet soy sauce used in Mitarashi Dango. In malaysia, we call it Gula Melaka.
I like the chicken jerky bbq.
6:08 oh shit almost upskirt lol
singapore is the goto place if u hav loads of monie...if not then its thailand
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No, I shall be the one!
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Again, she is so cute.
hey.... you should try nasi padang if you're still here. I can take you there
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Me: Don't crush on the Asian girl.
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"Mission Failed!"
Noooooo
Is the noise the hum of people? It sounds like your next to a a after fountain. Just curious!
crymsyntyde89 I’d assume it’s the rain
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How did carrot cake get its name without any carrots?
Byron W Radish is called “white carrot” by the locals. Watered down rice flour with grated radish is steamed and the resulting cakes are diced and fried with dark and sweet soya sauce, dried radish bits and egg. Hence, the old folks have been calling it “carrot” cake.
Wish we had a authentic china town near me, all we get is Americanized Chinese food... looks nothing like that.
Turnip or daikon cake. No carrots 🥕 in there!
Not one of the foods from Singapore looked or sounded in the least bit appealing, but I still enjoyed the video!
Game Czar it’s ugly delicious! Might be mind blowing if you have never encountered Chinese south East Asian food before
Carrot cake? How is it called that?
Ange Maidment Radish is called “white carrot” by the locals. The dish is actually steamed rice flour with grated radish. The steam cakes are then diced and fried with soya sauce, chopped dried radish and egg.
Jeremy WCK cool, thanks
THANKS FOR VISITING SINGAPORE ! WHOOHOO.
We call the bbq pork thingie as " bak kwa" xD
I literally just visited that hawker centre yesterday for dinner with my friends.
There's also sugar cane juice with lemon.
she so far the prettiest 1
Who says that there is no carrot in carrot cake. Isnt white carrot CARROT ?
Pork is harraam
That lady is hot as hell and nerdy too!
So if it's not a cake, and there's no carrot in it, why is it called "carrot cake"?
They should call it radish cake
Lol she not talking about chwee kuay. Its about carrot cake. Its actually radish. In Chinese radish is know as white carrot. So literary translated into English, becomes carrot. Thus carrot cake. In Chinese, red carrot is the normal carrot and white carrot is radish.
@@tttan1843 thank you. It's starting to make more sense. If someone asked me to get "white carrot", I would not think radish or daikon, I would think parsnip.
Almost 25 bucks for some sliced pork? Naw I will stick with beef jerky for 6 bucks thanks. I am sure it was good but, to rich for me lol
Ricky Cunningham the price listed is per kilo and one slice does not make a kilo
@@_eskargo Yes I know that given how thin it is. Was a joke lol.
Not epic, y’all didn’t do your research to showcase Singapore hawker center food.
Guys, try to be self conscious and stop using single use plastic. Thanks
Crap recommendation, there are so many good food there yet you pick the worst. No sugar in sugar cane drink?... wtf!