As a peranakan, it is still buah keluak. Some families combine them with shrimp paste, others pork, others with dried sole. There are so many variations
thanks for letting me know! Would you say that there's a preferred version of buah keluak? Also, am I right in saying that the original buah keluak is the one with the nut?
I actually prefer half prawns instead of whole cuz it's easier to tell if they cleaned the prawn properly (i.e. Removed the intestinal tract which from what I saw in your vid they didn't)
Sung Si Kyung. Korean celebrity who is known as a foodie has 2 vlogs on his food adventures in sg. KEK Seafood now has a Sung Si Kyung set after his visit.
Hey Alderic, nice idea for new series! Anyway I just wanted to say that the buah keluak is not "fake". There are generally 2 ways in which the nut is served: served as is, or scooped out, mixed with meat, and then stuffed back into the shell. There is not right or wrong, and it's more down to personal preferences, or in the case of Peranakan food, how their great-grandmothers and grandmothers have been making it since decades ago. That said, it was weird how yours came out in 1 solid piece. I've not encountered that before. Anyway, looking forward to the rest of your series!
@@Alderic. According that what I know, there are 2 types of buah keluak. For the better one, there's no need to stuff the nut with meat because it is flavourful enough. For my family, we do not stuff it since we use the better ones. We use babi and not ayam too.
A couple of what I remember: - Ah Heng Curry Noodles (has a wall of pictures taken with celebrities) - Zion Riverside FC's Char Kway Teow (I remember was said to be patronized by both ex-PM Lee) - Tong Fong Fatt Chicken Rice(also patronized by LKY, there's pictures of him in some outlets, but their standard has dropped over the years)
Hey Alderic, love Anthony Bourdain and this series already. I think it would be great if you could share the video or article where the original celebrity visited the locations so we can trace that journey as well! Also funny you should say it, but I actually know someone who was JJ Lin's schoolmate.
In America , especially early 2000's era , its undoubtly that Anthony Bourdain pioneering the concept of travel vlog show in America entertaiment scene which at that time travel vlog show still regarded as something new
JJ recently turned up at Chin Chin restaurant for chicken rice but sold out! Check out his vlog. Also it's serundeng (fried grated coconut) not kerisik (coconut paste). And wanna say that Sabar Menanti is solid Malay cuisine in a shophouse setting. so calling it overpriced "hawker food" felt harsh and uncalled for. But that's just my opinion.
U came to the Tekka 545 prawn noodles at the right time. I been eating this store for years as my office is nearby. And when their daughter who took over in the beginning, the consistency was not as good as now. Now it is almost very consistent good every time I eat.
Twice, the kpop girl group, went to Candlenut and Satay by the Bay. Also chili crab and tze char place but i don't recognize the restaurants. This was during their tv5 series.
Actually I dunno if it's cos I've been gaslit so long that I've developed some half-prawn-stockholm-syndrome but I just feel more used to half prawns in my hae mee. Taking a whole prawn in with a spoonful of noodle just seems a bit too much now. Dayum
yeah, Bourdain actually ate very extensively in Singapore. I had to limit the scope to just "Parts Unknown". Hopefully, we'll have any public figure that visited Sin Huat later in the series.
Please start a prawn noodle series one day😂 i am a BIG fan of dry hae mee (the combination of sambal + shallots oil + lard is like GOAT and for the soup i like the prawn-forward umami type rather than porky based ones)... Your love for mala is probably like my love for prawn noodles. I really can eat it like 3 times a week (if I dont think about the cholesterol 😅) I have a few hidden/underrated gems in my comfort food go to~ maybe i will share if you start the series 😏 And yeah I don't like halved prawns too cuz it lacks the bite/crunchy factor.
Alderic, you can try Mikey chen or mark weins’s reccomendations. They might sometimes glaze the food more than krispy kreme glaze their donuts. But can be a good gateway to international audiences
I too, always advocate for paying more for local food. But 60$ for mini pomfret is too steep for me. Esp in assam sauce, which can mask the taste of a slightly unfresh fish. Id prefer to pay $60 for a teochew style pomfret. To me assam can reserve it for cheaper fish like stingray or batang a t a nasi padang stall. Meat is mostly just a carrier for the sauce here.
Hi Sir, not kerisik, kerisik is an ingredient for cooking. for lontong, or dishes, serunding or serunding kelapa is given as a topping or side dish. u can get serunding with ketupat eaten with rendang during festivities etc.
Nice video. I am glad we finally move on from Mala. Full disclosure, while I am not a fan of 'ma' though I am a fan of 'la.' I noticed that you did not go to Tian Tian for their chicken rice. 😉 I suspect it is because most Singaporeans think Tian Tian is over rated and for tourists only. 😝
alot of the good hawkers really do felt like they nerfed the dish to fit the price range. What a shame :( i wonder how the same dish will taste if someone pay them to go ham and ain't capped by the price...
That's not kerisik, that's called serondeng. It helps to add more flavour dynamics to the lontong dish. Kerisik is normally added in rendangs to boost the lemak and roasty-toasty coconut taste. Cheers and here's to one day seeing the best nasi padang series. 😊
imperial treasure super peking duck. lots of diplomats, royalties and what not are hosted there, you're welcome and I'm sorry for your wallet in advance!
To say the stuffed buah keluak is fake is poor reviewing. As per any peranakan dish, the "actual" recipe depends on the household's traditional preparation..
yeah I spoke incorrectly then. I have since been informed by the Peranakans. Although, compared to having the buah keluak as is, I still think the meatball version tastes way inferior. Like comparing durians to durian puffs.
Sad to say I don’t like the 545 prawn noodle as you appeared to like in the vid. Maybe I had it on their bad day? I dunno. I prefer the stall behind run by 2 aunties. I can’t remember the name. One line to order and the other line to collect.
LMAO, funny thing is one of my cousins living in SG was actually an ex-schoolmate of Lin Jun Jie 😂 but I don’t think he knows what and where he eats 😂 On another note, as a foreigner, I only know of one celeb that almost everyone knows: Gordon Ramsay with 328 Katong (Laksa), Tian Tian (Hainan Chicken Rice), and Jumbo Seafood (Chili Crab) when he came to Singapore 😂 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingTel_Hawker_Heroes_Challenge But since 328 is quite bad compared to Janggut and Sungei Road, I think better to reuse old footage from the best Laksa series 😂 not worth going back there imo
This is a potentially goated series, Alderic. Love Anthony Bourdain and I love your channel
thank you!
Love how you always link the places, very helpful!!
As a peranakan, it is still buah keluak. Some families combine them with shrimp paste, others pork, others with dried sole. There are so many variations
thanks for letting me know! Would you say that there's a preferred version of buah keluak? Also, am I right in saying that the original buah keluak is the one with the nut?
Many have said this, but actually goated series. Creative, one of the few local content creators i look forward to 🎉
I actually prefer half prawns instead of whole cuz it's easier to tell if they cleaned the prawn properly (i.e. Removed the intestinal tract which from what I saw in your vid they didn't)
ive actually never seen any hawker clean prawns' intestines, even popular and expensive prawn noodles, 麦片虾etc. its so crazy
You guys care too much about the poop. You’ll inevitably eat some in your life if you continue to consume seafood. Just enjoy.
Good point
@@veo16 its not the poop in itself, its because of how bad the grainy texture is and it just ruins the experience of eating prawns.
Great video as per usual alderic! Loving the new series
DO THE PRAWN NOODLE SERIES!!!!!
Will try the prawn noodles 👍
thanks for the support!
Sung Si Kyung. Korean celebrity who is known as a foodie has 2 vlogs on his food adventures in sg. KEK Seafood now has a Sung Si Kyung set after his visit.
Agree. His food trail was pretty good!
Yes agree!
Hey Alderic, nice idea for new series!
Anyway I just wanted to say that the buah keluak is not "fake". There are generally 2 ways in which the nut is served: served as is, or scooped out, mixed with meat, and then stuffed back into the shell. There is not right or wrong, and it's more down to personal preferences, or in the case of Peranakan food, how their great-grandmothers and grandmothers have been making it since decades ago. That said, it was weird how yours came out in 1 solid piece. I've not encountered that before.
Anyway, looking forward to the rest of your series!
thanks for letting me know!
would you say that there is a preferred version? Or are people generally okay with any version of the buah keluak?
@@Alderic. According that what I know, there are 2 types of buah keluak. For the better one, there's no need to stuff the nut with meat because it is flavourful enough. For my family, we do not stuff it since we use the better ones. We use babi and not ayam too.
A couple of what I remember:
- Ah Heng Curry Noodles (has a wall of pictures taken with celebrities)
- Zion Riverside FC's Char Kway Teow (I remember was said to be patronized by both ex-PM Lee)
- Tong Fong Fatt Chicken Rice(also patronized by LKY, there's pictures of him in some outlets, but their standard has dropped over the years)
Would love a prawn noodles series!
Hey Alderic, love Anthony Bourdain and this series already. I think it would be great if you could share the video or article where the original celebrity visited the locations so we can trace that journey as well!
Also funny you should say it, but I actually know someone who was JJ Lin's schoolmate.
Prawn Noodle Series sounds great!
In America , especially early 2000's era , its undoubtly that Anthony Bourdain pioneering the concept of travel vlog show in America entertaiment scene which at that time travel vlog show still regarded as something new
Great series! Looking forward to it!
JJ recently turned up at Chin Chin restaurant for chicken rice but sold out! Check out his vlog.
Also it's serundeng (fried grated coconut) not kerisik (coconut paste).
And wanna say that Sabar Menanti is solid Malay cuisine in a shophouse setting. so calling it overpriced "hawker food" felt harsh and uncalled for. But that's just my opinion.
U came to the Tekka 545 prawn noodles at the right time. I been eating this store for years as my office is nearby. And when their daughter who took over in the beginning, the consistency was not as good as now. Now it is almost very consistent good every time I eat.
Twice, the kpop girl group, went to Candlenut and Satay by the Bay. Also chili crab and tze char place but i don't recognize the restaurants.
This was during their tv5 series.
omg yes a prawn noodle serious would slap but damn this serious is starting out greatttt
15:31 i can see that alderic is also a man of culture！
Great new series!
Drew Barrymore just visited Singapore in october last year. As far as I know, she had popiah at Maxwell hawker center and egg tarts at Tong Heng.
The ayam buah keluak at Bumbu restaurant is worth a try (they give you the real thing)
The decor is also very nice
Actually I dunno if it's cos I've been gaslit so long that I've developed some half-prawn-stockholm-syndrome but I just feel more used to half prawns in my hae mee. Taking a whole prawn in with a spoonful of noodle just seems a bit too much now. Dayum
What about Sin Huat Eating House? He rated it as one of the top places to eat in the *world*
yeah, Bourdain actually ate very extensively in Singapore. I had to limit the scope to just "Parts Unknown". Hopefully, we'll have any public figure that visited Sin Huat later in the series.
I think can consider looking at his book where he passed by Maxwell Oyster Cake by chance and ate it
Interesting series concept!
Nice. You went to my friend’s stall at Tekka! Hope u liked the prawn noodles!
One of Tony's favourite restaurant is sin huat eating house, time to burst your budget!
Please start a prawn noodle series one day😂 i am a BIG fan of dry hae mee (the combination of sambal + shallots oil + lard is like GOAT and for the soup i like the prawn-forward umami type rather than porky based ones)... Your love for mala is probably like my love for prawn noodles. I really can eat it like 3 times a week (if I dont think about the cholesterol 😅) I have a few hidden/underrated gems in my comfort food go to~ maybe i will share if you start the series 😏
And yeah I don't like halved prawns too cuz it lacks the bite/crunchy factor.
It's not too late to do a prawn noodle series. Please do!!
Agree - 845 is prob the best old school prawn noodle in Singapore
Do another episode on Bourdain's No Reservations Singapore Episode in 2008!
Alderic, you can try Mikey chen or mark weins’s reccomendations. They might sometimes glaze the food more than krispy kreme glaze their donuts. But can be a good gateway to international audiences
I too, always advocate for paying more for local food.
But 60$ for mini pomfret is too steep for me. Esp in assam sauce, which can mask the taste of a slightly unfresh fish. Id prefer to pay $60 for a teochew style pomfret.
To me assam can reserve it for cheaper fish like stingray or batang a t a nasi padang stall. Meat is mostly just a carrier for the sauce here.
true. I'm not sure of the cost price of pomfret actually. I have paid a lot for it before but I have also gotten it cheap from the market.
Hi Sir, not kerisik, kerisik is an ingredient for cooking. for lontong, or dishes, serunding or serunding kelapa is given as a topping or side dish. u can get serunding with ketupat eaten with rendang during festivities etc.
thanks for letting me know!
Next series best carrot cake black and white?
Or ban mian
o but this means any newer shops wouldnt be featured because these icons havent been here in awhile
58 Prawn Noodle at bedok reservoir for ur prawn noodle series
Nice video. I am glad we finally move on from Mala. Full disclosure, while I am not a fan of 'ma' though I am a fan of 'la.'
I noticed that you did not go to Tian Tian for their chicken rice. 😉 I suspect it is because most Singaporeans think Tian Tian is over rated and for tourists only. 😝
thank you! I think I'll end up at Tian Tian sooner or later in this series. For this video, I wanted to stick with where he went in "Parts Unknown".
Most impressively, no stains on his shirt!
I think we need a prata series.
We need to do Mark Wiens
I totally trust u bro.. soup prawn mee
PS: 🍽️不好的 我心情会很不好..
Fine.. I saw Lin Jun Jie at Queen of Wok once
i dont like half hard boiled eggs too 🤣
I love peranakan food too, especially ayam buah keluak, but i had no idea u could eat the black nut!
New Series Babyyyy!
I don't know nothing about Singapore food but Tung Kee Noodle is S-Tier to me :3
0:05 Also, Singapore is the only country to gain independence against its will.
Prawn noodles next week! 🤞🤞
alot of the good hawkers really do felt like they nerfed the dish to fit the price range. What a shame :( i wonder how the same dish will taste if someone pay them to go ham and ain't capped by the price...
I think they don't even have to go ham. Just giving them an extra 2 dollars to work with would probably raise the national standard by a lot.
Do a meat food review, like steaks, bbq meat...
i wonder what itachi loves to eat in Singapore
probably hangs out at the hawker centers with all the crows.
Guan Hoe Soon’s chap chye is the best in Singapore. No lie.
Please do a prawn noodle series!
Only now has 2025 officially begun boiis saddle up 🎉🎉
That's not kerisik, that's called serondeng. It helps to add more flavour dynamics to the lontong dish. Kerisik is normally added in rendangs to boost the lemak and roasty-toasty coconut taste. Cheers and here's to one day seeing the best nasi padang series. 😊
thanks for letting me know! I would love to do a nasi padang series one day.
Ha! Singapore isn't younger than my parents. It's younger than ... me!!
I hissed with you in the lower tax bracket
it's cold down here.
Gordon ramsay trio .
JJ lin recently visited Chin chin restaurant in his latest vlog on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/y1NsR5BcAQw/v-deo.html
wow this is piping hot info.
12:22 kumiko :O
Hey Alderic, what about one of the OG YT food vlogger Mark Wiens? Specifically this video - ua-cam.com/video/_Ttf--3axiY/v-deo.htmlsi=fVum70hX8gjOQWkZ
ooo that's a good one.
got longkong? 😂
imperial treasure super peking duck. lots of diplomats, royalties and what not are hosted there, you're welcome and I'm sorry for your wallet in advance!
To say the stuffed buah keluak is fake is poor reviewing. As per any peranakan dish, the "actual" recipe depends on the household's traditional preparation..
yeah I spoke incorrectly then. I have since been informed by the Peranakans. Although, compared to having the buah keluak as is, I still think the meatball version tastes way inferior. Like comparing durians to durian puffs.
@@Alderic. Thanks for enlightening me about your preference.
Fast food series in 2025?
I see new series, i like, share, comment, and enjoy free content until i win toto to join members
almost $100 for nonya food, really quite scammy and overpriced
Sad to say I don’t like the 545 prawn noodle as you appeared to like in the vid. Maybe I had it on their bad day? I dunno. I prefer the stall behind run by 2 aunties. I can’t remember the name. One line to order and the other line to collect.
waiting for Prawn Noodle Series in 2025
LMAO, funny thing is one of my cousins living in SG was actually an ex-schoolmate of Lin Jun Jie 😂 but I don’t think he knows what and where he eats 😂
On another note, as a foreigner, I only know of one celeb that almost everyone knows: Gordon Ramsay with 328 Katong (Laksa), Tian Tian (Hainan Chicken Rice), and Jumbo Seafood (Chili Crab) when he came to Singapore 😂
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingTel_Hawker_Heroes_Challenge
But since 328 is quite bad compared to Janggut and Sungei Road, I think better to reuse old footage from the best Laksa series 😂 not worth going back there imo
Mee Kati seems like a more likely inspiration for Mee Siam than Tom Yum ua-cam.com/video/S6TmTRH3aHs/v-deo.htmlsi=SyXgOCF4EMHkYMt5