Check out Season 2 of Belly of a Nation: ua-cam.com/video/6rUyp5r3ZU4/v-deo.html There we follow different Singapore hawkers over 9 months and captures their blood, sweat and tears as they dish out salivating Oyster Omelette, Wonton Noodles, Appam, Tze Char Poke Bowls, Mee Siam and many more while trying to cope with COVID-19.
I have not been back to Singapore in 32 years since I left as a kid, I watch this with my mom and it was so sentimental and nice to see the references of the past and the present Singapore. Well done documentary! Tugged at my heart strings.
Every time I see an old photograph or footage of Singapore, I am awed by how much Singapore transformed herself within such short time. Glad Singapore has been a part of my life, even if I will eventually go home to US.
You must seek out Maxwell Market, south of the Chinese Emporium or Geylang Serai where there's a hawkers section adjacent to the Wet Market also the Malay Structure across the Geylang Road. mainly Indian and Malay food there, aslo good tasty Indian food at Teh Tarik same side as the Market. Sadly Bedok Corner, which used to be the Best place for Chilly Crab has been closed for many years, due to modernisation of the entire area which now looks like anywhere in USA or EUROPE. Very few hawkers along Orchard Road but an upstairs open eatery known as Food Republic do have reasonably priced Asian foods Malay, Japanese and Chinese.Peoples Park in China town has excellent Asian Food downstairs, good prices too.Sadly, the best hawkers food which put Singapore on the World Foods map has long gone and Singapore is now a Super Clean version of a Highly government over controlled, spotlessly clean island which lost its heart when Founder, Premier Lee KUan Yew passed away.Island.
Perhaps not as lusciously filmed as Chef's Table, but a hundred times more meaningful for me to watch because this is my daily food. Thank you for this beautiful, well-researched look into Singapore hawker culture.
Singapore hawker center has played a pivotal role in full filling one of the most vital needs of Singaporean daily life, without it, much of the joy living in Singapore will be lost.
I was born in Tiong Bahru, grew up in 1970’s Singapore. I ate at Tiong Bahru markets everyday and loved the carrot cake old man who drove his cart outside my flat. He made delicious Carrot cake. As a teenager I migrated to Australia and now I live in Russia, with my Russian wife. I miss the old days and the food. Time flies.
Ha Ha, my wife was from Lim Liak Street Tiong Bahru, 1936, The same flats built by the Old Housing Development Board are now fetching Millions of dollars.Tiong Bahru Market sold the best Oyster Omelettes (until around 1980) then became modernised and the standards of cooking many special dishes was reduced to take away hurry hurry style no taste, the old Hawkers used flavorsome recipes handed down from father to son/daughter, nowadays it's all about How little you sell for How many more dollars, no flavour no taste.
Madam Chua @36:44 reminded me so much of my mom.. (yes, mom is also Teochew-nang) Especially the bit about just basically improving her foods through experiments, and her curiosity. Love you Madam Chua 🤞
Coming from across the causeway, one thing I'm jealous is Singapore's hawker culture. All races cook and do business under one roof- a sight rarely seen in Malaysia.
@thin red line You forgot Sabah and Sarawak. We do have a diverse hawker scene, just not diverse in the sense that everyone is mixed-in at the foodcourt or hawker centre.
Melak has some excellent Hawkers food cooked properley using WOK's, also the Perenakan food is absolutely delicious, especially helpful too in passing their recipes onto those interested in the amazing Malaysian and Peranakan makan.
I'm Indonesian but videos like this make me feel nostalgic. The food court style and food carts (which are still common in Indonesia) are very similar. Especially Madam Chua's stall. She reminds me of my grandmother who is also Teochew. And the Kwecap that you can still find in her hometown of Pontianak.
No. It is the reference to some animal documentary. Usually, every animal documentary TV program will start with the introduction to a biome first. Like.. They talk about the climate, vegetation, and how things work there. And then they talk about some specific time. Like lunch or night time or in the morning. Some talk about the eat or be eaten and some talk about the mating ritual of some animals. And some talks about other animal's behavior. U just don't get it, dude..
@@denamad7765 he's not wrong you know. Nothing is original in Singapore. Well maybe your singlish. That's very unique and I know yall quite proud of it too.
We went to Singapore on the early stages of the pandemic and was able to eat at this places. First time I heard about Hawker i thought it was a dish from a certain part of a country like Hunan, Cantonese or a certain group of people like Uyghurs. But damn the food was good and cheap that puts to shame some restaurants in the west.
Mdm Chua is adorable! I would love to try her kway chap someday :) Singapore hawker culture is really one of a kind, and I really hope the government can help preserve this world heritage by making it easier for hawkers to continue their business. Great documentary btw!
Thank you ! Very clear and helpful narration - good job, no slang. Keep it up ! Appreciate that there is NO UNNECESSARY background "music". Well done !
It is super cool documentary video that I've ever seen!!!! I really love Singapore's hawker centre culture, and I've been always curious about why only SG started this kind of unique culture.! Now all my curiosity is solved and I'm really looking forward to Ep.2!!! Thank u for making this kind of cool video!
I was staying at Havelock Rd near Beo Crescent when working in Sg . Fond memories of those days living there, affordable and delicious foods everywhere. Sigh... It's been 22 years ... How time flies.
Our street food scene was so rampant that the Government had to build hawker centres in order to house the hawkers so as to not have congested streets. and people say Singapore doesn't really have street food.
America has a large problem with mostly empty shopping malls and IMO Singapore style hawker stalls could be a wonderful solution by not only renting now available space but also acting as a draw for other businesses [in that shopping mall].
Yeaa I live in Los Angeles and although a good amount of our malls are still in use as a lot of people go to it to escape the heat, the empty shopping spaces could be a great place for hawker-like businesses to thrive. It's just that a lot of legislation has to be passed I believe. Like in LA, we barely got street food vending to be allowed rip.. ://
@@thepinoyrice I use to live in Vietnam and really miss street food. IMO laws against it are overrated. I've eaten from street vendors over a thousand times and only got sick once. And that one time my better judgement told me not to but I did anyways. =)
I've been here for 12 yrs and ive always hated that there's no cheap healthy food like this. It's always FAST FOOD that are cheap and if you want healthy you have to go to a sit-in restaurant. Crap foods everywhere. I wish they'd come up with something like this here.
@@toxicwaste920 it's the agenda. Feed the populace with trash and cancer and disease-inducing foods. While organic and healthy ones are more expensive. In that way, they will easily die, so that they won't reap the benefit of social security and senior citizen government benefits.
Hope Government could build more Hawker Centres. Food sold at Coffee Shops are getting poorer and more expensive. The owners are more keen to make excessive profit than catering to the communities. Most working couples depend on hawker foods for their lunch and dinner. We need to set high standards to help our hawkers for good corporate image of our nation.
Problem is nowadays not a lot of new blood willing to do hawker work. As the profit margin is expected to be kept very low as compared to food court and restaurants. Even if they open more hawker centres, if can't find the hawkers then also no point. Nowadays hard to get an affordable, good portion and delicious food liao. At most can only have 2 of the conditions fulfilled.
@@MrNamesNoMore Should consider to use ITE to train future Hawkers. No true that hawkers are not earning enough. For hawkers who made effort to ensure that their food are good, a long queue is expected. You can observe that many successful hawkers are driving BMWs and Mercedes plus Rolax gold watches. You will be surprised that they stay in bungalows.
I am a blogger and I have eaten almost all of Singapore hawker food. All I can say is there are still very good hawkers but the overall food quality has declined and food prices have increased significantly. For example, one stall in Bedok has increased Hokkien noodles prices from $3 to $4 (a dollar increase at one go).
Not a surprise. Singaporeans want quality hawker food, but not many of the younger generation want to be hawkers (including me...). So that authentic local taste is slowly dying away. Part of it is because so many stalls are now run by foreigners who can't quite capture that "local" taste, but part of it is also due to us young Singaporeans. Then rent in Singapore is so high, so...*sigh*
What! You're complaining about one dollar increase? During the Pandemic, we began order Pizza. A medium two topping pizza with 40 liter soda was nearly $40. Which does always include delivery charges.
It's good the three guys were able to learn from some of their neighboring hawker stalls. Usually! Food Cafes don't teach another business anything when they're competing with each others of the same needs.
hawker culture, is a heritage, we all grow up eating all this authentic good food, hope the sg govt, will allocate special previlage, in term of rental, licences for them to carry on with this heritage,
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking - Michelle Yeoh. I found it remarkable that she was able to pronounce all the names with the perfect accent lol. I was just waiting for her to introduce Li Mu Bai!
We have these kinds of establishments already only that many small food businesses continue to spring like wild mushroom so that it's not easy to organize them up in one food court like these.
I do not if it still exists but I was waiting for Newton Circus Hawkers Centre in the documentary. I frequented it in 1987 when I was attending a short course in RELC, Orange Grove Road.
This was fascinating look at history of Street Hawkers in Singapore. The vintage photos and videos add nice comparison of Hawker food centre's Today. This trend start catch hold in USA with Food Courts. (Not those used found in Shopping Malls)
23:10 painting said to be reminiscent of the past looks like present day Quiapo area here in the Philippines except now the vendors are wearing facemask.
My understanding is for Service sector, generally, stall holders are not allowed to hire any foreigner. Usually allowed are citizens, PR , China workers , Malaysian workers, and some unlikely but allowed workers from SKorea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong. But these are unlikely to come here for such jobs because their country is pretty advanced. My point is hawkers suffer from hiring the help they need. If Vietnam, Myanmar are easily allowed without needing them to be PR , then we may see less elderly old uncles and aunties slogging away without getting the help they need
Food court and hawker food very different. Food court owned by big corporations and franchises. Hawker food are unique from hawker to hawker, are unique and have their own character and taste.
Multicultural medley. (11:00,28:25) 4:1434:50 Origins. 17:00 Supply chain. 45:25 I'd say that's a good thing, focus on doing one thing great instead of multiple items of lesser quality.
I find SG Hawkers is a dying trend.. not many younger generation is willing to take up this laborous trade. So we find more and more Hawkers run by overseas workers these days
Pay for cleaning Increase price Cannot pay enough for workers Cannot get workers Pretend Blame on consumers Place onus on consumers Work backwards to many different areas and categories... Test concept
This is is a wonderful documentary to showcase the great hawker culture of Singapore. Most times CNA has been spot on choosing the right voice that matches their programme. Unfortunately not this time. It is so painful to watch this documentary with the voice of the narrator who isn’t suited. Her voice is too heavy and strong - like how a teacher speaks to her students. She speaks with her lungs like a theatre actress. The voice of a narrator for a documentary should be smooth and complimentary to the programme. I’m sorry for pointing this out but it really spoils an otherwise great documentary. I would imagine she would narrate the rest of the series. That’s a pity.
I WAS HERE!!!! i eat here last year, I was traveling from malaysia to SG by bus and I get dropped off at golden mile tower, and I was hungry So I decided to go here, and they're mala was GOOD FR, but it's not good for my stomach later on 🙂
The stall owners are generally healthy. The stalls are generally not very clean because the general environment of these PAP-government-designed hawker centres are not conducive for top class hygiene. Food can range from very good to absolutely xhitty !!! Tables can look like a refugee camp or a foreign workers dormitory. Toilets must be avoided at all costs except for those in the CBD area, or where tourists and foreigners are expected to visit. We need to create a good impression you know !!! Outside of these areas, toilets stink, floors are forever wet, you can't find toilet paper, flushes don't work and toilet bowls are jammed !!! In addition, wash basin taps trickle for 15 seconds and shut automatically. You are expected to use only one hand to wash your hand while the other one is required to hold down the tap to trickle the water !!! You see how advanced and intelligent our Pro Aliens Party (PAP) government is ??? I am waiting for GE2025 !!!!
The narrator sounds like Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius.
Check out Season 2 of Belly of a Nation: ua-cam.com/video/6rUyp5r3ZU4/v-deo.html
There we follow different Singapore hawkers over 9 months and captures their blood, sweat and tears as they dish out salivating Oyster Omelette, Wonton Noodles, Appam, Tze Char Poke Bowls, Mee Siam and many more while trying to cope with COVID-19.
I have not been back to Singapore in 32 years since I left as a kid, I watch this with my mom and it was so sentimental and nice to see the references of the past and the present Singapore. Well done documentary! Tugged at my heart strings.
First buy a two way plane ticket. Next ...
Every time I see an old photograph or footage of Singapore, I am awed by how much Singapore transformed herself within such short time. Glad Singapore has been a part of my life, even if I will eventually go home to US.
I want to go to Singapore not for the tourist destinations but for the food
You wont be disappointed. I highly suggest you travel to Singapore when things settle down
I have. Twice. Need to go back!
@Tan SW i'm Singaporean but with family in Msia, ur right, most Msian food does taste better
You must seek out Maxwell Market, south of the Chinese Emporium or Geylang Serai where there's a hawkers section adjacent to the Wet Market also the Malay Structure across the Geylang Road. mainly Indian and Malay food there, aslo good tasty Indian food at Teh Tarik same side as the Market. Sadly Bedok Corner, which used to be the Best place for Chilly Crab has been closed for many years, due to modernisation of the entire area which now looks like anywhere in USA or EUROPE. Very few hawkers along Orchard Road but an upstairs open eatery known as Food Republic do have reasonably priced Asian foods Malay, Japanese and Chinese.Peoples Park in China town has excellent Asian Food downstairs, good prices too.Sadly, the best hawkers food which put Singapore on the World Foods map has long gone and Singapore is now a Super Clean version of a Highly government over controlled, spotlessly clean island which lost its heart when Founder, Premier Lee KUan Yew passed away.Island.
@@imthebestthingsincerice5122 true lah❤❤❤
I knew nothing, then decided to click. Know I hold a deep appreciation for hawkers. This was a wonderful video.💗
Perhaps not as lusciously filmed as Chef's Table, but a hundred times more meaningful for me to watch because this is my daily food. Thank you for this beautiful, well-researched look into Singapore hawker culture.
Glad you liked it!
Singapore hawker center has played a pivotal role in full filling one of the most vital needs of Singaporean daily life, without it, much of the joy living in Singapore will be lost.
Oh please. Its the lowest form of food to eat. Only Low SES people eat hawker food. :)
I was born in Tiong Bahru, grew up in 1970’s Singapore. I ate at Tiong Bahru markets everyday and loved the carrot cake old man who drove his cart outside my flat. He made delicious Carrot cake. As a teenager I migrated to Australia and now I live in Russia, with my Russian wife. I miss the old days and the food. Time flies.
Make them at your home to serve for your Russian wife 😀
Ha Ha, my wife was from Lim Liak Street Tiong Bahru, 1936, The same flats built by the Old Housing Development Board are now fetching Millions of dollars.Tiong Bahru Market sold the best Oyster Omelettes (until around 1980) then became modernised and the standards of cooking many special dishes was reduced to take away hurry hurry style no taste, the old Hawkers used flavorsome recipes handed down from father to son/daughter, nowadays it's all about How little you sell for How many more dollars, no flavour no taste.
Madam Chua @36:44 reminded me so much of my mom.. (yes, mom is also Teochew-nang)
Especially the bit about just basically improving her foods through experiments, and her curiosity.
Love you Madam Chua 🤞
Coming from across the causeway, one thing I'm jealous is Singapore's hawker culture. All races cook and do business under one roof- a sight rarely seen in Malaysia.
@thin red line You forgot Sabah and Sarawak. We do have a diverse hawker scene, just not diverse in the sense that everyone is mixed-in at the foodcourt or hawker centre.
@thin red line you must not be exploring your country. Most Singaporeans know Malaysia has as good if not better street food.
Melak has some excellent Hawkers food cooked properley using WOK's, also the Perenakan food is absolutely delicious, especially helpful too in passing their recipes onto those interested in the amazing Malaysian and Peranakan makan.
Should read Melaka or Malacca in English, pardon mu spelling error. Thanks!
@@danialroslan1531 Really? I've lived in Msia for years bcos I work here. Can't wait to go back to Spore every weekend for the better quality food.
I'm Indonesian but videos like this make me feel nostalgic. The food court style and food carts (which are still common in Indonesia) are very similar. Especially Madam Chua's stall. She reminds me of my grandmother who is also Teochew. And the Kwecap that you can still find in her hometown of Pontianak.
The introduction is quite funny HAHA, the whole paragraph about what masses and urges.
It’s basically:
“At 12pm, everyone goes for lunch”
When you have to fulfill the word count man... totally can relate.
No. It is the reference to some animal documentary.
Usually, every animal documentary TV program will start with the introduction to a biome first. Like.. They talk about the climate, vegetation, and how things work there. And then they talk about some specific time. Like lunch or night time or in the morning. Some talk about the eat or be eaten and some talk about the mating ritual of some animals. And some talks about other animal's behavior.
U just don't get it, dude..
Basically Singapore are nothing but uncultured and westernised. Fyi hawker culture starts from his neighbour Malaysia.
@@limjf6624
Malaysian jealousy is top notch. I thought they are nice people but Indo seems better than them.
@@denamad7765 he's not wrong you know. Nothing is original in Singapore. Well maybe your singlish. That's very unique and I know yall quite proud of it too.
IDK but theres two things that I think about when I hear about Singapore. 1. Hawkers 2. Finance. Both equally important. Protect the hawkers!!!
Yesss!!!
Madame Chua (sorry for eventual misspelling) is such a darling old lady, hard working till the end.
We went to Singapore on the early stages of the pandemic and was able to eat at this places.
First time I heard about Hawker i thought it was a dish from a certain part of a country like Hunan, Cantonese or a certain group of people like Uyghurs.
But damn the food was good and cheap that puts to shame some restaurants in the west.
It’s Hakka 客家
that's why my sister & i say the best food in singapore is our cheap food! ironically i don't eat hawker centre food often...
This is what I love about Singapore, the hawker centers. Hope it stays that way forever 🥰😘. Chili crab is my favorite 🤩
Great documentary! Thank you for sharing this rich Singaporean culture!
Mdm Chua is adorable! I would love to try her kway chap someday :) Singapore hawker culture is really one of a kind, and I really hope the government can help preserve this world heritage by making it easier for hawkers to continue their business. Great documentary btw!
Thank you ! Very clear and helpful narration - good job, no slang. Keep it up ! Appreciate that there is NO UNNECESSARY background "music". Well done !
Singaporean theatre actress Karen Tan lent us her voice :D
This is so interesting :). Some of these dishes look so delicious too 😋 :D
Much love from Jamaica.
Watching this makes me miss the time when I was growing up in Singapore.
There are so many reasons I love this country.. good bless you Singapore
What's your favourite Singaporean hawker dish? Comment below!
Curry laksa with clams, Hokkien mee, & Hainan chicken rice😋😋😋❤️❤️❤️😋😋
everything aepecially with noodle in it .
Oyster Omelette ;))
卤面, Mee Rebus, Roti Prata, you name it I will take it!
Noodle dishes, anything with rice also.
Great docu! A lot of insights! From a Malaysian, it’s nice to know how SG hawker culture started.
You guys have a great deal of street food culture too!!
really nani Thank you! Yes, that’s one of the reasons I learned to appreciate and respect other countries’ hawker culture!
Well done 👍
An overdue record of our culinary culture
It is super cool documentary video that I've ever seen!!!! I really love Singapore's hawker centre culture, and I've been always curious about why only SG started this kind of unique culture.! Now all my curiosity is solved and I'm really looking forward to Ep.2!!! Thank u for making this kind of cool video!
I was staying at Havelock Rd near Beo Crescent when working in Sg . Fond memories of those days living there, affordable and delicious foods everywhere. Sigh... It's been 22 years ... How time flies.
Our street food scene was so rampant that the Government had to build hawker centres in order to house the hawkers so as to not have congested streets. and people say Singapore doesn't really have street food.
Lol? "our" XD good one XD I burst out laughing.
America has a large problem with mostly empty shopping malls and IMO Singapore style hawker stalls could be a wonderful solution by not only renting now available space but also acting as a draw for other businesses [in that shopping mall].
Yeaa I live in Los Angeles and although a good amount of our malls are still in use as a lot of people go to it to escape the heat, the empty shopping spaces could be a great place for hawker-like businesses to thrive. It's just that a lot of legislation has to be passed I believe. Like in LA, we barely got street food vending to be allowed rip.. ://
@@thepinoyrice I use to live in Vietnam and really miss street food. IMO laws against it are overrated. I've eaten from street vendors over a thousand times and only got sick once. And that one time my better judgement told me not to but I did anyways. =)
Brian Beeler Street food is always where it’s at tbh haha
I've been here for 12 yrs and ive always hated that there's no cheap healthy food like this. It's always FAST FOOD that are cheap and if you want healthy you have to go to a sit-in restaurant. Crap foods everywhere. I wish they'd come up with something like this here.
@@toxicwaste920 it's the agenda. Feed the populace with trash and cancer and disease-inducing foods. While organic and healthy ones are more expensive. In that way, they will easily die, so that they won't reap the benefit of social security and senior citizen government benefits.
Great documentaries! It is not only about food, it is history and life.
Singapore's rich food culture is inspiring!
Hope Government could build more Hawker Centres. Food sold at Coffee Shops are getting poorer and more expensive. The owners are more keen to make excessive profit than catering to the communities. Most working couples depend on hawker foods for their lunch and dinner. We need to set high standards to help our hawkers for good corporate image of our nation.
Problem is nowadays not a lot of new blood willing to do hawker work. As the profit margin is expected to be kept very low as compared to food court and restaurants. Even if they open more hawker centres, if can't find the hawkers then also no point. Nowadays hard to get an affordable, good portion and delicious food liao. At most can only have 2 of the conditions fulfilled.
@@MrNamesNoMore Should consider to use ITE to train future Hawkers. No true that hawkers are not earning enough. For hawkers who made effort to ensure that their food are good, a long queue is expected. You can observe that many successful hawkers are driving BMWs and Mercedes plus Rolax gold watches. You will be surprised that they stay in bungalows.
I am a blogger and I have eaten almost all of Singapore hawker food. All I can say is there are still very good hawkers but the overall food quality has declined and food prices have increased significantly. For example, one stall in Bedok has increased Hokkien noodles prices from $3 to $4 (a dollar increase at one go).
Old Wong Dies Hard
Not a surprise. Singaporeans want quality hawker food, but not many of the younger generation want to be hawkers (including me...). So that authentic local taste is slowly dying away. Part of it is because so many stalls are now run by foreigners who can't quite capture that "local" taste, but part of it is also due to us young Singaporeans. Then rent in Singapore is so high, so...*sigh*
You should come to Australia mate, a dish of 'pretend Hokkien noodles will cost you a minimum of around $18 to $20 AUSTRALIA DOLLARS.
What! You're complaining about one dollar increase? During the Pandemic, we began order Pizza. A medium two topping pizza with 40 liter soda was nearly $40. Which does always include delivery charges.
Miss so much this country have work at there 2009-2010 at paint factory no. 6 gul drive tuas. I love singaporean street food so many choice yummy..
Anyone knows where is the mee rebus stall in the video at 32 minutes
It's good the three guys were able to learn from some of their neighboring hawker stalls. Usually! Food Cafes don't teach another business anything when they're competing with each others of the same needs.
so beautiful narration.
That's Singaporean theatre actress Karen Tan's voice!
Excellent documentary!
hawker culture, is a heritage, we all grow up eating all this authentic good food, hope the sg govt, will allocate special previlage, in term of rental, licences for them to carry on with this heritage,
Very nice, I recollect my good old memories of having food at food plaza
very nice and it is very engaging
Is it just me? The narrator sounds like Dato Seri Michelle Yeoh.
That's Singaporean theatre actress Karen Tan :D
I was going to ask this too 😆
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking - Michelle Yeoh. I found it remarkable that she was able to pronounce all the names with the perfect accent lol. I was just waiting for her to introduce Li Mu Bai!
Yeah for a while I was like why does her voice sound so familiar?!
@@channelnewsasia same like Michelle Yeoh Voice 😁😁
One of the best documentary!
44:19 Is this Maxwell Food Center?
Burg in golden Mile complex. Salam Rujak, Tutu kue (I forgot where its located), all the hawkers I need to visit next time in Singapore
Basically makes me hungry and wanna go back to Singapore to just eat!! 😋
The most admirable hawker is Madam Chua @88yrs she's seen SG rise from the damps..👏👏👋
You mean Singapore isn't a damp now? Pffff. Mind blown to pieces.
The Philippines should learn from this model for street hawkers.
We have these kinds of establishments already only that many small food businesses continue to spring like wild mushroom so that it's not easy to organize them up in one food court like these.
Many nations could learn from Singapore, tho sadly, the BEST of that beautiful Island was immediate post war to around early (0's.
In a small nation like SG, I apparently think this is how food should be served/provided.
Good documentary
Thanks Hokkien ppl, you make a noodle that i eat my entire life 😁😁 , from Sumatra
I do hope the hawkers are alright during the Pandemic. Both their health and business.
Please do more such program love it
I do not if it still exists but I was waiting for Newton Circus Hawkers Centre in the documentary. I frequented it in 1987 when I was attending a short course in RELC, Orange Grove Road.
it still exist although not featured.
This was fascinating look at history of Street Hawkers in Singapore. The vintage photos and videos add nice comparison of Hawker food centre's Today. This trend start catch hold in USA with Food Courts. (Not those used found in Shopping Malls)
havent eaten that many prawn noodles in singapore but the abc uncle's one is very delicious imo!
Indian Rojak is known as Rojak Singapore in Malaysia :)
Very interesting!
Wow, I know the guy at 46:20. I buy his shaved ice every time I go to that hawker center.
This is why I always say Singapore is not similar to Dubai. We have heart :)
One can't even get a good, stiff drink in Dubai..This fact alone makes 1,000+ places better than it, right off the bat.
I often have dreams of being in a hawker centre!
I’ve been craving “fried” prawn mee for weeks and it brought me here... 7 hours ago
23:10 painting said to be reminiscent of the past looks like present day Quiapo area here in the Philippines except now the vendors are wearing facemask.
New drinking game....every time someone says "Actually" take a swig from the bottle. Actually.
And basically. They like that too. They keep doing it to make themself sound intelligent.
Loving these full episodes, CNA!
What's your favourite hawker food?
My understanding is for Service sector, generally, stall holders are not allowed to hire any foreigner. Usually allowed are citizens, PR , China workers , Malaysian workers, and some unlikely but allowed workers from SKorea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong. But these are unlikely to come here for such jobs because their country is pretty advanced.
My point is hawkers suffer from hiring the help they need. If Vietnam, Myanmar are easily allowed without needing them to be PR , then we may see less elderly old uncles and aunties slogging away without getting the help they need
Seems like hardwork but they all look happy & simple life (not like working in a corporate, they mainly stress and mean people)
I am now inspired to try those dishes that I initially looked and had no interest in eating just because they look unfamiliar to me.
I hope all of them survived Covid19 lockdown.
Why Old Airport Road Food Centre was not mentioned?
Whats the bgm name in the intro?
38:00 absolutely heart-warming interview....now i feel worse than terrible for eating at fastfood chains T_T......THANKU CNA!.....ToT
Three times i visit Singapore and never once eat at hawker centre, only at foodcourt at the mall. Eh, does mall's foodcourt count as hawker? :D
Food court and hawker food very different. Food court owned by big corporations and franchises. Hawker food are unique from hawker to hawker, are unique and have their own character and taste.
personally, i don't find it authentic. the prices aren't worth it as well. you must go to a hawker centre next time!
I miss those foods so much
Hawker's food SOOO Yummy !!
I wish I could try. No hawkers where I live an this food looks so good
Multicultural medley. (11:00,28:25)
4:14 34:50 Origins.
17:00 Supply chain.
45:25 I'd say that's a good thing, focus on doing one thing great instead of multiple items of lesser quality.
Grand salute to hawkers that endures the years of corrupt law enforcers and local crime gangs. Cheers.
Can you show a 🎥🎥 to us 0ne day
Why Some young generation This Days don't went to Wet market and don't Eat At hawker centre??
Thanks😊
My favorite is..fei fei ,wonton noodle (dry).
So far, I do addictively love foods in Hong Kong atmost and Singapore secondly. Might it be different types of chinese dishes. 💖👍💖🇹🇭
Mdm Chua is so cute!
Gonna eat the kuay chap after Circuit Breaker is over ; )
24:21 I found it all everyday in Java.
Hawker food is BUSSSINGGG
I find SG Hawkers is a dying trend.. not many younger generation is willing to take up this laborous trade. So we find more and more Hawkers run by overseas workers these days
At 35min mark : This was going to be the Final Solution for Singapore's Street Hawkers.
Why does this line sound so ominous? Haha
Drew Goh Your friendly neighbourhood jew will tell u why.
should have watch this before meal, now hungry again
What hawker dish are you craving for?
Hi, the Best Mee Rebus stall is situated in which hawker centre. Thanks
@@mildredpang7508 Afandi Hawa & Family Mee Rebus
14 Haig Rd, #01-21
@@tcwdoggy Thank You, will try after circuit breaker
Pay for cleaning
Increase price
Cannot pay enough for workers
Cannot get workers
Pretend
Blame on consumers
Place onus on consumers
Work backwards to many different areas and categories...
Test concept
Mmm this is making me hungry
This is is a wonderful documentary to showcase the great hawker culture of Singapore. Most times CNA has been spot on choosing the right voice that matches their programme. Unfortunately not this time. It is so painful to watch this documentary with the voice of the narrator who isn’t suited. Her voice is too heavy and strong - like how a teacher speaks to her students. She speaks with her lungs like a theatre actress. The voice of a narrator for a documentary should be smooth and complimentary to the programme. I’m sorry for pointing this out but it really spoils an otherwise great documentary. I would imagine she would narrate the rest of the series. That’s a pity.
Surprised to find that the narrator was not Michelle Yeow!
Really?? Who was it?
I thought it was Michelle
I miss Hainanese Chicken Rice so much 😢
I WAS HERE!!!! i eat here last year, I was traveling from malaysia to SG by bus and I get dropped off at golden mile tower, and I was hungry So I decided to go here, and they're mala was GOOD FR, but it's not good for my stomach later on 🙂
can anyone recognize this voice! I think that was Michelle Yeoh!
The stall owners are generally healthy. The stalls are generally not very clean because the general environment of these PAP-government-designed hawker centres are not conducive for top class hygiene. Food can range from very good to absolutely xhitty !!! Tables can look like a refugee camp or a foreign workers dormitory. Toilets must be avoided at all costs except for those in the CBD area, or where tourists and foreigners are expected to visit. We need to create a good impression you know !!! Outside of these areas, toilets stink, floors are forever wet, you can't find toilet paper, flushes don't work and toilet bowls are jammed !!! In addition, wash basin taps trickle for 15 seconds and shut automatically. You are expected to use only one hand to wash your hand while the other one is required to hold down the tap to trickle the water !!! You see how advanced and intelligent our Pro Aliens Party (PAP) government is ??? I am waiting for GE2025 !!!!
watching this doco while hungry is not very recommended la !
"My name, is Bolo Santosi..."
It sounds like Michelle Yeoh's voice narrating here
Nice and lovely historic movie
Sanjay pune India
Mee rebus stall address please
Afandi Hawa & Family Mee Rebus
14 Haig Rd, #01-21
The narrator sounds like Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius.