Must Go To Eat

Congratulations to Chef Anjani of "Nat's Briyani" for being nominated as Singapore Top 100 All-Star "MasterChef".

The All-Star Chefs Awards are organized by IBF World MasterChef Club to give recognition to chefs that for many years make us happy by serving delicious foods. Chefs and cooks are the most amazing people in the world because they give us countless happiness by providing delicious dishes.

We all love to visit restaurants, cafes, hotels, pubs and whatnot. Even at our coffee shops and Hawker Centres, the person who cooked for us may not be termed chefs, but we are genuinely grateful to them for making an incredible meal for us.

Our Food Appreciation Team would like to show our warm thankfulness to Chef Anjani by giving recognition and appreciation to him the "Singapore Top 100 All-Star Chef Award".

Chef Anjani's signature dish is "Lamb Shank". The other "Must Go To Eat" are:
1. Bee Hoon Briyani;
2. Chicken Briyani;
3. Curry Prawns; and
4. Black Pepper Beef.

For the best Briyani visit them at Blk 414 Jurong West St 42 #01-783, Singapore 640414.

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food & Top 100 All-Star Chefs…

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner “Shi Zi Tou” (狮子头) Chinese Cuisine for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best Chinese cuisine at Tampines Mall ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hailing from Nanjing, the head chef of Shi Zi Tou exhibits his mastery of authentic Chinese cuisine through signature dishes like Mala Xiang Guo, Chinese Sauerkraut fish slices noodles and braised pig trotter.

The Golden Pot Soup Base is made with kampung chicken, nourishing old duck and deep-sea fish, pork bones supplemented with dozens of nourishing and fresh ingredients that are boiled for 8 hours over low heat.

One of their signature dish Ma La Xiang Guo is the most popular home dishes in the Chongqing area. It is not only famous for its many combined flavours (numbing, spicy, salty, sweet and fragrant), but also for its varied choice of ingredients: chicken, pork, fish, prawns, potatoes, lotus root, mushrooms, tofu, cabbage…

As it is a dish, people have the flexibility to adjust its spiciness and ‘numbing-ness’. It can be a meat dish, a vegetarian dish and even a seafood dish. In addition, different herbs and spices are added (their secret recipe) according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Carefully selected, these extra herbs are added for their health benefits and are varied based on the season.

Shi Zi Tou must try dishes are:
1.Mala Xiang Guo麻辣香锅;
2. Nanjing Salted Duck 南京盐水鸭;
3. Chinese Sauerkraut Fish 酸菜鱼;
4. Pig Trotter 猪脚;
5. Spicy Dried Chicken 辣子鸡; and
6. Duck Vermicelli Soup 老鸭粉丝。

Stay tuned to more nomination of Singapore Top 100 All-Star Chefs announcement.

You can find Shi Zi Tou Chinese Cuisine at:
4 Tampines Central 5 #04-27/28/29 Tampines Mall Kopitiam, Singapore 529510.

Other outlets at:
- Lau Pa Sat; and
​- Jewel Changi Airport.

For more information:
Tel: +65 9385 5719 / +65 9385 5720

Going out to enjoy our meals at hawker centres, cafe, restaurants or buffet at hotel is one of people‘s favorite activities because they get the chance to taste the best cuisine from the chefs that work behind the scenes.

Now is probably one of the best opportunity people can show appreciation and connect with the chefs in their local area. It’s also a great opportunity each year for IBF & World MasterChef Club to nominate the Top 100 All-Star Chefs to receive the top awards.

So it’s time to nominate your favorite chefs or simply nominate yourself (if you know you are the one) as Singapore Top 100 All-Star Chefs Awards 2022. Top 100 All-Star Chef winners will have the opportunity to be nominated to represent Singapore for the World/Asia top title.

Please PM if you require more information. Nomination closing date on 30.11.2022 and results will be announce on 8.12.2022 📣

As of to-date, we have nominated hundreds of Chefs & Hawkerpreneurs for the awards from respective countries since 2015. This year, we are giving out the World/Asia top 100 chefs’ awards from 16 countries.

This is also part of our "In Search of Heritage Gourmet" project.

Going out to restaurants is one of people’s favorite activities because they get the chance to taste the best cuisine from the chefs that work behind the scenes.

It’s a great opportunity each year for IBF to nominate the TOP 100 Chefs to receive the respective awards. This year the award ceremony will be held on 5th January 2023 with a Virtual & Physical Expo & Summit announcing to the world.

So wait no further - time to nominate your deserving candidates for the awards! For more information, please PM me or any of our respective countries Foodie team.

In Search of Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award Certification at Tiong Bahru Food Centre.

I wish to take this opportunity to thank Mdm Indranee Rajah 英兰妮, Tanjong Pagar GRC 丹戎巴葛集选区, Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance & Second Minister for National Development and Leader of the House 总理公署部长兼财政部第二部长和国家发展部第二部长、国会领袖 ; Tanjong Pagar Food Centre Chairman; F&B Entrepreneurs; IBF MasterChefs Club; and IBF Food Appreciation Team for witnessing the award certification to the Hawkerprenurs.

It is an integral part of the daily lives of everyone in Singapore, regardless of age, race or background. We ought to do our part to safeguard our intangible cultural heritage.

IBF Food Ambassadors started the “In Search of Heritage Food” program by visiting all the Hawker centres in Singapore to nominate those hawker food that’s loved by Singaporeans and be awarded accordingly.

Tiong Bahru is very famous for the quality and range of the local food fare. In particular, Tiong Bahru Food Centre boasts some of the best hawker stalls in Singapore. It is not uncommon for people living in other parts of Singapore to come all the way to Tiong Bahru to enjoy a simple meal of char siew rice, braised duck, nasi lemak, traditional porridge, lor mee, char kway teow and many other local culinary delights.

Once again we would like to congratulate the following TOP Hawkerpreneurs for a deserving award:

✓ TOP Awardees Bahru Food Centre namelist:

1) Teck Seng Soya Bean Milk;
2) The Coco Rice;
3) Tiong Bahru Hua Yuen Porridge;
4) Tiong Bahru Lee Hong Kee Cantonese Roasted;
5) Qing Yuan Fish Soup;
6) Kim Fa Fishball Minced Meat Noodle;
7) Lili KwayChap Braised Duck;
8) Tiong Bahru Fried Kway Teow;
9) Skirt & Dirt;
10) Liang Liang Garden; and
11) Tiong Bahru Lor Mee.


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Congratulations to Peace Japanese Restaurant for creating the first Maotai Bulao "MTBL White Corn Salad", "MTBL Fugu Mirin Boshi" and "MTBL Kyushu Pork Yuzu Miso Yaki" that paired with the world's best Baijiu - Maotai Bulao.

Located in a Lifestyle Mall in a new building that promised an intimate and relaxed dinning experience that offers something different to local and foreign patrons to ensure a memorable food experience every time.

Chef Simon is an award winning chef from IBF World Gourmet Awards. Some of the recommended dishes are salad, pork tonkatsu, pitan tofu, swordfish tempura, Unagi rice bowl to Hokkaido clam soup were refined and delicious. The sashimi platter were fresh and the sauce for the Wagyu was awesome.

Address:
6A Shenton Way #03-20, OUE Downtown Gallery. Singapore 068815.

Congratulations to Xiao Chu Niang Chicken Hotpot 小厨娘鸡公煲for the first Maotai Bulao “MTBL Chongqing Gaigong Pot 重庆鸡公煲” and “MTBL Smoked Lamb Chop 熏羊排” that paired with the world's best Baijiu - Maotai Bulao.

Famous for it's authentic spicy chicken hotpot and BBQ Skewers all the way from Sichuan. “Enjoy the taste of every corner of Singapore without the hassle to leave your home.”

With over 50+ dishes that are foodie favorites, there are a various dishes you must go to eat… Spicy or non-spicy Chicken Pot, Spicy Crayfish, Fried Squids, Lamb Chop, Steam Fish, Vegetables, Seafood & BBQ Skewers.

Address:
233 Geylang Road. Singapore 389293

Congratulations to Singapore first Maotai Bulao MTBL 茅台不老 "Huda MTBL Marinated Crayfish" created by Chef Che that paired live crayfish with the world's best Baijiu - Maotai Bulao.

This dish is only available at Hu Da Restaurant's menu and will be featured in MTBL World Food Guide to be promoted worldwide soon.

On their menu, the “Must Try” dishes are Marinated Crayfish, Sichuan Style Boiled Fish, Homemade Tofu, Fried Rice with Soy Sauce, Stir Fried Shredded Potatoes.

Address:
Huda Restaurant 胡大饭店
56 Temple Street. Singapore 058601

Congratulations to Singapore first Maotai Bulao MTBL 茅台不老 "MTBL Lamb Spine Hot Pot" created by Yan Lai Ju 宴来居餐厅 Chef that paired lamb Spine with the world's best Baijiu - Maotai Bulao.

This dish is only available at Yan Lai Ju Restaurant's menu and will be featured in MTBL World Food Guide to be promoted worldwide soon.

On their menu, the “Must Try” dishes are Lamb Spine Hot Pot, Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce, Sichuan Boiled Spicy Fish Slice, Mala Crayfish, Korea Style BBQ Trotter, Grilled Meat and Chinese Double Cooked Pork with Leek etc.

Address:
Yan Lai Ju 宴来居餐厅
Vision Exchange #01-25/26. 2 Venture Drive. Singapore 608526.

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Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "The Best Fried Rice” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as one of the best “fried rice” in Woodlands ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of the secrets of their fried rice is that the ingredients are cooked separately—helping them maintain their distinct flavors—and then combined in the final stages of cooking.

Beside "egg fried rice", you can try their "Bangkok fried rice" paired with seafood, pork chop, shrimp, Unagi Kabayaki, meat floss or add on with crab meat, scallop, shrimp etc.

The top 3 dishes are:
1. Hai Huang Egg Fried Rice (Seafood);
2. Salt Baked Pork Salted Egg Fried Rice;
3. Oatmeal Chicken Chop Fried Rice.

一定要去吃:
Koufu Food Court
768 Woodlands Ave 6. Singapore 730768.

Congratulations to Singapore first Maotai Bulao 茅台不老 "MTBL Pumpkin Crab Porridge" created by Michelin Star Chef Kent from House of Seafood at Clarke Quay.

This dish is only available at House of Seafood menu and will be featured in MTBL World Food Guide to be promoted worldwide soon.

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Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Li Li Kway Chap Braised Duck” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Kway Chap” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kway Chap is a Teochew noodle soup consisting of flat, broad rice sheets (kway) in a soup made with dark soy sauce, served with an assortment of pork cuts including offal, pork belly, intestines, and pig's ears, beancurd, preserved salted vegetables, and braised hard-boiled eggs.

Braised Duck Rice was simply served with a thick dark sauce, side dishes of braised hard-boiled eggs, preserved salted vegetables and hard beancurd.

Li Li Kway Chap Braised Duck other popular dishes and combinations are:

1. Braised Pig's Trotter;
2. Tau Pok Egg Duck;
3. Tau Pok Egg Pig's Intestines;
4. Char Siew & Roasted Pork Rice;
5. Braised Duck Noodle;
6. Soya Sauce Chicken Kway Teow;
7. Pig's Intestines Noodle;
8. Braised Duck Porridge etc.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-28. Singapore 168898

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food...

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Kim Fa Fish Ball Minced Meat Noodle” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Fish Ball Noodles” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kim Fa Fish Ball Minced Meat Noodle uses mee pok that are springy and smooth. My favorite is kway teow + yellow mee fish ball soup. If order "dry", the noodles are mixed in a soya sauce, chilli sauce and vinegar based seasoning with lard.

Each bowl of noodle comes with minced meat, fish balls, fish cake slices and a fish dumpling. The fish balls was bouncy and soft. Nothing beats having a hearty bowl of noodles for breakfast & lunch.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!


Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-65. Singapore 168898

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food...

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Tiong Bahru Fried Kway Teow” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Fried Kway Teow” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

For 40+ years fried in the same traditional way. Fried with kway teow & yellow mee,
it looked a little bit light in color (compare to others with more black sweet sauce) at the first look but when i took my first mouthful the wok hei flavor rly shines through. A smoky aroma permeates the noodles, enhancing the dish’s sweet and savoury flavours.

I like how the whole dish wasn’t too oily and I could keep going back for more without leaving too guilty. The fried kway teow is loaded with all the ingredients such as chinese sausage, egg, fishcake, cockles & vegetable.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-11. Singapore 168898

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food...

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Tiong Bahru Lee Hong Kee Cantonese Roasted” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Roasted Meat” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tiong Bahru Lee Hong Kee has a long history that stretches back to the 1960s. This stall attracts long queues for their Char Siew, Roasted Pork & Roasted Duck rice or noodles. They use pork shoulder, which is a leaner cut, for their char siew.

Most popular is their “3 Meat” Rice because you get to try “everything” on one platter. Roast pork was crispy and char siew was a good amount of lean and melt in your mouth fatty. Doused in a thick dark sauced gravy, it gave both a sweet and savoury flavour to the whole plate of rice. Duck was pretty decent as well.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-60. Singapore 168898

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food...

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Qing Feng Yuan” 慶楓源 for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Fish Soup” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This tasty Teochew Fish Soup: Batang Fish Soup and Atas Blue Cod Fish are managed by two hawkers which they have accumulated quite some culinary experience; one the ex-head chef of Naked Finn and the other from Perch at Jewel Changi Airport.

Cooked using fish, pork and chicken bones, there was a certain cloudiness in the soup with flavours both mellow-tasty and comforting.

Their menu is kept simple, apart from batang fish soup and a very enticing Deep Fried Pomfret with HK Soy Sauce, there is Seafood Soup Set that comes with rice and a side of their Homemade Ngoh Hiang. Beside rice, you can opt for porridge or bee hoon. More add-ons such as assorted vegetables, bitter gourd and tang ou are also available.

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-49. Singapore 168898

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Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Liang Liang Garden” (涼涼園飲冰室) for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Dessert” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Liang Liang Garden Desserts pulls off several twists on the traditional Singaporean desserts since 1960 with more than 60 different types of desserts combinations. Hot and cold traditional sweet treats you must try!

The most popular flavour of Ice Kachang at Liang Liang Garden Desserts is definitely the Milo Dinosaur Ice Kachang. Copious amounts of milo powder are showered on the Ice Kachang, much like the beverage version of Milo Dinosaur, which comes with a heap of milo powder. The Ice Kachang also consists of gula melaka (palm sugar) and chocolate sauce, so it’s pretty sweet. Underneath the mountain of ice lie the usual sweet treats found in Ice Kachang, such as attap seeds and grass jelly.

With an impressive array of Ice Kachang and traditional desserts, Liang Liang Garden Desserts offers something for everybody. So, the next time you are looking to beat the heat with an ice cold bowl of Ice Kachang, head over to Tiong Bahru Market and check this place out!

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-75. Singapore 168898

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Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Tiong Bahru Lor Mee” for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Lor Mee” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lor mee is a Hokkien noodle dish from Zhangzhou served in a thick starchy gravy. Variants of the dish are also eaten by Hokkiens in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. In the Philippines, the local variant is called Lomi or Pancit Lomi. The thick gravy is made of corn starch, spices, meat, seafoods and eggs.

At Tiong Bahru Lor Mee, It’s in the raw garlic, chili padi, coriander, black vinegar and sambal chili that dominate with the savoury sweet lor serving as the binder holding it all together.

Tiong Bahru Lor Mee use a thick flat yellow noodle that came with fish flakes on top of the usual braised pork, boiled eggs, Ngoh Hiang, fried fish, fried dumplings and garlic, garnished with coriander and chopped red chili.

The braised pork belly was tender but a little bit fatty. Fish flakes were fragrant and sweet and it’s something we always request more of if possible, as this is a top favorite amongst customers.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-80. Singapore 168898

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Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Teck Seng Soya Bean Milk” (德盛豆花水) for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Soya Bean Milk” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mr Loh Teck Seng is the second generation Hawker that took over from his father in 1985.

Soya bean curd or "tau huay" is a popular dessert and can be found in most hawker centre, however it's known that not all soya bean curds are made the same.

Teck Seng soya bean curds are hand made on-site at the stall to maintain the freshest. Each day around 60kg of soybeans to make 14 containers of soya bean milk and once it's completely sold, the stall will be close for the day.

Opening hours: 5:00 am to 12:00 pm daily.
Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-69. Singapore 168898

In Search of Singapore Heritage Food...

Congratulations to IBF Singapore TOP Heritage Food Award winner "Hwa Yuen Porridge” (華園粥品) for being awarded by our Food Appreciation Team as the best “Porridge” in Tiong Bahru ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hwa Yuen Porridge has been whipping up bowls of fragrance porridges for the past 50+ years and has won many supporters to patronize their stall.

This Cantonese style porridge was cooked over the big fire and small fire for a prolonged time until it's smooth, creamy and flavourful where the rice grains completely melt down to the finest and smoothest texture. The porridge is serve with either pork, fried intestines, pig's organs, fish slices, shredded chicken and/or cuttlefish etc.

Their popular combinations:
1. Mixed Pig's Organ Porridge;
2. Fried Intestine Porridge;
3. Pork Porridge;
4. Fish Porridge;
5. Fish Belly Porridge;
6. Shredded Chicken Century Egg Porridge; and
7. Frog Leg Porridge.

Stay tuned to more popular stalls announcements!

Address: 30 Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru Food Centre #02-74. Singapore 168898