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Nov 12, 2026 · 9 min read
Where to eat this weekend: nine tables, one budget and a very long queue
Every Thursday I walk the same four hawker centres at ten in the morning, before the queues start, and this week I found a stall I wish I had known about in March. The best plate was a bowl of noodles with a broth that took two days. The best queue was for a kopi stall where the owner knows every customer’s order and half of their cousins. This week I go through nine places across the island, talk to the aunty who has run one stall for thirty-one years, and explain why the cheapest table on the list is also the one I would book for a birthday. Plus: your messages about the new food court, a short note on how to queue like a local, and one dish I still cannot find a good version of.
Nov 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Dawn at the void deck: the breakfast nobody photographs
An aunty with a broom, a flask of kopi and a table that has fed the block since before the lift was built.
Oct 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Why every food creator has the same rooftop and what to see instead
A blue-hour walk across the city to five places with no view, no neon and the best supper I ate all year.
Oct 22, 2026 · 14 min read
Ten years of one hawker stall: what changed and what never will
I found the second-generation owner behind the counter. The prices rose by a dollar, the recipe by nothing.
Oct 15, 2026 · 8 min read
A night on the roof with the people who sweep the city before it wakes
They start at four, know which bin the cats use and have strong views on how a cup of coffee should be paid for.
Oct 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Your questions: how I choose, who pays and my worst meal
You sent 190 questions. I answered nine, including the one about the bowl I told everyone to try and then found out was closed.
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