Noodle
When I first moved my photography workflow to the East Side, I assumed my dining options would be strictly limited to local heritage food. I spent weeks eating Katong laksa and Joo Chiat prawn noodles.…
I still remember the first time I sat down for a proper bowl of tonkotsu ramen. It was just past 9 PM in Tanjong Pagar. I was exhausted after a long day of shooting on…
I was standing outside Ramen Keisuke on a humid Tuesday evening, camera resting against my hip. The queue stretched past three adjacent storefronts, a quiet line of office workers, students, and couples waiting patiently for…
The Irresistible Aroma at the Hawker Centre The air in the hawker centre is thick with a hundred different smells, but one always cuts through the noise: a smoky, sweet, and deeply savory aroma that…
The Heart of Hawker Culture: A Normal Day for Uncle Lim It was 5:30 AM, an hour when Singapore is painted in shades of deep blue and soft grey. The air in the multi-story carpark…
It was a Tuesday afternoon, just before 3 PM, when the heat in the Crawford Lane food centre felt thick enough to touch. The usual lunch crowd had thinned, but a resolute queue still snaked…
What I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Took My Phone Out When I first found myself holding a phone above steaming laksa at a hawker centre, I thought the challenge would be capturing light…
The story of Singapore cuisine is impossible to tell without acknowledging its colonial past. As a strategic port for the British Empire, Singapore became a magnet for a diverse range of people and products. From…
The morning light hits the peeling plaster of a shophouse five-foot way differently than it hits a glass skyscraper. It is softer, more textured, and it seems to carry the weight of history. For a…
It had been a while since I set a day to wander through the back lanes of Tanjong Pagar. When I decided to come back to the place left me star-struck, not by the polished…