I Tried Singapore’s SECRET Hawker Food (even locals dont know)
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- Trying 3 secret, lesser-known hawker food in Singapore. Singapore is known for many delicious hawker food like chicken rice, nasi lemak and roti plata but I wanted to shed more light on food we don't see often. I try wakueh, preserved vegetable horfun, pork soup and soup kambing at Chinatown Complex, which is the largest hawker centre in Singapore.
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Ah Kong Wah Kuih
335 Smith St, #02-116
Poh Preserved Veg Hor Fun
#02-011
Monan Pork Soup
#02-137
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00:00 Wakuih
06:23 RARE Horfun
08:50 Fusion Pork Soup
11:05 $1 Hawker Stall!?
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GhibOjisan hope you get to try out another rare dish before it is gone from Singapore.. our favourite Taukwa Bao.. to my knowledge there is only one vendor left at Haig Road.. Blessings!
Wah the wa kueh uncle’s English is very good ! I’m impressed and he must be very well educated for that era !! 👍👍 I never even heard of wa Kueh before! I shall go and try!! Haha
Yeah the uncle is very articulate for an Ang Mo
@@lontongstroong?? The uncle is Chinese, what Ang Moh?
The complete name for the first dish is Wanh Ko Kueh 碗糕粿 . In Hokkien lingo when we question someone ‘what are you doing / plotting’ we would say ‘Simi Wanh Ko ? ‘ . This dish has disappeared from the hawker like 40years, it can only be experienced in Taiwan with a richer condiments like braised egg and minced pork , no not even can be found in Fujian anymore.
A lot of real authentic southern Chinese food has died out even in China thanks to the Mala and Sour veggies fish invaders from the north.
@@tangt4860 indeed, it saddens me to see these Northern China eateries replacing many of our heritage stalls.
@@ibatawi it can still be found in Fujian but not common, you can search across Chinese social media.
@@tangt4860 it can still be found in Fujian but not common, you can search across Chinese social media.
Thank you Ghib for introducing the Wah Kueh to us! Can’t wait to give it a try.
Wah Kuih is very commonly seen in Tainan, Taiwan. It's one of the classic Tainan-style breakfast
Bought 2 bowls of wah kueh from this uncle today, very delicious and fulfilling.. Hard to find this food in sg nowadays!😋
OMG I've been looking for wah kueh for many years! The last time I ate it is 20-30 years ago in Bukit Merah Hawker Centre.
West coast hc,telok blangah present hc also have
😢time flies and I'm now an old man 😢
My last time had it was also at Bt. Merah Hawker Center 25 yrs ago.
@@spproject5928 you may want to indicate which telok blangah HC you mean, as there is crescent, rise, drive etc....
Me too in Bukit Merah Hawker Centre, miss it
Soup kambing is usually consumed with bread provided by seller. You can find it at almost any hawker centres. Good stuff.
Yeah sup kambing is a common trade in typical Indian Moslem stalls/restaurants here.
the best one I've had is hidden somewhere in Bras Basah, hole in the wall kinda place. damn peppery, damn nice
Soup kambing is very famous and absolutely not a forgotten dish, used to eat it when the weather gets cooler.
The preserved vegetables in the hor fun is the preserved radish which is also used in chye tow kueh. You basically had a chye Poh hor fun (I believe it is Teochew in origin) but done in a unique way.
Wow, the uncle selling this is very well-spoken in English.
Good job, Ghib Ojisan! You make me feel like I have to rush down to Chinatown to try out the dishes now!😃
Please do!😆
I think at this point you've eaten more Singaporean dishes than most Singaporeans, very interesting video
I actually saw and tried Wah Kueh about 5 years ago in Maxwell Food Centre! I saw this dish of kueh I had never seen before, in the display of the Ang Ku Kueh stall run by the uncle who is often seen even late into the night, nodding off behind the counter. I decided to try it. I had always admired him for his tenacity and made sure to get some ang ku kueh whenever I went to Maxwell. The Wah kueh was unassuming but intense and memorable.
I really like the wah kueh dish when i used to live around Queenstown area in days of old. There was this stall in the old Bukit Merah central hawker centre that sells it. I still remember that owner only top over the plain cake with steaming hot gravy sauce that is pure comfort in rainy days
Many of the ohhs and ahhs gushing about this do not realise it was only an ordinary tummy filler and meant only to supplement the diet of low wage workers and budget tight families in the past. Many of us who ate it are still grateful at how good it tasted while making life bearable in Singapore back then.
Yes the Bukit Merah one .. his sauce was darker ..
This country is certainly a food paradise - diverse background advantage.
I'm surprised by the second dish, didn't know this stall even though I used to live near Chinatown.
Wan kueh, a dish I have only have it two times, 45 years ago. I always think about this dish. So delicious.
This $1 stall bidding was in the news at that time especially in Chinatown HC. But it has to sell Indian food, that's why the stall owner only can sell Indian food
I mean it's kinda one of the lowest risk stall in Chinatown hawker center.
wow.. this very interesting..thank you..dear wah kueh seller! And you. Ghib
You are amazing Ghib! How did you even find out about Wa kueh? Even when young, I only managed to eat maybe once or twice. It's hardly seen anywhere anymore.
A lot of dishes in the 90s are disappearing or have already disappeared in the early 2000s. Now it is almost the same thing across all hawker centres and kopitiam.
Thank you for sharing Ghib San 👍👍
Never knew about the Wah Kuih. Thank you for sharing
When there are Japanese watching this video it means you have introduced him to Japan viewers.
Fascinating. Great idea for a video. I learned a lot
wow thanks man Ghib! I'm a local but I dun even know those dishes at that market! Will surely make time to try them! keep up the effort!
you definitely is a ignorant local.
this stall has been around a while always pass by the stall when I visit the hawker :D Unfortunately it has dried shrimp.
Plan to bring my mother to try out this on my visit to Singapore in June..thank you.
Lov the stall guy. Dedicated.
Thanks for finding all these dishes.
安くて美味しいお店がたくさん✨
最初の、甘いおやつ系かと思ったら違うんですね！食べてみたい😋
Thanks Ghib San!!! Poh chai poh hor fun used to be at Empress Market but then they disappeared. Been trying to look for them ever since. So glad to know where they are now. And the other food also looks so good! Thanks for the video!
Due to covid close shop
My pleasure!!
ehh wakeuh? 28 years in Singapore never hear before leh. Immediately reminds me of mash potato because of the gravy colour 🤣
Ah so many delicious foods
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Wow. As a Singaporean, I’ve never heard or tasted the first 3 dishes.
Well done 👍🏼
Were you born in China?
@@tangt4860 what’s the relevance of that question ?
@@yangtzeling7468 so CCS.
@@tangt4860 maybe new generation.
as a foodie i've eaten the first 3 stalls and loved it too... the last one i didn't know about but would love to try one day... 😁
You like local now , like your video very much , more videos please ❤
I like the dedication and strive for perfection - something that we come to expect from Japanese
Wah Kueh is still common in Taiwan. It's a must eat for me whenever i visit Taipei.
Probably the one and only place that sells "bowl cake".
Nope
Must go to eat Wah kuih when l am back in Sg. Thank you Ghib ❤️
Wow! I have never in my life, ever tasted any of the wah kueh or horfan in my life. Don't find these dishes in Malaysia! Good job Ghib Ojisan!
Wiki said Wah Huah is from Taiwan. TBH is looks more like Law bok gow (Chinese Turnip Cake)
Wa keuh appeared in a sitcom long time ago. If I remember correctly is wakueh get pronounced as what kueh.
Vid just dropped hope it’s a banger🙂
wah :) nice.. will go and try it.
Ghib, we love your hawker food videos! take care!!!
you should try "Lao Liang Pig Trotter Jelly & Shark Meat" at #02-37 Jalan Berseh, Food Centre
Missed out one which will be going extinct soon...Foochow Red Rice Wine Mee Sua...should try it
Haven't seen this one just yet, could you tell me where the locations are?
The fusion pork soup is nice. Their egg sausage is delicious
Wow I've nv eaten this before! Will go try tmr XD thanks for the intro!
Try the Loh Mei stall at People’s Park Food Center. Probably the only stall in Singapore selling it
Wah kuih is sooooooo yummy
Maxwell market has the Wa Ko Kueh too!! The stall owner is an elderly man and he make those ang ku kuehs himself too!!
The bean fillings in the Ang ku kueh are coarse as they are hand grinded, instead of blending in food processors, which most ang ku kush bean fillings are being made these days!
I think you’re talking about another dish that sounds the same
Interesting that a Chinese selling soup Kambing. It looks less oily and more creamy than I'm used to. Not many Indian Muslim stalls sell this too. I've not eaten it since my dad passed on.
wah i’m singaporean and don’t even know about this 😆 thanks for interviewing the uncle!! is this at the smith street hawker centre!
Nice video
Take me to Japan means advertise his stall in Japan, not physically take him to Japan. The dishes look delicious but the portion of the kambing soup from the $1 stall is pathetic.
Yeah $8.5 for a small bowl of that soup, with a few bits of meat. Many Indian Moslem stalls out there can do better than that.
I haven't eaten wahkueh for decades..Back then I remembered it was $1.20
Do a video on Singapore best prawn noodles ! Singaporeans love prawn noodles !
Wow amazing, you should go back and tell that first Uncle there is someone in the UK who would just love to come to Singapore just to eat his food alone! This is what I love about all of Asia, so much behind everything and so much history and traditions and we are all brought together by food. Not really anything like this in the UK, even if you found a market say in London its overpriced.
Asia is just amazing, the whole area 🥰
I feel so honoured you can all speak English so well (with me being English). I can speak a little Nepali now if that exonerates me?
Very wise uncle..let it come naturally
Maxwell Food Centre also got sell Wah Kueh. The shop call Ri Xin Snack Delights. The uncle sold there very very long already, the Wah Kueh inside have a lot of ingredients and selling price abt $2 or $2.50. the Ang ku kueh is also big n has a lot of ingredients inside. Do help support the very very old uncle who stayed one whole day there😢.
It's pronounced chai "tao" kuih. Preserved veg I believe refers to the preserved sweet/salty radish that you can find as topping on chwee kuih and they also add into char tau kuih. Teochew have a style of fried kueh tiao with preserved radish. There's a famous restaurant sells that and they have a zhi char stall at Bedok Reservoir. Soup kambing isn't "rare". Perhaps you haven't tried much Malay and Indian dishes.
You forgot another unique stall (well actually a couple) in the hawker center - the craft beer stalls at the back of the second floor are also worth visiting (they are kinda hidden). It's extremely rare thing that can be found in usual hawker centers, and that place got two of them. One of them (Smith Street Beer) sells a few Japanese craft beers as well.
Love drinking beer there!😆
That lamb soup looks so delish and nourishing!
Soup kambeng is the famous mutton/goat indian soup
Uncle: “wah is bowl. Kueh is cake. So it’s a cake of rice”.
BRUH WHAT
Thanks!
I love the outro 😂 ji pun nang zhao liao
Hi Ghib 美味しいそ ね､ thks for the info, btw i like the pouch from sake ichiba i put my umbrella,, keep up the good work Ghib, Huat Ah 👍🍺😬
Haha good use of the sake pouch 😆
@@GhibOjisan ,, ya hehe i make sure people see that sake ichiba word 😅
I enjoy all your videos, however would like to feedback that for this one, the music came on too loud when you were interviewing the first Uncle. Music seemed to pop up at unusual scenes and tended to be too loud. Thanks again for doing a wonderful job around Singapore!
Thanks for the feedback! I agree 🥺
Actually I also love Chinatown hawker Center
That’s my go to place for delicious affordable hawker food ❤❤❤
I wanna try wa kueh ...
Just put things in perspective, once this was common fare in Singapore when the hawkers would come by our doorsteps and it was less than 50. cents. Then PAP began housing them in hawker centres and foreign devils think it is a rare dish which is also very common in Msia and even Taiwan.
Have you tried Satay Beehoon? It's yummilicious too! Dun forget the dessert 芝麻糊 Sesame Paste too... 😊
your second recommendation preserved vege horfun can also use chee cheong fun to fried too.😊
oh ya! I think some chinese restaurants have it in their menu. I've eaten this version before while having dim sum
Another lesser-known food is called Rickshaw noodles. It's traditionally served in a small bowl and costs like $1 back then I remembered it. Used to be sold at Maxwell market.
There's also one which is a crispy fried beehoon which is also quite uncommon, but delicious.
A lot of old dishes back then were like Pig's blood, Duck Blood, but due to outbreaks, they are no longer sold.
I would also say that Traditional Peranakan food is also getting very uncommon in Singapore now, an indonesian chinese.
Snacks like "Ding Ding" Candy I think was also recently gone due to COVID-19 in Singapore, where the seller pushes a cart and when someone orders, they use a hammer and chisel to split the candy from a huge pan, making the iconic "ding ding" sound.
There's still one in Hong Kah Market. The cart seems to be popular among kids in the area.
Kan chia mee!
Ghib, i was just there for the hor fun last two weeks. WHY WEREN'T YOU THERE THEN!
I think Taiwan has more woah kueh 碗粿 variety.
Just realised I haven't had a trip to Singapore in over 15 years. I think it's time to go back and eat!
this wah kuih at chinatown is so so only. last time there was a stall in ABC hawker centre, that was really good, especially the sauce.
It's ok but the cake is too much while the sauce is too little. Hard to finish 1 bowl by myself as jelak.
Think all we who know bout Wah kueh all know bout the abc hawker . N all of us hope it’s around . No point comparing but support this uncle ..
Is call “ Simi wah kueh “ 😆😆😄😄
Ho chiak wah kueh!
i heard of chee kueh, soon kueh, but nvr heard of wa kueh
Ohh, u should try the sesame paste, almond paste desserts there too.
Can go to mayflower hawker centre
To order the most expensive cai pang with fish cost $8 vegetables $4
Hey, Ghib, so clever of you to recognise WOK HEI. ‘HOR FUN’ is not pronounced as but not HOR FOON 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Don't care
Kitchener Road / Jalan Besar - Traditional Scissor Cut Curry Rice (Scissor to cut all meat into pieces)
Smith Street is very well visited. Too many good food there. many already gone with old age.
This Wah Kueh is also available in Bukit Batok at the Chee Cheong Fun stall at Mei De Coffee shop Blk 279 Bt Batok East Ave 3. The gravy enhances the flavour of the kueh and don't forget the chilli sauce/paste. Quite filling and it's yummy!
The chee cheong fun stall at block 279 closed a few months ago. King of Fried Rice is there now.
@@WayneYin-bu4jt Not this stall, the one stall that sells plain cheong fun, chwee kueh, glutinous rice, yam cake, etc. It is only open for business in the mornings that is beside the pophiah stall operated by 2 ladies.
Then it should be block 273, across the narrow courtyard. (The popish stall is in block 273.)
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Ojisan, I suggest you check out Lo Mei Specialist at People's Park Food Centre, just across the main road from Smith Street. I think it is the only one of its kind left in Singapore.
might go down well with sake also ...
I don't there are 700 hawker stores inChinatown Hawker center. I think the store number only goes to 230s.
Gg la, he more local than me already. Some dish I really never hear before hahaha
9 / 7:55
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3:55 I actually thought it's prime minister lee explaining wah kueh
Wow i never heard of this b4.
you are ignorant, that's why
At 4:02, I think uncle might have meant that the sauce is a big process instead of a bit processed.. considering that he said it's a long process after that! :-)
Ah kong speaks very English 👍