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Singapore, Thailand and India are my favourites. Waiting for my first visit to Taiwan, the list might be longer afterwards, from verdicts of enthusiastic street foodies

Im traveling for food and not McDonalds so of course!

I would include "local hole in the wall places" with street food in my eyes (where i travel currently there isnt much "street" food)

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Originally Posted by onobond (Post 24188821)

Singapore, Thailand and India are my favourites. Waiting for my first visit to Taiwan, the list might be longer afterwards, from verdicts of enthusiastic street foodies

Taiwan will be your #1 street food favorite after you visit here - but don't go to the tourist-friendly night markets, stick to local markets like Tonghua and Shida.

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Originally Posted by bocastephen (Post 24203080)

Taiwan will be your #1 street food favorite after you visit here - but don't go to the tourist-friendly night markets, stick to local markets like Tonghua and Shida.

Thanks for that info. Left BKK 30h ago, already miss the street food. Looking forward to Taiwan !

What Singapore is known for is not street food, unless I'm allowed to drive right up to the stalls at Newton or Lau Pa Sat. In fact, the only street food I recall passing by in that country was a vendor by the "durians" selling mango ice cream wrapped in polychromatic Wonder bread.

Also, Taiwan has become very easy for me to enjoy eating around- Japanese and Korean restaurants abound.

Wikipedia is also a good source of info:

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Restaurants in Singapore

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Olde Cuban restaurant, Chinatown, Singapore



Singapore is promoted by the Singapore Tourism Board as "Asia's New Culinary 

Capital".[1] A handful of the world's top restaurants are located in the country. 

Notable eateries in Singapore include both high-end restaurants, food courts, 

street food joints and "hawker food". Also termed "the culinary capital 

of 

Southeast Asia", the city is considered the leading food capital. Its 

thriving 

economy (the IMF has ranked Singapore as among the top three 

economie

in the world[2]), with an  influx of expatriate workers who are 

ready to 

splurge their dollars, has ushered a flooding of gastronomic dishes.[2]



Contents



    1 High-end restaurants

    2 Street food

    3 References

    4 External links



High-end restaurants



The 2013 "Asia's 30 Best Restaurants" guide by William Reed Business 

Media included four Singaporean restaurants in the ranking.[3] Based on

 the number of restaurants in the top 100 of the 2012 list, compared to 

the size of the country, Singapore came out top in 2013 with six 

restaurants per 10 million population.[4] The Chinatown-based 

Restaurant Andre, named after the owner and head chef Andre Chiang, 

was honoured as the "Best Restaurant in Singapore" for 2013. Restaurant Andre serves French cuisine and does not have a fixed menu.[3]



World-renowned celebrity chefs, including Mario Batali, Guy Savoy 

and Tetsuya Wakuda, have set up high-end restaurants in Singapore 

and they are mostly located at either Marina Bay Sands or Resorts 

World Sentosa, the two integrated resorts of Singapore. Among 

others, Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton has established a 

restaurant called "Pollen" at Gardens by the Bay. Little-known 

chefs like Janice Wong (2 am) and Willin Low (Wild Rocket) have 

also garnered praise from contemporary food critics for their

 restaurants.[1] Due to the lack of a "red" Michelin Guide on the 

country, there are no Michelin Starred restaurants.[4] Another 

foreign chef who was introduced to Singapore is Julien Royer, 

from Michelin-starred institutions including Michael Bras and 

Greenhouse; he has earned the title Chef de Cuisine at Jaan.[2] 

Low, Chiang, and Iggy expert cooks from abroad have also been 

dubbed as "on par with the best of the best anywhere in the 

world.[2] Jean Charles Dubois, who was initially the Chef de 

Cuisine of the famous Raffles Grill is now owner-cum-chef of 

the Balzac Brasserie who dishes out French cuisine of steamed

European blue lip mussels cooked with garlic, shallot and white

wine.[2] In April 2013, a Michelin-starred restaurant, billed as 

one of the cheapest of their restaurants, opened in the city at 

Plaza Singapura.[5]



Street food



Street food in food stalls on Bugis Street along New Bugis Street, 

Singapore. Singapore has a burgeoning street food scene.[6] 

It was introduced to the country by immigrants from India, 

Malaysia and China. Cuisine from their native countries was 

sold by them on the streets to other immigrants seeking a 

familiar taste.[7] Street food is now often sold in hawker 

centres with communal seating areas which can include 

hundreds of food stalls. Typically, these areas have plastic 

seating and are covered by makeshift tin roofs,[8][6] but 

some are located in casinos or hotels such as the Marina 

Bay Sands resort.[7] Dishes served are varied and range 

from curries, rice and noodle-based dishes as well as those 

eaten less commonly by western tourists, such as chicken 

feet or pig's organ soup.[6] The food is not limited to just 

dishes from Singapore or neighboring Malaysia, and can 

include those of Chinese or Indian origin.[8]

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Originally Posted by onobond (Post 24203311)

Thanks for that info. Left BKK 30h ago, already miss the street food. Looking forward to Taiwan !

Grab a bunch of street food in Tamsui, and enjoy while watching the sun set over the water; Had a wonderful green onion pancake with egg griddled to order for 35NTD from this little old lady there, in addition to the typical fried chicken bits and fried sparerib bits. Tamsui street food looked cleaner than other night markets to which we ventured. Taiwan in "winter" is my new favorite place.

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Originally Posted by Jay K (Post 24206601)

From the MRT station walk past the Mister Donut to the street anchored by the excellent Taiwanese fried chicken shop, and keep working your way up that street making sure you stop for fried squid along the way as well as fried chicken, fresh squeezed sugarcane juice and sliced guava (yes you can eat cut fruit sold from a stand here and it's perfectly safe) - along the street is a german-themed dessert cake shop with some nice treats, and a famous dumpling soup shop across from it.

At the top of the street, you can hop a bus to the marina/bridge area to walk around, then take a boat back to the Danshui dock which is the backside of that narrow street - there are many more food stands here including delicious roasted squid (watch out for the ink that can squirt) and a famous local Turkish ice cream shop whose owner loves to have fun teasing customers. You'll see lots of people walking around with super tall soft ice cream cones from various shops, which is a local specialty.

Before getting on the MRT back, stop at Mister Donut - everything they sell blows away Dunkin, Krispy Kreme and even Tim Horton - they're an old US brand that went out of business, but was bought by Japanese investors who reinvented the brand in Asia.

pad thai on khao san road... ohh brings back good memories.

But what do you think of street food?
I really like street food because it cheap and good food ,it make me comfortable
I think VietNam is one country have some pretty awesome street food ,especially HCM city,you can see it popular on the street

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Originally Posted by bocastephen (Post 24207921)

Before getting on the MRT back, stop at Mister Donut - everything they sell blows away Dunkin, Krispy Kreme and even Tim Horton - they're an old US brand that went out of business, but was bought by Japanese investors who reinvented the brand in Asia.

I don't know about that...actually, my favorite branches are the ones in San Salvador.

As for Taiwanese street food, I forgot the exception to my rule- grilled squid. That stuff I could eat everyday.

Cool thread.

I was recently blown away by the street food in Istanbul. I was not expecting much, but i must say I could have EASILY dined all day just from street vendors. And, if you like Lamb, you are in heaven. If you don't, you are still offered a plethora of options. Foodies would do well dining in the streets of Istanbul.

Love it! I still even enjoy a New York Dirty Water Dog.

One of my favorite meals in the last few years was at a street joint in Managua, Nicaragua where they did chicken, rice, homemade chips, beans and the like. A huge plate of it cost just $5 and I got to sit on a plastic chair watching the world go by eating it.

Taiwan has the best street food I ever had. They're also great at imitating other country's food.

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Originally Posted by CMK10 (Post 24216266)

You were gouged! :p

I will miss Nica street food -- fresh, cheap (;)), abundant. Nicalandia "cuisine" will never be a foodie destination but for those willing to "eat like a Nica", you will not be disappointed...