www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

A friend wrote to me recently after reading my article on "Fresh Seafood": "I heard they even gave salmon head for free in the past. My brother-in-law used to go there. Thanks for the tip." So I replied: "Alamak! Why didn't they give me?" His answer was profound - "Be at the right place at the right time...life will be different. Not just for salmon heads." So the Guru said: "True. Please teach me some tricks." And he said: "There are no tricks, just part of life and it is called fate...but it can change by reading your articles packed full of information. I did not know Fassler and that my brother-in-law goes there too but only after reading your blog...ha ha...give me more, give me more!"  Great Concepts  Sometimes in life, we just get more and more of the same things. They are all good and comfortable. Then along comes a new product, a new shop, new service or a new concept and they take you or the world by sto...

I s Singapore a Food Paradise? Yes and no. In terms of the widest variety, a resounding yes! In terms of the highest quality, partly yes and in some parts - no. While we do have some top restaurants and many other good ones, the street fare and hawker is a dying breed. Now you know why Professor Tommy Koh is concerned. These days, the food and ingredients are centrally and factory-sourced. To make more profit, they sting on ingredients or could it be due to higher rental fees? You can walk into any shops in Hong Kong for wan ton noodles or milk tea and you will still get tasty food with good quality because no Hong Kongers would want to patronise it if they ain't good. They say that Singapore is a food paradise. In the old days, only those who could do some good dishes well would parade their food as hawkers - be it mee rebus, laksa or prawn noodle. Our hawker fare with its rich heritage borne of need and culture is still there but the previous generation...