The Reyes Report

Everything! Here are ten foodie things that have surprised me …

1. Fried rules! So many of the foods are fried.
2. Meats on sticks are popular street fare
3. They eat rice for breakfast
4. Ice cream can be served in bread (instead of a cone)
5. They have ice cream flavors like Yam and Sesame Seed
6. They put eggs on everything
7. They called pulled meat “floss”
8. One local fruit here is so stinky it’s not allowed in hotels or on airplanes. It’s called “Durian”
9. They LOVE condensed milk — it’s in tea, in soup … hiding in any food to sweeten it up.
10. Indian + Malaysian + Chinese = Singaporean food. Japanese is new-ish here, but pervasive. And Western food is well represented (though often simple things like salads are not often well done).