In a YouTube video posted on February 18 on “Grif’s Food and Travel Channel”, which has 4,500 subscribers, he showed off his finds at Tiong Bahru Market.
“I was told that I should visit Tiong Bahru Market as it is more modern, cleaner and has a wide variety of foods to choose from and at a good price. So I decided to visit the market of Tiong Bahru to see if they fit in the category of one of the top five hawker centers in Singapore,” he said in the video which had attracted 4,400 views as of Saturday.
“The only thing that surprised me was the food prices. They were very reasonable and everything I ate that day was under $5. The portion sizes were a good size and the “The quality of the food was really good at every place I stopped,” he shared.
The first dish he tried was a plate of curry rice with breaded pork chop and braised pork for just S$4.8 (US$4).
“For only $4. Crazy prices,” he said.
“The curry flavor is really good,” he added.
He then visited Hong Heng Fried Sotong Prawn Mee, a Michelin-Bib Gourmand stall where he ordered a plate of Hokkien mee for $3.
Grif added that the price was “very affordable.”
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Grif inside Tiong Bahru Market in Singapore. Photo courtesy of the YouTuber |
After trying these two dishes, he ordered a chestnut and sugar cane drink for only $1.
Then he ordered wonton noodles for $4.5 from another famous stall – Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodle.
Wonton noodles are a noodle dish of Cantonese origin but are popular in mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This dish can also be found in Vietnam’s Chinatowns, where it is primarily served by Chinese families, many of whom have been making it for generations.
The last dish Grif tried at the food center was Coconut Peanut Pancakes for $0.75 each from Tiong Bahru Mian Jian Kueh.
“The pancake batter is so light and fluffy,” he said.
“The market was really nice, with an open courtyard in the center of the market. It provided plenty of side wind and kept the market cool,” he said.
A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that Singapore has maintained its top spot as the world’s most expensive city for the ninth time in the past eleven years.
According to Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user-contributed data on cities and countries around the world, the estimated average monthly costs for a single person are S$1,506.
Grif has a strong passion for food. He has traveled to many countries, including Southeast Asia, and promotes the cuisine on his YouTube channel.
A video posted on Grif’s Food and Travel Channel shows an American tourist trying cheap meals for less than $5 in Singapore:
