News Forum - Singaporean food hawker centre makes NYC debut

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A Singaporean food hawker centre made its debut in the Big Apple this week. The ‘Urban Hawker’ centre, located in New York City’s midtown Manhattan, sells tasty dishes including chilli crab, oyster omelettes, and Hainanese chicken rice. The centre serves meals meant to represent Singapore’s diverse cultures. The island nation is made up of Chinese, Indian, and Malay people, among others.  Urban Hawker has 17 vendors, with 11 coming directly from hawker centres in Singapore. Urban Hawker’s curator, KF Seetoh, said he came up with the idea for the centre when he met the late famous chef Anthony Bourdain in […]

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