Restaurants with Hainanese chefs

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Hainanese chefs are a dying (literally) breed. For those who enjoy cooking by Hainanese chefs, please share good restaurants.

Disclaimer: good food does not mean good service! Many of the waiters are also grouchy, old (Hainanese) men (and women).

Shashlik
Far East Shopping Centre

Quite well known, so will not elaborate on it.

Shashlik was started in the 80s by 9 lifelong friends and migrants from Hainan Island, China. They had learnt the skills of the trade from the head Russian chef at the now defunct Troika Restaurant (which closed in 1983).

Love their borsch soup.

Also their baked Alaskan is flamboyant (literally).

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shashlik-Restaurant/58848636596

 

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Wishbone Restaurant
Bukit Timah Plaza

Took over the premises from a pub, so it is eating Hainanese and local food in a Western setting. A bit strange.

Made their own ice-cream called Happy Kappy ice cream. Local flavours: jackfruit, coconut, mango, durian. Quite popular and available in takeaway tubs.

Good value for money.

http://www.facebook.com/wishbonesg

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Han's qualify bo?

 

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Restaurant/cafe at Metropolitan YMCA
Stevens Road

My favourite best-kept secret. Another value-for-money place.

Where do you go for a good meal near Orchard Road but without having to pay high price, suffer traffic jams and insufficient parking lots?

The Metropolitan YMCA at Stevens Road is on the outskirts of Orchard Road, is relatively easy to access (although Stevens Road do get busy on weekends evenings) and has free parking.

“The best fish-head curry this side of paradise…”
(“Ageing Baby Boomers” by Prof. Kua Ee-Heok)

Aptly described in the book, the Claypot Fish Head Curry served by our very own Metro-Y Restaurant is the best kept secret on this side of town. We invite you to come and savour our signature dish, cooked to perfection with the freshest ingredients and drenched in homemade curry sauce. It is an experience not to be missed!

http://www1.mymca.org.sg/home/restaurant.html

 

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Han's qualify bo?

Han's used to offer value-for-money when it was small, with just a few outlets. But when it expanded to too many outlets, price went up and quality also seems to have deteriorated although it still serves Hainanese traditionals like pork chop.

The Hainanses restaurants that I like are mainly single restaurants (i.e. not a chain) whereby the Hainanese chefs (and likely owners) are not businessmen but cooks and only focus on cooking good dishes, not expanding the business and making more money.

Han's seem to be an exception. Are there any Hainanese food chains besides Han's?

 

[po2wq]

Restaurants with Hainanese chefs ...

... it is eating Hainanese and local food ...

how u noe a restaurant got a hainanese chef? ... me go restaurants but never ask 2 meet their chefs, neither me pay a visit 2 their kitchens ... in msia, u can oso get malays making cantonese dim sums ...


besides hainanese chicken rice, me dunno of any other hainanese fud ... but den, dey say dat ze hainanese chicken rice here is not ze same as wat u get on hainan island ... :o

 

[wendychan]

The Ship

now at NEX

cant wait for them to return to shaw centre

 

[zeebjii]

how u noe a restaurant got a hainanese chef? ... me go restaurants but never ask 2 meet their chefs, neither me pay a visit 2 their kitchens ... in msia, u can oso get malays making cantonese dim sums ...

besides hainanese chicken rice, me dunno of any other hainanese fud ... but den, dey say dat ze hainanese chicken rice here is not ze same as wat u get on hainan island ... :o

Prince Coffehouse, beach road. Went there last month. Elderly Cook/Waiter/Waitress (owners??) conversing in Hainanese, so confirm authentic, but the junior cook looks like prc..