efficient. safe. protected. controlled. a utopian city-state run like a multinational company. welcome to singapore incorporated. this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder shchlt ah la la la la sha la la la singapore. one could be forgiven for thinking it s a giant, ultramodern shopping mall. an interconnected, fully wired, air-conditioned nanny state, where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. and those things are kind of true, especially if you read the papers or the carefully monitored internet. you look around the litterless streets where everything seems to work just fine, just fine. and you think, or you could be forgiven for thinking, gee, maybe a one-party system is just what we need. you look at all the social problems and ethnic strife, street crime, drugs that singapore has managed to avoid, and you could think, is this the life we want? it ain t my sy
peninsula in the 16th century. we have a heritage that exists in singapore that comprises five different ethnic groups. you have your chinese, you have your malay, you have your indian, you have your eurasians and your peranakan. and this makes the cuisine here very, very special. cheers. cheers. chef damian d silva has made it his mission to preserve and protect the knowledge, techniques, and flavors of singaporean heritage foods. guan hoe soon is the oldest peranakan restaurant in singapore, predating independence. so this is a dish that you d properly find in the malay home. it s sour, it s sweet because of the pineapple, right, and it s savory as well. ikan assam nanas, sour fish
techniques and flavors of singaporean heritage foods. guan ho soon is the oldest peranakan restaurant in singapore, pre-dating independence. damian: so this is a dish you probably find in lejo. it s sour, it s sweet because of the pineapple, and it s savory as well. anthony: ikan assam nanas, sour fish curry with pineapple. so really, we re really talking about a sort of, i hate the word fusion, but its natural fusion. damian: it s indigenous fusion. it s a fusion that started 500 years ago. so now, it s evolved so much, tony, that it s become a heritage on its own, a cuisine on its own. you know, there s nothing i
guan ho soon is the oldest peranakan restaurant in singapore, pre-dating independence. damian: so this is a dish you probably find in lejo. it s sour, it s sweet because of the pineapple, and it s savory as well. anthony: ikan assam nanas, sour fish curry with pineapple. so really, we re really talking about a sort of, i hate the word fusion, but its natural fusion. damian: it s indigenous fusion. it s a fusion that started 500 years ago. so now, it s evolved so much, tony, that it s become a heritage on its own, a cuisine on its own. you know, there s nothing i think that is like this anywhere in the world. thank you. that s duck. anthony: braised duck.
guan ho soon is the oldest peranakan restaurant in singapore, pre-dating independence. damian: so this is a dish you probably find in lejo. it s sour, it s sweet because of the pineapple, and it s savory as well. anthony: ikan assam nanas, sour fish curry with pineapple. so really, we re really talking about a sort of, i hate the word fusion, but its natural fusion. damian: it s indigenous fusion. it s a fusion that started 500 years ago. so now, it s evolved so much, tony, that it s become a heritage on its own, a cuisine on its own. you know, there s nothing i think that is like this anywhere in the world. thank you. that s duck. anthony: braised duck.