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
curry with pineapple. so really we re talking about a sort of, you know, i hate the word fusion, but it s natural fusion. 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. itek sioh. thank you. okay, that s duck. yeah, that s duck. braised duck. yeah. itek sioh, duck braised with tamarind and coriander. and the famous lady fingers, or sambar bendi, okra sauteed with sambal. who s cooking now? has that changed? it has changed. you know, everybody wants to go up the ladder very quickly, and they want to do it in a way where they don t want to put too
think that is like this anywhere in the world. thank you. that s duck. anthony: braised duck. itek sioh, duck braised with tamarind and coriander. and the famous lady fingers, or sambar bendir, okra sauteed with sambal. who s cooking now? has that changed? damian: it has changed. you know, everybody wants to go up the ladder very, very quickly, and they want to do it in a way where they don t want to put too much effort in it. where is the prestige in a peranakan restaurant? you work in a kitchen, 12, 14, 15 hours a day, and most of them don t want to do that. so what happens is that they want to work in a french restaurant, they want to work in an italian restaurant. why? because they get more money. anthony: okay. damian: okay? anthony: i think it s a
itek sioh, duck braised with tamarind and coriander. and the famous lady fingers, or sambar bendir, okra sauteed with sambal. who s cooking now? has that changed? damian: it has changed. you know, everybody wants to go up the ladder very, very quickly, and they want to do it in a way where they don t want to put too much effort in it. where is the prestige in a peranakan restaurant? you work in a kitchen, 12, 14, 15 hours a day, and most of them don t want to do that. so what happens is that they want to work in a french restaurant, they want to work in an italian restaurant. why? because they get more money. anthony: okay. damian: okay? anthony: i think it s a tactical mistake, because i just flew halfway around the world to singapore, and i sure as shit am not eating french food when i am here. damian: no, you re right. you shouldn t. anthony: and you know what? i m not going to eat japanese food. damian: so you talk about
itek sioh, duck braised with tamarind and coriander. and the famous lady fingers, or sambar bendir, okra sauteed with sambal. who s cooking now? has that changed? damian: it has changed. you know, everybody wants to go up the ladder very, very quickly, and they want to do it in a way where they don t want to put too much effort in it. where is the prestige in a peranakan restaurant? you work in a kitchen, 12, 14, 15 hours a day, and most of them don t want to do that. so what happens is that they want to work in a french restaurant, they want to work in an italian restaurant. why? because they get more money. anthony: okay. damian: okay? anthony: i think it s a tactical mistake, because i just flew halfway around the world to singapore, and i sure as shit am not eating french food when i am here. damian: no, you re right. you shouldn t. anthony: and you know what? i m not going to eat japanese food.