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While this may be his first visit to New Delhi and India as a whole, Singaporean Chef Jeremy Nguee already has more than a passing acquaintance with the country, its culture, and its cuisines. “India and her culture is a very big part of Singapore Indian food, holidays, movies and pop culture are all very mainstream in Singapore even among non-Indians. So it was very surreal for me to finally visit,” says the celebrity chef, food consultant and self-professed “evangelist of Singaporean cuisine”.
It is for this reason that the 40-year-old visited New Delhi, as he helped open one of the city’s first Singaporean restaurants, Mai Bao, in partnership with Kampai’s Avantika Singh Bahl. This is not the business consultant turned chef’s first venture out of the Lion City, with him arranging pop-ups to setting up restaurants “everywhere from St Petersburg, Russia to Jakarta, Indonesia,” as he puts it.
A dedicated Singaporean street food restaurant
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A dedicated Singaporean street food restaurant
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A dedicated Singaporean street food restaurant.(photo:IANSLIFE). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 21 : Known for being a melting pot of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian cultures, Singapore offers a wide-ranging food scene that is one of the most vibrant in Southeast Asia.
The culinary offerings in Singapore from Michelin starred fine dining to accessible and award-winning hawker food, makes it a must-go destination for foodies. Singapore s hawker culture was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, reflecting the country s living heritage and multiculturalism.
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Mai Bao
A poppy, pastel-hued space in the freshly-relaunched DLF Avenue, Saket, Mai Bao does a unique menu–and does it well. The Singapore hawker-centre inspired fare is easily some of the most authentic, with certain items on the menu (specifically the sweet peanut chicken satay and fish balls) that will transport you back to its bustling bylanes. Everything from the Pomelo Salad to the Pork Yam Puffs to the phenomenally made Xiao Long Baos (soupy dumplings) and Laksa was worth trying–opt for the tasting menu to get a sampler of everything so you can choose your favourites to return for. While I’m not usually big on mall restaurants (and I do hope they soon have an
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While Asian food in general and Chinese food in particular may rank high on Delhi s palate, Singaporean is one cuisine that has not enjoyed much of a presence. Here to take care of that is Mai Bao, from the chefs of fine dine Asian restaurant Kampai.
The menu is a medley of Malay, Cantonese, and South East Asian influences, in a modern presentation, and the only way to do justice to it is to meander our way through the many courses. For instance, there are the baos.
Not content to have just one varietal, Mai Bao has several, ranging from open faced Chicken, Mushroom, Duck, and Pork Baos to the original stuffed steam dumplings.
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