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Hawkerman LOCAL
#B1-33 SINGPOST CENTRE, 10 EUNOS RD
8, S408600. TEL: 6747-0913
OPEN DAILY MON TO FRI 11AM TO
10.30PM. LAST ORDERS AT 10.15PM.
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HAWKERMANSGThink of Hawkerman as a one-
stop destination for your favourite
hawker grub. It features three
popular brands under one roof:
fried chicken chain Tenderfresh,
Hokkien Mee stall Warong Kim’s
(originally called Kim’s Fried
Hokkien Mee), and Ah Boy Popiah
(a spin-off of Good Chance Popiah).
Actor Ben Yeo’s Tenderfresh
Group is behind this stylo-mylo
air-conditioned 75-seat restaurant
where you order and pay at the
counter and collect your foodSkinny Popiah ($4.90),
the latter featuring
crispy chicken skin
and salted egg sauce.
If you’re craving grub
from all three brands,
go for the Bao Ka Liao
($32.90; feeds two)
set, which means
“including everything”
in Hokkien. In it
are seven types of
dishes, including
Tenderfresh’s
Signature Fried
Half Spring Chicken, Warong
Kim’s Hokkien Mee, and Ah Boy’s
Hokkien Popiah, plus a dessert of
Citrus Plum Watermelon.Racines FRENCH AND CHINESE
OPENS OCT 2. LEVEL 5, SOFITEL
SINGAPORE CITY CENTRE, 9 WALLICH ST,
S078885. TEL: 6428-5000.
OPEN DAILY NOON-3PM, 6PM-10.30PM.
LAST ORDERS 30 MINS BEFORE CLOSING.
WWW.SOFITEL-SINGAPORE-CITYCENTRE.
COM/GASTRONOMY/RACINESThis chic restaurant within boutique
hotel Sofitel’s new property in the
CBD offers an interesting mix of
French classics and refined local
Chinese delicacies. It is the hotel’s
signature eatery and helmed bya French executive chef who has
worked in several Michelin-starred
restaurants in Paris. At Racines,
which means “roots” in French,
alluding to the chef’s passion for
cuisines deeply rooted in technique
and cultural influences, signature
dishes include the Cuisses De
Grenouille (Frog Legs) servedCUISSES DE GRENOUILLE AND STIR-FRIED
FROG LEGS IN SPICY SZECHUAN SALTHAWKERMAN’S BAO KA LIAO SETwhen it’s ready. A central kitchen,
helmed by staff trained by the
original hawkers, whips up all the
food here. There’s the Lucky Set
($7.50) from Tenderfresh, featuring
two pieces of fried chicken, fries
and coleslaw. Or dig into a plate
of La La Hokkien Mee ($9.90),
with white clams, prawns, and
squid. Hokkien mee “master” Tan
Kue Kim (the famed long-sleeved
shirt and Rolex-wearing hawker)
is behind the dish. Ah Boy Popiah
is the fourth-generation iteration
of Good Chance Popiah, a popular
eatery in Silat Ave. Try its signature
Ah Boy Hokkien Popiah ($3.90) orRACINES