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On Friday March 17, I picked up some freshly baked naan, kaldi prawns and dhal. My food order was inspired by Song Khim's gift of emping belijau - one of my favorite Indonesian snacks. It has a bitter aftertaste, which I think makes it good accompaniment to spicy food.My favorite take-out place is Al-Ameen Tandoori Cuisine on Upper Bukit Timah Road. The shop itself has expanded two to three times over the years. It is serving naan 24 hours! Upper Bukit Timah probably started to draw in a more cosmopolitan crowd thanks to this North Indian eating place. Before it was a 'piang' (unfashionable, rural, bad-taste) quiet row of unsightly shops.
The owner, a chubby man flashing some gold jewellery, is always behind the cashier counter counting the endless flow of cash, and he speaks no English. He looks like a rather new Indian migrant to me, and his assistants are all his kin. This exemplifies a small Indian diasporic community.
The owner, a chubby man flashing some gold jewellery, is always behind the cashier counter counting the endless flow of cash, and he speaks no English. He looks like a rather new Indian migrant to me, and his assistants are all his kin. This exemplifies a small Indian diasporic community.
The cafe is always packed with foreigners of different origins in the evening. The spirit of the scene is reminiscent of that reflected in the picture taken by Gilles Massot at the Maneeswara Hindu temple in Singapore. (I hope he won't mind me using his pix here.)
3 comments:
Hello, this is gilles.
No I certainly don't mind you using the photo since you give the credit!
Where did you get it in the first place? I think I sent it to the Taoist News Group at some point, but I don't think you are part of it right?
Good words.
Gilles, thanks for that 'official' statement for this wonderful shot. I was a part of the Taoist News Group.
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