It reminded me of a restaurant that i went with Hubby Ter on one of the Sat.
Could say that the food served are fabulous delicious....
Especially their Samsui Chicken, Soup Restaurant
It has very much to do with it's owner Mr Mok's family history. His grandmother was a Samsui woman. These legendary group of womenfolk labourers in their red and blue hats helped built modern Singapore and are an icon in their own right. Their frugality and dogged determination to work hard and fend for each gave birth to a brand of food that this restaurant is trying to rediscover and propagate.
For starters, those tough ol' ladies would largely exist daily on a high fibre vegetarian diet. Dried fish would be a bonus. They saved and ate thriftily in order to remit their monies back to their ancestral home in Samsui (the Three Gorges), Kwangtung in China. Come Chinese New Year, it would mean a feast for them, and steaming a plump chicken, marinated in ginger is de-rigeur. The shredded ginger would then be tossed in some stock and sesame oil and served as a dip. The cut up boneless pieces of chicken are dipped in the ginger sauce and (this is the best part), wrapped in lettuce and then chomped.
It comes fully deboned, placed around a huge round platter with a bowl of the ginger dip in the middle. A stack of nicely trimmed lettuce leaves accompanies it. You simply pick, dip, wrap and eat…..hwahhh!!
See how dear smile mean the food is super nice.
of course, cant forget me the main character who wrote tis blog... :P
Overall, who wan organise a trip to Soup Restaurant next time?
