组屋 · 1965–1971
Independence & the HDB kitchen
A new nation moves into new flats, and the kampong kitchen learns to cook on two burners, ten storeys up — curry on Sunday, economy in everything.
06Zi Char & the Wok·40 min·Intermediate
Har Cheong Gai虾酱鸡
Chicken wings marinated overnight in fermented prawn paste, then twice-fried until the crust shatters and your whole kitchen smells like the sea.
06Zi Char & the Wok·80 min·Intermediate
Singapore Curry Chicken咖喱鸡 · kari ayam
The HDB kitchen's Sunday pot — chicken and potatoes in a coconut curry where every community's spice box met, mopped up with baguette or rice, both correct.