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Nanyang Rojak: Immigrant Mixes that Endure Food Private Tour

Food Tours
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3 hours
English
  • Explore the origins and fun stories behind some of our Singaporean favorites and lesser-known hawker food
  • Enjoy a unique sauce-tasting experience with one of Chinatown's original classic sauce makers
  • Discover how original recipes brought from China were mixed and adapted in Singapore to become a unique style!
  • Meet hawkers with a story, and see how the transmission of food ideas continues to evolve to this day!
  • Enjoy food tastings along the way and themed snacks and refreshments at the end of the tour!

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Nanyang Rojak

Inclusions

  • English-speaking guide

  • Audio guide system

  • Headsets

  • Lunch, themed snack, and drinks listed in the itinerary

Exclusions

  • Other personal expenses

Additional Info

  • Children aged 0-4 can join this activity free of charge. However, please note that they will not be receiving any F&B

  • Group size: 5-20 participant(s)

  • Mask

  • Mobile phone

  • SafeEntry App access on your phone

  • TraceTogether App or Token

  • Bottle of water

  • Umbrella

  • Comfortable footwear

  • This activity is not stroller and wheelchair-accessible

FromSGD S$67.64Per Person

What's included in Nanyang Rojak: Immigrant Mixes that Endure Food Private Tour

(Subject to Option Inclusions)

Tour Schedule

  • This tour is available on
  • Thursday / Saturday

Itinerary

  • Chinatown Visitor Centre, behind Buddha Tooth Centre
  • Time: 10:00-13:00
  • 10:00 Meet the Guide at Chinatown Visitors Centre
  • Explore Chinatown Complex and its history. The largest hawker centre, with some of the original hawkers that were cleared out from the streets.
  • Understand the stories behind the origins of some of our best dishes with origins from China.
  • Taste samplers and full dishes, like Carrot cake, Stone ground sesame seed desserts, Soysauce want chicken and meet Hawkers both new and old.
  • Meet one of the last heritage Sauce makers in Singapore, and have a tasting session.
  • Cross over to the old Jinrikshaw station and then to Maxwell Foodcourt, to continue the food journey, with one of the last heritage Rickshaw noodle hawkers and learn the story behind it.
  • Try Oyster cakes, Shanghai dumplings and Cantonese dough fritters, discuss the rivalry between Chicken rice stalls and the rich history.
  • 13:00 Finish at Huggs Epigram Cafe with a refreshing drink and Singapore flavoured cookies, like Chilli crab and Ondeh Ondeh.

Others

  • This activity will operate in all weather conditions. This is mostly an indoor activity
Enjoy
Enjoy
singaporean food
singaporean food
spread of food in singapore
spread of food in singapore
Jinrikisha Station
Jinrikisha Station
Chinatown Visitor's Centre
Chinatown Visitor's Centre
carrot cake sticks
carrot cake sticks
Singaporean street food
Singaporean street food
rickshaw noodles
rickshaw noodles
saucer
saucer
dessert bowls
dessert bowls
people on tour
people on tour

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A Walking and Eating Food Trail that traces the Chinese roots of some of our best heritage foods that evolved in Nanyang! Explore the UNESCO Heritage Hawker Food Culture of Singapore, enjoy the unique and delightful marriages of food and history, and gain an insight into how Singapore’s melting pot of Chinese cultures like Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, and Teochew led to the mixed and matched food we enjoy today

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  • Banda Street Chinatown Visitor Centre Singapore
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