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Teh O! Teh C! Kopi! Kopi O! Yuan Yang! It may be an alien
concept to you, but this is usually how people order tea,
coffee, and Yuan Yang like a professional.

Hawker centres. They dot our island nation. They are the
heartbeat of any neighbourhood.

They also make a vibrant social space for family and
friends. But, they are slowly shrinking away.

Truth be told, roti prata and char kway teow are life
for me! I not only appreciate the hawker centres’
multicultural dishes under one roof, but also appreciate
their authentic, lip-smacking dishes. Whenever my
family and I take a gastronomical journey to many
hawker centres, such as One Punggol, the hawkers will multicultural country. We should also show appreciation
always have a generous hand! They prepare mountains to them by thanking them for providing us with more
of food for their customers, until customers have to than enough food. They will always be my go-to places,
stop them from scooping another mountain of fried rice and I will never forget the many good things that they
paradise! have done for us.

Without a shadow of doubt, I believe that food unites I love the hawker culture and the culinary magic!
people of different walks of life. It is also great to spend
quality time with family over good hawker food. I have
a fond memory of having a close bond with a hawker
uncle. It was at a small hawker centre in my Fernvale “From crispy prata to warm egg toast,
neighbourhood. I would always sprint goofily towards hawker food is more than a meal — it’s a
his stall with coins clinking in my pockets. I would then memory, a bond, and the taste of home.”
order one egg toast for takeaway to devour at home.

Being an excellent place for communal dining, we should Suon Christian
never forget the conscientious hawkers that keep our P6.2
hawker culture alive, as well as keeping us united as one
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