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“Ah boy, your special char kway teow with no beef is
here!” said my favourite hawker. This is the habit of
my family. Every Saturday, we go to the hawker centre
near Compass One and indulge in some delicious and
affordable dishes.

Without fail, we will go to the exact hawker centre to get
food. Even if there is heavy rain, we will make sure we
indulge in these gastronomical delights.

My go-to dishes will be fried or steamed dumplings,
carrot cake and cream of mushroom soup. I do not have
a specification for dumplings. But I prefer black carrot
cake to white carrot cake because black has more flavour
compared to white.

As much as the food tastes good, the cleanliness of the Without a shadow of doubt, I believe our beloved and
centre is not as good. Some people are not responsible talented hawkers are our unsung heroes who win our
and leave their used tissue behind. I wish people would hearts by cooking delicious food for us. They make an
keep their trays at the corresponding places and not honest living by working so hard. They are passionate
leave them around, giving more work to the cleaners. and are people full of heart. They are the epitome of
labour of love.
We must treasure our hawker culture.
The government gives Singapore citizens CDC vouchers
to buy food at hawker centres to support them. During “Rain or shine, we go back to our hawker
lunch hours, hawker centres near offices need to be — because his char kway teow is tradition,
nimble and efficient in making food so that the customers made with love and passed through
are quickly served. generations.”

It is believed that a generational recipe is passed on, and
not a single ingredient or measurement is changed. This
ensures that the same taste and joy are passed on and Yukin Kumar Vijayakumar
not forgotten. P6.2
North Spring Primary School

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