Makan Place – Al Azhar

Al-Azhar is the quintessential Singapore style eating house. An Indian Muslim establishment, selling everything from pratas, naans and mutarbaks to nasi goreng, kuay teow goreng and ayam goreng. But that’s not all, this place deals sometimes in the Singaporean conception of “Western food” and Thai-Chinese food too. And, its open 24/7. This, sir, is Singapore…

Makan Place – Tenderfresh Classic

Tenderfresh or 可爱鸡 (which is actually cute chicken in Mandarin) has over 150 brand stores and subsidiaries islandwide selling chicken. The brand can mostly be found in the hawker centres and food courts. It began in the 1980s in the former Whitley Road Food Centre, by Jimmy Soh who retailed locally sourced chickens. He grew…