As I am the only Ang Mo on the BEEP music team, I felt the blog needed a little ‘aussie-fying’ (is that a word?) or to put a twist on the 90’s song that shall remain nameless, reflections of ‘an aussie-man in Singapore’.
Firstly a huge thanks to the Starfish boys…Irv, Merv, Kev, Gev and Jdub aka BEEP music team. I arrived in Singapore mid November ’08, my family arriving a couple of months later to begin this new chapter in our lives. I can’t thank you enough for helping to make this transition as easy as possible, thanks guys and wives!
Leaving behind family, friends and security (if that exists anymore) we arrived in Singapore. We dumped our bags, had a 5 minute tour of the condo I had rented then…straight to a food court of course.
I think we set some kind of record that nite with all eight of us piling into their Singtel lookalike red van. And away we went for some East coast culinary delites at Bedok food court.
Jdub and family kindly said ‘leave it to us’ and promptly set off, gesturing to hawkers and speaking with the distinctive singlish we've come to love. Our hearts raced as we awaited the feast that was soon to materialise. My wife and I had tantalised our three kids mental tastebuds with images of satay, popiah and chicken curry…this was the moment!
A very smug Jdub soon returned, his mission accomplished, there would be feasting tonite…and then it arrived. In retrospect I now understand why the lady who served us had a somewhat quizzical expression on her face as she placed several plates of Rojak and what I can only describe as the Tofu tower of terror before us.
Very eagerly we tore off pieces of each placing them in our mouths and waiting for the delicate flavours to invigorate our tastebuds like a kaleidoscope of taste sensations…let’s just say rotten shrimp sauce, a little like durian, must be an aquired taste over time…a long time!
Looking forward to sharing more with you from week to week, forgive my self-indulgence this time. More reflections and hopefully some ‘good food’ (minus shrimp sauce) from the word of God aswell.
Adam
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