Tag Archives: food

You Asians have Two Stomachs

By popagandhi | Published: 26 November, 2009
Some friends from Turkey came to visit this past weekend. I had a great time hanging out with Melissa and Emirhan in Antalya when I stopped by en route to Istanbul (from Damascus), so I naturally returned the favour and put them up at my place. After three dinners (not at the same time, albeit [...]
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An Ice Cream Map of Singapore

By popagandhi | Published: 14 October, 2009
A surprising thing about Singapore that few people know about, other than those of us who live/lived here, is how much great ice cream there is. Or to be more specific: how much great ice cream there is that isn’t international chain ice cream. Those can be lovely too, but you get the same stuff [...]
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The Things We Eat

By popagandhi | Published: 24 April, 2009
More on Yemen. (I am now in Damascus, Syria! — I have to say where I am on my blog because my family is perennially lost about where I am! Hi mum! *waves*) Singapore’s small Arab community came hundreds of years ago as traders and they almost always came from Yemen. Not just Yemen, but [...]
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