tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post113920122280796294..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: My Memories of Chinatown (Part 3) - Simon Chu Chun SingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1141818341394560682006-03-08T19:45:00.000+08:002006-03-08T19:45:00.000+08:00I believe 亨记 (Heng Kei) chicken rice stall is stil...I believe 亨记 (Heng Kei) chicken rice stall is still alive and well at the main Chinatown Hawker Center? Incidentally that is my favourite chicken rice stall in the whole of Singapore!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139435997451133262006-02-09T05:59:00.000+08:002006-02-09T05:59:00.000+08:00VictorI recall the beef noodle stall in Bugis Str...Victor<BR/>I recall the beef noodle stall in Bugis Street too...I and my other kakis (Kum Luen & Hai Kwan) used to patronise this area at the turn of the 70s (just before we went to the NS) Of course we did not go there for the obvious reason like some did...we went to the beef noodle and the wantan noodle. That beef noodle has now shifted to the Food court (basement) at Beach Road. I could recall the owner's son who sued to help his father in serving tables...Now he is the rightful owner himself but looking much older. He was surprised that I recognised him.<BR/>Do you recall that wantan noodle stall right beside the Malacca Street. Incidentally Malacca Steet was also known as 'Japan Street'...volunteer a guess?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139374356077511142006-02-08T12:52:00.000+08:002006-02-08T12:52:00.000+08:00Though I did not stay in Chinatown, I did visit my...Though I did not stay in Chinatown, I did visit my aunt's home once a while which was located in one of the shophouses just opposite the present Metropole building (now a church). I can still remember my aunt used to order a bowl of wanton mee, from a stall opposite the street for me. Guess what is the price of mee ? - $0.30 a bowl, and the boy had to deliver it to a three storey dwelling through a unlit stairway - what a good service!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139336056351942462006-02-08T02:14:00.000+08:002006-02-08T02:14:00.000+08:00My childhood was similar in certain ways to Chun S...My childhood was similar in certain ways to Chun Sing's except that my 'area of operation' was in the Bugis Street vicinity. In the wee hours of the morning, there were a lot of sailors (GIs) there. The transvestites, popularly known to the locals as 'Ah Quas', were dressed in shimmering gowns with colourful feathers for adornment. They would pose for photos with the sailors. Heaven knows what other services they provided to the drunk sailors later.<BR/><BR/>I would often also buy supper for my family from Bugis Street. In the early 1960s, one bowl of beef kway teow soup there costs only 30 cents. Don't you miss those good old prices, Chun See, especially for beef kway teow, huh?<BR/><BR/>In those days you could bring your own egg when buying Char Kway Teow. I remember on one occasion, I unknowingly brought along a salted egg for this purpose. Boy, when the hawker broke the egg into the wok was he surprised! Then he broke out in laughter and started chanting out loud: 咸蛋炒果条啊!咸蛋炒果条啊!much to my embarassment.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139329645176986092006-02-08T00:27:00.000+08:002006-02-08T00:27:00.000+08:00i miss the days of listening to rediffusion!all th...i miss the days of listening to rediffusion!<BR/>all the radio dramas....Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656957598868734650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139302193736648022006-02-07T16:49:00.000+08:002006-02-07T16:49:00.000+08:00Yes..Chun See. I do recall seeing those ' cha-kia...Yes..Chun See. I do recall seeing those ' cha-kia' in your HDB flat's bathroom. Back in the mid-70s then!<BR/>Simon (Scotland)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-1139233100807361942006-02-06T21:38:00.000+08:002006-02-06T21:38:00.000+08:00Simon, if u think your cha kias are noisy, wait ti...Simon, if u think your cha kias are noisy, wait till you come to my church and listen to the din caused by the ladies marching down the steps after service. <BR/><BR/>Even after we left our kampong to stay in an HDB flat, we used to have cha kia's in the bathroom. But nowadays, due to strong objections from the OC (officer commanding; in other words, wife) we stopped. She says the water causes the wood to corrode and dirty the place. So my kids do not know what is cha kia.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com