“Does street food make the best cuisine?”
The hawkers who came to New York had been handpicked by K.F. Seetoh, a Singaporean of Cantonese descent, whose connection to hawker food is similar, on a smaller scale, to the connection the France family has had with stock-car racing; that is, he has managed to recognize a lot of scattered, un-exalted activity as a cultural force and figured out how to merchandise it.
“Three Chopsticks: Does street food make the best cuisine?” by Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, September 3 & 10, 2007 (abstract only online)
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- Singapore Day 2007
- New York Towkay
- Makansutra Singapore
- Makansutra Singapore 2007, ISBN 02191687
- “Chwee kueh’s a big hit in Big Apple,” April 30, 2007
- Sanur – excellent Malaysian food at bargain price, 18 Doyers Street, between Bowery and Chatham Square, 212-267-0088 [Yelp]
- Singapore Cafe, 69 Mott Street, 212-964-0003 [Yelp]
