Mak's Place

In Singapore, there are two types of places to eat: a hawker stand and a restaurant. A hawker stand refers to small little vendors that are grouped together at a food center. Kind of like NYC's silver carts, except regulated and good.

Fortunately, in my 'hood there is the best of both worlds - a "Hawkerant." Cheap, local food served to you by a waitor. Mak's Place was closed for a Muslim holiday when I took this picture. Usually, tables and chairs of every color, filled with people, spill out onto the street. And the hostess who always seems to work when I'm there, rocks my world.

My typical orders are Kailan veggies in oyster sauce, cashew chicken, lime juice, and some kind of Singaporean noodle dish that I can't even pronounce.