Local food-lovers are fans of the "Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle", commonly known as "bak chor mee" (translated as "minced pork noodle" in Hokkien).
Mr Tang Chay Seng, the proprietor of Tai Hwa "bak chor mee" located at Tai Hwa Eating House, Blk 466, Crawford Lane # 01-12, Singapore 190465.
According to Mr Tang, "We are the one and only original Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle". In 1932, his father started the business at Hill Street and handed over to him in the 1960s with 3 years of "mentorship". The "secret recipes" as a trade secret preserved from father to son.
In 2004, the stall was removed from its location at Hill Street to Marina Square and then to Tai Hwa Eating House at the present location.
The original ingredients had remain unchanged over the decades. However, at Marina Square, customers could include meatball fritter as an option.
The price of a bowl of the "Bak Chor Mee" at Hill Street was 50 cents each in 1980s.
Young Singaporeans do not remember "food heritage"...memories about the favourite food in the 1930s but those who were born in the 1980s or later.
I remember. In the 1980s where I worked at Koon Hoe & Co. at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at Hill Street, I was the "errand boy" to buy the Tai Hwa Pork Noodle for lunch for everyone in the office. At that time, the "bak chor mee" was prepared by Mr Tang Chay Seng's father. Heritage food memories from a personal perspective.
I grew up without "fast food" or "instant milk", that's why I tend to be slower in developing my mental and physical growth ;)
Every new generation of Singaporeans change with their eating habits and diets, just as the difference of individual preference from person to person. As said, "one man's meat is another man's poison".
Food for thought!
