This is My Life......

60's? The first thing i asked myself was: is it possible for Singaporeans today to taste food which taste like those in the 60s? With my curiousity, I made my way to Parco Bugis today to try out the "60's food", with my family.
As expected, it was packed with people as it was lunch time and a Saturday(with the 5-day week thingy, most parents could spend valuable time with their kids---queueing for food). There were abt 20 odd stalls, selling ice ball at $2(which onli cost 5 cents during my parents' time), Rojak, Trishaw noodles (which looked inedible with the blotted yellow mee and soup with the taste of "kee"), Lasak @ $2 (superb small bowl from this Delight brand, wondered if the brand started from the 60's), satay, otahs, grass jelly @ $2 (i heard ppl complimenting the taste but didnt manged to grab hold of it as its queue was the longest), Hakka yam balls @ $3(so far it was the best dish over there), Teh terik @ $1 (the person didnt even terik) and kacang Puteh @ 50 cents (the person selling it was in sarong ans singlet).
The theme of this food fair was "Food in the 60's"... Well, the setting was fine, with trishaw display and the stalls were in the push carts, the hawkers dressed like our grandparents when they were 40 years younger.... There were even "Ma-jie"and "Sum Siew women" walking around.... The atmosphere was right but.....but... something there was out of place..... It was supposed to be food from 60's, but there were stalls representing hotels and famous resturants like Long Beach selling black pepper crab and even the taiwan snow dessert and Tiger beer... my brother wondered if there was Tiger Beer in the 60's (my dad said there was green island beer but not sure abt Tiger beer...)
Another thing was the price of the food. My mum went "wow, so expensive!!", as she walked past the stalls. They probably jacked up the price for the rent, as i mentioned earlier $2 for a superb small bowl of Lasak and $1.50 for half a taufu pao, $2 for an ice ball.... Well, we cant expect the price to be the same as those during the 60's, 5 cents for one ice ball, 20 cent for a bowl of noodle..... Altogether, my family spent $12 on the "60's food" and left the place with half the stomach filled....
As a result, my dad brought us to this "xiehua-- pui tian" stall at Race Course road for a big bowl of Pa-mee and xiehua mee hoon and this dish with the tua-kee and some vegetables... Super delicious!!!! They have this unique china taste, which i have tried 5 yrs ago when i went to my parents' hometown(xiemen-- putien)... I will strongly recommend u people to go and try all those unique hometown food, in addition, they are super cheap-- $6 for one big serving of 4....
In conclusion, Singaporeans(including my family who go around searching for good food) just cant live without delicious food.... Hence there are so many food fairs in a year and TV programmes recommending good food around Singapore....and also an increased percentage of obesity in the locals.... Got to go now, I need to go for a jog to remove those fats accumulated in my body after those tasty goodies....
YueN signing off......Sunny...;p