['Move over plaster prata - hello, bird’s nest roti canai.\xa0', 'Also known as roti canai sarang burung ', '(“roti canai bird’s nest” in Malay)', ' in Malaysia, this super photogenic variety of ', ' has gone viral across the border, but is pretty uncommon in Singapore. ', 'Mihrimah Restaurant', ', a ', ', Malaysian-owned ', 'eatery on North Bridge Road, just happens to serve this dish. Here, the pretty canai is named Roti Ikhwan', ' (ikhwan means “brothers” in Arabic),', ' and sold for $3 a piece.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.', "Eateries like Restoran Zaidi Canai and Dapo' Khaleeda in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, are especially popular for their viral offerings of bird’s nest roti canai. They’re all over social media. ", 'Mihrimah’s manager, Abdul Muiin, 29,', 'In fact, he only decided to sell it at Mihrimah ', 'upon a customer’s request. He explains that “we saw the prata making its rounds in Malaysia, and initially just tried to make it for our staff to eat”. However, “one customer saw it and asked us to sell it, so we decided to add it to our menu”.\xa0', 'Currently, there are also a couple other stalls in Singapore that serve their version of bird’s nest roti canai, like Can-Ai at Ang Mo Kio and Putri Prata at Bedok. However, Mihrimah Restaurant appears to be the most high-profile of the lot', ' - at least according to Google reviews.']
['West Coast Drive’s famous Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok is no more. Gone is the flashy red signboard, but if you look closely, its stall unit is still selling ', ', albeit cooked by a different hawker.\xa0', 'The shop name has changed too, to ', 'Fan Ji Specialty Noodle', '. Ah Hoe Mee Pok’s original owner, Eric Chia ', '(who’s known as Ah Hoe)', ', is no longer at the stall — instead, you’ll find a young man, Oliver Chia, 27, in his place, whipping up noodles all by himself.', 'What happened?', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.', 'As it turns out, Oliver is Eric’s ex-assistant and godson, whom the older hawker has passed his stall to. Now that Eric, ', '57', ', is semi-retired, Oliver tells ', ' that he “hopes to continue the legacy that [Eric] has built”.\xa0', 'For context, Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok opened in 2014, though the brand name itself has quite the interesting history.\xa0', 'Prior to setting up Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok, Eric ran a stall called Ah Hoe Mee Pok at a Clementi coffeeshop, but passed the ropes to his Japanese cook, Naoji Kuribara, who trained under him for six months. ', 'Naoji later rebranded the stall to ', 'Li Yuan Mee Pok', ', which had five outlets at its peak. Most have since shuttered, leaving just the Clementi and Boon Lay outlets still in operation.', 'According to Oliver, Eric declined to go into why he set up another hawker stall called Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok after his earlier biz was renamed to Li Yuan.']
['Though it’s considered a staple in most coffeeshops in Malaysia, ', 'zhu rou fen', ' (', ' in Mandarin) is somehow relatively under the radar here. This market gap inspired Ian Ooi, 34, an Ipoh-born Singapore PR, to open a stall specialising in this comforting dish.', '\nLocated in a comfy kopitiam at Tai Thong Crescent (on the same street as popular ', '), ', 'Legacy Pork Noodles', ' offers soup and dry versions of zhu rou fen, served with clear pork-based soup brimming with minced pork, meatballs and pork organs.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
SINGAPORE – Go beyond standard Korean fare such as bibimbap, army stew and bingsu. Instead, try less well-known dishes such as gomtang (beef bone soup) and Jeju-style gogi-goksu (pork noodle soup).