Traditional Bakeries: Sing Hon Loong (Ghee Leong)
The unmistaken whiff of freshly baked bread consumes you the moment you step into Sing Hon Loong (新丰隆面包厂). Also known as Ghee Leong, this old-style...
View ArticleThe Heart and Sole of Cobbler Square
A row of mostly elderly cobblers line up outside People’s Park Complex, hunched over in their makeshift stores, with only foldable umbrellas sparing them from...
View ArticleA Scoop On Ice Cream Uncle
This is an evergreen institution so familiar it has blended into our physical landscape without our noticing. The mobile ice cream vendor today is a...
View ArticleKacang Puteh Seller and the Popcorn of Old
Before the days of movie popcorn, it was a more accustomed sight to see moviegoers gathered in groups around the kacang puteh seller outside the...
View ArticleThe Paper Mask and Puppet Sellers
One thing that stood out about the Singapore streets of old was that it was filled with much colour and life. Various trades roamed and...
View ArticleAlbert Mall Street Vendors
A bunch of aunties crowd around a foldable table as the salesman does his best elevator pitch on his extremely absorbent kitchen towel in his...
View ArticleStreet Hawkers making a Comeback
The last itinerant hawkers from the streets of Singapore were successfully removed and re-housed at purpose-built hawker centres since the 1980s. Yet of late, street...
View ArticleThe Traditional Parrot Astrologer
Among the traditional street vendors in Singapore, the fortune teller is perhaps the most mystical of all. And even within the fortune telling trade, there...
View ArticleThe Traditional Mama Shop
A mama shop is typically a basic provision shop that sells an assortment of sundry items, canned products, candies and newspapers. Mama shops are originally...
View ArticleSway of the Snake Charmer
One of the last and possibly most perilous of traditional trades in Singapore is the snake charmer. A handful of snake charmers remain, with only one...
View ArticleA Cobbler on High Street
Seated under a faded umbrella on a corner where the foot of Fort Canning Hill meets High Street, is a traditional tradesman with lots of...
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