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...Pagar area. Blue Ginger is known for seafood, and the specialty of the house is shelled crayfish, deep-fried and topped with a cloyingly sweet, caramelized peppercorn sauce. Served with rice, it ought to be accompanied by Chinese water spinach, cooked in a chili-infused shrimp paste known as belachan. For dessert, go for the sago gula melaka, a mixture of boiled sago, warm coconut milk, palm sugar and shaved ice. The cost of an average dinner for two (without alcohol) is around $50, a modest tariff for food that is invariably sedap. That's Baba Malay for "delicious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Touring Singapore's Gastronomical Heritage | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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