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May 15, 2009 By cheryl

Dinner (And a Show)


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Anyone tailing me over the past few days might come to this conclusion: That Cheryl, she’s just a big whore.

It’s these red-light districts. I just can’t stay away from them.

Not that I’m dissing the world’s oldest profession, but it’s actually other afternoon delights that have been the draw for me in these neighborhoods.

In yesterday’s case, it was Kok Sen Coffee Shop‘s crispy harjeong gai, a Singaporean dish of chicken marinated in prawn paste and then deep fried. (A particularly apropos lure considering “gai,” or chicken, is local slang for “prostitute.” As is “fishball girl” in some corners, for that matter. I’m not even going to speculate why.)

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Filed Under: Food Porn, Restaurants, Singapore, Tales From the Road Tagged With: Ampang Yong Tau Foo, Harjeong Gai, Keong Saik Road, Kok Sen Coffee Shop, Red-light district, Singapore

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