DAN’S ROCKSTAR TACO

Now that social distancing in Singapore has finally relaxed, people are now allowed to visit their friends for some get-together! Our Hello! Singapore tour guide Dan took this chance to have a taco night with his friends.

Tacos are popular around the world, with each country offering their own flair to the classic Mexican street food. Dan grew up in California but have been living abroad for over 14 years - 8 of which have been in Singapore. Tacos are Dan’s go-to comfort food when he is feeling homesick. He realized that he’s not the only one in Singapore who craves a good taco and taco nights in the flat are like Christmas dinner - where friends come together, munch on tacos, and drink margaritas until the wheels fall off. 

Hello! Singapore tour guide Dan having fun with his taco night buddies.

Dan is a bit of a Rockstar attitude toward cooking where he does according to what he likes and hopes other people like it too. This particular taco night he decided to make carnitas - but instead of pork, he used beef cheek. He was introduced to beef cheek in Andalusia, Spain, where they often use it in a stew called “Carrillada”. In his layman's understanding of the meat, beef cheek tastes like a flank steak, but is a bit more tender and has a less ‘stringy’ texture when slow-cooked.

In Singapore, there are many cultures that don’t eat pork or beef - so if you need to substitute a slow-cooked pork butt, his recommendation is trying a beef cheek (and vice versa).  

Mexican Taco ala Dan

MARINADE:

1 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
½ cup of soy sauce
¼ cup of olive oil
½ an onion
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 lime, juiced
1 tablespoon of fresh cilantro

The following can be any version of Taco Seasoning you prefer. Dan kept it simple with the 3 ingredients below, adjust the measurements until it smells right all together.

1 tablespoon of paprika
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of chili powder

OTHER INGREDIENTS:

800g Beef Cheek
20 tortillas (From La Mexicana)
1 Carolina Reaper pepper (From La Mexicana)
Few tablespoons of olive oil (I’ll explain later)

Dan note: The extras are up to you; I prefer shredded pepper jack mixed with cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream, shredded iceberg lettuce, and a dash of Cholula.

Method:

• Combine all the MARINADE ingredients and marinate the beef cheek for at least an hour (I recommend at least 12 hours to really get the flavours in the meat). 
  
  Dans’ Rockstar advise: Make a margarita for yourself, you deserve it after completing step one. 

• Put the beef cheek, with the marinade in a stew pot. Add water until the beef is fully submerged. Add a sliver (like, 5mm wide, max) of the Carolina Reaper to the pot for a little kick. 

• Simmer on very low heat for 4 to 6 hours. While this simmers, you can have another margarita. You may also prepare the extras that you like to have with your tacos.

• Once the meat is finished and your guests are ready, put the meat in a bowl with some tongs. Set the table with your extras and everything except the tortillas.

• Corn tortillas should be warmed up just prior to serving. I use a cast-iron skillet that can fit 3 corn tortillas in at once. I coat the skillet with olive oil (no idea how many tablespoons that is and your skillet will be different anyway) and let the tortillas warm-up around 30 seconds each side and bring them out 3 at a time, nice and warm.

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As tourism work was greatly affected worldwide because of the Pandemic, Gene, one of Hello Singapore tourist guide, found a side gig that allowed him to be active and moving around. Just like among other tour guides who can't keep still and needs to keep moving, Gene wanted to make the most of his free time.

So what has he been doing? For two to three days a week, at 6 am in the morning, Gene cycles to an industrial area near his home. The massive 4 storey building has many different small to medium scale food processing and food packing companies, making produce like rice noodles, different tofu products, or slicing fresh chicken for packing. However, on the rooftop, it's a different industry altogether. 

Gene has found work as a farmhand at a large, rooftop, hydroponics greenhouse, in a land-scarce Singapore! He is learning the whole process on the farm which includes seeding, harvesting, packing, and maintenance. It has been fun and also quite hard work, but for Gene, nothing beats harvesting rows and rows of produce, especially harvesting Genovese Basil also known as Sweet Basil!

Hello! Singapore tourist guide Gene inside the green house.

He says, the heavy aroma of basil is pleasantly intoxicating and makes for a therapeutic work experience every time. Along with the small group of workers, it's a nice little community for bonding. Other produce grown includes lettuce, chye sim, some mint, and rosemary. Sometimes if there are leftovers from the harvest like basil, Gene takes it home.

Making use of the freshly picked basil from the farm, Gene has learned to make delicious fresh pesto!  Experimenting with different pesto recipes, and also trying a few pasta dishes to go with the fresh pesto, He recently made a basil walnut pesto (pine nuts are just too expensive), which he then attempted to make spaghetti pesto with broccoli, brown mushrooms, prawns(shrimp) for his parents and sister. It was quite a small victory because they really loved it! Yum!

Spaghetti Pesto ala Gene

Pesto Ingredients:
6 ~8 cloves garlic
1/2 cup walnuts (use pine nuts if you want)
4 cup packed fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cup olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Pasta ingredients:
350g Spaghetti
1 small head broccoli chopped to bite size pieces
3/4 cup sliced brown mushrooms
30 deshelled frozen prawns (small)
2 cloves sliced garlic
Olive oil for frying
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup pasta water (saved from cooking pasta)

Method:

• Combine all Pesto ingredients in a blender or food processor and use the pulse blending function, so that pesto is slightly grainy looking and not blended too fine.

• Sufficiently thaw frozen prawns and pat dry. Then when ready, start first with boiling, salted (1 tablespoon salt) water. When boiling, add spaghetti to cook for 7 mins.

• At the 5 mins mark, add the broken up broccoli in the same pot as pasta and cook for another 2 mins together.

• Save 3/4 cup pasta water and put aside, then drain off all remaining boiling water.

• Run pasta and broccoli in tap water till cooled down or dunk in a pot of room temperature water to cool pasta and broccoli. Then set aside.

• Heat pan on med-high heat add some olive oil and fry sliced garlic for 2 min. Then add prawns to fry for 2 to 3 mins. Remove prawns, set aside.

• In the same pan with oil and garlic, stir fry mushrooms for 3 minutes, then add the pasta and broccoli and fry for another 3 mins. Add the fried prawns in the mix for 2 mins, then turn off the heat completely. Add some of the saved pasta water in the mix and stir in 10~12 tablespoons (or to your preference) of the fresh pesto you made. Continue to stir and mix. Add more pasta water if required and salt and pepper to taste.

• When sufficiently mixed, plate up to serve.(Serves 4)

Gene’s friendly note:

• Salt and pepper are added at the end to taste.

• Use more garlic if preferred.

• Lightly toast walnuts for a little more flavour, but cool them down before adding for blending. Hazelnuts, almonds, or pecans can be used too.

• Pasta water adds some starchiness and volume to the final pasta dish.

• Frozen deshelled prawns are used for convenience. Make sure sufficiently pat dry with a paper towel before frying for nice searing.

• Use whatever mushrooms, or a mixture to as you please.

• Use whatever pasta that you like.
  
  Enjoy your delicious fresh spaghetti pesto with broccoli, mushrooms, and prawns!

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It has been three months since Hello! Singapore tour guide Richard started as a Safe Distancing Ambassador with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), where he was assigned to precincts including Chinatown, Little India, and Orchard Road.

During his off days, he continues with some household chores like visiting the market for fresh ingredients, and also trying out some recipes for various dishes including prawn noodle soup, crab meat omelet, Yang Chow fried rice, prawn laksa, tomato garlic crayfish, lobster rolls, and many more!

His family members get to be his food tasters for his experiments and they always give their honest opinions!

Here is one of the recipes that I’d like to share:

Kanton Lobster Roll

Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 Brioche long buns (split at the top)
4 teaspoons mayonnaise
1 kg frozen raw lobster tails
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice I tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon celery salt

Preparation

1.       Steam the lobster tails for about 8 minutes, remove the shell, chop into chunky pieces, and chill.

2.       Spread 2 tablespoons of softened butter onto the outer sides of the buns.

3.       Heat a cast-iron pan for 2 minutes, then toast the buns in the pan until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes
per side. Remove the buns from the pan and set aside.

4.       Mix the mayonnaise with the lobster meat. Arrange a quarter of the lobster meat inside each bun.

5.       Melt the remaining butter and stir in the lemon juice. Drizzle the mixture evenly over the lobster in
each sandwich.

6.       In a small bowl, mix together the oregano, thyme, celery salt, and pepper, then sprinkle over each
lobster roll. Garnish with parsley on top.

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Richard hopes this pandemic situation will improve so everyone can once again travel have fun on our Hello! Singapore tours. In the meantime, do try out the above recipe and experience the joy of cooking at home!

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A DAY WITH SU LING

Ever heard of the Korean fever? No, it’s not a real disease but is definitely contagious. Thanks to NETFLIX, Korean movies are becoming a big hit that even our Hello! Singapore Tour guide Su Ling has developed a liking for Korean dramas. She found solace in watching during her free time. She loves the creativity, originality of the story line and she found they are on par with Hollywood drama/movies, if not better!

Su Ling Loves to learn new things, she is currently into some metaphysics study where you can learn about the personality, strength, weakness and lucky period of a person. They are not fortune telling, but about the original energy imprint of a person that gives rise to the personality, strength, weakness, blind spot of a person. A very interesting book indeed!

Hello! Singapore Tour Guide Su Ling enjoying her Metaphysics book.

Her highly recommended Korean movies are:

WALK IN THE PARK WITH GEE SOO

A few months ago, we have given you a sneak peek on how our Hello! Singapore tour guide Gee Soo spends his free time as a Social Distancing Ambassador. Now that we are in the last quarter of the year and social distancing is starting to relax in Singapore, we had a quick catch up with Gee Soo. He shared with us his latest favorite things to do in Singapore.

Gee Soo loves the outdoors and nature parks, he made sure that he spends his day out with his bicycle which he named, KEKO (does it sounds familiar?). His favorites are Dairy Farm Nature Park, Botanic Gardens & Jurong Lake Gardens.

Channeling his artistic side, Gee Soo also loves to paint! This guy has so much talent!

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Monique is one of our recent additions to the Hello! Singapore Tours team, joining in the last quarter of 2019. She oversees the administration and bookings of our Singapore business, so you might have encountered her name in one of your email exchanges with us.

Having worked in a private Aviation company, her administration skills are impeccable. She is also a fun person to be with that will always make you laugh. Since travel has come to a standstill what keeps her busy? Below is a short interview with her.

Monique spending quality time with her family on Mothers day, especially with her son Benjie

Pre-pandemic time, the admin team was busy answering inquiries, managing booking, coordinating with the customers and our tour guides. Now that this pandemic has put travel to a stop and we have more time on our hands, what keeps you busy? 

Monday to Friday I am kept busy by my 7-year old's home school from 8:30 to 15:00; it has been an interesting experience, I have never wished to voluntarily home school but given the opportunity through our circumstances, I have been pleasantly surprised by how much I have enjoyed homeschooling; it was no doubt difficult in the beginning and it was not welcomed at first but I gradually enjoyed seeing how and what my son is learning. 

I have had plenty of time to bake - as I am sure most have - and try out a lot of new recipes, I now know for certain I have not missed my calling, but thankfully improved.

We have been blessed with lots of family time, cleaning, reading, hiking, exercising, and of course, TV!

Even though you manage our Singapore business you are actually based in Hong Kong. Now that Hong Kong is observing social distancing measures, what is the place that you miss visiting the most and why?

I have missed the simple pleasures of taking my son to the park, riding our bicycles to school, and going to church; but in return, we have learned to enjoy other activities, explore different places and learn new skills.  We have hiked a lot more this year than any other year; seeing areas and walking routes never walked before; we have been hiking, scooting, rollerblading, and mastering the skipping rope as a family.  Prior to COVID not one of us made use of a skipping rope, now it is almost a daily activity.

We know that you also suffer from wanderlust. When this Pandemic is finally over, are you planning to go overseas? If so, Where?

Moving to Hong Kong 3 years ago has definitely awakened an interest in areas I never thought of visiting; what a loss this would have been!

First on my list is Singapore, I want to meet (in person) all the guides guiding for Hello! Singapore Tours and I want to experience this beautiful country with my family. Second, on my list is Bali.

What is your realization in the midst of this Pandemic? 

Nothing in life is certain.  

After months of resting, fine-tuning our tours and media platforms we are itching to get back to the work we enjoy, and the country we love to explore with guests from all over the world!  See you soon!

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We are happy to welcome a recent addition to the Hello! Singapore Tours Team, Richard Kan. Richard is a graduate of Electrical Engineering with a diploma in Marketing. He has worked 30 years in the corporate world in various industries but has found passion in tour guiding thus leaving the corporate world and became a Hello! Singapore tour guide. Richard loves telling stories that he sees fit to his guests’ interests thus making his tour very personalized.

A wanderlust like everyone else, he also loves walking around ‘like a local’ every time he is overseas to discover the best local places to eat. He is passionate about Singapore and always on the go to discover different places to eat or places to visit where he can bring his guests making his tours more fun and memorable.

Now that, Singapore is still observing its Circuit Breaker measure to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, we had a chance to catch up with Richard and he shared with us his everyday COVID-19 story.

Singapore Tour guide Richard enjoying his household chores

On a normal day, you are usually out on the streets showing our guests the beauty of Singapore. Given the travel restrictions imposed by several countries how are you spending your time now? What keeps you busy?

When the Circuit Breaker in Singapore started, I spent the first two weeks being a couch potato catching up on all the TV dramas and movies that I had planned to watch but never had the time to do so before.

Then for the next four weeks, I started on a project converting my church’s 25 years of audio cassette tapes to digital Mp3 and setting up their Audio Library server. It was a laborious task (10 hours each day) but it was fulfilling and I felt a great achievement once it was completed.

I also kept myself busy doing some domestic chores and found that I really enjoy the simple task of walking to the local wet markets and food centres to buy food for the family – It also helps me clock my daily 10,000 steps!

We know that you also suffer from wanderlust. When this Pandemic is finally over, and you can go anywhere overseas where will your wanderlust take you and why?

My planned trips this year to Moscow, Melbourne, and Seattle have been canceled by the airline. So I hope to proceed with all these trips in 2021, especially Moscow as that is on our (my wife and me) bucket list.

After the world comes out of this dark time and everyone can travel to Singapore again what is the thing or place you are most excited about showing our guests and why?

The full Hello Singapore food tour experience of course! I can’t wait to show our guests the wonderful local culture of our little red dot island and all that “Food, glorious food!” that Singapore has to offer.

What is the one thing that you this very unfortunate event taught you and why?

I realize that it is good to take a step back sometimes, take things slow and reflect. But I also should not procrastinate on completing the things that I had planned to do.

Richard’s message to our Hello! Tours guests and friends:

As the saying goes, “Change is the only constant in life”. This pandemic is certainly a huge change in all our lives, and things will be very different as we move forward. Although we all need to make significant adjustments, we can still learn new discoveries, face new challenges, gain new experiences, and make new memories. So stay safe and take care, and I hope to meet and take you to a Hello Singapore food tour soon!

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Gene has been a full-time guide for 5 years and just recently joined the Hello! Singapore Tours team in 2019. Before he decided to become a professional tour guide, Gene worked as a technician in the Singapore Airforce and worked as a professional cabin crew for Singapore Airlines for almost 8 years. He loves to make use of his free time volunteering and doing outdoor activities. His enthusiasm and love for Singapore is very evident on his tour that will leave you loving the city as well!

Now that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world and Singapore is strictly observing social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the virus. How does Gene cope with the new normal? Below is a short interview with him as he shares his Covid-19 daily life.

Hello! Singapore Tour Guide Gene reading reading all about Singapore!

On a normal day, you are usually out on the streets showing our guests the beauty of Singapore. Given the travel restrictions imposed by several countries how are you spending your time now? What keeps you busy?

Wow! I have been incredibly busy besides catching up on sleep. These are some of the things that I have been doing:

Firstly, exercising. Stationary strength exercises as well as jogging. We are incredibly lucky here in Singapore to still be able to go out to do vigorous activity. The only conditions are; we have to do the activity alone, we have to keep a distance from others and we have to put on a face mask before and after the activity. My particular area and region up North, where I live, Canberra, Sembawang has the most wonderful green spaces and historic places.

I have been catching up on movies, shows, and TV series on Netflix! What will I do without Netflix? Particularly enjoyed immensely, The Crown, season 3. What a truly outstanding series! 

I do take care of my inner self and spiritual (not religious) needs too. I have been participating in a few meditation zoom meetings. In particular, I really loved the international group, that met for a meditation sitting. There were people from, Argentina, New Zealand, Hong Kong,  Canada, Thailand, among others. Before the 45 minutes of meditation, we talked a little about how we were all affected by Covid-19. That was really special and unique. 

I have been doing some tidying and cleaning of my home. Still, a long way to go honestly, as I keep getting distracted. One of the distractions is reminiscing about my youth and my travels with old photos. See my photo of me in Rome circa 2003! 

I do like to delve into the past and immerse myself with Singapore's rich history. So I am still reading about the fascinating lives of the early Armenians in Singapore! 

We know that you suffer from wanderlust yourself. When this Pandemic is finally over, and that you can go anywhere overseas where will your wanderlust take you and why?

If the world is my oyster, if I can go anywhere, I will want to go everywhere, but specifically, I would want to go to Spain, simply because I have never been. I have always wanted to. I want to eat, to discover its architecture and to relish its culture and heritage and there definitely has to be a visit to The Dalí Theatre and Museum in the town of Figueres, Catalonia, 

Spain. Dali is the most unusual, weird, intense but by far the most intriguing artist that had ever lived. At least, to me. 

After the world comes out of this dark time and that everyone can travel to Singapore again, what is the first thing or place you are most excited about showing our guests and why?

I would definitely bring my guests to and around Fort Canning Park. It never gets old. It is an ancient hill park that has such a rich and deep-rooted history. It has gorgeous flora and breathtaking sights too. It's an underrated national treasure. 

What is one thing that this very unfortunate event taught you or helped you realize?

That we are all connected. That we are all dependent on one another, not only on a local scale but really on a global scale. Also, that we have forgotten how to pause, to reflect, to just be, and to just be connected with ourselves. We have forgotten how to appreciate our beautiful earth, the wonderful people, our family, our friends, our colleagues, our lives, our very existence. 

Gene’s message to all

To all friends and future tourists to Singapore, may this severe separation and degradation, bring forth deeper faith in humanity, may it inspire ceaseless determination and may it encourage boundless charity to all life! My kindest thoughts. 

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Janice is one of our female Hello! Singapore tour guides. She has been working in the tourism industry for more than 15 years! A wanderlust like everyone, she has been traveling since she was 18 years old and yet, she still finds Singapore as the perfect destination for a holiday!

On her Hello! Singapore tours, she always shares stories about life growing up in Singapore and how the country has developed over the years. Now, Singapore is currently under a ‘circuit breaker’ where social distancing measures are strictly observed and that no social gathering is allowed, she shares with us her daily life under Covid-19 pandemic.

On a normal day, you are usually out on the streets showing our guests the beauty of Singapore. Given the travel restrictions imposed by several countries how are you spending your time now? What keeps you busy?

I’m a full-time private tutor at my tuition centre for teenagers 13-18, so I’m conducting classes online now.  

We know that you also suffer from wanderlust. When this Pandemic is finally over, and you can go anywhere overseas where will your wanderlust take you and why?

I have tickets to Bangkok that was booked for March. So Thailand first and everywhere else later! 

After the world comes out of this dark time and that everyone can travel to Singapore again, what is the first thing or place you are most excited about showing our guests and why?

I would love to continue the Hello! Singapore Food Tour! I missed all the local food on the tour, especially the laksa! 

What is one thing that this very unfortunate event taught you or helped you realize?

If we stand united, we can overcome this! Stay safe everyone! 

It’s true when they say that No Man Is An Island and this global pandemic is a testament that all of us matters. The Hello! Singapore Team, believes that we will all rise again and we will come back stronger.
Until we see you again!

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Gee Soo is everyones best friend here at Hello! Singapore Tours. His energy shines through on his tours.

Now that there are no tours in Singapore because of the global pandemic, Gee Soo has made sure that he continues to contribute to the City by working as a Safe Distancing Ambassador. A great way to lend a helping hand in this time of crisis!

Hello! Singpore Tour guide Gee Soo enjoying is free time by walking around Singapore Gardens

On a normal day, you are usually out on the streets showing our guests the beauty of Singapore. Given the travel restrictions imposed by several countries how are you spending your time now? What keeps you busy?

I have been working as a Safe Distancing Ambassador since Singapore implemented the "Circuit Breaker" measures to fight against Covid19.

Definitely proud as I could contribute to the nation during this challenging time. We guides are so used to social interactions so it's not doing something unfamiliar but this time to educate the public with a mask on and always maintain safe Distancing.  (Eerrr...they can't see my lovely smile!)

On my off days, I have been busy gardening, drawing, cycling, cooking, learning online, and talking with mum & dad on the phone.

We know that you also suffer from wanderlust. When this Pandemic is finally over, and you can go anywhere overseas where will your wanderlust take you and why?

Ladakh India! It is one of the most amazing places I had been. It is far away from civilization and yet spiritually rich. The people, the landscape, the air, the milky way, the glaciers, the mountains, the personal unexplained link with the land. It's a place one would feel humble and definitely feel the love of mother Earth.

After the world comes out of this dark time and everyone can travel to Singapore again what is the thing or place you are most excited about showing our guests and why?

Food Food Food. No doubt the movement restrictions have wakened up many chefs inside us but at the same time, I just realized how much I miss the friendly chat over Kaya toast + Kopi at a local coffee shop and the 1001 types of delicious yummy marvelous hawker food we have in Singapore.

What is one thing that this very unfortunate event taught you or helped you realize?

Life is so unpredictable, live life to the fullest at every current moment. I

Gee soo’s message to everyone:

I would like to send my love to all our friends who came from different corners of the global village. Please take care of yourself and stay United stay at home. There is always light at the end of the tunnel! Hey, if you come back, Kopi + Kaya toast on me!! 

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