Violet Oon Singapore, by highly acclaimed culinary creator and chef Violet Oon, offers a gourmet selection of nonya kaya (a traditional jam made from coconut and eggs), pineapple tarts and cookies with flavours like gula Melaka (palm sugar), cashew nut and ginger. Made using the best and freshest ingredients, the selection captures the essence of the region’s vibrant selection of flavours. These delectable pieces, packed in portable and attractive packaging, make great souvenirs to take home and share.

Where to buy: ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn #03-28/29; Jewel Changi Airport, 78 Airport Boulevard #01-205/206 Tel: +65 9834 9935 / +65 9067 0410 (Trade Contact: Beth Ng)
Website: www.violetoon.com
Email: eat@violetoon.com / beth@mercurymc.com (Trade Contact: Beth Ng)
Opening Hours: Mon–Sun 10am–10pm; Breakfast 10am–11am; All-day Dining 11am–10pm (Last order 9.30pm); High Tea 3pm–5.30pm

Chocolate Bon Bons from Janice Wong Singapore come in a wide variety of decadent flavours. The brand’s Signature Singapore Series features local flavours like Chilli Padi and Gula Melaka Pandan. Each chocolatey creation is hand-painted and splattered with colourful hues, leaving an artistic touch on the outside to complement the flavourful chocolate filling on the inside.

Where to buy: 21A Lorong Liput, Holland Village and other outlets islandwide
Tel: +65 6291 9727 / +65 6280 2325 (Trade Contact: Natasha Shariff)
Website: www.janicewong.com.sg
Email: info@janicewong.com.sg / natasha@2amlab.org (Trade Contact: Natasha Shariff)
Opening Hours: Tue–Fri 3pm–2am (Last order at 1.30am); Sat & Sun 2pm–2am (Last order at 1.30am)

Touted as the original #DangerouslyAddictive snack from Singapore, IRVINS Salted Egg are handcrafted with love by dedicated production teams who spend hours frying and coating the chips and fish skin with their golden salted egg sauce. The halal-certified salted egg-coated chips and fried fish skins were founded by the former restaurant owner, Irvin Gunawan, after seeing the popularity of his bottled salted egg chips among restaurant patrons.

The outlets have seen snaking lines even before they open. Visitors can stock up on IRVINS’ salted egg potato chips, fish skins and cassava chips at the orchardgateway and Plaza Singapura cartels or the newly opened flagship Jewel cartel. For delivery or reservation of these snacks, visitors may place orders via IRVINS’ website

Photo Credits: Irvinsaltedegg.com

Where to buy: orchardgateway, 277 Orchard Road L1-K3; Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Road #B2-56 and other outlets islandwide
Tel: +65 6264 3073 / +65 6264 3076
Website: www.irvinsaltedegg.com
Email: sg@irvinsaltedegg.com
Opening Hours: Mon–Sun 10am–8.30pm

Founded by food consultant Shermay Lee, Shermay’s Singapore Fine Food has its own range of sauces and dry spice mix. The brand has the most authentic Peranakan (Straits-born people of Chinese and Malay/Indonesian heritage) chilli sauce, Cilicuka Original, made with late Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s mother’s recipe that is at least half a decade old. Another signature item is their Nonya Curry Powder that has won a Great Taste award from the United Kingdom.

Where to buy: TANGS at Tang Plaza, 310 Orchard Road and other outlets islandwide
Tel: +65 6479 8442 (Trade Contact: Shermay Lee)
Website: www.shermay.com
Email: info@shermay.com (Trade Contact: Shermay Lee)
Opening Hours: Mon–Sat 10.30am–9.30pm; Sun 11am–8.30pm

In 1933, Mr Teo Swee Ee began selling barbecued pork slices from a humble cart in Chinatown. Little did he know that his homemade snack would grow into a brand that is well-loved by locals, Bee Cheng Hiang. Its bak kwa (barbequed meat slices) is a hit especially during Chinese Lunar New Year. Its versatile packaging, which includes bite-sized and individually packaged products, makes it a good souvenir. At its flagship concept store, the Bee Cheng Hiang Grillery, visitors can decorate and customise their Bee Cheng Hiang packaging with stamps of various Singapore motifs and have a go at grilling their own bak kwa.

A well known Bak Kwa (asian jerky) stall that has been operating since 1938 in Chinatown

Where to buy: Bee Cheng Hiang Grillery, 1359 Serangoon Road; Paragon, 290 Orchard Road #B1-10A and other outlets islandwide
Tel: +65 6500 0880 / +65 6291 5753 (For reservation at Grillery)
Website: www.beechenghiang.com.sg
Email: bch@bch.com.sg
Opening Hours: Mon–Sun 9.30am–10.30pm (Grillery)