Eat like Bourdain

Bourdain had: drinks.

Dinner date: Michael Ma, founder and CEO of the IndoChine Group.

545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles (黄埔虾面)

Tekka Food Centre Branch
665 Buffalo Road, #01-326
210665

Bourdain ate: The restaurant’s namesake, prawn noodles (虾面).

Dinner date: KF Seetoh, widely hailed as the preeminent expert on Singaporean street food, photojournalist, entrepreneur, founder of Makansutra, a company that promotes Asian food culture through media and events.

Bourdain had: Sour fish curry with pineapple, brazed duck with tamarind and coriander, okra sauteed with sambal, beer.

Dinner date: Damian D’Silva, chef and authority on Singaporean heritage food.

Bourdain ate: Lontong (rice cake, coconut gravy, vegetables, and a hard-boiled egg), mee Siam (Siamese noodle: fried rice noodles with chili paste, prawns, bean sprouts, and a spicy gravy; fried bean curd; and an egg).

Lunch date: Najip Ali, Singaporean comedian, entertainer, and producer.

Bourdain had: char kway tiao, beer.

Bourdain ate: fried oyster omelets, fried prawns with chili paste, bak chor mee (fish ball noodle soup), beef satay.

Dinner dates: Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh, author of Floating on a Malayan Breeze: Travels in Malaysia and Singapore; financial journalist Tania Angerer; and their friend Melanie Chan.

Bourdain had: drinks.

Drinks date: Donald Low, economist, writer on Singapore financial policies, and associate dean (Research and Executive Education) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.