Workers’ Party MP Leon Perera is in the US this week and stopped by the newly-opened Urban Hawker in New York, the passion project of food guru KF Seetoh to bring Singapore’s famed hawker fare to America.
Mr Perera shared photos of two of the hawkers at the eatery: Mr Lukman, a resident of Kaki Bukit in Aljunied GRC who runs a Malay food stall Padi D’NYC and Mr Alan Choong, who runs Prawnaholic Collections.Incidentally, Padi’s lontong has been featured inforgave” himself “for pigging out” and had Padi D’NYC’s mee rebus and a plate of wok-friend Hokkien prawn noodles from Prawnaholic.
Mr Perera, like many others, also noted that “the place seems to be doing brisk business. When I was there, there were many people of all nationalities queueing up in classic Singapore fashion, a testament to the quality of the food.”