Makansutra 21st Anniversary Party @ Gluttons Bay at The Esplanade Singapore

Thank you Makan Guru KF Seetoh for the privilege to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of Makansutra at Gluttons Bay with you, Patricia, your team and friends. I bought your food guides and went on your food tours in the 1990s, tasted many good food stalls you recommended, inspired by many astute insights you shared but never expected to be part of Makansutra's 21st birthday bash 😄



I look forward to and wish Makansutra many more deliciously good years, because I love food lah and cannot imagine a Singapore street food scene without the straight talking voice of hawker champion KF Seetoh 😄



I wish all twelve stalls at the newly renovated Gluttons Bay more success and more great food (for us all 😋 ). Huat Ah!



Woh woh woh, this looks yummaey.

The person rubbing his hands in glee is Guest of Honour S. Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information. He was checking out the twelve stalls including six new ones.



We were entertained by Douglas O who performed many classics like "Every breath you take" and lots more.



Many of us in the crowd are Douglas Olivero fans including Peter Yeoh, ardent foodie, Chowhound, Hungry Onion and Malaysian Food Whisperer. He flew in from Penang just to attend the celebrations 👏👏👏



Happy 21st Makansutra! Continue to champion our hawkers and street food tradition. We must never let our unique food heritage go out of style because it is about who we are as Singaporeans.



Formalities over, it's time to party, party, party! (Read eat! eat! eat!)

Now, let's go get our food 😋



If you are looking for Halal Hainanese chicken rice, get it at Danny's Matahari stall at Gluttons Bay. The poached chicken was tender and juicy with natural chicky sweetness 👍 Ho chiak! (Delicious.)



One of Gluttons Bay's six new kids on the block. The stall of Chef David Pynt of one Michelin Star Burnt Ends restaurant serves salted egg chicken chop, smoked suckling pig, smoked char siew pork ribs and pulled pork fried wantons.



Chef Bilal serves up freshly chargrilled succulent masala spiced chicken and lamb with toasty naan straight from his tandoor oven.



Singapore Roti John - grilled scrambled eggs, minced meat and chopped onion folded into a hinged baguette.



Ever popular Huat Huat chicken wings marinated with 10 spices and gently grilled over charcoal till golden brown outside. Every bite into the tender wings releases warm juices loaded with savoury marinate complemented with natural chicky sweetness.



Perennial favourite Syifa' satay - chicken, duck and lamb marinated with 12 spices chargrilled on order. The succulent skewered meats are served with a rich toasty nutty sweet spicy peanut sauce.



There's a lot more food stalls like the famous Hong Kong Street Old Chun Kee, Mee Goreng Satay Club, Xing Fu Yum Char (dim sum), BBKia Stingray (and more stalls are in the pipeline 😋 ).


This is how we party 🎉 🎉🎉



This big pau cannot eat but gives us the essential nourishment for balanced thinking minds. Multi talented Colin Goh was the man behind the pioneer Singapore satire site TalkingCock.com - he is now into children's books and theatre.



Columbia Law alumni Colin is now busy with the acclaimed Little Dim Sum Warriors 小小点心侠 bilingual children’s comic and app series featuring characters from the award winning Dim Sum Warriors graphic novel series which he co-authored with wife Dr. Yen Yen Woo.



Putting my best foot forward 😛 I tried to emulate this OOTD pose which I saw a lot on Instagram but I cannot..... I just cannot make it 😂




After the sumptuous celebratory dinner, we took a walk around the Esplanade. Buddy photography guru Wilson Wong gave me a few tips on night shooting with a handphone.


Video by Wilson Wong

Hearty Congratulations! Makansutra 21! Onward to greater heights for Makansutra and a brighter future for Singapore hawker food!