Wow kow! Have been tagged by Kwai Yoke of Little Foot Steps on the five kinds of food that I absolutely loved during my childhood, but no longer eat or are able to find them. At first I thought I wouldn’t be able to come up with five, but after digging into my memory, I can actually remember a number of scrumptious food I ate before.

1. Deep fried oyster fritter
Gosh, this is by far the best food I’ve eaten in my life. It’s made by my mum. I remembered following her to some unknown wet market to buy the oysters. She’ll then mix the oysters with some batter and vegetables and then deep fried them. You probably can find some oyster fritters out there but nothing can be compared with what my mum made. IT. IS. UNMATCHABLE. I wish I can eat it again but it’s hard to find fresh oysters in Singapore.

2. Steam flower crab
This is another dish my mum used to cook for me because I love craps crabs. Since she couldn’t always find fresh crabs, she would buy flower crabs and steam them. Although not as meaty, it is as sweet and delightful. I haven’t had these for ages now as these days I only eat Sri Lankan crabs.

3. Soupy Mee Tai Mak
I used to eat this at my primary school canteen. Those days, it only cost me about 30 cents to buy a bowl of steaming hot mee tai mak served with some fish cake. Comfort food that I don’t eat anymore.

4. White steam rice cake or Bok Tong Go
Oh, I love the very simple steam rice cake which has some Chinese characters on top. It’s usually bought during festivities for praying purposes. It is made of femented rice flour and is a sticky, chewy treat with a very light and slightly sweet and sour taste. I could finish up the entire cake by myself.

5. Char Kway
I had this primary school mate whose father would go round our neighbourhood peddling his char kway on foot. It is actually fried carrot cake. I cannot for my life remember what he used to cook, but he definitely served piping hot carrot cake on banana leaf for less than 50 cents. It was uber delicious and till today, I haven’t been able to taste anything like it.

Those who were tagged before me: Blur-blur, Ashley’s Mummy, Fannie & Kwai Yoke
I tag the following ladies for their food memories: Michiko, Mama Bok & Mel.

Have fun!