"Singapore hospitality is all about recommending their favorite places to eat" - hahahaha so true! we love our food and one of our greatest expression of love and friendship is to share that love with you :)

We are so glad you are enjoying your time in Singapore! 🥰 Please come back again!

the sweetness from the fried carrot cake is from diced preserved radish! its commonly called cai pu / chai poh / chye poh, 菜脯 ☺️

Cake is the colloquial translation for Chinese, Malay, Indian "confections" (including Steamed puddings, that can be based on Rice flour, Wheat flour, Eggs, Ube, Yam, etc) - vs. Cake being a specific type of baked good. So the cake in carrot cake is a steamed rice flour based "cake" that has Daikon (White carrot literally in Mandrin)', akin to how pumpkin is in pumpkin pie filling. It imparts some taste, texture and acts like a structural mesh for the gel.

Yes the Merlion was on a short hiatus. Glad y’all enjoyed our food! Pretty spot on in terms of the food itinerary. Enjoy!

I'm from Argentina. I know NOTHING about Singapore (other than my personal interest in Lee Kuan Yew) but thanks to this video I have now added "eat everything and everywhere in Singapore" to my bucket list. It's extremely far away, but I'm sure I'll make it someday.

I always love all your travel videos! Doesn't matter where you go, just so you go and report to us. I had never heard of any of these dishes before. What fun!

The crazy irony is that I found Sorted Food whilst searching for chicken rice recipes and thought to myself what on earth gave these Englishmen the guts to put out such a video. Fast forward 6 years and I haven't missed a single video since. Kudos boys ❤🎉

I was eating carrot cake (the black version) while watching the video HAHAHA and as a Singaporean it was definitely cool to see my country featured!! Hope y'all enjoyed your stay here 😊😊

AAAAAAHHHH NEVER CLICKED ON THIS SO QUICKLY!! Thanks for coming to SG and trying out food!. Hope you've enjoyed and feel free to come again~~

Hainanese chicken is poached and then shocked in an ice bath to achieve that texture. The confusion about boiling/steaming mostly stems from people not being native speakers back in the day and having to speak 3-4 languages. Similarly, Chinese "roast" poultry is typically deep fried instead. Carrot cake comes from the Chinese name for daikon radishes which literally translates to "white carrot", like how the common term for tomatoes translates literally to "foreign aubergine" or how one term used for potatoes translates to "ground bean".

The “carrot cake” doesn’t use carrots but daikon instead! The confusion comes from the Chinese name for carrot, which literally means “foreign daikon” since carrot is not native to China but daikon is. Therefore, sometimes carrot and daikon (and other turnips in general) are all referred to by the same name

My brain hurts from reading auto captions all weekend in the live weekend trying to keep up with what’s happening, so human captions are very appreciated. Once again, thank you to the person who writes them for all videos, very appreciated ❤

My spouse is originally from Singapore, and I visited her there over 20 years ago, before she moved to the US so we could get married. I was vegetarian at the time and I ate _so much_ delicious food from hawker centers grocery stores. I remember getting supermarket sushi that was unbelievably good for such, and had vegetarian varieties that I've never seen on this side of the Pacific (I'm American).

they brought the closh! thats just perfect!

I only recently, in the last few weeks, discovered your channel. It is lovely to see how you encourage a whole community to try new things, enjoy cooking, and have fun doing it. My skills in the kitchen, which were not great, have improved by so much since I started watching. Thank you to the whole team for all that you do.

So very chuffed that the lads from Sorted are in my homeland trying our food! Enjoy the many flavours, cuisines and cultures that you will encounter, gentlemen! Buon appetito! 👍🏼😄

Singaporean hawker food stalls is some of the best food you will ever have in your life. When I was there back in the 90's, it was what introduced me to so many amazing foods from different cultures around Asia. Foods I still seek out and enjoy today.

My partner and I decided to pop by Uncle Louis's at Maxwell right after watching this video. Let me tell you, when Ben said that he could eat a whole plate of that rice, he wasn't kidding. It was just that good! 😂 Thanks for the recommendation SortedFood! Even as locals, we do miss some of these hidden foodie gems, so I'm glad that you guys brought them into the spotlight :)

In the Cantonese language, carrots are called "red radish". Again in Cantonese, "radish" refers to the large root vegetable also known as Daikon in Japanese. I think for this reasoning that carrots and daikon are named similarly in Cantonese is why what is actually daikon/radish cake is known as "carrot cake".

So glad you came and loved our food!! As a Singaporean currently studying overseas, your video made me miss chicken rice soooo much more 🥲 Please come back again! Old Airport Road has so many hidden gems that you NEED to try!

Re chicken rice: the roast chicken is comparatively easy to get right; the steamed chicken is easy to screw up. Therefore, here's a rule of thumb that hasn't failed me yet: if you go to a place with less than 3.5 stars on Google, order the roast chicken; if it has 4 or more stars, order the steamed. Edit: Also Uncle Louis has been flying under the radar for awhile - ashamed to admit I hadn't heard of his chain - but he must be very confident to open in a place like Maxwell where the heavyweights operate. For those who aren't aware, before the pandemic there were two "big name" chicken rice stalls there, Tian Tian and Ah Tai, along with a bunch of imitators. The question of which is better is something of a religious debate, but now it seems there's a third option. Edit (again): whilst on the subject of pork ribs, for contrast, another popular local dish is coffee pork ribs. It can be interesting to order them side-by-side with the salted egg ones and compare the taste.

The fried carrot cake looks very similar in texture to the turnip cake you often see in dim sum restaurants, made with daikon radish.

Sitting in London watching you guys enjoy my home food makes me miss Singapore so much! Hope you guys have a great time there!

Been following your channel for years. Very happy to see you guys here trying our local foods. Hoped you’ve enjoyed yourselves and Welcome to Singapore and do come back again ❤❤

Chicken rice is indeed one of our best hawker dishes, but hope you all also had the braised duck rices with yam rice! Frankly, sg hawker food is so amazing that you could make so many episodes on it

I know you guys have been doing this for many years but I’m always so impressed by the way that you all describe the things you eat and do a really good job of bringing whoever is watching the video along for the ride.

As someone who lived in Singapore for quite some time and don't anymore....(in UK now😅) I always say the one thing I miss about Singapore is the food... particularly the hawker centre ones! Lived in a place where I had a Chinese shop below my apartment. Char kway teow was a atleast-once-a-week dish for me!!

Love your videos. Nice to see you coming to Singapore. Welcome!

Love that you went to Singapore. It’s definitely on the foodie travel wishlist.

Have enjoyed Sorted videos since my university days in London. So exciting to watch your take on our Singaporean food!

After living in Sing for a few years I went back and learned to make the HCR. even the chili and garlic sauce. my favorite way is to dip the chick in the chili sauce and spoon it with rice. then dip it all in the soup and eat.....I made it for my family for thanksgiving with Malaysian cinnamon chicken wings...best thanksgiving ever. I miss singlish and Singaporeans.

I looove the variety of videos you're posting ! Fun group challenges, review videos, and these awesome travel vlogs showing off amazing food !

This video was awesome. Thanks! Also, thanks for the whole weekend of snowed in. It was so fun.

So excited for this video while waiting for the Livestream! The food looks so good in this video 😍

Ive been waiting for this video! Missing Singapore!

Happy you got to try Singaporean food! We're spoilt for choice here! You guys picked some of my favourite dishes, although I'm team black carrot cake 😂 Looking forward to seeing the other videos, hopefully you tried some great Malay and Indian food too~

That was quite a fun video. Thank you. I enjoy traveling along with you gents.

Love your channel and videos! Was surprised you guys were in town! 😀 🇸🇬welcomes you back again!

Glad to see the team enjoyed their limited time on our little red dot!! Can’t wait to see what else they tried in the next video 😬

This advent calendar has made the holidays so much better guy! You're the Best 😊😊😊❤❤❤

So happy you guys finally came to Singapore! Please come back again!!

Lovin these outdoor stuff guys!!! Awesome vid as always!!!

Excellent video, great selection of dishes to showcase!

I've been looking forward to this since you posted pictures from sg! Hawker centres are uniquely amazing

From Burger battle to Street food. Today is a good day to watch Sorted. :)

Amazing love this keep up the good work

Love that you guys went to the malls to have food, it’s not just our hawkers that have the best things! I also totally agree with the hollandaise parallel, that’s such a food one.

The places you visited are so legit. These are the spots locals would frequent! Looking forward to the next episode.

It all looks lovely! I discovered your channel earlier this year, and am alternating between watching your current videos and your older ones, slowly going back in time. I'm currently comparing December 2023 with January 2022, and it won't be long before you're gaining (or losing) a decade in age from one video to the next 🙂

Everytime I watch your videos it gives me vibes of a segment on a kids channel back In the days in Australia.

Love the travel videos and I just happen to be planning a trip to Singapore in February, so this is gold :) Would you mind sharing that list of hundreds of recommendations you got?

I just had to watch this even though it's the middle of the night here in Singapore! I'm so happy that you got to try the salted egg pork rib at my favourite stall!

Yessss I love that you guys tried the fried carrot cake, that's such a slept on local food that not many people end up trying when they come visit!

i have been a fan for years and cannot imagine u guys have not been to SG! this episode is everything. cant wait to see more and glad you went to a better chicken rice stall. The one who recommended the far east stall needs to be torched! in fact, the next door stall (of that far east chicken rice) fish slice noodle is more yummy than the chicken rice. If is still there.

So stoked and feeling so surreal to have you guys in my lil home city. The whole hawker culture (including the technique and slogans used for placing efficient food orders) is definitely a local highlight. Big fan of your channel and Ben's cute allotment videos.-emily

Omg I can't believe you guys were in Singapore! I've watched you guys from years back. Love you guys so much

I'm so sore that y'all came to Singapore, while I was on holiday!! But I'm so glad y'all came to my home land for some great grub!!

I'm from Singapore and i love you guys so much, been watching yall since 2017. Wish I could have see yall 😢 Keep Rocking!!

I love this type of video, right up there with the old fridge cam and pass it ons and the very old orignals normal battles . More relaxed and easy going style. Would love to see more of these.

All looked nice and made me hungry . Can't wait for next installment.

This channel is all over the place and I love to see it

Great vid. Have enjoyed Hainanese chicken rice in Singapore, as well as KL, Penang and Malaka. So many seem to be different but honestly, I could not pick a favourite, which is a part of the challenge

Been anticipating this video ever since i knew you guys were in sg

Singaporean food looks fantastic! i had never know about it if it wasn't for you guys! Definitely gonna try it on the future.

These Advent videos are really making my holiday✨🎄✨

Bib Gourmande is my fave. Love that it brings less of the Michelin pressure, but all of the amazing tastes. Some of my most enjoyable eating experiences were in restaurants who had a bib gourmande.

you guys are finally here!! hope you guys are enjoying Singapore thus far :)

I am so glad that you finally tried the carrot cake!!! I suggested it to you forever ago!!!! Some stalls you get an option of white or black sauce on it and the black sauce is sweeter! Hope you try it again :)

Hopefully, there is Sorted Advent calendar in the works. Thanks & Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

Omg!!! So happy you guys came to Singapore!! ❤

Thank you for the nice video about the best street food 👍

Oh also boys singapore is a culture hotspot and you only had mostly chinese dishes, please PLEASE come back and have some malay or indian food or even peranakan

I'm so glad you made it to my little island! Come back more often! (Next time when the Merlion is back lol)

Thank goodness I already had lunch before watching this video as everything looks amazing (and would make me hungry)

You are truly spoiling us guys x

Great video guys, i've been looking forward to it for a while. I can honestly say none of the hawkers you visited were tourist traps (apart from maybe Lau Pa Sat but most people are there for the satay) so you definitely sniffed out some local gems that i'm desperate to try next time I visit!

Love that you went there guys! You have given me so many foodie destinations! Singapore is one of them!😊😊😊😊

LOVED this!

I hope to see you try the famous chili crab, and to compare it with the black pepper crab! We also have a lot more hawker foods like laksa, Hokkien mee, satay, kaya toast, nasi lemak, bbq stingray, bak kut teh, bak chor mee, ice kachang, rojak, Chwee kway and popiah! But also, you can try curry puff and durian if you dare haha

❤❤❤ thanks for coming to Singapore !! Love to have a meet and greet 😍

Hi from Singapore! Enjoy your stay here guys :)

2:24 Impress at the pronunciation of wok hei from Ebbers! 👏👏👏👏👏

Please do a vid of u cooking the dishes u tried they looked DELISH!! 🤤 X

Was just at singapore last week. The spot where u ate the carrot cake was really close to the Michelin Starred Hawker Chan stall too. They have superd soyed chicken & charsiu

Oh wow! You guys came to Singapore!

Im just so glad you guys tried the stalls that were less commercialised as compared to the obvious choices.

that carrot cake reminds me of one of my favorite dishes that is usually served at a traditional chinese dim sum, pan fried radish cake. it's something my mom would sometimes cook, and the crispy but soft texture is so good.

Welcome to Singapore boys!!! May all your food dreams come true! Big Singaporean fan here

I love Singapore, love the food. Jann 🥰🇦🇺

You guys gotta do a food tour here in Portugal 🇵🇹 ! Great video as always

The dough is the radish (carrot)steamed cake. It’s steamed n chilled overnight for a better stir fry

Been waiting for this video to come out; glad to see there will be a part 2! Hopefully that 1) you'll have tried bak kut teh (spare rib soup), and 2) you'll be inspired to bring some of these flavours/cooking techniques back home with you :)

funny, your intro was our exact experience with the Merlion. In 2018(?), we walked around 10 or so minutes, and only when we were near enough did we realize that the bordered-up part was the thing we wanted to see. You should try the ice cream sandwiches they sell near that area, it's refreshing.

I was so happy when this video was announced on the livestream. When my girlfriend and I saw you guys went to Far East Plaza for the chicken rice, we were hoping you had also gone to New Station to try their salted egg yolk pork ribs!

I’m sure you had a 100 or more other people recommend it too, but was very happy to see you went to Hainanese Delicacy in Far East Plaza! A hidden gem indeed (hidden from foreigners that is haha).

Sorted is clearly spoiling us this festive season 😭

LOVE singspore cousine! THANKS guys!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

Thank you for coming to my country!! I hope you enjoyed everything we had to offer and we hope to see you guys back for more food adventures!!!

Ben calling the sauce Singaporean carbonara made me so curious to try it 😂