August is a season when there are many festivals nationwide, but there are many events in Chuo-ku, including Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine Reitaisai festival, Tokyo Bay Fireworks Festival, and Tomioka Hachimanji Miya carrying of miniature shrines. I would like to see a blog post from my correspondent, and last Sunday, August 9th was National Day in Singapore. This year was 
a memorable year of 50 years of independence from the Federal Republic of Malay, and it seems to be a fairly grand festival. In recent years, when the midsummer climate continues in Chuo-ku, I visited a Singapore restaurant in Hatchobori today to enjoy the ever-summer Singapore mood.
The name of the shop is "Kopi Tiam", which is often heard in Singapore. It means a "coffee shop" with Tiam (store; Fujian) attached to the Malay word Kopi (coffee), and it is an image of a coffee shop or snack shop that offers snacks in addition to drinks such as coffee.
When you open the automatic door of the shop along Suzuran Street and enter, there is a space where about 20 people can sit under the fluorescent light. 。 。 It's already full of Southeast Asian mood. There are black and white photographs of old Singapore on the wall, which further enhances the atmosphere.
We arrive at a white table that we don't care about, and first we will have a classic "Tiger Beer
". I'd like to drink on the jokki and on the rocks like the Hawker Center (outdoor food court) in Singapore, but today I'm polite to have a glass straight.
The restaurant recommends the typical Singapore cuisine "Hainan Chicken Rice", "Nashigoren (Indonesia-style stir-fried rice)," meat bone tea (bakute), "South India-style curry" and the Hawker Center in Singapore. That should be the case, and his husband, Mrs. and Mrs. A, lived in Singapore 30 years ago, so they seem to know the local taste. Even after returning to Japan, the shop was opened in Tokyo as a place where you can enjoy authentic Singapore cuisine, and the taste of Singaporeans living in Tokyo also goes to the shop with origami.
I decided to have "meat bone tea" tonight. If you're not familiar with Singaporean cuisine, hear it's meat bone tea. ？ ？ I think so please give me a mini commentary here. 。 。
It contains the word "tea", but as you can see, it is a medicinal soup that contains pork with bone, not tea. It seems to originate from the cuisine of Fujian, the hometown of bitterness (Kouri; migrant workers from China) during the colonial period of British territory. There is only a dish developed as a meal for port workers on the Malay Peninsula, which has a severe climate, and plenty of meat contains garlic, cinnamon, pepper, pacchi and other spices, and it is full of nutrients and energy. I'm going to survive this heat. Next time, by all means, I would like to try "South India-style curry" recommended on the way home. My husband says it's quite painful, but I'm looking forward to it now.
【Singapore Kopi TIam】
〒104-0032 2-18-5, Hacchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
TEL： 03-6280-3442
Business hours 1800-2200 (Lunch is also open and closed on weekends and holidays)
