Claypot Rice

Right beside the temple with Giant Buddha is a coffee shop that specialises in Claypot Rice. It's been a while since we had claypot rice. We used to make our own when we were living in Canada. When we moved back to Singapore, we gave our claypot to my mother who is still living there. I just called her to check. The pot had broke and she has thrown it away. Earthen pots are ready low cost. The pot we passed to her cost like 7 bucks. Anyway, back to the rice. The wait was long but worth it. The rice is very tasty. We ordered sambal kangkong, steamed minced meat with salt fish, Hakka fried pork belly and onion omelette. The meal cost $49.80. Good value for good food.

This meal also bring back memories of the past like living in Canada and when we first were married. We used to eat clay pot rice for dinner in a hawker centre near our home in Commonwealth Close. That was in 1988. Today the hawker center has been rebuilt and is a lot brighter. I do not know if claypot rice is there anymore. Singapore keep progressing and landscape keep changing. The place I grew up has been renewed and change. As one writer in Straits Times lament, we cannot go back to where we grew up and find the trees we climbed or the places we hung our clothes. We no longer have the anchor as the old places continued to be torn down for newer building. We can no longer travel back to our ancestral homes to refresh our memories of childhood times. Yes, it can be difficult. Emotional bond has been weaken by the physical changes.