The people’s foodie choice

SINGAPORE — Staff of popular F&B website HungryGoWhere made its rounds to popular food haunts such as Maxwell Food Centre, Lau Pa Sat, Club Street and Smith Street streets today (Jan 16) with the hope of rallying consumers to cast their votes in its inaugural Eat-lections. The awards will feature 26 awards across five categories — restaurants, hawkers, drinks, occasions and an overall best (an open category), and voters can get to decide

Three establishments have been shortlisted for every selection in each category. They include many Singapore favourite dishes, ranging from local classics such as chicken rice and roti prata to traditional French, Italian and Japanese fare, as well as Modern Singaporean cuisine and whisky, which organisers feel are growing in popularity. These were shortlisted based on what was trending on HungryGoWhere and across the industry last year. However, fans can also nominate their favourite establishments, even if it is not included in the shortlist.

Matthew Whittingham, HungryGoWhere’s CEO, said in a statement: “It’s high time we give our millions of foodies here in Singapore the opportunity to vote for their favourites. (This) is all about getting the people who live here, people we know who are deeply passionate about food, to crown their favourite food and drink spots across the island. I am very excited by this biggest ever food awards by the people.”

Gwee Guek Hwa, owner of Outram Park Ya Hua Rou Gu Cha, said: “We are excited that these awards are nominated by the public and will do our best to win our customers over. A lot of love and labour goes into making our bak kut teh, and we hope to keep our customers happy by upholding the great taste of traditional bak kut teh.”

Voting is open until Feb 4 and can be done at http://www.hungrygowhere.com/awards.