Woo Yen Yen

Eat by Ear

Arts EN ↓ 3 episodes

Eat by Ear is the world's first docu-dramedy podcast about food in Singapore. Each episode blends hawker-chefs’ secrets and stories, in their own voices, with a tender narrative stream of culinary consciousness. This sonic feast serves up the roaring stir-fry flame, the hissing steam, the bubbling broth interwoven with the stacking of melamine plates, the clinking of coffee spoons, and the delightful rojak of everyday languages. It’s the Singapore you think you know but have never heard. If food is your love language, Eat by Ear is your poetry. If you like the Japanese food shows The Solitary...

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Woo Yen Yen

Episodes

A Pilot's Journey To The Perfect Bowl Of Kway Chap 08.09.2025 25:18

Aspiring pilot Jason Koh Boon Tow’s flight path was re-routed to a 15 sqm stall at the Serangoon Garden Market, Singapore, where he’s been meticulously simmering spiced soy-based broth to prepare insanely delicious bowls of Kway Chap, every day, for the past twenty over years. Join Chef Jason and your host Woo Yen Yen on a gastronomical ride, featuring a brooding teen foodie. Together they reveal...

Ssshhh, The Sambal In This Nasi Lemak Is Top Secret 08.09.2025 22:38

Every family has secrets. Chef Halipah’s family is no different. Fiercely protective of their heirloom sambal recipe, this family—of chefs—knows how to tantalise Singapore’s taste buds with authentic Malay dishes like Nasi Lemak, Lontong, Mee Soto and more. Afterall, they’ve consistently drawn long queues for the past forty years at Nurul Delights in Bukit Batok West Avenue 4. Embark on a high-sta...

Wat Tan Hor: Made With Heart And Chef's Tears 11.08.2025 20:37

Chef Hoy Yong rose from washing dishes to mastering them. Trained by Singapore’s culinary maestro and Red Star Restaurant co-founder, Masterchef Tham Yew Kai, Chef Hoy Yong’s appetite for innovation has earned him a devout following of his Cantonese dishes at his tze char stall in Clementi. In this episode of Eat by Ear , he and award-winning filmmaker Woo Yen Yen demystify the sublime art of cook...