Makan Kakis with Denise Tan

Hi Makan Kakis, we're taking a look back at 2025’s most popular makan recommendations and in this second instalment, we're filling up on crispy roti prata, bak chor mee worth queuing for and nasi padang that's available 24/7... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, Happy New Year! As 2026 unfolds, let's take a look back at 2025’s most popular makan recommendations. Which hawker stalls and local delights had your mouths watering and your bellies bursting? Listen now for this first part of a three-part series! On today's menu: Hakka Thunder Tea Rice with fried Yong Tau Foo, nostalgic Char Kway Teow, Fried Hokkien Mee & delicate Hakka...

Hi Makan Kakis, in our final highlight from Mediacorp’s  SG60 Makan Culture campaign, we checked out this Toa Payoh eatery which was one of the Top 3 winners in the Chilli Crab category! Sophie & Gerald from Gold 905's Breakfast Club joined in to make the feast more festive! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, we continue with our new mini food series, featuring highlights from Mediacorp’s SG60 Makan Culture campaign, in which you voted for your favourite hawker dishes! This week, we're checking out one of the Top 3 winners in the Nasi Briyani category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, here's another highlight from Mediacorp’s SG60 Makan Culture campaign, in which you voted for your favourite hawker dishes. This Tiong Bahru stall was one of the Top 3 winners in the  Fried Hokkien Mee category! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, we continue with our new mini food series, featuring highlights from Mediacorp’s  SG60 Makan Culture campaign, in which you voted for your favourite hawker dishes! This week, we're checking out one of the Top 3 winners in the Char Kway Teow category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, we’re wrapping up the year with a new mini food series, featuring highlights from Mediacorp’s SG60 Makan Culture campaign, in which you voted for your favourite hawker dishes! This week, we're checking out one of the Top 3 winners in the Roti Prata category. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, this episode gives us not 1, but TWO delicious recommendations from the stars of Dream Academy's The Divorce Party , Andrew Marko & Sebastian Tan!  Herbal soup and claypot rice, anyone? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, the stars of  Dream Academy's The Divorce Party Andrew Marko & Sebastian Tan join Denise for a fun chat about their new interactive dinner theatre production, go-to heartbreak songs, dining with dangerous animals and where they like to go to eat their feelings (herbal soup and claypot rice are on the menu) - amongst other things! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Singapore's culinary legend - Chef, Writer & Restaurateur Violet Oon came by for a long overdue catchup and tells us more about the 2 new eateries she's opened this year. One is the grand villa-style Violet Oon Singapore on Dempsey Hill and the other is a casual, stylish & homey nook with a great price point at Temasek Shophouse  - Bibik Violet Peranakan Cafe. See omnystudio.com/liste...

Hi Makan Kakis, local culinary icon Violet Oon is known for her elegant, refined restaurants, but her dream has always to open a more casual eatery that gives you vibes of home-cooked comfort. Here. she tells us more about Bibik Violet Peranakan Cafe and the dishes that have become a hit with customers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis! The go-to hawker dish of our Foodie Friend, Chef Vincent Pang of Im Jai by Pun Im , is always chicken rice and he's a fan of this one in Tanjong Pagar. Not only is it really delicious - succulent meat & tasty rice - but it also gives you great value for money!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Giving us bang for our buck is Makan Kaki, Lyn Lee of Awfully Chocolate with not one, but two recommendations! This Joo Chiat coffeeshop houses 2 stalls worth checking out - her favourite fried kway teow with lots of wok hei & taiwan porridge with expertly executed accompanying zichar-style dishes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our new Makan Kaki is a hedge fund manager turned restaurateur-chef, Vincent Pang of private dining experience  Pun Im and new restaurant Im Jai at Icon Village. He shares more about his journey from Finance to F&B, signature must-try dishes at months-old Im Jai and why it'd just be a party of one on the guest list for his fantasy dinner party. Listen for who his special guest would be, w...

Fellow fish soup lovers may be familiar with this souper popular stall at Amoy Food Centre, but for the uninitiated, Chef Vincent Pang of Im Jai by Pun Im recommends Han Kee for their flavourful broth and generous portions of fish! Slurp-worthy and satisfying, this bowl of comfort is worth braving the lines for! For a shorter wait, get there early, like at 10.30am! See omnystudio.com/listener for...

As we count down to the Festival of Lights, soak up the sights, sounds and flavours of the Deepavali 2025 Night Bazaar in Little India! DJs Nithiyia and Vimala from Oli 96.8 invited Denise to check out the street food on offer and here are some delicious highlights. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis! Chef Dylan Ong (of restaurants The Masses & Choon Hoy Parlor ) comes from a proudly Teochew family of hawkers, so he knew what he was talking about when he recommended this one-woman-operation at Albert Centre Food Centre for BRAISED DUCK RICE! Good news: after 3 months of closure for refurbishment, the food centre has finally re-opened, so you can pop by to try it for yourself...

Hi Makan Kakis, owner of Mr Onigiri Marvin Fam is back with a firm favourite of his family's - teppanyaki with a Taiwanese twist. Think sizzling hotplates of flavourful meats with sides and your choice of pasta or rice at affordable prices from this Woodlands kopitiam stall! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tinoq Russel Goh and Dylan Chan (the duo behind lifestyle brand Pasir Panjang Boy ) have been busy with their Peranakan-inspired private dining residency at the Heritage Room in collab with Orchard Rendezvous Hotel, but returned to recommend this delicious wanton mee. It wins nostalgia points with Tinoq who says it tastes just like the kind we grew up with in the 60s & 70s! Listen to find...

In this second part of our chat, we find out if life imitates art - can the star of Fried Rice Paradise - the Makan Party cook? And what would Serene's fantasy dinner party be like - who's on her guest list, what food is she serving and what's on the playlist? Think home-cooked favourites, jet skis and a famous British Dame! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, owner of Drips Bakery Cafe Jessica Tan returns this week to recommend one of her favourite places to go for prawn mee soup. The stock is what keeps bringing her back and if you prefer it the dry version of noodles, they are so worth the calories! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi Makan Kakis, we may be familiar with the more robust Teochew-style soon kueh, but have you tried Hakka-style ones? These are delicate, thin-skinned versions made from taro and absolutely delicious! Actress Serene Chen has Hakka roots and recommends this specialty stall for all manner of comforting Hakka delicacies including abacus seeds and yam porridge! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Hi Makan Kakis, today we chat, delightfully & deliciously, with Serene Chen who is playing Fried Rice Boss Lady Poh Bee Lean in SRT's FRIED RICE PARADISE - THE MAKAN PARTY , featuring songs by Dick Lee ! She tells more about this dinner theatre production and why it's worth snapping up the last few remaining seats before the show closes this Sunday 14th September! See omnystudio.com/listener f...

Hi Makan Kakis, Drips Bakery Cafe owner Jessica Tan is back this week to recommend a childhood favourite from her beloved Tiong Bahru neighbourhood - this couple have been serving up delicious char kway teow to the community since the 1980s! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taufik Batisah was our very special guest this week and he popped by to tell us more about his performance at the National Day Concert (catch up on Mewatch or Mediacorp Entertainment Youtube). From singing and song writing to real estate, interior design and F&B, he also catches us up on what's driving him now (look out Singapore, the Taufik Empire is growing!). And for the Nashville-style fri...