‘Wonderful’: US ambassador Anjani Sinha tries hawker meals in Singapore, Life-style Information

How did you spend the final day of 2025? 

For US’ new ambassador to Singapore, Dr Anjani Sinha, it was making an attempt native fare for the primary time at Tiong Bahru Market. 

“Feeling grateful to be able to share my first hawker experience in Singapore with my family and Embassy colleagues as the year comes to a close,” he wrote in a Facebook put up on the US Embassy Singapore’s web page on Dec 31. 

“We had a wonderful time visiting one of the city’s iconic hawker centres, tasting amazing food, meeting locals, and celebrating the holidays together.” 

The put up confirmed photographs of a variety of hawker dishes, all helpfully labelled in English. 

Among the dishes Dr Sinha tried had been: Hainanese rooster rice, Hokkien mee, black and white carrot cake, lontong, chee cheong enjoyable, curry rice and what seems to be fishball noodles. 

Another photograph confirmed the ambassador on the point of tuck right into a bowl of ice kacang. 

He additionally posed for photographs in entrance of hawker stalls. 

Beyond the meals, the ambassador was launched to a different facet of Singapore’s hawker tradition as tissue packets labelled ‘Chope!’ had been positioned on the desk. 

On Nov 17 final 12 months, Dr Sinha introduced his credentials to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, formally assuming his responsibility as US ambassador to Singapore. 

He was sworn in on the US State Department on Oct 23. 

Earlier in July, the surgeon seemed to be struggling whereas answering questions on Singapore throughout a Senate affirmation listening to.

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carol.ong@asiaone.com