Singaporean restaurants using the mildest form of satire for the Trump-Kim summit
Restaurants in Singapore are whipping up special dishes in anticipation of the upcoming Trump-Kim summit that will be held on June 12 in the city state.
Our first stop is Harmony Nasi Lemak. The restaurant is offering a new twist on the traditional Malay dish which is usually made with coconut milk infused rice, deep-fried fish or chicken wing, fried anchovies, peanuts, eggs, cucumber slices and sambal sauce (Chili paste).
"In the dish we welcome Trump in making him feel home by using U.S. dry aged beef, a lot of people ask me why. U.S. beef, because in any trade negotiations by Trump you can realise that he always puts U.S. beef export at a very important agenda." says Zack Wen from Harmony Nasi Lemak.
The eatery takes out the anchovies and the deep-fried fish or chicken, and replaces it with dry aged beef to represent Donald Trump and kimchi, a staple of Korean cuisine, to represent Kim Jong Un.
Next stop is Royal Plaza on Scotts, a hotel near the famous Orchard road. Chef Abraham Tan created the Trump-Kim burger by mixing minced chicken with kimchi and other Korean spices.
"We hope that this burger can reach out to as many patrons who enjoy food, who love food and also in a way to well wish that this meeting will be successfully you know, as actually kind of in a way it's going to affect the world peace all that you know, so hopefully that this meeting will actually turn up well." says Abraham Tan.
Our first stop is Harmony Nasi Lemak. The restaurant is offering a new twist on the traditional Malay dish which is usually made with coconut milk infused rice, deep-fried fish or chicken wing, fried anchovies, peanuts, eggs, cucumber slices and sambal sauce (Chili paste).
"In the dish we welcome Trump in making him feel home by using U.S. dry aged beef, a lot of people ask me why. U.S. beef, because in any trade negotiations by Trump you can realise that he always puts U.S. beef export at a very important agenda." says Zack Wen from Harmony Nasi Lemak.
The eatery takes out the anchovies and the deep-fried fish or chicken, and replaces it with dry aged beef to represent Donald Trump and kimchi, a staple of Korean cuisine, to represent Kim Jong Un.
Next stop is Royal Plaza on Scotts, a hotel near the famous Orchard road. Chef Abraham Tan created the Trump-Kim burger by mixing minced chicken with kimchi and other Korean spices.
"We hope that this burger can reach out to as many patrons who enjoy food, who love food and also in a way to well wish that this meeting will be successfully you know, as actually kind of in a way it's going to affect the world peace all that you know, so hopefully that this meeting will actually turn up well." says Abraham Tan.
Restaurant Lucha Loco designed a special poster to promote the Trump-Kim summit
Our last stop is Taco restaurant Lucha Loco who also wanted to be part of the historic event, so they came up with special Tump and Kim tacos.
"Obviously it's a huge event that's happening here in Singapore so we wanted to be a part of it as a company and we were just sort of chatting in the office and lounge trying to think of ideas, and we sell tacos that's what we do so we thought so let's put something, let's put a burger in taco and put some Korean chicken in a taco and see what happens." shares executive Chef Nelson Burjos from Lucha Loco.
The Trump taco is a beef patty with chipotle ketchup and a special Lucha Loco sauce while the Kim taco doesn't contain any kimchi but a piece of chicken marinated in spicy Korean sauce topped with pickled radishes.
"Obviously it's a huge event that's happening here in Singapore so we wanted to be a part of it as a company and we were just sort of chatting in the office and lounge trying to think of ideas, and we sell tacos that's what we do so we thought so let's put something, let's put a burger in taco and put some Korean chicken in a taco and see what happens." shares executive Chef Nelson Burjos from Lucha Loco.
The Trump taco is a beef patty with chipotle ketchup and a special Lucha Loco sauce while the Kim taco doesn't contain any kimchi but a piece of chicken marinated in spicy Korean sauce topped with pickled radishes.
The Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore will be conducive to security, located away from major shopping districts
The June 12 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be held at the five-star Capella Hotel on Singapore's resort island of Sentosa, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted on Tuesday June 5th.
