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Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Urban Hawker IG" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/12/20221012-urban-hawker-ig.jpg"/></figure></div><p>NEW YORK -- When Hainanese chicken rice was served at the first-ever hawker center in the United States last September 28, the late Anthony Bourdain&#x27;s dream was finally realized. </p><p>Bourdain&#x27;s original 2015 plan -- to open a 50-vendor, Singapore-style global marketplace in New York City -- fell through. But his friend, Singaporean food guide maven KF Seetoh, continued the idea and opened Urban Hawker in New York City&#x27;s Midtown.</p><p>&quot;We have 11 hawkers from Singapore. They arrived here two or three months ago and they are now serving their wonderful creations from Singapore directly,&quot; said Urban Hawker general manager Lawrence Reutens. </p><p>&quot;We also have seven vendors based here in New York City, and all Southeast Asian -- Filipino, Indonesian, Malaysian,&quot; he added. </p><p>Urban Hawker serves authentic street fare in its 10,000-square-foot food hall, from chili crab to traditional coffee and breakfast items.</p><p>Filipino-Singaporean Christine Soliven of Kopifellas is helping her boss preserve and promote the hawker culture in New York through their concept. </p><p>&quot;A lot of these hawkers, they try to preserve the food heritage ng Singapore. So &#x27;yun din ang ginagawa namin sa Kopifellas,&quot; she said.</p><p>A Filipino food stall called Tradisyon is part of the lineup of the seven non-Singaporean concepts at Urban Hawker. </p><p>Here, chef and co-owner Anton Dayrit offers dishes such as Grilled BBQ, Chicken Inasal and Rambutan Pineapple Salad with singkamas and cucumber.</p><p>&quot;It was actually inspired by a Singaporean dish called rojak, but the rojak has oyster sauce. I want to make a vegan version so we used sweet soy sauce,&quot; Dayrit said. </p><p>&quot;Saka &#x27;yung pinagkaiba ng Rambutan Salad, may Boy Bawang,&quot; he added, referring to the popular Filipino corn snack.</p><p>Urban Hawker is open daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. </p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2286329" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A Filipino food stall called Tradisyon is part of the lineup of the seven non-Singaporean concepts at Urban Hawker. 

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Don Tagala,

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Published Oct 12, 2022 06:23 PM PHT

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