Quest of the Chubby Tigers in the Land of Yummy
If there was ever a way to describe how two individuals came together on a project, it would be best to refer to the old parable of a group of blind men who had never seen an elephant before, were asked to describe an elephant. Each of the men in the group touched a different part of the elephant like the legs, the trunk and the ears. Their descriptions were, limited by the part of the elephant they were touching.
We start with
this parable because in many ways, it adequately describes our relationship
with food and the sense of “Yummy.” Some of us value certain flavours, while
some of us just treasure the experience of the people we dine with. Sometimes,
the yummy is simply about being in that particular place at that particular
time. If you want to talk about the “Yummy” experience, we’re all like blind
men feeling the different parts of the elephant.
The Chubby
Tigers platform is going to be the place where the blind men get to join hands
to discover the complete elephant. This is the place where we look into what
makes something “Yummy.” We visit the places that are Yummy. We meet the
personalities behind the places and Yummy and the people who produce the Yummy
and of course, we delve into the dishes that we all adore. The Chubby Tigers on
this quest of Yummy are:
Tang Li, a
social-political blogger who spent nearly a decade working part-time in a
French/Italian Bistrot and a Vietnamese/Korean restaurant. Entering the food
business was never something he planned but somehow, he became a part-time
worker that many of the customers assumed owned the restaurant. For him,
restaurants became a place which represented how the social contract worked. He
sees the food business as being all about memories, the places where you go to
for special occasions like an engagement. The experience for Tang Li became
personal on two occasions – namely the time an army friend insisted on hosting
a family dinner at the restaurant. Then there the guest who came all the way
from the USA because someone from his school told him that he needed to see
him.
The other
Chubby Tiger is Ms. Genia Wee a passionate foodie who describes herself as
being about “+65SG❤️food.”
Genia is the proud owner of the “shiokafoodie” brand on Instagram.
For Genia, the love
of food started at the tender age of 10, when she had to cook for her siblings
while her parents went out to work. However, it was only in around the year
1999 when she started exploring food at Tiong Bahru Market and Outram Park Char
Kway Teow before the enblock at Block 28 Outram Park. Genia is a passionate hunter
for good food to satisfy gastronomic cravings.
While the Chubby
Tigers platform is currently a work in progress, the Chubby Tigers have been
busy in their Quest for Yummy. In the first week of generating the idea, they
were busy helping the personalities behind 123 Zo launch their Jumbo Pho,
bringing foodies and bloggers to taste the culinary delights of Central Vietnam
as presented by 123 Zo.
For the Chubby
Tigers, promoting the joys of Yummy is part and parcel of making the world a
better place and if you’re interested in seeing how the Chubby Tigers can help
promote the Yummy for you, email now at chubbytigersyummyfinders@gmail.com
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