Benjamin Kum, a hawker in Singapore, is confident in serving the best tom saap soup despite selling less than 10 bowls a day. Tom saap is a spicy and sour soup from the Isan region in Thailand, featuring pork and chicken feet as the main protein. Benjamin started his own home-based business to introduce authentic tom saap to people in Singapore.
Sometimes less than 10 bowls sold a day, but hawker confident he serves 'best tom saap in S’pore' “I’m very confident in my food,” says the engineer-cum-hawker of his punchy Isan soup, a meatier version of tom yum. Pity his new stall is hidden in a quiet corner.joints in Singapore , Benjamin Kum, 43, found it hard to track down his favourite dish: tom saap . For the uninitiated, tom saap is a spicy and sour soup that originated from the Isan region in northeast Thailand .
It’s a lot like the more popular clear tom yumoth use the same aromatics like lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime, though authentic tom saap features pork and chicken feet as the main protein instead of tom yum’s usual seafood toppings. The struggle led Benjamin to start his own home-based business. “Since I couldn’t find a satisfying version of the soup that I like here, I thought there’s potential to introduce authentic tom saap to people in Singapore,” he tellswith S’ban Siew Pow at Smith Street in Chinatow
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