Ice cream puppies, anyone?

Puppy-shaped ice cream in an eatery in Taiwan.
Puppy-shaped ice cream in an eatery in Taiwan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Here are some highlights on The Straits Times' food website - ST Food, straitstimesfood.com

WEB SPECIAL: FAMOUS HAWKER STALLS

Singapore's hawker culture will be nominated for inscription into Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

ST Food has a compiled a list of eight top hawker stalls, each of which has won a Singapore Hawker Masters award. The awards are organised by The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao.

Stalls include Ye Lai Xiang Hot And Cold Cheng Tng at Bedok Corner Food Centre and Koothurar Nasi Briyani in Beach Road.

Eight famous hawker stalls in Singapore: str.sg/oPth

ICE CREAM PUPPIES

An eatery in Taiwan is serving ice cream in the shape of a shar pei dog - with folds, puppy-dog eyes and all.

Watch a Reuters video about this trend.

Freaky or cute? Taiwan eatery serves up puppy-shaped ice cream: str.sg/oW4L

RECIPES TO TRY

Give the classic BLT - a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich - a taco makeover. New York Times' food writer Melissa Clark has replaced the bread with tortillas so the crispness of the bacon can shine through.

Jazz up the taco with tomato salsa, spicy mayonnaise and slices of ripe avocado.

The BLT sandwich gets a taco makeover: str.sg/oWM7

Vegan cakes deserve a second chance. Whip up this version with a soya or nut milk, coconut oil and turmeric for a cake with an enticing burnished orange crumb. An enticing vegan coconut turmeric cake: str.sg/oWTe

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on August 26, 2018, with the headline Ice cream puppies, anyone?. Subscribe