franchise food
but i was kinda paranoid...
especially when small kopitiams/food outlets located at neighbourhood places ALREADY have the same food signs (reason becos commercial culinary art / photography is done by a handful of people in spore, less than 6 and they are not willing to share their skills with anyone....i encountered one of them in a rice tvc) what's worst......having all these big corporations turning small coffeeshop into food courts/junction/bistro (seems like the in thing nowadays) and franchising all our authentic yummies.....does that mean....in 10 years time, we will have all our favourite hawker food in an air-conditioned, zen-style food junction like the ones in Novena, Raffles city and etc .....most likely 10 years from now they will all have futuristic decor.....
even though it is more convenient for the customers to have all the delicious, well-known dishes in one location, instead of travelling from one location to the other.....sadly most franchises do not taste like the original ones....for example:
Tiong Bahru Pau @ Toa Payoh (franchise) taste totally different from the Tiong Bahru Market Pau
Tiong Bahru Roasted Pig&Duck (the actual one) taste totally different from the one @ Ang Mo Kio Market (franchise)
afterall ain't eating all about travelling, environment, culture and of course LOVE & TASTE.....sitting on a marble table with a shaky plastic / wooden chair...a fan blowing nowhere while scooping laksa at Katong thinking whether u sure drop by the red house aka katong oldest bakery (closed down recently..not sure why..hopefully not becos of breadtalk)
.........Queuing up @ Tiong Bahru Market for char siew pau...at the same time eyeing at the uncle making pau with all his strength and at the corner of your eyes checking out whether the aunty wearing a big hat is around, giving u a parking ticket....
WILL all these franchises cause the original recipe to diminishes.....locations with a touch of our childhood memories to become the latest stylistic hi-tech food junction/EC/HBD....?????
who knows...i guess only time will tell :(