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At the Canterlot International Food Court, each species, from ponies to dragons to yaks, run self-operated food stalls, subsidized by Princess Twilight’s government, serving the cuisine of their homeland to Equestrians of all creeds and races.
(Although inspired by the hawker centers of Singapore, this story is a work of fiction. Takes place some time after Twilight's coronation.)
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Good story!!
Marvelous.
There are many ways to learn more about a person, but I believe and will likely always believe that one of the best ones is to share meal with them.
Your story is delicious.
Now imagine the Ornithians, Diamond Dogs, and Abyssinians in the food court.
I'm surprised there was no mention of vanilla being a staple item of the traditional yak diet as well, since it was so clearly established in canon lore (in fact, that's the one detail about their diet that has stuck with me the most
).
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On that subject...did G4 ever establish just what the Diamond Dogs ate? I mean, I suppose it wouldn't be remiss to assume they're carnivorous like real dogs, possibly opportunistically omnivorous. But they also hunted and dug up all those gemstones, hence the name, so could they also eat gems like the dragons?
Ah, one of the downsides of the show never really doing more with them beyond that one episode, I suppose.
A very evocative piece. The tone actually reminds me of "Cutie Marks Under the Knife", even if the journalistic aspect isn't made explicit.
A most interesting piece of writing.
I would love to try the shaved ice, if only because of its novelty.
I assume this is in reference to Changi International Airport Food court? I live in SG so I can guess the references to the various food items haha. I've travelled to many countries, but there's something special about hawker centres in SG. The wide array of choices of different cuisines def spoiled me
Singaporean here. Can vouch for our hawker centers being mixed bag of everything. Avoid eating at city areas. The prices are at least 1.5x the usual rate we eat. Go further away for better prices.
Western, Chinese, Malay, Indian, Korean, Thai, Japanese and everything else in between.
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I think the comics made some mention of that.
Food is something that unites like nothing else.
Unless That Vegan Teacher is involved.
Nice work. Also Singaporean here!
Malaysian here, and very nice fic
Another Singaporean here. Love the subtle references to foods commonly found here.
😋
Cute little slice of life, despite the slightly morbid rabbit butchering.
Yum yum.
Im divided between going for the Garbage Plate, or asking the Yak if I can have a bowl of the burnt oat flake scrapings. Then again, given all the other flavourings in the air, might not even get in the area at all due to allergies.
Intresting to see the dragons bending to The Biers Companies requirements. Im sure someone could make buisiness by using the X in the surface as the anchor for the mounting, letting them do settings that perfect gems cant do. After all, art sells.
This kinda looks like Changi Village.
You can't go wrong with a plate of chicken rice! Practially every local dish is a favourite.
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Although I am American, I lived in Singapore for two years, my mom is originally Singaporean, and I have a lot of family in Singapore. 
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Yay, the Singaporeans found my story!
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I love chicken rice
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What about Uncle Roger?
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Even if it's canon, I am surprised vanilla is a yak food considering it is a tropical plant. The AU tag can be an excuse for my ignorance
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The photo is pulled off the internet. I wanted to find a picture with not many humans, because that would kind of ruin the immersion of an Equestrian food court. I called it an "international food court" simply because not everyone on this site knows what a hawker center is, and this is the best descriptive name I could come up with.
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If you're not a dragon you may have to shop for new teeth after eating that...
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It wouldn't surprise me--most of the lore fans tend to rely on for the Diamond Dogs typically comes from the comics, since the comics actually made the effort to world build for them at least a little. Though I don't remember if the comics ever specifically established what their eating habits are, however it's possible it was presented as some background detail I'm forgetting at the moment.
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Fair enough!
Some nice worldbuilding here. I especially liked the Changeling and Yak segments. Though I'd figure more Yaks would end up in the Crystal Empire since it's closer to home in both senses.
Hello! I’m a Singaporean, and it’s really nice to see Singaporean culture being showcased on fimfic! Didn’t expect that hehe
Neato
This was fun. Short, but the idea is really interesting, and very well executed.
I Wana try some crystals
I really love little world-building forays like this, food culture is such a great way to do it too. This was a treat, you did fantastic. <3
The Changelings get it...
Hold your horses.......homeopathy among changelings is normal now!? Humn....Who knew!? 0o
I Wonder what would be an Brazilian Poney would look like........probably would use a lot of dreads loks and but have a very forward way of living.....and have a lot of the "mojo" while he listens to "Axe" in his classical BOOM Box Viinnyl Stly, he would do Kibes, Wind Pastel, cheese bread and his final recepy the carrot cake
I Call Yakshit !! >/
Shit! , their history is the sadest i ever heard! Somebody go rescue them! They are almost dying in there! ^^"
Bourgeois Little Princess ***** of the bitch > w >
"Making america Great again" humn Twilight!? I know your game......
Ayo this was an interesting and fun story to read!
Singapore's hawker culture is indeed very interesting :D I'm a Singaporean myself!!
Thanks for writing the story :3
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Shaved ice is actually quite nice :3
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Funny enough, we call this "western food" in SG, and while it's popular with kids, it's usually a hit or miss at hawkers haha. Mostly because hawkers excel at selling cheap and good food, but cheap and "western food" don't go well together 😅
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lol true when people go hawker and be like hey look western- 6.50 for fish and chips no thanks
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That still isn't too bad. Wait till you see them for 10 bucks haha
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Yo, y'all should organize a meet up or something. Didn't realize there were so many Singaporean bronies.
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Well, we have met in person, after reviewing and editing together haha :))
Ohh, we exist, definitely. Remember we were the first to watch the G5 movie? *winks*
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Did you, by any chance, meet at a hawker center?
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Well, good guess, but actually no. We have met up at coffee shops haha, basically a hawker centre under residential blocks.
jesus, that yak section is grim
and the changeling stall's black soup of death is a lie. a sweet, candy-coated lie, but a lie all the same
Point of fact: You should remove the line "Blood spraying in all directions"
You always slit the neck and drain out all the blood as the very first step of butchering.
A pleasant read, but talk of immigration law is a bit strange and overbearing, implying they have nation states or rigidly defined and policed borders like we do. That's a fairly recent invention, it doesn't fit a world of magical fantasy kingdoms.
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Eheheh, we have met up before. Twice,in fact. A third time might be soon.
Really cool little story! Was a fun read, thanks for writing it!
Only thing I felt was a missed opportunity was going over a bit more what the pony food being contrasted with is actually like. Because in the show it's sugar~tastic, tons of cakes and pies and so on, and I could actually see a lot of other species finding it overwhelmingly sweet and saccharine.
That, and well, it would be neat seeing some ideas what Earth Pony, Pegasus and Unicorn food is like, and if there's even fusion styles out there.
Still, great story. Just something that occurred to me on reading.
No wonder ponies come to gawk- that's some serious theatrics.
Of course I say that but I did paint the underside of an overhead kitchen cabinet while dressing a duck once.
I also liked the subtly creepy undertones of Big Brother creeping in here too.
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Fair enough, fair enough.
If shaved ice isn't feasible, I guess I'll go for the Changeling's soup, then. Nothing quite beats soup.
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Sorry for my Earlier comments, i didnt mean any harm......but i really like Sweets! ( Yes, My Favorites are Cupcakes and Morning Donuts ^^ ), Also, Very detalied and colerfull story! 9/10! =)
That was a good story.
I'll be honest:
Seeing the phrase "hawker centre" on fimfic of all places is a huge surprise to me. Much less featured.
I just came here to see the SG bronies come out of the woodwork, but it all seems pretty positive!
I'll have to make sure to read this
Edit: I quite like the whole diversity of topics you've covered here. Short story so there isn't too much that can be 'messed up' as it were, but you even got the young creative startup and the dying culture owner!
Kind of makes me homesick, I will say. I'm studying overseas and haven't been back in over 2 years for obvious IRL reasons. There's some stuff I'm glad to be rid of, but the food is something I think no Singaporean could ever truly dislike.
Just needs a scene of 2 creatures from neighbouring regions arguing who does the better noodle soup!
The Griffon owner may get less gawkers and more customers if he drained the blood out of his carcasses first though. I mean, it's a literal bloodworks for free.
The kirin stall gets my vote for the traditional food I'd like to eat, and some of the griffon stall too. Duck and venison are surprisingly rare where I am now.
But one thing I miss that I wish was mentioned was the breakfast foods. Personally, fishball noodles is currently the only dish I can't yet somehow recreate, even in a cheap (and financially expensive) imitation capacity
This was a real good story, I have to say. It handled its subject matter rather tastefully.