On a recent trip down to Singapore to visit my adorable nieces, I noticed a lot of steamed muffins being sold. Aha....this must be the latest food fad in food-fad-mad Singapore. This is one uniquely Singaporean trait - be it apple strudel, bubble tea, doughnuts, ramen, or Hello Kitty plush toys - come the latest fad, you will find Singaporeans queueing for hours to purchase the product and proudly sharing their find (spoils?) with all and sundry. Then you'll find restaurants and kiosks sprouting up like lallang after the rain, all selling the same stuff. And just as sudden as the next thunderstorm, it'll die down when the next new kid on the block comes along. Economics 101, the law of supply and demand; real-life demo. To be fair, you do get the same behaviour in Malaysia, but somehow just not as intense and frenzied.
