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Eat by Ear

Eat by Ear

By: Woo Yen Yen
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 Eat by Ear is the world's first docu-dramedy podcast about food in Singapore. Each episode blends hawker-chefs’ secrets and stories, in their own voices, with a tender narrative stream of culinary consciousness. This sonic feast serves up the roaring stir-fry flame, the hissing steam, the bubbling broth interwoven with the stacking of melamine plates, the clinking of coffee spoons, and the delightful rojak of everyday languages. It’s the Singapore you think you know but have never heard. If food is your love language, Eat by Ear is your poetry. If you like the Japanese food shows The Solitary Gourmet and Midnight Diner or Stephen Chow’s God of Cookery, you have found your next must-listen. Binge or savour, but heed our warning: do not consume on an empty stomach! This podcast is a love letter to Singapore from award-winning writer-director-producer Woo Yen Yen, whose work has been featured on Netflix, HBO, and the BBC, and international award-winning sound designer Lim Tingli, whose works have screened at Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Sundance. Host-Writer-Producer: Woo Yen Yen Sound designer: Lim Tingli Co-producer: Terence Lau Designer and photographer: Timothy Wee Choral composer and singer: Yakuza Baby Production and research assistant: Chua Chia Hui Studio sound engineer: Steven Cheong Theme Music Composer: Joe Ng Copywriter: Anisha Ralhan Web builder: Amanda Chan Advisors: KF Seetoh and Patrick Cox Special thanks to LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore for their support in the production of season one.Copyright 2025 Woo Yen Yen
Episodes
  • Wat Tan Hor: Made With Heart And Chef's Tears

    Wat Tan Hor: Made With Heart And Chef's Tears
    Aug 11 2025

    Chef Hoy Yong rose from washing dishes to mastering them. Trained by Singapore’s culinary maestro and Red Star Restaurant co-founder, Masterchef Tham Yew Kai, Chef Hoy Yong’s appetite for innovation has earned him a devout following of his Cantonese dishes at his tze char stall in Clementi.

    In this episode of Eat by Ear, he and award-winning filmmaker Woo Yen Yen demystify the sublime art of cooking Cantonese food. Hint: it’s a lot to do with pouring your heart and tears.

    This plate of dramedy contains:

    * The trick to getting the perfect char in Wat Tan Hor

    *The secret to the golden egg swirls in Wan Tan Hor

    *Chef Yong’s commentary on his favourite kind of customers

    *The truth behind the slurp-worthy sauce

    * Captivating monologues of a hard-working fictional eater

    * Wok Hey and the meaning of life

    Fans of Cantonese cuisine are going to find this episode as soft, smoky, and silken as your favourite Wan Tan Hor.

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    21 mins
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