18 Sep 2007, ST, Digital Life
ALFRED SIEW samples online menus and reveiws their service
Reaching home after a long day at the office, your stomach suddenly growls. Suppress the instinct to call for fast food or cook instant noodles.
There are now websites that let you quickly order 'real food' like the famous Geylang Lorong 9 beef hor fun and have it sent right to your doorstep.
The handful of food delivery websites, which came up in the past year, are where you can order everything from the famous buffalo wings from Jerry's BBQ to the prata from Yio Chu Kang.
Here's a sampling of what's available.
Dabao.sg
There is even a $100 bowl of shark's fin soup from Thai Village restaurant on the menu.
But the star items are undoubtedly the hawker fare from Geylang. Here, you get to choose anything from carrot cake to the favourite beef noodles.
Delivery costs a flat $3 (for hawker fare) or $5 (for restaurant food).
The minimum order required depends on where you call from.
To deliver to Singapore Press Holdings in Toa Payoh, the minimum is a $10-order for hawker food and a $30-tab for restaurant fare.
Unfortunately, when Digital Life called around 6.30pm last Wednesday, the operator said Dabao.com.sg could not process any more orders for another 60 minutes because of the rush hour.
Yummy: Wide variety of dishes
Unsavoury: Must call or SMS early
Hungry.com.sg
If you love hawker fare, this is surely your website. Aptly named, it caters to fans of Chomp Chomp food centre at Serangoon Gardens.
On the menu are popular dishes like satay and barbeque seafood items like stingray, but not the famous carrot cake.
If you want roti prata, the company also delivers that and other Indian dishes from The Prata House at Yio Chu Kang.
The minimum order is $15. For orders above $25, the $2 delivery fee is waived.
There is no online order facility, so you just call and tell the operator what you want after viewing the menu online.
Yummy: Chomp Chomp favs
Unsavoury: Delivers only to central areas like Ang Mo Kio. Menu could do with more Chomp Chomp favs!
makanXpress
On the higher-end menu here are the buffalo wings from Jerry's BBQ and other dishes from restaurents like Dome and Thai Express. More restaurants, like the popular Genki Sushi, are coming online.
And, if your order costs more than $30, the $2 delivery charge is waived.
The website (www.makan xpress.com.sg), which requires you to register to order online, serves mainly the central area. A sister website www.cuisineXpress.com.sg delivers islandwide for items from more upmarket restaurants.
Yummy: Wide selection of restaurants
Unsavoury: Slightly more upmarket - and expensive - than hawker-fare deliveries.
ALFRED SIEW samples online menus and reveiws their service
Reaching home after a long day at the office, your stomach suddenly growls. Suppress the instinct to call for fast food or cook instant noodles.
There are now websites that let you quickly order 'real food' like the famous Geylang Lorong 9 beef hor fun and have it sent right to your doorstep.
The handful of food delivery websites, which came up in the past year, are where you can order everything from the famous buffalo wings from Jerry's BBQ to the prata from Yio Chu Kang.
Here's a sampling of what's available.
Dabao.sg
There is even a $100 bowl of shark's fin soup from Thai Village restaurant on the menu.
But the star items are undoubtedly the hawker fare from Geylang. Here, you get to choose anything from carrot cake to the favourite beef noodles.
Delivery costs a flat $3 (for hawker fare) or $5 (for restaurant food).
The minimum order required depends on where you call from.
To deliver to Singapore Press Holdings in Toa Payoh, the minimum is a $10-order for hawker food and a $30-tab for restaurant fare.
Unfortunately, when Digital Life called around 6.30pm last Wednesday, the operator said Dabao.com.sg could not process any more orders for another 60 minutes because of the rush hour.
Yummy: Wide variety of dishes
Unsavoury: Must call or SMS early
Hungry.com.sg
If you love hawker fare, this is surely your website. Aptly named, it caters to fans of Chomp Chomp food centre at Serangoon Gardens.
On the menu are popular dishes like satay and barbeque seafood items like stingray, but not the famous carrot cake.
If you want roti prata, the company also delivers that and other Indian dishes from The Prata House at Yio Chu Kang.
The minimum order is $15. For orders above $25, the $2 delivery fee is waived.
There is no online order facility, so you just call and tell the operator what you want after viewing the menu online.
Yummy: Chomp Chomp favs
Unsavoury: Delivers only to central areas like Ang Mo Kio. Menu could do with more Chomp Chomp favs!
makanXpress
On the higher-end menu here are the buffalo wings from Jerry's BBQ and other dishes from restaurents like Dome and Thai Express. More restaurants, like the popular Genki Sushi, are coming online.
And, if your order costs more than $30, the $2 delivery charge is waived.
The website (www.makan xpress.com.sg), which requires you to register to order online, serves mainly the central area. A sister website www.cuisineXpress.com.sg delivers islandwide for items from more upmarket restaurants.
Yummy: Wide selection of restaurants
Unsavoury: Slightly more upmarket - and expensive - than hawker-fare deliveries.
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