September 24, 2019, 05:07 PM
Update on Sep. 25, 2019: The eatery has finalised its menu to 12 dishes instead of 18.
A new state-of-the-art concept restaurant at Frasers Tower has just been launched by tech start-up EPIC Food & Beverage.
The 90-seater restaurant goes by the name Hawkee, meaning 'curious' in Hokkien.
Image via Kane Goh
Singapore's first robotic restaurant
Jaromel Gee, the founder of the restaurant, came up with the idea of Hawkee after seeing a video on robotic restaurants in China.
He saw Hawkee as an opportunity to not only support hawker culture in Singapore, but to also sustain it with the help of robotic cooking and artificial intelligence.
All the robots in Hawkee are assembled in Singapore and have been engineered to retain the wok hei of the dishes they cook.
Wok hei, or "breath of the wok", is the charred aroma that accumulates with each dish that is cooked. A smoky flavour is then imparted to each dish.
Hokkien Mee being prepared by a robotic cook. Image via Kane Goh
Dishes available
There are 18 menu items at Hawkee, and each dish will only take five minutes to prepare.
Hawkee's Fried Rice. Image via Kane Goh
Some dishes to look forward to include Hokkien Mee (S$6), Char Kway Teow (S$6) and Mala Xiang Guo (S$8.90 - S$18.90).
Mala Xiang Guo. Image via Kane Goh
Hawkee has also collaborated with Fuzhou restaurant Lee Do to develop Seafood Fried Beehoon (S$6.90) and Woh Hup Food Industries to develop their exclusive Stir Fry Black Pepper Beef with Rice (S$6.90).
How to get there
Address: Frasers Tower, 182 Cecil Street, #02-01/02, Singapore 069547
Opening Hours:
- Monday - Friday, 11am - 8pm
- Saturday: 11am - 2:30pm
Top image via Kane Goh.
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