Sago Lane
Sago Lane ( zh, s=硕莪巷, t=碩莪巷, c=, p=) is a one-way lane in Chinatown, Singapore, Chinatown within the Outram, Singapore, Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The street links Banda Street to Neil Road. In the past, the street was much longer and was home to funeral parlours or death houses. Part of the street was demolished in the late 1960s due to the construction of the new Housing and Development Board, HDB development at Kreta Ayer, also known as Chinatown Complex. Currently the street, is mainly used during Chinese New Year as part of the festive bazaar in Chinatown. Some mistaken Sago Street as ''sei yan gai'' or the "street of the dead", but it is actually on Sago Lane. Sago Street was where brothels were located. Sago Lane is known as ''ho ba ni au koi'' in Min Nan, Hokkien, which literally means "the street behind Ho Man Nin". Ho Man Nin is the ''chop'' of a well known singing hall in neighbouring Sago Street. Etymology and history 19th century: The lane was na ...
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Sago Lane, Oct 06
Sago () is a starch extracted from the pith, or spongy core tissue, of various tropical palm stems, especially those of ''Metroxylon sagu''. It is a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, where it is called ''saksak'', ''rabia'' and ''sagu''. The largest supply of sago comes from Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Malaysia. Large quantities of sago are sent to Europe and North America for cooking purposes. It is traditionally cooked and eaten in various forms, such as rolled into balls, mixed with boiling water to form a glue-like paste (Papeda (food), papeda), or as a pancake. Sago is often produced commercially in the form of "pearls" (small rounded starch aggregates, partly Starch gelatinization, gelatinized by heating). Sago pearls can be boiled with water or milk and sugar to make a sweet sago pudding. Sago pearls are similar in appearance to the pearled starches of other origin, e.g. cassava starch (tapioca) and potato sta ...
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