By Charis Gan
Speaking to CNA Lifestyle, Chow shared his go-to activities and places to visit whenever he is in Singapore.
At first, the God Of Gamblers actor quipped: 鈥淪ingapore 鈥 what places can I go to? I just sleep and go to the markets and eat.鈥
He then listed a few hawker centres he frequents, including Old Airport Road Food Centre, Newton Food Centre, Maxwell Food Centre and Lau Pa Sat.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 go to any of the shopping centres, I just go to the hawker centres,鈥 he added.
When asked what he typically orders from these food centres, he shared that he prefers eating chicken rice and his favourite is the one at Maxwell Food Centre.
He also said he likes to eat Teochew kuehs from Cairnhill, which is a variety of savoury or sweet cakes and dumplings.
鈥淓very hawker centre has their specialty,鈥 he said. 鈥淪ometimes I go to seven, eight hawker centres and eat a bit at every one.鈥
Chow is married to Singaporean Jasmine Tan. So when asked what his favourite Singlish catchphrase is, he went with the classic 鈥渨alao eh鈥, used to express shock.
He also said he likes 鈥減aiseh鈥, used to express how one feels awkward or shy, as well as 鈥渃hin chai鈥, which generally means 鈥渨hatever鈥.
An award-winning veteran actor, Chow has headlined over 100 productions and helped define entire genres with global classics such as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
He also recently starred in titles such as Project Gutenberg (2018) and One More Chance (2023).