Street food & openings to watch
Scarpetta is launching Smash Street, a smash‑burger concept, on Amoy Street with an April 3 debut flagged this week — a trendy casual offshoot to note for food-forward travel plans. (x.com) Social posts also highlighted global casual finds worth scouting: Singapore’s playful AiFOKATO affogato, Accra’s GUYMANS CHOW serving loaded jollof/waakye, and Puerto Rico’s street-food spots like La Fama and Pedrona truck. ( )
Smash Street occupies the adjacent unit at 50 Amoy Street in an 800 sq ft, 14-seat space that will run a no‑reservations setup with an open kitchen and a takeaway focus. (straitstimes.com) The concise menu lists a Classic burger (two smashed patties) at S$14 and a House with three patties at S$17, using a soft toasted potato bun from a local supplier, while sides are twice‑fried thin fries (S$6), onion rings (S$6) and chicken poppers (S$10) and a cornflakes milkshake is recommended at S$8. (straitstimes.com) To mark the launch, the team will give away 1,000 free smash burgers across two days — 250 per service at lunch and dinner on each day — with fries, poppers and rings available for purchase alongside. (straitstimes.com) The concept comes from Aaron Yeunh’s Open Concept Group; the team ran more than 30 recipe iterations using 11 meat blends and 16 sauce trials over three months, and sampled roughly 17 burgers during research trips with head chef Reisuke Kiyose. (straitstimes.com) In Singapore’s CBD, AiFOKATO has opened in Telok Ayer as a small, mostly takeaway affogato kiosk that lets customers build DIY gelato‑and‑pour affogatos, with combos priced around S$10 and only a handful of outdoor stools. (eatbook.sg) Social posts from West Africa and Puerto Rico spotlight casual finds: a GUYMAN’S waakye account on TikTok highlights loaded waakye/jollof and pop‑up appearances in Accra, while Puerto Rico’s La Fama is listed on delivery platforms in Carolina and Pedrona Food Truck is active in Pajaros/Toa Baja and featured in recent local food videos. (tiktok.com)
