Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
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Mongolians market Singaporean food
Actually named Casablanca Restaurant, this restaurant serves some common dishes of Singapore such as bak kut teh, clay pot rice, fish soup and bottles of Tiger beer. The interior decoration is marked by Tiger logo and its advertisement on the walls.
This is the only restaurant that openly states "SINGAPOREAN FOOD" the satisfy the appetites of Singaporeans and other Southeast Asians working and traveling in Ulaanbaatar.
Singaporean food first appeared in Ulaanbaatar in the 2000 after Singapore-Mongolia trade increased in quantity over the years.
Casablanca Restaurant is the second establishment to offer "Singaporean food". The first restaurant serving Singaporean food is named Sentosa. It was opened by Saldan Odontunya, a Mongolian Member of Parliament in 2015.
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Food court in Ulaanbaatar serving Singaporean cuisine named Sentosa
According to The Straits Times' report on 27 October 2015, Saldan Odontunya said that she opened the Sentosa Food Court in 2000 in the partnership with three Singaporean businessmen in Ulaanbaatar.
Odontunya first came to Singapore to scout for business ideas in the 1990s. The hawker centre cultures of Singapore inspired her and she imported the idea of the "food court" to Ulaanbaatar to serve not only Singaporean food but also other cuisines. She names it after Sentosa, in the hope that it would "convey a sense of quality associated with Singapore's products".
Food court is a mid-level restaurant in Ulaanbaatar for people who cannot afford to dine in big and expensive restaurants.
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Four restaurants in Bayangol Hotel
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Increasing number of cities selling Singaporean food and cuisines
The number of cities selling Singaporean food and cuisines over the years have increased although the exact number is not known during the covid pandemic.
Besides the two restaurants in Ulaanbaatar, StayGate notes the following cities or districts overseas sell Singaporean food and cuisines: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Shibuya (Tokyo), Osaka, Jakarta, Yangon, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Makati (Manila), Hong Kong, Taipei, New Taipei, Jyväskylä (near Helsinki, Finland), Phnom Penh, Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, London, Paris, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Vientiane.
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Mongolia sets up Tapatrip travel portal during the pandemic
During this period of the global fight against the pandemic, Mongolian investors attracted an initial investment of 3.5 million U.S. Dollars. This investment is the largest domestic investment ever made in a tourism and information technology company.
Regarding this investment, the company’s CEO Zabat Gril said that they are committed to developing the tourism industry and competing in the world. Tapatrip plans to expand their operations to more than 50 countries in the world in the next three years.
The launch of Tapatrip will continuously improve Mongolians' technical research and expand Mongolian travel business in other countries around the world. This investment news is increasing the interest of large foreign investors in Mongolian technology start-ups. Even the world's leading investment companies have expressed interest in negotiating with Tapatrip from the very beginning.
Tapatrip is one step closer to its goal of becoming an open joint stock company listed on an international stock exchange.
Tapatrip is an online travel platform that combines technological advancement with travel in the international market, and strives to provide various travel services at the lowest prices.
The Tapatrip platform has gathered more than 900 airlines, more than 1 million hotels and more than 100,000 travel plans in 195 countries, and has opened branches in China, the United Kingdom and other countries and regions, with language provision services in Mongolian, English and Mandarin.
The Tapatrip app is downloadable via Google Play and Huawei AppGallery. Only VISA and Mastercard payments are accepted.
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