Tried these biscuits? : close-up
- Heritage and Culture
- Tay, Lionel
- 28 Jun 2007
Nostalgia is revisited in this photograph, showing a hand dipping a biscuit into a cup of coffee. Remember those flour-coated biscuits? They used to sell them for 5-10cents each in school canteen. And the old-styled cup and saucer evokes a feeling of nostalgia. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2007.
Subjects
- Ethnic Communities>>Food
- Coffee--Singapore--Photographs
- Snack foods--Singapore--Photographs
- Cookery>>Beverages>>Coffee and tea
- Cookery>>Types of meals>>Lunch, brunch and snacks
Suggested Pictures
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Nostalgia : close-up -
Sip a cup of coffee, have a good read : close-up -
Coffee and nostalgia : close-up -
Biscuits, coffee, newspapers and fridge magnets : close-up -
Biscuits, coffee and newspapers : close-up -
Have a break; sip a cup of coffee : close-up -
Cupful of nostalgia : close-up -
Newspapers and coffee : close-up -
Afternoon break : close-up -
Tins of biscuits : general view -
Belly button' biscuits : close-up -
Tins of biscuits : side view -
Wonderland Amusement Park at Kallang, 1971 : general view -
Breakfast of yesteryears : close-up -
Porcelain teacups : close-up -
Drink stall : close-up [1] -
Old Singapore Badminton Hall : general view -
Raffles Girls' School canteen : interior [1] -
Condensed milk and Milo : close-up
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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RAFFLES INSTITUTION - SCHOOL CANTEEN -
AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE ENJOYING HIS CUP OF COFFEE AT KRANJI CAMP -
POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL - CANTEEN -
Postcard by Biscuits Pernot featuring Singapore in its series of "Major ports of the world" -
Postcard by Biscuits Pernot featuring Singapore in its series of "Major ports of the world" -
SCHOOL CANTEEN AT GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL -
STEAMED CHINESE CAKE (FA GAO) AND A CUP OF COFFEE -
"CANTEEN COMMANDOS" FOR SINGAPORE -
GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL - CANTEEN -
PICTURE OF AN EMPTY ENGLISH-STYLED RESTAURANT -
FOOD - A DISH OF CURRY PUFFS AND A CUP OF COFFEE -
SINGAPORE - FLOUR/SPICE GRINDER IN SERANGOON ROAD -
PAPER COSTUMES - COAT -
RELIGIOUS OFFERINGS -- A BISCUIT IN THE SHAPE OF A LAMB -
MEN AT WORK IN A BISCUIT FACTORY -
AT THE SCHOOL GATES: THE SCHOOL CANTEEN FOOD - RICE IN LEAF PACKETS WITH CUCUMBERS, EGGS, BEAN CAKES, PINEAPPLE AND SWEET POTATO, C.1900 - 1906 -
Tony Shaw revisiting Malaya and Singapore in 1994. -
PREPARING COFFEE FOR CUSTOMERS -
PAPER COSTUMES - COAT -
A BRAWL OUTSIDE SINGAPORE SCHOOL CANTEEN VENDORS ASSOCIATION DURING PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW'S TOUR OF KALLANG CONSTITUENCY -
A BRAWL OUTSIDE SINGAPORE SCHOOL CANTEEN VENDORS ASSOCIATION DURING PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW'S TOUR OF KALLANG CONSTITUENCY -
OFFERINGS TO DEITIES INCLUDE A CUP OF COFFEE, A LIT CIGARETTE AND TANGERINE PASTE. -
A BRAWL OUTSIDE SINGAPORE SCHOOL CANTEEN VENDORS ASSOCIATION DURING PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW'S TOUR OF KALLANG CONSTITUENCY