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COOKHOUSE CUISINE AT BMTC

22 Dec 2021 | COMMUNITY

COOKHOUSE CUISINE AT BMTC

Have you had a bite of the Strong Burger? Check out some of the special meals that Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) has cooked up in recent years!

//Story by SHERLYN QUEK //Photos by COURTESY OF BMTC

Celebrating BMT milestones

In December 2020, BMTC unveiled its Strong Burger Meal. This special lunch gave recruits a motivational boost before they moved off on their gruelling 24km graduation route march.

This October, the Strong Burger Meal got an Instagram-worthy makeover: a chicken chop in a charcoal bun. No longer just for recruits' graduation march, it's now served during Adjustment Week close to their first book out.

Special meals for special occasions

During the year-end festive season in 2020, recruits tucked into a colourful lunch of eggy ham and mushrooms, a pie, hotdogs and vegetables, along with soup and dessert.

BMTC cookhouse offered a Lunar New Year lunch: egg savoury rice, chicken in Chef Special Sauce, fish, stir-fried veggies with shiitake, Longevity Vermicelli Soup, sweet potato cupcake, and mandarin oranges.

Continuing with their theme, BMTC served up the (you guessed it) Strong Stew to commemorate Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day on 1 Jul. Soldiers were given a french baguette to complement the hearty stew, with a sweet fruit dessert to top off the meal.

For National Day this year, BMTC soldiers enjoyed the new Strong Bun & Pie Meal: chicken sausage in a hotdog bun and chicken shepherd pie, served with seafood bisque soup, mixed fruit juice, and fruit of the day.

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