Central
Included in the Central part of Singapore are the major HDB towns like Toa Payoh, Bishan and Ang Mo Kio. The major roads included are Upper Thomson Road, as well as Bukit Timah Road and Dunearn Road.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-53 Turf City, 200 Turf Club Road., Singapore 287994
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This nondescript open-air bak kut teh stall/shop was discovered near the central entrance of Turf City shopping mall. Serves up a decent bowl of pepper-garlic-style pork ribs soup for $4. Also sells braised pig trotters (卤猪脚).
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Located at #01-25 BLK 22, Toa Payoh Lorong 7 Hawker Centre, Singapore 310022
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Located at #01-06 Blk 22, Lorong 7, Toa Payoh., Singapore 310022
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Categories: Chinese, Western Food, Hawker
Located at #01-60 Block 51, Toa Payoh Lorong 6., Singapore 310051
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This stall has been mentioned in the papers before. But I had heard about it some years back when it was already popular and pulling in the crowds at its previous address across the road at block 55. This location is more spacious and Uno occupies its own shop unit space although it is colocated beside a coffeeshop (you can cross-order drinks/food from there). Also, the bigger HDB carpark at this current address is a bonus to drivers. I tried the black pepper chicken chop which was quite good and not too oily, although it was not griled as hot as I would have liked it. Most of the dishes(chicken chop/cultet, porkchop, fish and chips, and yes, even seafood spaghetti !) cost $5, the lamb chops cost $6, but the star dishes seem to be the beef steaks - black pepper sirloin, rib eye, tenderloin - which cost from $9 upwards.
If you're wondering about the name, well, 'uno' is Italian for the numeral one. Do they live up to their name ? Try and decide for yourself.
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Located at #01-344M Food Centre, Blk 75 Toa Payoh Lorong 5., Singapore 310075
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Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #01-198 Hawker Centre, Blk 93, Toa Payoh Lorong 4., Singapore 310093
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Categories: Chinese, Ngor Hiang (Five Spices),
Located at #01-202 Hawker Centre, Blk 93, Toa Payoh Lorong 4., Singapore 310093
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Categories: Chinese, Chicken Rice
Located at 长城美华美食中心 Chang Cheng Mee Wah Restaurant, Block 111, Toa Payoh Lorong 1., Singapore 310111
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Located at #01-459 Lek Chew Restaurant(coffeeshop), Block 124, Toa Payoh Lorong 1., Singapore 310124
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Categories: Chinese, Pao, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-627B Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, Hawker
Located at #02-27 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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This stall used to be at the corner of old block 135 (before the double-storey food centre, block 127 was built). Back then, seating was alfresco and tables overflowed onto the open area outside the hawker centre. Business was good and so was the hokkien mee. When I had my hokkien mee here in this replacement centre (under HUP), something seemed to be lacking although the same guy was doing the cooking. Was it the food or the atmosphere ? I wasn't totally sure. Perhaps it was purely psychological - the old hawker centre had a look similar to the Commonwealth Avenue (Margaret Drive) hawker centre. The laid-back feeling of having your noodles under the stars has somehow been lost to this spanking new food centre.
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Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Hawker
Located at #02-30 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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Categories: Chinese, Fishball Noodles, Hawker
Located at #02-11 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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Located at #01-176 Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central., Singapore 310177
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-115 Market & Food Centre, Block 210 Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310210
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The bak kut teh here is the clear and peppery type, although the spiciness of the peppercorns used is very mild and weak. The pork rib meat was done just right, tender (seemingly from long slow-cooking) and not overly stiff like what you usually get at the Balestier Road stalls. Overall, this stall is one of the better choices for BKT and braised pork trotters in and around the Toa Payoh region. $30+ will get you and 3 companions a full meal - a generously-sized braised pork trotter; 4 bowls of pork rib soup; a plate of mixed pig tripe/intestines/innards, tofu and braised eggs; one plate of steamed peanuts; a plate of garlicky (lightly) salted vegetables; and rice per pax. Incredible value for money !
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Located at #01-07 Hup Huat Coffeeshop, Blk 211, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310211
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Categories: Chinese, Crab, Seafood
Located at #01-11 Block 211 Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310211
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This is the third branch of the original outlet at Ang Mo Kio Block 232. They are well-known for their crab bee hoon / noodle soup. The second branch is in Ang Mo Kio Block 233 (opposite the current one) and called Uncle Leong's Seafood. As I mentioned in the remarks about the main shop, the name Mellben often continues to be misspelt 'Melben' throughout the web. This branch's tel: 6353-3120.
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Located at #01-53 BLK 212, Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310212
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Categories: Chinese, Cantonese, Noodles, Porridge, Roast Meat (Chinese), Dim Sum
Located at #01-70 470 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 (Next to HDB Hub)., Singapore 310470
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This is my first entry for the popular Crystal Jade chain of dim sum and Chinese/Cantonese restaurants. I wouldn't normally want to add these type of outlets/restaurants here, but I've recently been coming here a few times and enjoying the food, so I thought I'd break with good ol'tradition and put this one in. To get an idea of what order, here's a hint: I never fail to order the crispy roast pork cubes (脆脾烧肉) which goes very well with the mustard sauce (drool now, you wasabi lovers). You can also get this same dish at the Red Star Restaurant which is at HDB block 54(or 53?) Upper Cross Street in Chin Swee Estate near Manhattan House. Another dish I tried (see photo) was the Deep Fried Prawn with Salted Egg Yolk and the roasted duck meat. All pretty decently prepared and cooked I must say. Advance reservation is advisable for Crytal Jade Toa Payoh - Tel: 6397-2383.
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Located at #01-55 Food Centre, Blk 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7., Singapore 311022
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Located at #01-368 BLK 85C, Toa Payoh Lorong 2., Singapore 313085
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Categories: Chinese, Fried Oyster Omelette, Hawker
Located at #01-111 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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I tried Ah Hock's some years back and it left a good impression at the time. If my memory serves me right, the father was still involved in running the stall then. This time round, the result was disappointing - the oyster omelette was fried too dry, the oysters seemed 2nd rate and the eggs just didn't give the fresh mushy aroma that I remembered from long ago. All this would have been excusable if it was a $2/$3 plate from any hawker stall, but $4 (the lowest-priced plate) for a tweeny portion served in a sweaty cranky makeshift hawker centre just didn't cut it for me. I'll stick to Chomp Chomp and even Beng Hiang at Amoy Street where the value per-dollar beats this hands-down.
Don't take my word for it though, go check it out yourself :- Opening hours 12pm - 12am midnight, closed on Wednesdays.
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Categories: Chinese, Chicken Rice, Hainanese, Hawker
Located at #01-567 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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This stall has branched out into many outlets throughout Singapore including West Mall, Eastpoint and Marina Square among others. It also has a corner coffeeshop-style eatery along Balestier Road. I ordered a roast chicken rice packet here on a Sunday (Mar 2007), and the rice and chicken meat were both not up to par. It was totally unexpected considering that this stall was once a Yummy King awardee (you see the placard on their stallfront) and endorsed as "Chicken Lickin Good" by Margaret Chan in the Sunday Times (marketing blurb on their white styrofoam packets). Truly, another stall/chain that has fallen victim to the curse of the foodie award and chain expansion. I can't say for the other outlets, but for this one: not worth your trip at all.
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Categories: Chinese, Fish Head Steamboat, Hawker
Located at #01-107 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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Categories: Chinese, Fish Head Steamboat, Hawker
Located at #01-78 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, 24hrs, Soups
Located at 333 Balestier Road., Singapore 329765
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This 24-hours bak kut teh shop is found next to a bus stop along Balestier Road. I found prices here quite unjustified when benchmarked against Founder's (unit 347 a minute's walk away). The usual BKT bowl costs $4.50 and the not-so-generous spare ribs soup cost $6.50. The chye buay (preserved vegetables) costs $2 - double that of Founder's (as at this time - early 2007). To be fair, most of the side dishes were rather well-cooked and tasty. Would I come again ? not likely given the many other BKT choices in this area. Also, I'd rather try the late-night porridge supper buffet at Quality Hotel not far from here.
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at 347 Balestier Road (New Orchid Hotel), Singapore 329777
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Located at the first floor of a budget hotel and opposite the Shaw Plaza, this air-conditioned pork ribs soup restaurant is popular with food lovers and the queue starts forming from dinner time until as late as 10pm, even on weekdays. Overall quality has been maintained over the years. Go also to see the photo posters of movie stars and celebrities from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan having their food at this restaurant. Tel:6352-6192.
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Located at Chang Cheng Mee Wah Serangoon Food House, Blk 151 Serangoon North Ave 2, Singapore 550151
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Categories: Chinese, Roast Meat (Chinese), Duck Rice
Located at #01-88 Block 214, Serangoon Avenue 4., Singapore 550214
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This otherwise non-descript outlet (other than the bright lighting on the hanging racks of meats) is found in a corner HDB coffeeshop opposite the Serangoon Stadium / Swimming Complex. I am usually indifferent to roasted meat especially many so-called Hong Kong style ones. This stall, however, changed my mind and set the benchmark, not only for HongKong style roasts, but roast meat in general. If you've been eating red-coloured char siew (叉烧) then you won't know what you've been missing all this while until you savour the superbly done honeyed char siew (密汁叉烧 - mi zhi cha shao) from this shop. The other winners here are the crispy roasted pork (脆皮烧肉), roast duck and fried chicken. They'll take orders (a few days in advance) for roast pigs as well. Tel: 6283-3695. Opens 830am to 8pm daily while stocks last.
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Categories: Indonesian, Curry Rice, Hawker
Located at #01-14 Blk 304 Serangoon Avenue 2, Singapore 550304
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Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, Hawker
Located at Stall 46 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at Stall 44 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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The rice here was clumpy and unimpressive. Although the duck meat was pretty good and fresh, the 'lor'(soya sauce) served with it was way too salty for my taste.
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Categories: Malay, Hawker
Located at Stall 30 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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Specializes in roti-john.
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Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at Stall 21 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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Categories: Chinese, Pig Organ Soup, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at Stall 42 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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While not officially a kwap chap stall, this stall is a good alternative to the other (more famous) Garden Street Kway Chap stall at unit 21 if you're in the mood for pigs' innards and braised pork trotters.
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Categories: International, Steak, Russian
Located at 58 Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555954
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Tel: 6280-4351. Get your russian food and drinks here.
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Categories: Hawker, Hokkien Mee, Noodles
Located at #01-27 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Categories: Chinese, Seafood (BBQ), Hawker
Located at #01-01 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Categories: Chinese, Seafood (BBQ), Hawker
Located at #01-08 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Hawker
Located at #01-36 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Categories: Chinese, Crab, Seafood
Located at #01-1222 Block 232 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 , Singapore 560232
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This shop is famous for their crab bee hoon / noodle soup. For reasons which I still have not ascertained, the name of this crab specialist has been spelt 'Melben' more often than the correct 'Mellben' which is what is used on their namecards. I myself am guilty of using the shorter form although I knew the spelling on the awning of the Ang Mo Kio outlet puts their name as 'Mellben' in large letters. It seems they made a name change some years back, and before the current location in Ang Mo Kio, they were situated in a Serangoon Central HDB kopitiam near the Lorong Lew Lian area. They have spun off a branch in Ang Mo Kio Block 233 (opposite the current one) called Uncle Leong's Seafood. Tel: 6285-6762.
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Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, Hawker
Located at #01-1194 Blk 233 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Singapore 560233
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-04 Teck Ghee Court Mkt and Food Centre, Blk 341 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, Singapore 560341
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Located at S11食艺美食屋, Blk 711 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8., Singapore 560711
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Categories: Chinese, Western Food, Hawker
Located at Stall 7 S-11 Coffeeshop, Blk 711 Ang Mo Kio Central Ave 8., Singapore 560711
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This stall serves up a wide range of western food choices. Food quality is pretty consistent and above average but nothing really impressive. Prices are higher than most other hawker center or open-air food courts - $5.50 for chicken chops, chicken cutlets, pork chops and $6.50 for lamb chops. The sirloin beef steak costs $7. Given these prices, I don't think they're value-for-money. Editor's note: watch for our future review of Botak Jones, a western food joint set up by a real 'western' guy, which is located at an ulu corner of Ang Mo Kio.
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Located at #01-37 Ang Mo Kio Central Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.
NOTICE : This hawker centre is closed and undergoing upgrading (HUP)., Singapore 560724
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Located at #01-4236 Seafood Junction, Blk 727 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Singapore 560727
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Located at Blk 728 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Singapore 560728
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Located at #01-06 Chong Boon Market and Cooked Food Centre, 453A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Singapore 561453
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The bak kut teh here comes with bony pieces of pork and is really run-of-the-mill and disappointing. The braised pig trotters does better and is a more popular choice among diners. Don't confuse this stall with Eng Kee Bak Kut Teh, located at Block 341 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, which is a better choice by far.
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Located at #01-91 Blk 453A Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Singapore 561453
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, 24hrs
Located at 246B, Upper Thomson Road., Singapore 574370
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Categories: Indian, Roti Prata, Halal-Muslim
Located at 136/138 Casuarina Road., Singapore 579524
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Teh tarik, murtabak and thosai(dosai).
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Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, Noodles, Hawker
Located at #04-45 Beauty World Centre, 144 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588177
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This corner stall is found in an open-air hawker centre located at the 4th floor of this old shopping centre that has seen better days. The hawker centre is an anomaly that seems to be in a timewarp stuck in the 80s. A rare find in an age ruled by the Kopitiams and Food Junctions.
It produces some of the better fried kway teow in this area. If you don't want prata or the over-commercialized food eateries across at Cheong Chin Nam Road opposite this centre, then try this stall, gaze out over to Bukit Timah as you eat and let the surroundings bring you back to the 80s.
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可顺记小吃店 (肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh)
Ke Shun Ji Bak Kut Teh is at Turf City's central entrance.
$4.50 for this bowl of bak kut teh with rice.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-53 Turf City, 200 Turf Club Road., Singapore 287994
Show me on mapThis nondescript open-air bak kut teh stall/shop was discovered near the central entrance of Turf City shopping mall. Serves up a decent bowl of pepper-garlic-style pork ribs soup for $4. Also sells braised pig trotters (卤猪脚).
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阿泉蚝煎 Ah Chuan Fried Oyster Omelette
Categories: Chinese, Fried Oyster Omelette, HawkerLocated at #01-25 BLK 22, Toa Payoh Lorong 7 Hawker Centre, Singapore 310022
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海南星洲牛肉粉 Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodles
Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, HainaneseLocated at #01-06 Blk 22, Lorong 7, Toa Payoh., Singapore 310022
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Uno Beef House
Uno Beef House occupies a colourful corner unit HDB shophouse
Uno's black pepper chicken chop costs $5 and comes with a butter-flavoured mashed potato ball
Categories: Chinese, Western Food, Hawker
Located at #01-60 Block 51, Toa Payoh Lorong 6., Singapore 310051
Show me on mapThis stall has been mentioned in the papers before. But I had heard about it some years back when it was already popular and pulling in the crowds at its previous address across the road at block 55. This location is more spacious and Uno occupies its own shop unit space although it is colocated beside a coffeeshop (you can cross-order drinks/food from there). Also, the bigger HDB carpark at this current address is a bonus to drivers. I tried the black pepper chicken chop which was quite good and not too oily, although it was not griled as hot as I would have liked it. Most of the dishes(chicken chop/cultet, porkchop, fish and chips, and yes, even seafood spaghetti !) cost $5, the lamb chops cost $6, but the star dishes seem to be the beef steaks - black pepper sirloin, rib eye, tenderloin - which cost from $9 upwards.
If you're wondering about the name, well, 'uno' is Italian for the numeral one. Do they live up to their name ? Try and decide for yourself.
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芳园沙爹 Fang Yuan Satay
Categories: Chinese, Satay, HawkerLocated at #01-344M Food Centre, Blk 75 Toa Payoh Lorong 5., Singapore 310075
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淉汁 Kuey Chap
Toa Payoh Blk 93 Food Centre
Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #01-198 Hawker Centre, Blk 93, Toa Payoh Lorong 4., Singapore 310093
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93 五香虾饼 93 Wu Xiang Xia Bing
Toa Payoh Blk 93 Food Centre
Categories: Chinese, Ngor Hiang (Five Spices),
Located at #01-202 Hawker Centre, Blk 93, Toa Payoh Lorong 4., Singapore 310093
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Good Year Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls
The coffeeshop occupies a corner of Toa Payoh HDB block 111
Categories: Chinese, Chicken Rice
Located at 长城美华美食中心 Chang Cheng Mee Wah Restaurant, Block 111, Toa Payoh Lorong 1., Singapore 310111
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Fong Kee Roasted Duck 芳记烧腊饭
Categories: Chinese, Roast Meat (Chinese), Duck RiceLocated at #01-459 Lek Chew Restaurant(coffeeshop), Block 124, Toa Payoh Lorong 1., Singapore 310124
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Teochew Hand-made Pau
Toa Payoh Block 127 Market and Food Centre is located in an old neighbourhood bordered by Lorongs 1, 1A, and 2.
Categories: Chinese, Pao, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-627B Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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Come Daily Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee 天天来炒福建蝦麵
Toa Payoh Block 127 Market and Food Centre is located in an old neighbourhood bordered by Lorongs 1, 1A, and 2.
Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, Hawker
Located at #02-27 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
Show me on mapThis stall used to be at the corner of old block 135 (before the double-storey food centre, block 127 was built). Back then, seating was alfresco and tables overflowed onto the open area outside the hawker centre. Business was good and so was the hokkien mee. When I had my hokkien mee here in this replacement centre (under HUP), something seemed to be lacking although the same guy was doing the cooking. Was it the food or the atmosphere ? I wasn't totally sure. Perhaps it was purely psychological - the old hawker centre had a look similar to the Commonwealth Avenue (Margaret Drive) hawker centre. The laid-back feeling of having your noodles under the stars has somehow been lost to this spanking new food centre.
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青山菜头粿 Chey Sua Carrot Cake
Toa Payoh Block 127 Market and Food Centre is located in an old neighbourhood bordered by Lorongs 1, 1A, and 2.
Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Hawker
Located at #02-30 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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Fishball Noodles 鱼圆面
Toa Payoh Block 127 Market and Food Centre is located in an old neighbourhood bordered by Lorongs 1, 1A, and 2.
Categories: Chinese, Fishball Noodles, Hawker
Located at #02-11 Toa Payoh 127 Market & Food Centre, Block 127, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, Singapore 310127
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顺兴罗惹 Soon Heng Rojak
Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), HawkerLocated at #01-176 Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central., Singapore 310177
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Hock Kee (Lor 8) Bak Kut Teh 福记(八巷)肉骨茶
A bowl of pork ribs soup from Hock Kee at Block 210 Food Centre, Toa Payoh Lorong 8
Mixed plate of pig's tripe, intestines and innards, braised eggs, taupok and doufu
A very meaty piece of braised pig trotter.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-115 Market & Food Centre, Block 210 Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310210
Show me on mapThe bak kut teh here is the clear and peppery type, although the spiciness of the peppercorns used is very mild and weak. The pork rib meat was done just right, tender (seemingly from long slow-cooking) and not overly stiff like what you usually get at the Balestier Road stalls. Overall, this stall is one of the better choices for BKT and braised pork trotters in and around the Toa Payoh region. $30+ will get you and 3 companions a full meal - a generously-sized braised pork trotter; 4 bowls of pork rib soup; a plate of mixed pig tripe/intestines/innards, tofu and braised eggs; one plate of steamed peanuts; a plate of garlicky (lightly) salted vegetables; and rice per pax. Incredible value for money !
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Guan Kee Kway Chap 源记淉汁
Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, HawkerLocated at #01-07 Hup Huat Coffeeshop, Blk 211, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310211
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Mellben Seafood
Mellben Seafood has opened a branch at Toa Payoh Block 211.
Hmmm.... yummy pork ribs king. I forgot if this is the coffee version. It sure looks heavily honeyed and sweet
This is the Golden Sand Crab dish. The 'sand' is really oat flakes, and the crab is doused with a creamy peppercorn-laden cheesy sauce - phew ! as much a mouthful to describe as it was to eat
Crab in Bee Hoon Soup, their signature dish. Still a notch better the others I've tried
Leave no shell unturned
Categories: Chinese, Crab, Seafood
Located at #01-11 Block 211 Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310211
Show me on mapThis is the third branch of the original outlet at Ang Mo Kio Block 232. They are well-known for their crab bee hoon / noodle soup. The second branch is in Ang Mo Kio Block 233 (opposite the current one) and called Uncle Leong's Seafood. As I mentioned in the remarks about the main shop, the name Mellben often continues to be misspelt 'Melben' throughout the web. This branch's tel: 6353-3120.
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Ocean Curry Fish Head 海洋咖哩鱼头杂菜饭
Categories: Chinese, Fish Head Curry, HawkerLocated at #01-53 BLK 212, Toa Payoh Lorong 8., Singapore 310212
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Crystal Jade Kitchen (Toa Payoh)
Crystal Jade's Toa Payoh branch
Xiao long bao (little dragon dumpling)
Ma Ti Gao (water chestnut cake) - a must-order item for tim sum time !
Now repeat after me in french, le pièce de résistance - the 3x3 crispy roast pork cubes, served with mustard cream. Tic tac toe anyone ?
Prawns with salted egg yolk - nothing I'd ga-ga over.
Categories: Chinese, Cantonese, Noodles, Porridge, Roast Meat (Chinese), Dim Sum
Located at #01-70 470 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 (Next to HDB Hub)., Singapore 310470
Show me on mapThis is my first entry for the popular Crystal Jade chain of dim sum and Chinese/Cantonese restaurants. I wouldn't normally want to add these type of outlets/restaurants here, but I've recently been coming here a few times and enjoying the food, so I thought I'd break with good ol'tradition and put this one in. To get an idea of what order, here's a hint: I never fail to order the crispy roast pork cubes (脆脾烧肉) which goes very well with the mustard sauce (drool now, you wasabi lovers). You can also get this same dish at the Red Star Restaurant which is at HDB block 54(or 53?) Upper Cross Street in Chin Swee Estate near Manhattan House. Another dish I tried (see photo) was the Deep Fried Prawn with Salted Egg Yolk and the roasted duck meat. All pretty decently prepared and cooked I must say. Advance reservation is advisable for Crytal Jade Toa Payoh - Tel: 6397-2383.
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Sims Place Chwee Kueh
Categories: Chinese, Chwee Kueh, Cakes and PastriesLocated at #01-55 Food Centre, Blk 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7., Singapore 311022
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Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Mee 来兴香菇肉脞面
Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, HawkerLocated at #01-368 BLK 85C, Toa Payoh Lorong 2., Singapore 313085
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Ah Hock Fried Oyster 亚福蚝煎
The temporary Whampoa Market and Food Centre Block is not the most comfortable of places
This plate of Ah Hock Fried Oyster's omelette costs $4 ! not exactly the best of value.
Categories: Chinese, Fried Oyster Omelette, Hawker
Located at #01-111 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
Show me on mapI tried Ah Hock's some years back and it left a good impression at the time. If my memory serves me right, the father was still involved in running the stall then. This time round, the result was disappointing - the oyster omelette was fried too dry, the oysters seemed 2nd rate and the eggs just didn't give the fresh mushy aroma that I remembered from long ago. All this would have been excusable if it was a $2/$3 plate from any hawker stall, but $4 (the lowest-priced plate) for a tweeny portion served in a sweaty cranky makeshift hawker centre just didn't cut it for me. I'll stick to Chomp Chomp and even Beng Hiang at Amoy Street where the value per-dollar beats this hands-down.
Don't take my word for it though, go check it out yourself :- Opening hours 12pm - 12am midnight, closed on Wednesdays.
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Loy Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice 黎记海南鸡饭
The temporary Whampoa Market and Food Centre Block is not the most comfortable of places
Loy Kee's stall at Whampoa, you can see the Yummy King poster on the right
Categories: Chinese, Chicken Rice, Hainanese, Hawker
Located at #01-567 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
Show me on mapThis stall has branched out into many outlets throughout Singapore including West Mall, Eastpoint and Marina Square among others. It also has a corner coffeeshop-style eatery along Balestier Road. I ordered a roast chicken rice packet here on a Sunday (Mar 2007), and the rice and chicken meat were both not up to par. It was totally unexpected considering that this stall was once a Yummy King awardee (you see the placard on their stallfront) and endorsed as "Chicken Lickin Good" by Margaret Chan in the Sunday Times (marketing blurb on their white styrofoam packets). Truly, another stall/chain that has fallen victim to the curse of the foodie award and chain expansion. I can't say for the other outlets, but for this one: not worth your trip at all.
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Chye Lee Fishhead Steamboat 财利鱼头炉
The temporary Whampoa Market and Food Centre Block is not the most comfortable of places
Categories: Chinese, Fish Head Steamboat, Hawker
Located at #01-107 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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Xin Heng Feng Fishball Noodles (day) and Fishhead Steamboat (evening) 新恒丰粿条摊(夜市鱼头炉)
The temporary Whampoa Market and Food Centre Block is not the most comfortable of places
Categories: Chinese, Fish Head Steamboat, Hawker
Located at #01-78 Whampoa Food Centre (temp site replacing former Blocks 90 & 91), near Block 90, Whampoa Drive, Singapore 320090
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333 肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh
333 Bak Kut Teh is open 24-hrs and located in front of a bus-stop
The standard bowl costs $4.50
The spare ribs soup bowl costs $6.50 - very sparing indeed !
Slurp ! The stir-fried xiao bai chai with chilli was quite tasty
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, 24hrs, Soups
Located at 333 Balestier Road., Singapore 329765
Show me on mapThis 24-hours bak kut teh shop is found next to a bus stop along Balestier Road. I found prices here quite unjustified when benchmarked against Founder's (unit 347 a minute's walk away). The usual BKT bowl costs $4.50 and the not-so-generous spare ribs soup cost $6.50. The chye buay (preserved vegetables) costs $2 - double that of Founder's (as at this time - early 2007). To be fair, most of the side dishes were rather well-cooked and tasty. Would I come again ? not likely given the many other BKT choices in this area. Also, I'd rather try the late-night porridge supper buffet at Quality Hotel not far from here.
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Founder Rou Gu Cha Cafeteria 发起人肉骨茶餐馆
New Orchid Hotel is next to Goodwill Mansion, and where Founder Bak Kut Teh is located
The standard bak kut teh serving is $5 (excl. rice). Quite reasonable considering that meat portions are above average and you get to eat in air-conditioned comfort
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at 347 Balestier Road (New Orchid Hotel), Singapore 329777
Show me on mapLocated at the first floor of a budget hotel and opposite the Shaw Plaza, this air-conditioned pork ribs soup restaurant is popular with food lovers and the queue starts forming from dinner time until as late as 10pm, even on weekdays. Overall quality has been maintained over the years. Go also to see the photo posters of movie stars and celebrities from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan having their food at this restaurant. Tel:6352-6192.
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福临海鲜餐馆
Categories: Chinese, SeafoodLocated at Chang Cheng Mee Wah Serangoon Food House, Blk 151 Serangoon North Ave 2, Singapore 550151
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Jin Xing Hong Kong Roasted Meat 金兴香港烧腊
Jin Xing Hong Kong Roasted Meat occupies a normal stall unit in a corner coffeeshop facing the Serangoon Stadium
Think you know char siew ? Jin Xing's humble plate pictured here will change your mind about the dish
Categories: Chinese, Roast Meat (Chinese), Duck Rice
Located at #01-88 Block 214, Serangoon Avenue 4., Singapore 550214
Show me on mapThis otherwise non-descript outlet (other than the bright lighting on the hanging racks of meats) is found in a corner HDB coffeeshop opposite the Serangoon Stadium / Swimming Complex. I am usually indifferent to roasted meat especially many so-called Hong Kong style ones. This stall, however, changed my mind and set the benchmark, not only for HongKong style roasts, but roast meat in general. If you've been eating red-coloured char siew (叉烧) then you won't know what you've been missing all this while until you savour the superbly done honeyed char siew (密汁叉烧 - mi zhi cha shao) from this shop. The other winners here are the crispy roasted pork (脆皮烧肉), roast duck and fried chicken. They'll take orders (a few days in advance) for roast pigs as well. Tel: 6283-3695. Opens 830am to 8pm daily while stocks last.
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Dju Dju Indonesian Food
Dju Dju is found at a coffeeshop that was newly renovated in Aug 2006.
This nasi lemak rice combination includes a sweet sour chilli sotong(squid), curry vegetables and ikan bilis kachang. Total $4, seems a tad expensive, quite likely due to the sotong.
Categories: Indonesian, Curry Rice, Hawker
Located at #01-14 Blk 304 Serangoon Avenue 2, Singapore 550304
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Newton Circus Chao Guo Tiao
Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre is just after the Shell petrol station
The airy high-ceiling'ed Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre as seen from the Garden Street Kway Chap stall
Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, Hawker
Located at Stall 46 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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亚盛卤鸭饭 Ah Seng Braised Duck Rice
Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre is just after the Shell petrol station
The airy high-ceiling'ed Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre as seen from the Garden Street Kway Chap stall
Ah Seng Braised Duck Rice is located near the corner Newton Circus 302 Char Kway Teow stall
This duck meat and rice with braised hard-boiled egg combo costs $3.50
Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at Stall 44 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
Show me on mapThe rice here was clumpy and unimpressive. Although the duck meat was pretty good and fresh, the 'lor'(soya sauce) served with it was way too salty for my taste.
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Shukor Stall
Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre is just after the Shell petrol station
The airy high-ceiling'ed Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre as seen from the Garden Street Kway Chap stall
Categories: Malay, Hawker
Located at Stall 30 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
Show me on mapSpecializes in roti-john.
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Garden Street Kway Chap
Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre is just after the Shell petrol station
The airy high-ceiling'ed Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre as seen from the Garden Street Kway Chap stall
Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at Stall 21 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
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Soon Huat Pig's Organs Soup 顺发猪杂汤
Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre is just after the Shell petrol station
The airy high-ceiling'ed Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre as seen from the Garden Street Kway Chap stall
Soon Huat Pig's Organs Soup is located 4 stalls away from the corner Newton Circus Char Kway Teow stall
Nice food at rather reasonable prices here at Soon Huat Pig's Organs Soup stall. Not surprisingly, they've actually become more popular then Garden Street Kway Chap stall
This combo of pig organs soup, braised trotters and miscellaneous innards cost $11.60 with 2 bowls of rice.
Categories: Chinese, Pig Organ Soup, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at Stall 42 Serangoon Garden Market, 49A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555945
Show me on mapWhile not officially a kwap chap stall, this stall is a good alternative to the other (more famous) Garden Street Kway Chap stall at unit 21 if you're in the mood for pigs' innards and braised pork trotters.
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Borshch Steak House
Borsh Steakhouse has been around for ages in this cosy shophouse at Serangoon Gardens.
Just a few units away is Japanese restaurant Sushi Tei.
Next to Sushi Tei is Country Manna Restaurant, a simpler alternative if Borshch is fully booked.
Categories: International, Steak, Russian
Located at 58 Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore 555954
Show me on mapTel: 6280-4351. Get your russian food and drinks here.
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Ah Hock Fried Hokkien Mee/Noodles
Chomp Chomp (Serangoon Garden Food Centre) by day. Most stalls only open in the late afternoon till late at night
Chomp Chomp by night, bustling with diners till late
Categories: Hawker, Hokkien Mee, Noodles
Located at #01-27 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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忠忠海味园 Chomp Chomp BBQ Seafood
Chomp Chomp (Serangoon Garden Food Centre) by day. Most stalls only open in the late afternoon till late at night
Chomp Chomp by night, bustling with diners till late
Categories: Chinese, Seafood (BBQ), Hawker
Located at #01-01 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Boon Tat Street Barbeque Seafood 文达街烧烤
Chomp Chomp (Serangoon Garden Food Centre) by day. Most stalls only open in the late afternoon till late at night
Chomp Chomp by night, bustling with diners till late
Categories: Chinese, Seafood (BBQ), Hawker
Located at #01-08 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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特制菜头粿 Carrot Cake
Chomp Chomp (Serangoon Garden Food Centre) by day. Most stalls only open in the late afternoon till late at night
Chomp Chomp by night, bustling with diners till late
Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Hawker
Located at #01-36 Serangoon Garden Food Centre (Chomp Chomp), 20 Kensington Park Road, Singapore 557269
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Mellben Seafood
Mellben Seafood occupies a corner HDB coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio block 233
Categories: Chinese, Crab, Seafood
Located at #01-1222 Block 232 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 , Singapore 560232
Show me on mapThis shop is famous for their crab bee hoon / noodle soup. For reasons which I still have not ascertained, the name of this crab specialist has been spelt 'Melben' more often than the correct 'Mellben' which is what is used on their namecards. I myself am guilty of using the shorter form although I knew the spelling on the awning of the Ang Mo Kio outlet puts their name as 'Mellben' in large letters. It seems they made a name change some years back, and before the current location in Ang Mo Kio, they were situated in a Serangoon Central HDB kopitiam near the Lorong Lew Lian area. They have spun off a branch in Ang Mo Kio Block 233 (opposite the current one) called Uncle Leong's Seafood. Tel: 6285-6762.
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宏兴牛肉粉 Hong Heng Beef Noodles Soup
Hong Heng Beef Noodles (and Katong Laksa) is located in Uncle Leong Seafood kopitiam.
Hong Heng's beef noodles soup isn't all that impressive considering that it was once voted a Yummy King No.1 favourite. This bowl will set up you back $3.50
Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, Hawker
Located at #01-1194 Blk 233 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Singapore 560233
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永记肉骨茶 Eng Kee Bak Kut Teh
Eng Kee Bak Kut Teh is in Teck Ghee Court Market and Food Centre opposite Bishan Park.
Eng Kee's bak kut teh has generous servings of pork rib meat and the soup is refreshingly peppery.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-04 Teck Ghee Court Mkt and Food Centre, Blk 341 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, Singapore 560341
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卤面 Lor Mee
Categories: Chinese, Lor Mee, HawkerLocated at S11食艺美食屋, Blk 711 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8., Singapore 560711
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Rasa Sayang Western Food 啦莎沙央西餐
Rasa Sayang is located at the S11 foodcourt in Ang Mo Kio Central
Categories: Chinese, Western Food, Hawker
Located at Stall 7 S-11 Coffeeshop, Blk 711 Ang Mo Kio Central Ave 8., Singapore 560711
Show me on mapThis stall serves up a wide range of western food choices. Food quality is pretty consistent and above average but nothing really impressive. Prices are higher than most other hawker center or open-air food courts - $5.50 for chicken chops, chicken cutlets, pork chops and $6.50 for lamb chops. The sirloin beef steak costs $7. Given these prices, I don't think they're value-for-money. Editor's note: watch for our future review of Botak Jones, a western food joint set up by a real 'western' guy, which is located at an ulu corner of Ang Mo Kio.
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37 Desserts
Categories: Chinese, Ice Kachang, DessertLocated at #01-37 Ang Mo Kio Central Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.
NOTICE : This hawker centre is closed and undergoing upgrading (HUP)., Singapore 560724
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Chai Chee Noodle Village
Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, Noodles, HawkerLocated at #01-4236 Seafood Junction, Blk 727 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Singapore 560727
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夕阳炖品
Categories: Chinese, Soups, HawkerLocated at Blk 728 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Singapore 560728
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Seng Kee Bak Kut Teh 成记肉骨茶
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, SoupsLocated at #01-06 Chong Boon Market and Cooked Food Centre, 453A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Singapore 561453
Show me on mapThe bak kut teh here comes with bony pieces of pork and is really run-of-the-mill and disappointing. The braised pig trotters does better and is a more popular choice among diners. Don't confuse this stall with Eng Kee Bak Kut Teh, located at Block 341 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, which is a better choice by far.
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巴西立鱼粥 Pasir Ris Fish Porridge
Categories: Chinese, Fish Porridge, TeochewLocated at #01-91 Blk 453A Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Singapore 561453
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Meng Kitchen 日夜小厨 (Bak Chor Mee / Laksa stall)
Meng Kitchen is nestled among a row of shophouse units at Upper Thomson Road near Sin Ming Road.
One of the better bak chor mee around. The taste is similar to the noodles I've tasted from a noodle stall at the Thomson Plaza foodcourt.
Try the meat dumpling soup dish as well ! It comes with a black mass of dried seaweed.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, 24hrs
Located at 246B, Upper Thomson Road., Singapore 574370
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Casuarina Curry
A long long time ago... in a galaxy far far away....there was a mind-boggling range of pratas...
A wide range of murtabak options !
Goreng once, goreng twice, goreng 26 times !
Categories: Indian, Roti Prata, Halal-Muslim
Located at 136/138 Casuarina Road., Singapore 579524
Show me on mapTeh tarik, murtabak and thosai(dosai).
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丰记熟食炒粿条 (Feng Ji Shu Shi)
Feng Ji Shu Shi's char kway teow is good and cheap !
Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, Noodles, Hawker
Located at #04-45 Beauty World Centre, 144 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588177
Show me on mapThis corner stall is found in an open-air hawker centre located at the 4th floor of this old shopping centre that has seen better days. The hawker centre is an anomaly that seems to be in a timewarp stuck in the 80s. A rare find in an age ruled by the Kopitiams and Food Junctions.
It produces some of the better fried kway teow in this area. If you don't want prata or the over-commercialized food eateries across at Cheong Chin Nam Road opposite this centre, then try this stall, gaze out over to Bukit Timah as you eat and let the surroundings bring you back to the 80s.
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