City-East
The east of the city covers locations like Lavender Street, Jalan Besar, Beach Road, the Jalan Sultan area as well as the heritage district of Little India.
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Teh Tarik, Sarabat
Located at 21 Bussorah Street. (Along and at junction with Baghdad Street), Singapore 199439
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One of the oldest surviving milk tea (sarabat) stalls in town. This stall still sells its full glass of milk tea for 60 cents !
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Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Mutton Soup (Chinese), Soups, Hawker
Located at 327 Beach Road., Singapore 199560
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This stall has been featured in Yummy King and other media reports. Well, I managed to ramble down to it on a Saturday evening with some friends and tried out their herbal duck soup, braised duck and other side dishes. The food was quite tasty, the duck decently braised and the soup was well cooked (many hours I'm sure), so much so that the duck meat slipped off their bones easily. Piece of cake for those with lazy jaws :). The specialty of this shop (nestled in an old shophouse on the periphery of Kampong Glam and opposite the Concourse Residences) is its herbal soups, specifically its Shi Quan Ya Tang (十全鸭汤) which means 'complete duck soup' - a reference to the range of herbs and spices used in its brewing. And the verdict is ...... POWER ! I don't know the ingredients (ok, I do have some idea) but the soup dishes sure give a helluva strong kick to the tastebuds and senses. I think it is also what the Chinese elderly like to call 'heaty' - full of yang energy if it is to be so believed :) So be warned, this is hot stuff.
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Categories: Chinese, Goreng Pisang, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-90 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
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Nice range of goreng pisang. Includes green bean, tapioca, sweet potato, yam varieties and other creative fried snacks like deep-fried cheese puffs. 2007 Jun update: I've since found that the standard of this outlet has dropped. This entry will be taken out in future if it found to have not improved by my next visit.
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Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, Noodles
Located at #01-89 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
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Beef noodles in varieties like kway teow, thick yellow mee, bee hoon(vermicelli). Served with a sprinkling of crushed peanuts and a half-side of fresh lime. The beef quality is excellent. Closed on Wednesdays.
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Categories: Indonesian, Halal-Muslim, Malay, Chicken Rice
Located at #B1-31 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
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This is the Golden Mile (Beach Road) hawker centre branch of the Sri Bistari chain of ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken), which is an Indonesian (the owner of Sri Bistari reportedly first discovered the dish in Batam) version of chicken rice where a chicken thigh/wing is pummelled and served on a wooden board with a sweet chilli paste and vegetables. It seems the hype over this dish, starting from the end of last year(2006), has died down somewhat. The verdict: a pretty average fried chicken and passable rice to go with it. The best part was actually the chilli paste, which was spicy yet sweet and had a tinge of garlicky flavour (another of my fav. spices). Update May 2007:On a second trip here, my friend and I both agreed that the standard (specifically the fried chicken) has dropped and is now barely passable. Nope, pummelling a not-so-tasty fried chicken thigh/wing isn't going to make it taste any better. Let's hope they do something about the quality of the chicken. I'd hate to see this dish disappear from the Singapore food scene.
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Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Vegetarian
Located at 5/7/9 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore 207465
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This is the fast food version of the original Komalas Vilas. Eat in air-conditioned comfort here just as in the original shop half a minute's walk from here. Delivery orders are available at telephone 6392-2224 (9am to 9pm).
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Located at 12/14 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore 207472
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Located at 25/27 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207531
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This corner-coffeeshop-located eatery is popular for their pepper crayfish and belacan fish (which is not as fresh as I would like it to be, although this is expected for fried fish dishes as most Chinese chefs know to reserve their better stock for steamed fish dishes.). Still, it is one of the more consistent and affordable zhichar/seafood shops around. More than a decade ago, it was situated in an old pre-war shophouse near Beach Road, then it moved to Lavender Street (beside the MRT station) and for the past few years it has been operating at this little side road parallel to Jalan Besar, near the Jalan Besar Stadium / Swimming / Sports Complex. It seems to have opened a branch (223 Rangoon Road) and another along Mountbatten Road (to be verified) in the past few months (2006).
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Located at Gar Lok Eating House, 217 Syed Alwi Rd., Singapore 207776
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Categories: Chinese, HengHwa
Located at 127 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208514
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Tel:6295-6358. There has been a proliferation of Heng Hwa food eateries and restaurants in Singapore and, in particular, the Jalan Besar area. As of end-2006, I noticed at least 3 or 4 copycat Pu Tien-style restaurants and coffeeshop eateries with similar names in the Jalan Besar area and none so blatant as "Pu Tien Seafood Restaurant" at the corner shop of the row of shophouses along Kitchener Road where this restaurant is based. Don't be fooled, this restaurant (at No.127) is the original one with this name and was set up back in year 2000. And it is still one of the best for 兴化 food.
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Categories: Chinese, Teochew, Pig Organ Soup, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #02-37 Jalan Berseh Food Centre, 166 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208877
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This traditional Teochew stall was originally from the area near the old Thong Chai (or Tong Chi to Teochews) Medical Institution in Chinatown/Merchant Road. It is famous for a Teochew dish called ter kah tang (猪脚冻) made from pig trotters that is boiled with pig skin and other parts until a soft gelatinous base is formed, then chilled into a jelly and served cold in small strip pieces. The other signature dish is white shark's meat (白牙沙鱼), another Teochew favourite. This stall's shark meat is extremely white and fresh - the owner says he will not sell it for the day if the morning market cannot provide the quality sharks he requires. The food is served with two types of sauce - a plum-extract-based sweet sauce sprinkled with crushed peanuts, and a quite-common sourish chilli paste. So good are the sauces that the owner charges (20c @) for extras helpings. I didn't care much for the chilli sauce but the plum sauce went very well with the two dishes.
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Categories: Chinese, Dim Sum, Cakes and Pastries
Located at 191 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208882
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Located at 227 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208904
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Categories: Chinese, Curry Rice, Hawker
Located at 老地方餐室(Lao Di Fang), 229 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208905
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Categories: Zhi Char, Hokkien, Seafood
Located at 252 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208925
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This is a traditional Hokkien cuisine restaurant in an old shophouse near the Jalan Besar Stadium and not far from Eminent Plaza. The specialties here include roasted duck served in sweet plum sauce, crab bee hoon (you have a choice of fried or soup versions) - the bee hoon itself has two variations the normal beehoon (米粉) and the tang hoon (冬粉) version which is a clear glassy noodle (they name it 'vermicelli' here which I believe isn't exactly correct). Dine in comfort be it lunch or dinner as the eatery is fully airconditioned. Tel: 6294-6254, 6292-9251.
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Categories: Indian, Thosai, Halal-Muslim
Located at 151 Dunlop Street, Singapore 209466
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Tucked away in a very busy street in Little India, this restaurant has neighbouring shops selling everything from fresh vegetables to Indian music CDs. Further down the street, you can find the Prince of Wales backpacker's pub/hostel and other backpacker's motels.
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Categories: Chinese, Laksa, Hawker
Located at #01-31 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, Blk 29 Bendemeer Road., Singapore 330029
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Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), Hawker
Located at #01-32 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, Blk 29 Bendemeer Road., Singapore 330029
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-67 Block 34 Whampoa West., Singapore 330034
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Lao Ah Di's bak kut teh (pork ribs soup) belongs to the clear-peppery-style category. The meat was rather bland and tasteless and you'll need the black soy sauce and chilli they provide in the small saucer. The soup, though, was sufficiently peppery without being overly spicy. The whole cloves of garlic in the soup no doubt helped as well. Open from 7am to 3pm, and closed on Mondays.
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Located at Kiong Sin Coffeeshop, 308 Lavender Street, Singapore 338814
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Located at Stall 1 (Former) Jackson Centre Kopitiam, 39 MacPherson Road, Singapore 348468
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Categories: Chinese, Seafood, Crab, Hawker
Located at Stall 13 Jackson Centre Kopitiam, 39 MacPherson Road, Singapore 348468
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This chilli crab and pepper crab specialist serves up some of the best value-for-money crabs around. It obviously does so by focusing solely on the food, ingredients and cooking, coz you'll find things here a little short in the service and ambience department. First the food court where it is located is a decrepit 80s'ish non-aircon building. Be prepared to get sweaty while you devour your crustaceans, spicy king prawns, crayfish and fried chicken here. Thankfully the stall is located at the side of the building (it gets breezy if you're lucky) next to a side road with some parking lots (free after 5pm).
Warning No.2: you'll have to pay first when you order your food - unless you're Anthony Bourdain, who wrote about this stall in his piece for the New York Times on Singapore cuisine last year (2006).
I can only think of 2 reasons for this strange pay-first practice :
(1) some punks had previously eaten and sped off in their boy racer cars without paying.
(2) owner's a stickler for clean dollar notes - no chilli stains please !.
Well when you want great food and value-for-money, somethings' got to give. But where else can you get a nice crab meal for $20 per person (2 large crabs and side dishes for a group of 5) ? ... and I can honestly say the buns (to be had with the chilli crab's sauce) are the best I've tasted in a long time. No, make that in memory. Great buns, really. 2007 Jul update: well, it looks like I might have spoken too fast, the price of the crabs here, it seems, have gone up since my Mar 2007 visit, and is now about $40/kg. Well, quality is still there. Damned GST increase ! or maybe not...read on... This mini-hawker centre is going to close down soon (en-bloc fever ?!), and quite a few of the other seafood/hawker stalls have already moved out (did I hear someone say 'less competitition' ?). Fret not, cause Bayshore Delicious seafood (the one owned, I think, by actor Tang Hu) was spotted nearby in a coffeeshop nearby facing Upper Serangoon Road. Watch this space (www.goodfood.sg) for further news. Meanwhile, go now to savour your favourite food before it's gone !
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Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at Cheok Kee Eating House, 520 MacPherson Road. (Opp Caltex Petrol Station)., Singapore 368213
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Categories: Chinese, Steamboat, Seafood
Located at #01-532 Blk 79 Circuit Road, Singapore 370079
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This steamboat stall at this old hawker centre serves range of usual steamboat fare - prawns, fish head meat, tofu, pig liver, beef, chicken, enoki mushrooms(the Chinese call them golden needle mushrooms, 金针菇) and vegetables - and comes with a small pot of satay sauce dip. However, be warned that everything here has very light, if any, seasoning. The soup (and the satay) is quite bland. Then again, the fact that the stall dares keep the seasoning light, does indicate its confidence in the freshness of the food, and you can be sure that they've skipped the MSG and tongue-numbing salt/chilli sauces.
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Located at #01-548 Circuit Road Hawker Centre, Singapore 370079
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Colocated with 建裕五香虾饼.
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Located at #01-672 Circuit Road Cooked Food Centre, Blk 79A Circuit Road, Singapore 371079
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Categories: Halal-Muslim, Mutton Soup (Indian Muslim), Soups
Located at #01-1167B Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
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You can order a range of mutton soups here including sop kaki(leg bone) and sop lidah(tongue). The sup tulang (or sop tulang as the stall spells it) here tastes just right - not too thick or strong on the mutton smell, nor too watery - with a smooth texture and not very oily. I wasn't able to discern much difference between this stall's and the other (Razack's) two units away. It could well be that both stalls use the same recipes and methods of cooking, almost as if their bowls of mutton soup were served from the same big pot !
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Categories: Halal-Muslim, Mutton Soup (Indian Muslim), Hawker
Located at #01-1167D Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
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Categories: Chinese, Yong Tau Foo
Located at #01-1163N Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
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Found at a corner of the centre lane of this hawker centre is this yong tau hu stall. Nothing mind-blowing about the food, but I did spot a member of parliament (MP) there having his late lunch. Mind you this food centre is located near the start (Lor 1) of the Geylang Road food stretch. So if the stall's good enough for him, it must be good enough for the rest of us yeah ? :)
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Categories: Chinese, Pig Organ Soup, Hawker
Located at #01-56 Aljunied Crescent Hawker Centre, Block 117, Aljunied Avenue 2., Singapore 380117
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Categories: Chinese, Vegetarian (Chinese), Laksa, Yong Tau Foo, Zhi Char, Hawker
Located at Block 134, Geylang East Avenue 1., Singapore 380134
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I'm told this vegetarian eatery was a previous Yummy King winner. It actually consists of a few stalls in a coffeeshop selling various vegetarian dishes that mimic conventional Chinese hawker food. The coffeeshop is at a corner-end of a row of HDB shophouses facing Sims Avenue. Some Buddhist temples are found in this area of Geylang, which explains why you'll see the occasional nun or monk buying their food at this shop. There are zhi-char-style vegetarian dishes, a vegetarian yong tau foo stall and a mixed rice/beehoon stall. Prices are very reasonable from $2 up. I've tried the mixed bee hoon several years ago which didn't leave any impression. A more recent visit saw me having a bowl of laksa which was pretty decent tasting considering that they couldn't use animal-based ingredients and condiments that many a good laksa maker tends to use, such as dried shrimps, mini ikan bilis (chinese silver fish 银鱼) and belacan paste. I'll be back soon for the zhi-char noodle dishes which seem to be popular going by a survey of the diners here.
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Located at 549 Geylang Road (junction with lorong 29)., Singapore 389504
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Located at 549 Geylang Road (junction with lorong 29)., Singapore 389504
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Categories: Chinese, Claypot Rice, Hawker
Located at 639 Geylang Road., Singapore 389570
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Located at 659/661 Geylang Road (junction with Lorong 35), Singapore 389589
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Located at 659/661 Geylang Road (off Lorong 35) Sin Huat Eating House, Singapore 389589
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Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, Hawker
Located at #01-115J Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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The fried prawn noodle dish here is light on seasoning (such as salt and soya sauce) and drier than most others', but because of that it feels light and you get to taste the freshness of the noodles and sotong (squid). Go during off-peak hours to avoid the long wait.
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Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #01-129D Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Categories: Chinese, Wanton Mee, Hawker
Located at #01-04 Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Located at #01-02 Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Located at #01-119G Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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This stall serves up a tender and juicy pork chop that's quite unlike most other western food stalls' which are usually dry and tough due to the grilling. Effort is made to tenderize the meat and the chopped garlic gravy takes away the smell of pork that could otherwise come across too strongly for some diners.
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Located at #01-125D Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Located at #01-127L Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Located at Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Categories: Halal-Muslim, Satay,
Located at #01-23 Haig Road Food Centre, Block 14, Haig Road., Singapore 430014
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This stall serves up a good portion of meat with each stick of satay ($0.40 each). The meat is seasoned and marinated with an interesting blend of spices of which I could discern tamarind(I think) and lemongrass. This is supposed to be in an Indonesian style of preparation, and is not over-grilled unlike most other satay stalls. Because of this, the meat is tender and maintains its amazing juiciness so if you're not careful, the juice could drip unexpectedly onto your clothes!
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Sarabat Stall (no name, opposite Kampong Glam Cafe)
The unnamed sarabat stall along Baghdad Street.
A lazy afternoon, everybody's 'chilling out' with their cup of tea. In the background is Kampong Glam Cafe - more glam than this sarabat stall for sure.
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Teh Tarik, Sarabat
Located at 21 Bussorah Street. (Along and at junction with Baghdad Street), Singapore 199439
Show me on mapOne of the oldest surviving milk tea (sarabat) stalls in town. This stall still sells its full glass of milk tea for 60 cents !
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Rochor Duck Rice (Shi Quan Ya Tang) 梧槽鸭饭 (十全鸭汤 / 羊肉汤)
Rochor Duck Rice is found along Beach Road opposite the Concourse Residences
Their braised duck and side dishes are good. But it's the herbal soups that they're known for. Hey ! is that Bruce Lee in the photo at the bottom ? ;-)
Did someone ever say that good food comes from pot-bellied chefs ?
Here it is gentlemen, dinner is served ! Braised duck, hay chor (minced prawn sausages), tau kee (beancurd skin) and more.
And tonight's special - Rochor Duck Rice's shiquan herbal duck soup.
Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Mutton Soup (Chinese), Soups, Hawker
Located at 327 Beach Road., Singapore 199560
Show me on mapThis stall has been featured in Yummy King and other media reports. Well, I managed to ramble down to it on a Saturday evening with some friends and tried out their herbal duck soup, braised duck and other side dishes. The food was quite tasty, the duck decently braised and the soup was well cooked (many hours I'm sure), so much so that the duck meat slipped off their bones easily. Piece of cake for those with lazy jaws :). The specialty of this shop (nestled in an old shophouse on the periphery of Kampong Glam and opposite the Concourse Residences) is its herbal soups, specifically its Shi Quan Ya Tang (十全鸭汤) which means 'complete duck soup' - a reference to the range of herbs and spices used in its brewing. And the verdict is ...... POWER ! I don't know the ingredients (ok, I do have some idea) but the soup dishes sure give a helluva strong kick to the tastebuds and senses. I think it is also what the Chinese elderly like to call 'heaty' - full of yang energy if it is to be so believed :) So be warned, this is hot stuff.
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Kee's Crispy Goreng Pisang
Kee's Crispy Goreng Pisang is located next to the central entrance staircase.
Categories: Chinese, Goreng Pisang, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-90 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
Show me on mapNice range of goreng pisang. Includes green bean, tapioca, sweet potato, yam varieties and other creative fried snacks like deep-fried cheese puffs. 2007 Jun update: I've since found that the standard of this outlet has dropped. This entry will be taken out in future if it found to have not improved by my next visit.
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Kheng Fatt Beef Noodle
Kheng Fatt Beef Noodles
Kheng Fatt's beef noodles comes with fresh and tender beef slices cooked just right.
...and it goes well with this cup of fresh sugarcane juice from the friendly stall behind Kheng Fatt's stall.
Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, Noodles
Located at #01-89 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
Show me on mapBeef noodles in varieties like kway teow, thick yellow mee, bee hoon(vermicelli). Served with a sprinkling of crushed peanuts and a half-side of fresh lime. The beef quality is excellent. Closed on Wednesdays.
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Sri Bistari
Sri Bistari is located at the basement of Golden Mile Food Centre in Beach Road
Ayam penyet - a chicken thigh-wing that is pummelled to loosen the meat from the bones
Ah ha ! Murder most fowl - a closer look at the poor piece of smashed up chicken meat
Categories: Indonesian, Halal-Muslim, Malay, Chicken Rice
Located at #B1-31 Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
Show me on mapThis is the Golden Mile (Beach Road) hawker centre branch of the Sri Bistari chain of ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken), which is an Indonesian (the owner of Sri Bistari reportedly first discovered the dish in Batam) version of chicken rice where a chicken thigh/wing is pummelled and served on a wooden board with a sweet chilli paste and vegetables. It seems the hype over this dish, starting from the end of last year(2006), has died down somewhat. The verdict: a pretty average fried chicken and passable rice to go with it. The best part was actually the chilli paste, which was spicy yet sweet and had a tinge of garlicky flavour (another of my fav. spices). Update May 2007:On a second trip here, my friend and I both agreed that the standard (specifically the fried chicken) has dropped and is now barely passable. Nope, pummelling a not-so-tasty fried chicken thigh/wing isn't going to make it taste any better. Let's hope they do something about the quality of the chicken. I'd hate to see this dish disappear from the Singapore food scene.
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Komala's (Fast food) Restaurant
Upper Dickson Road, where Komala's fastfood-version Indian restaurant and a few other Indian restaurants are located.
The airconditioned Komalas Vilas Fastfood along Dickson Road consists of three adjacent shop units joined together. Delivery service is provided by these colorful delivery bikes.
Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Vegetarian
Located at 5/7/9 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore 207465
Show me on mapThis is the fast food version of the original Komalas Vilas. Eat in air-conditioned comfort here just as in the original shop half a minute's walk from here. Delivery orders are available at telephone 6392-2224 (9am to 9pm).
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Madras New Woodlands Restaurant
Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), VegetarianLocated at 12/14 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore 207472
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Lai Huat Seafood Restaurant
Categories: Chinese, Zhi Char, SeafoodLocated at 25/27 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207531
Show me on mapThis corner-coffeeshop-located eatery is popular for their pepper crayfish and belacan fish (which is not as fresh as I would like it to be, although this is expected for fried fish dishes as most Chinese chefs know to reserve their better stock for steamed fish dishes.). Still, it is one of the more consistent and affordable zhichar/seafood shops around. More than a decade ago, it was situated in an old pre-war shophouse near Beach Road, then it moved to Lavender Street (beside the MRT station) and for the past few years it has been operating at this little side road parallel to Jalan Besar, near the Jalan Besar Stadium / Swimming / Sports Complex. It seems to have opened a branch (223 Rangoon Road) and another along Mountbatten Road (to be verified) in the past few months (2006).
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大埔牛肉丸
Categories: Chinese, Beef Kway Teow, HawkerLocated at Gar Lok Eating House, 217 Syed Alwi Rd., Singapore 207776
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Pu Tien Restaurant 莆田菜馆
Pu Tien Restaurant at Kitchener Road.
Categories: Chinese, HengHwa
Located at 127 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208514
Show me on mapTel:6295-6358. There has been a proliferation of Heng Hwa food eateries and restaurants in Singapore and, in particular, the Jalan Besar area. As of end-2006, I noticed at least 3 or 4 copycat Pu Tien-style restaurants and coffeeshop eateries with similar names in the Jalan Besar area and none so blatant as "Pu Tien Seafood Restaurant" at the corner shop of the row of shophouses along Kitchener Road where this restaurant is based. Don't be fooled, this restaurant (at No.127) is the original one with this name and was set up back in year 2000. And it is still one of the best for 兴化 food.
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老两猪脚冻沙鱼肉 Lao Liang Chilled Pig Trotters Jelly & Shark Meat
Jalan Berseh Food Centre is located near the middle part of Jalan Besar, near the junction with Syed Alwi Road
Lao Liang is located on the 2nd floor of Jalan Berseh Food Centre
Chilled pig trotters jelly - you can hardly taste or smell the pork
The shark meat is extremely fresh and white
Kway-chap-style mixed braised pork meat and innards
Sweet plum juice sauce with peanuts (top), and standard-fare chilli sauce
Categories: Chinese, Teochew, Pig Organ Soup, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #02-37 Jalan Berseh Food Centre, 166 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208877
Show me on mapThis traditional Teochew stall was originally from the area near the old Thong Chai (or Tong Chi to Teochews) Medical Institution in Chinatown/Merchant Road. It is famous for a Teochew dish called ter kah tang (猪脚冻) made from pig trotters that is boiled with pig skin and other parts until a soft gelatinous base is formed, then chilled into a jelly and served cold in small strip pieces. The other signature dish is white shark's meat (白牙沙鱼), another Teochew favourite. This stall's shark meat is extremely white and fresh - the owner says he will not sell it for the day if the morning market cannot provide the quality sharks he requires. The food is served with two types of sauce - a plum-extract-based sweet sauce sprinkled with crushed peanuts, and a quite-common sourish chilli paste. So good are the sauces that the owner charges (20c @) for extras helpings. I didn't care much for the chilli sauce but the plum sauce went very well with the two dishes.
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Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant
Swee Choon Restaurant faces the busy main road of Jalan Besar, go after 6pm until the next morning
Categories: Chinese, Dim Sum, Cakes and Pastries
Located at 191 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208882
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江记羊肉汤
Categories: Chinese, Mutton Soup (Chinese), HawkerLocated at 227 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208904
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美芝律剪刀咖哩饭 Scissors Curry Rice
Scissors Curry Rice is located in a corner coffeeshop at the busy junction of Jalan Besar and Kitchener Road
Lao Di Fang is situated in an old shop house along Jalan Besar.
A simple plate of curry rice with braised pork, tau pok (dried beancurd) and fried egg
Categories: Chinese, Curry Rice, Hawker
Located at 老地方餐室(Lao Di Fang), 229 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208905
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Quan Xiang Yuan (Jing Ji) Seafood Restaurant 泉香园(清记)海鲜菜馆
Quan Xiang Yuan Seafood Restaurant is in an old shophouse along Jalan Besar.
Categories: Zhi Char, Hokkien, Seafood
Located at 252 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208925
Show me on mapThis is a traditional Hokkien cuisine restaurant in an old shophouse near the Jalan Besar Stadium and not far from Eminent Plaza. The specialties here include roasted duck served in sweet plum sauce, crab bee hoon (you have a choice of fried or soup versions) - the bee hoon itself has two variations the normal beehoon (米粉) and the tang hoon (冬粉) version which is a clear glassy noodle (they name it 'vermicelli' here which I believe isn't exactly correct). Dine in comfort be it lunch or dinner as the eatery is fully airconditioned. Tel: 6294-6254, 6292-9251.
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Sakunthala's Restaurant
Sakunthala's Restaurant is located in a very busy part of the very busy Dunlop Street.
Categories: Indian, Thosai, Halal-Muslim
Located at 151 Dunlop Street, Singapore 209466
Show me on mapTucked away in a very busy street in Little India, this restaurant has neighbouring shops selling everything from fresh vegetables to Indian music CDs. Further down the street, you can find the Prince of Wales backpacker's pub/hostel and other backpacker's motels.
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民记叻沙 Min Ji Laksa
Bendemeer Market & Food Centre as you see it when approaching from the NEL's Boon Keng (NE9) MRT station which is just a minute away
Go early as Min Ji Laksa closes for the day after lunch time (2pm)
Categories: Chinese, Laksa, Hawker
Located at #01-31 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, Blk 29 Bendemeer Road., Singapore 330029
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食就知 Eat May Know
Bendemeer Market & Food Centre as you see it when approaching from the NEL's Boon Keng (NE9) MRT station which is just a minute away
Eat May Know Rojak
Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), Hawker
Located at #01-32 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, Blk 29 Bendemeer Road., Singapore 330029
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Lao Ah Di 老亚弟肉骨茶
Lao Ah Di is located in an HDB coffeeshop in a curved HDB block between Bendemeer Road and Serangoon Road.
Lao Ah Di's shop is not far from the NEL's Boon Keng (NE9) MRT station, which means it is also near the Bendemeer Block 29 Food Centre.
$5 brings you this bowl of pork ribs soup, a bowl of rice, a saucer of fresh chilli in black soy sauce and a plastic-wrapped wet serviette.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-67 Block 34 Whampoa West., Singapore 330034
Show me on mapLao Ah Di's bak kut teh (pork ribs soup) belongs to the clear-peppery-style category. The meat was rather bland and tasteless and you'll need the black soy sauce and chilli they provide in the small saucer. The soup, though, was sufficiently peppery without being overly spicy. The whole cloves of garlic in the soup no doubt helped as well. Open from 7am to 3pm, and closed on Mondays.
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大肥特级炒果条面 Tay Hing Kee
Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, HawkerLocated at Kiong Sin Coffeeshop, 308 Lavender Street, Singapore 338814
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中中五香酥虾香饼 Zhong Zhong Five Spice
Categories: Chinese, Ngor Hiang (Five Spices),Located at Stall 1 (Former) Jackson Centre Kopitiam, 39 MacPherson Road, Singapore 348468
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Tian Jin Hai Seafood 天金海海鲜
Tian Jin Hai Seafood is at the side of Jackson Kopitiam, beside Tai Thong Crescent
Crabs !
The one that almost got away !
Stir-fried chilli kangkong
Pepper crab - excellent !
Chilli crab with lotsa sauce
My my, what nice buns you have !
Deep-fried chicken
Youtiao (fried dough fritters) with salad cream
Categories: Chinese, Seafood, Crab, Hawker
Located at Stall 13 Jackson Centre Kopitiam, 39 MacPherson Road, Singapore 348468
Show me on mapThis chilli crab and pepper crab specialist serves up some of the best value-for-money crabs around. It obviously does so by focusing solely on the food, ingredients and cooking, coz you'll find things here a little short in the service and ambience department. First the food court where it is located is a decrepit 80s'ish non-aircon building. Be prepared to get sweaty while you devour your crustaceans, spicy king prawns, crayfish and fried chicken here. Thankfully the stall is located at the side of the building (it gets breezy if you're lucky) next to a side road with some parking lots (free after 5pm).
Warning No.2: you'll have to pay first when you order your food - unless you're Anthony Bourdain, who wrote about this stall in his piece for the New York Times on Singapore cuisine last year (2006).
I can only think of 2 reasons for this strange pay-first practice :
(1) some punks had previously eaten and sped off in their boy racer cars without paying.
(2) owner's a stickler for clean dollar notes - no chilli stains please !.
Well when you want great food and value-for-money, somethings' got to give. But where else can you get a nice crab meal for $20 per person (2 large crabs and side dishes for a group of 5) ? ... and I can honestly say the buns (to be had with the chilli crab's sauce) are the best I've tasted in a long time. No, make that in memory. Great buns, really. 2007 Jul update: well, it looks like I might have spoken too fast, the price of the crabs here, it seems, have gone up since my Mar 2007 visit, and is now about $40/kg. Well, quality is still there. Damned GST increase ! or maybe not...read on... This mini-hawker centre is going to close down soon (en-bloc fever ?!), and quite a few of the other seafood/hawker stalls have already moved out (did I hear someone say 'less competitition' ?). Fret not, cause Bayshore Delicious seafood (the one owned, I think, by actor Tang Hu) was spotted nearby in a coffeeshop nearby facing Upper Serangoon Road. Watch this space (www.goodfood.sg) for further news. Meanwhile, go now to savour your favourite food before it's gone !
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Cheok Kee Duck Rice 作记鸭饭
Cheok Kee Eating House is located along Macpherson Road opposite the Caltex petrol station.
Cheok Kee Duck Rice occupies a shophouse along Macpherson Road.
Cheok Kee has one of the most nicely braised ducks that I know of - not over-done nor salty. Under the skin is a layer of fat to seal in the flavour of the duck meat
One of the more delicious braised duck meat eateries around. Try their other dishes like lotus root soup as well.
Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at Cheok Kee Eating House, 520 MacPherson Road. (Opp Caltex Petrol Station)., Singapore 368213
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Tanglin Tong Huat Seafood Satay Steamboat
Tanglin Tong Huat Seafood Satay Steamboat offers fresh healthy fare at affordable prices with no-frills alfresco seating
An order of about 10 dishes ranging from beef to cockes and enoki mushrooms (enough for 4 persons) cost $46.
Categories: Chinese, Steamboat, Seafood
Located at #01-532 Blk 79 Circuit Road, Singapore 370079
Show me on mapThis steamboat stall at this old hawker centre serves range of usual steamboat fare - prawns, fish head meat, tofu, pig liver, beef, chicken, enoki mushrooms(the Chinese call them golden needle mushrooms, 金针菇) and vegetables - and comes with a small pot of satay sauce dip. However, be warned that everything here has very light, if any, seasoning. The soup (and the satay) is quite bland. Then again, the fact that the stall dares keep the seasoning light, does indicate its confidence in the freshness of the food, and you can be sure that they've skipped the MSG and tongue-numbing salt/chilli sauces.
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建裕蚝煎
Categories: Chinese, Fried Oyster Omelette, HawkerLocated at #01-548 Circuit Road Hawker Centre, Singapore 370079
Show me on mapColocated with 建裕五香虾饼.
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妙善素食小吃 Miao Shung Vegetarian Food
Categories: Chinese, Vegetarian (Chinese), HawkerLocated at #01-672 Circuit Road Cooked Food Centre, Blk 79A Circuit Road, Singapore 371079
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Md Ghani Mutton Soup Specialist
Md Ghani Mutton Soup Specialist is two units away from Razack's stall
The standard bowl of mutton soup (sop tulang isi) costs $3.50 with a plate of french loaf bread
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Mutton Soup (Indian Muslim), Soups
Located at #01-1167B Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
Show me on mapYou can order a range of mutton soups here including sop kaki(leg bone) and sop lidah(tongue). The sup tulang (or sop tulang as the stall spells it) here tastes just right - not too thick or strong on the mutton smell, nor too watery - with a smooth texture and not very oily. I wasn't able to discern much difference between this stall's and the other (Razack's) two units away. It could well be that both stalls use the same recipes and methods of cooking, almost as if their bowls of mutton soup were served from the same big pot !
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M. Abdul Razack Stall Soup Kambing
M Abdul Razack Stall is found at the front part of the Upper Boon Keng Road Food Centre
Abdul Razack's mutton soup gets served out of a humongous pot but manages to maintain its quality
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Mutton Soup (Indian Muslim), Hawker
Located at #01-1167D Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
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Star Niang Dou Fu 酿豆腐
Star Niang Dou Fu
Yong tau hu with noodles
Categories: Chinese, Yong Tau Foo
Located at #01-1163N Upper Boon Keng Rd Mkt and Hawker Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Rd, Singapore 380017
Show me on mapFound at a corner of the centre lane of this hawker centre is this yong tau hu stall. Nothing mind-blowing about the food, but I did spot a member of parliament (MP) there having his late lunch. Mind you this food centre is located near the start (Lor 1) of the Geylang Road food stretch. So if the stall's good enough for him, it must be good enough for the rest of us yeah ? :)
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Aik Kee Pig's Organ Soup 易记猪什汤
Aik Kee's soup was unimpressive.
Categories: Chinese, Pig Organ Soup, Hawker
Located at #01-56 Aljunied Crescent Hawker Centre, Block 117, Aljunied Avenue 2., Singapore 380117
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Kwan Inn Vegetarian Food 观音斋
Kwan Inn Vegetarian Food's most popular dishes seem to be their mimic zhi-char dishes
This hearty bowl of vegetarian laksa costs $2. A decent attempt, considering that no shrimps, belacan or ikan bilis could be used here
Categories: Chinese, Vegetarian (Chinese), Laksa, Yong Tau Foo, Zhi Char, Hawker
Located at Block 134, Geylang East Avenue 1., Singapore 380134
Show me on mapI'm told this vegetarian eatery was a previous Yummy King winner. It actually consists of a few stalls in a coffeeshop selling various vegetarian dishes that mimic conventional Chinese hawker food. The coffeeshop is at a corner-end of a row of HDB shophouses facing Sims Avenue. Some Buddhist temples are found in this area of Geylang, which explains why you'll see the occasional nun or monk buying their food at this shop. There are zhi-char-style vegetarian dishes, a vegetarian yong tau foo stall and a mixed rice/beehoon stall. Prices are very reasonable from $2 up. I've tried the mixed bee hoon several years ago which didn't leave any impression. A more recent visit saw me having a bowl of laksa which was pretty decent tasting considering that they couldn't use animal-based ingredients and condiments that many a good laksa maker tends to use, such as dried shrimps, mini ikan bilis (chinese silver fish 银鱼) and belacan paste. I'll be back soon for the zhi-char noodle dishes which seem to be popular going by a survey of the diners here.
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Swee Guan Hokkien Mee 水源福建面
Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, HawkerLocated at 549 Geylang Road (junction with lorong 29)., Singapore 389504
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Kwong Satay
Categories: Chinese, Satay, HawkerLocated at 549 Geylang Road (junction with lorong 29)., Singapore 389504
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芽笼瓦煲饭 Geylang Claypot Rice
Geylang Claypot Rice occupies a corner shophouse along Geylang Road near Lorong 33
Categories: Chinese, Claypot Rice, Hawker
Located at 639 Geylang Road., Singapore 389570
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Sin Huat Seafood Restaurant
Categories: Chinese, Crab, SeafoodLocated at 659/661 Geylang Road (junction with Lorong 35), Singapore 389589
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Kin Turtle Soup
Categories: Chinese, Turtle Soup, SoupsLocated at 659/661 Geylang Road (off Lorong 35) Sin Huat Eating House, Singapore 389589
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Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee (Hougang) 南星福建炒蝦麵（后港）
Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee at the temporary site next to the original Old Airport Road Food Centre which is undergoing upgrading
Nam Sing's version of fried hokkien mee is served with freshly cut red chilli rather than chilli paste as with most other stalls.
Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, Hawker
Located at #01-115J Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
Show me on mapThe fried prawn noodle dish here is light on seasoning (such as salt and soya sauce) and drier than most others', but because of that it feels light and you get to taste the freshness of the noodles and sotong (squid). Go during off-peak hours to avoid the long wait.
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多丽哥粿汁 To-Ricos Guo Shi
To-Ricos Guo Shi sells its kway chap and pig's trotters between 1130-1600hrs. Closed on Mondays and public holidays.
Categories: Chinese, Kway Chap, Hawker
Located at #01-129D Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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曹记云吞面 Cho Kee Noodle
Cho Kee Noodle has an electronic digital queuing counter system to cater to wan tan mee lovers !
Categories: Chinese, Wanton Mee, Hawker
Located at #01-04 Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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华记后港祖传驰名云吞面 Hua Kee Hougang Famous Wan Ton Mee
Categories: Chinese, Wanton Mee, NoodlesLocated at #01-02 Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Western Barbeque
Categories: Chinese, Western Food, HawkerLocated at #01-119G Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
Show me on mapThis stall serves up a tender and juicy pork chop that's quite unlike most other western food stalls' which are usually dry and tough due to the grilling. Effort is made to tenderize the meat and the chopped garlic gravy takes away the smell of pork that could otherwise come across too strongly for some diners.
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大巴窑罗惹 Toa Payoh Rojak
Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), HawkerLocated at #01-125D Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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敬佳羊肉汤
Categories: Chinese, Mutton Soup (Chinese), HawkerLocated at #01-127L Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Lao Fu Zi
Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, HawkerLocated at Old Airport Road Emporium & Cooked Food Centre, Block 51 Old Airport Road.
NOTICE : This food centre has completed its upgrading under HUP and stalls have re-opened at its original location on 1st July 2007., Singapore 390051
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Satay Sejati
Here you see 10 sticks each of mutton and chicken satay. Each stick is $0.40.
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Satay,
Located at #01-23 Haig Road Food Centre, Block 14, Haig Road., Singapore 430014
Show me on mapThis stall serves up a good portion of meat with each stick of satay ($0.40 each). The meat is seasoned and marinated with an interesting blend of spices of which I could discern tamarind(I think) and lemongrass. This is supposed to be in an Indonesian style of preparation, and is not over-grilled unlike most other satay stalls. Because of this, the meat is tender and maintains its amazing juiciness so if you're not careful, the juice could drip unexpectedly onto your clothes!
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