City-North
This area includes places around the northern edge of the central business and shopping district. It includes Orchard Road, the Newton Road area, Balestier Road as well as the HDB township of Toa Payoh.
Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at #01-406 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
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Despite its recommendation by Makansutra some years back, the braised duck meat of this stall is disappointingly second rate. The saving grace was the chilli sauce and lor(soya sauce seasoning) which still could not hide the fact that the bony duck meat didn't taste very fresh. With this standard for the common duck, I won't be venturing into goose territory.
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Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Soon Kueh, Teochew Kueh, Hawker
Located at #01-389 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
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This shop was voted by the public as one of the most popular carrot cake stalls in Singapore in Yummy King. The carrot cake is of the black (soy sauce) variety. You wouldn't know at first glance because the stall front display overflows with a range of traditional teochew kuehs (glutinous rice kueh, ou kueh, ku chye kueh and soon kueh) and other snacks. Looks like we've finally found the missing link between kueh and kway (as in chye tow kway a.k.a. carrot cake) ;-)
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Categories: Chinese, Chwee Kueh, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-373 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road., Singapore 210665
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The favourite chwee kueh (水粿) stall of many nearby folks, this stall also offer other varieties of pastries - pumpkin(金瓜糕) and yam(芋头糕) cakes. Go before lunch or risk leaving the stall empty-handed.
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Categories: Halal-Muslim, Sarabat, Teh Tarik
Located at #01-320 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
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This is one among the many stalls that serve masala tea (chai masala) in Tekka Food Centre. I've tried a few stalls but this one is my preferred. The tea comes with a generous scoop of masala powder and isn't too sweet unlike that from stall #01-327. In total, I counted 4 drinks shops - #320, 322, 325 and #327 - all selling teh masala and ginger tea (teh halia) within the same row of stalls. This must undoubtedly be Singapore's Masala Tea Row ! The other shops in the row are all halal food stalls selling mutton soup, chicken/mutton bryani, mutton chops, tulang (mutton bone with marrow), roti prata, Indian rojak and other local Malay/Indian dishes. Just this row of hawker stalls alone makes it worth your while to visit Tekka Market & Food Centre.
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Categories: Chinese, Prawn Mee/Noodles, Hawker
Located at #01-15 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
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Categories: Chinese, Soups, Seafood
Located at #01-35 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
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This stall sells seafood but specializes in fish soups. Popular dishes here include the standard fish soup (batang fish) and the red grouper fish head soup.
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Categories: Chinese, Prawn Mee/Noodles, Hawker
Located at #01-41 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
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Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Roti Prata, Teh Tarik, Vadai, Thosai
Located at 76 Serangoon Road, Singapore 217981
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This is a no-frills air-conditioned shop that has been around for decades. Offers a wide variety of vegetarian Indian dishes such as chapati, poori (puri), masala thosai (dosai), parota (prata), mango lasi (yoghurt drink), bhattura (or batura) (see photo) and vadai. The shop also sells a variety of Indian sweets (mithai). On a good day, the hot tea here can be really good. It may have spawned a fast-food chain bearing the same Komala name, but this shop is the original and serves up the real thing !
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Located at Thye Chong Restaurant, 170 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 218052
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This shop is located at an old dingy coffeeshop at the corner of Norris Road and Serangoon Road, and seems to have been operating forever. Seeing the crowd here gives you an indication of the popularity of the chapatis here, and they sure didn't seem to mind the environment !
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Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Vegetarian
Located at 332 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218114
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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. The famous Mustafa's department store is just a minute's walk away. Delivery orders are available at telephone 6392-2224 (9am to 9pm).
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Located at 龙山咖啡店 Long San Eating House, 566 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218181
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Located at 83 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218369
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Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at Hong Building, 208 Rangoon Road., Singapore 218453
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This is the famous stall that made the headlines in Singapore and Hongkong in July 2006, when it refused to open beyond its usual operating hours to serve Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. It made the news again in January 2007, when ex-Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, 4 months after his ousting in a military coup, made his way here for lunch in a visit to Singapore. He reportedly ate with an entourage of 17 and after that gave the thumbs up to Mr Ng, the shop owner. What more can I say ? And where else can you pay less than $10 for a meal and maybe get to eat beside the movers and shakers of Asia ? Right here at this little corner of Rangoon Road.
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Located at Extra 1 Eating House, 276 Race Course Road, Singapore 218628
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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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Xing Ji Goose & Duck Rice 兴记鹅鸭饭
Tekka Centre comprises a market and food centre. It is located next to the busy road junction of Sungei Road and Serangoon Road, opposite the Tekka Mall shopping centre.
Tekka Centre has a good mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian food. Walk further into the centre, and you'll find the wet market selling meats, seafood, spices and fresh vegetables
Xing Ji Goose and Duck Rice is found at a corner unit of Tekka Food Centre
Xing Ji Duck Rice's $3 plate of bony duck rice had good soya sauce seasoning and chilli. Pity the meat was not up to par for my taste
Categories: Chinese, Duck Rice, Hawker
Located at #01-406 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
Show me on mapDespite its recommendation by Makansutra some years back, the braised duck meat of this stall is disappointingly second rate. The saving grace was the chilli sauce and lor(soya sauce seasoning) which still could not hide the fact that the bony duck meat didn't taste very fresh. With this standard for the common duck, I won't be venturing into goose territory.
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Yan Sen Cooked Food & Carrot Cake 炎成粿品菜头粿
Tekka Centre comprises a market and food centre. It is located next to the busy road junction of Sungei Road and Serangoon Road, opposite the Tekka Mall shopping centre.
Tekka Centre has a good mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian food. Walk further into the centre, and you'll find the wet market selling meats, seafood, spices and fresh vegetables
Yan Sen Cooked Food and Carrot Cake stall sells mainly traditional kuehs although they were voted best in Singapore for their carrot cake !
Categories: Chinese, Carrot Cake, Soon Kueh, Teochew Kueh, Hawker
Located at #01-389 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
Show me on mapThis shop was voted by the public as one of the most popular carrot cake stalls in Singapore in Yummy King. The carrot cake is of the black (soy sauce) variety. You wouldn't know at first glance because the stall front display overflows with a range of traditional teochew kuehs (glutinous rice kueh, ou kueh, ku chye kueh and soon kueh) and other snacks. Looks like we've finally found the missing link between kueh and kway (as in chye tow kway a.k.a. carrot cake) ;-)
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Rong Ji Cooked Food
Tekka Centre comprises a market and food centre. It is located next to the busy road junction of Sungei Road and Serangoon Road, opposite the Tekka Mall shopping centre.
Tekka Centre has a good mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian food. Walk further into the centre, and you'll find the wet market selling meats, seafood, spices and fresh vegetables
Categories: Chinese, Chwee Kueh, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #01-373 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road., Singapore 210665
Show me on mapThe favourite chwee kueh (水粿) stall of many nearby folks, this stall also offer other varieties of pastries - pumpkin(金瓜糕) and yam(芋头糕) cakes. Go before lunch or risk leaving the stall empty-handed.
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A M Mohamed Haniffa Hot & Cold Drinks
Tekka Centre comprises a market and food centre. It is located next to the busy road junction of Sungei Road and Serangoon Road, opposite the Tekka Mall shopping centre.
Tekka Centre has a good mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian food. Walk further into the centre, and you'll find the wet market selling meats, seafood, spices and fresh vegetables
Categories: Halal-Muslim, Sarabat, Teh Tarik
Located at #01-320 Tekka Market and Food Centre, Block 665 Buffalo Road, Singapore 210665
Show me on mapThis is one among the many stalls that serve masala tea (chai masala) in Tekka Food Centre. I've tried a few stalls but this one is my preferred. The tea comes with a generous scoop of masala powder and isn't too sweet unlike that from stall #01-327. In total, I counted 4 drinks shops - #320, 322, 325 and #327 - all selling teh masala and ginger tea (teh halia) within the same row of stalls. This must undoubtedly be Singapore's Masala Tea Row ! The other shops in the row are all halal food stalls selling mutton soup, chicken/mutton bryani, mutton chops, tulang (mutton bone with marrow), roti prata, Indian rojak and other local Malay/Indian dishes. Just this row of hawker stalls alone makes it worth your while to visit Tekka Market & Food Centre.
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Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles 华记大虾面
Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, as seen here from the HDB carpark across Owen Road
Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles, starts to wind up after 2pm
This bowl of prawn noodles soup will set you back by $3 (the smallest size available)
Categories: Chinese, Prawn Mee/Noodles, Hawker
Located at #01-15 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
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Pek Kio Seafood Delight
Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, as seen here from the HDB carpark across Owen Road
Categories: Chinese, Soups, Seafood
Located at #01-35 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
Show me on mapThis stall sells seafood but specializes in fish soups. Popular dishes here include the standard fish soup (batang fish) and the red grouper fish head soup.
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Lai Hiang Pork Ribs Prawn Mee 来香排骨虾面
Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, as seen here from the HDB carpark across Owen Road
This $3 bowl of prawn noodle had all the usual ingredients. The soup was alright but could have had a stronger flavour and come in a bigger bowl !
But the best part of the deal was the deep-fried pork lard that was crispy and twisted like a curly fry, absolutely sinfully heaven !
Categories: Chinese, Prawn Mee/Noodles, Hawker
Located at #01-41 Cambridge Road Market & Cooked Food Centre, Blk 41A Cambridge Road, Singapore 211041
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Komala Vilas Restaurant
Komala Vilas Restaurant is located along Serangoon Road right smack in the middle of little India and near the famous Tekka market
A bhattura (bhatura) is served puffed up with steamy hot air.
The dish comes with chickpeas or channa(chana) dal, fresh onions (really crunchy ones), green chilli and a slice of lemon.
Hot milk tea served up in a stainless steel cup. You also have a choice of other teas such as masala tea and ginger tea.
Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Roti Prata, Teh Tarik, Vadai, Thosai
Located at 76 Serangoon Road, Singapore 217981
Show me on mapThis is a no-frills air-conditioned shop that has been around for decades. Offers a wide variety of vegetarian Indian dishes such as chapati, poori (puri), masala thosai (dosai), parota (prata), mango lasi (yoghurt drink), bhattura (or batura) (see photo) and vadai. The shop also sells a variety of Indian sweets (mithai). On a good day, the hot tea here can be really good. It may have spawned a fast-food chain bearing the same Komala name, but this shop is the original and serves up the real thing !
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Azmi Muslim Restaurant, Chapati (Norris Road).
Categories: Indian, Chapati, Halal-MuslimLocated at Thye Chong Restaurant, 170 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 218052
Show me on mapThis shop is located at an old dingy coffeeshop at the corner of Norris Road and Serangoon Road, and seems to have been operating forever. Seeing the crowd here gives you an indication of the popularity of the chapatis here, and they sure didn't seem to mind the environment !
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Komala's (Fast food) Restaurant
Another one of Komala's chain of fastfood restaurants. The one pictured here is located at the junction of Serangoon Road and Kitchener. In the background is New Park Central Hotel
Komala's Restaurant produces this bhattura ($3.70) in a matter of minutes. The masala tea costs $1.60
Categories: Indian, Vegetarian (Indian), Vegetarian
Located at 332 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218114
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. The famous Mustafa's department store is just a minute's walk away. Delivery orders are available at telephone 6392-2224 (9am to 9pm).
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正芒加腳老招牌炒福建蝦麵 Original Serangoon Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee
Categories: Chinese, Hokkien Mee, HawkerLocated at 龙山咖啡店 Long San Eating House, 566 Serangoon Road, Singapore 218181
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阿南虾面 Lam's Prawn Noodles & Crab Noodles
Categories: Chinese, Prawn Mee/Noodles, Crab NoodlesLocated at 83 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218369
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黄亚细肉骨茶餐室 Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Soup Eating House
Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Soup is located in a corner of Hong Building near the end of Rangoon Road.
By 3pm, Ng Ah Sio is closed for the day
My my, look at uncle's shiny gargantuan gold ring. Oh btw, the nifty gadget with the flip is an HP PDA which zips your order over Wifi to the kitchen. Cool eh ?
The ensemble of traditional bak kut teh dishes - the ribs soup, braised groundnuts, youtiao and vegetables
Try the chinese tea which is not the usual tiekuanyin but a fragrant brew that leaves a sweet aftertaste
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Located at Hong Building, 208 Rangoon Road., Singapore 218453
Show me on mapThis is the famous stall that made the headlines in Singapore and Hongkong in July 2006, when it refused to open beyond its usual operating hours to serve Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. It made the news again in January 2007, when ex-Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, 4 months after his ousting in a military coup, made his way here for lunch in a visit to Singapore. He reportedly ate with an entourage of 17 and after that gave the thumbs up to Mr Ng, the shop owner. What more can I say ? And where else can you pay less than $10 for a meal and maybe get to eat beside the movers and shakers of Asia ? Right here at this little corner of Rangoon Road.
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Heng Hwa Cze Cha
Categories: Chinese, Zhi Char, HengHwaLocated at Extra 1 Eating House, 276 Race Course Road, Singapore 218628
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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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