Tag: Hawker Food
People joke that love for rice is ingrained into our Asian DNA but personally, noodles call out to me more as the staple carb. As far as comfort food goes, not many things beat a piping hot bowl of soupy noodles. And as far as the homely flat sheet noodles go, not many stalls hit as hard as Jiak Song Mee Hoon Kueh. Continue reading “Jiak Song Mee Hoon Kueh”
Chicken rice is one of the most familiar hawker dishes that all Singaporeans grow up with and is an absolutely ubiquitous national treasure. So it’s quite impressive that, in an ocean of chicken rice stalls, Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice managed to be one of the few honoured by the Michelin inspectors. Continue reading “Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice”
Zi Char (literally translated into “cook and fry“) is an unmistakable symbol of the Singapore hawker scene, playing host to countless family gatherings over the decades set to Hor Fun and Chilli Crab. With its ubiquity, it’s worthy of respect when a stall can leave a deep etch on the Zi Char scene as Keng Eng Kee Seafood did. Continue reading “Keng Eng Kee Seafood”
Maybe a bit out of the way, but Yishun is perhaps one of the most underrated areas in Singapore for food. From classic hawker places to an upswing of trendy IG-worthy cafes, this list covers them all.
Continue reading “Best Yishun Food Places Worth Braving the Crazies”
If you’re looking for a change of pace for authentic Thai cuisine in Singapore beyond your typical mookatas and boat noodles, Kin Hoi at Holland Village is a good choice for an authentic jolt of Thai flavours. Continue reading “Kin Hoi”
Singapore’s hawker culture was recently inducted onto UNESCO list for intangible cultural heritage . It’s been long coming, helped by stalwarts like Hill Street Tai Hwa putting our hawker scene on the map by earning itself a Michelin Star .
Chatterbox is perhaps best known for selling the most expensive chicken rice in Singapore. Laksa and rojak are also amongst the beloved hawker dishes that are given the same luxury treatment.
[Update: Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Hokkien Mee has closed.] With regular queues of up to an hour and a Michelin Bib Gourmand Award, is Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Hokkien Mee that good? Well, the ABC Brickworks store is my favourite Hokkien Mee ($4/5/6) in Singapore.
Creations that could make even angels weep with masochistic pleasure. Global Mat Soul Kitchen are touted as one of the best briyanis in Singapore, and even international sources like Vice featured them.
very few haven’t heard of this establishment when talking about Hainanese Curry Rice in Singapore, it has a legendary status. This Scissors Cut Curry Rice is the original branch at Jalan Besar.
