Must-Visit Hawker Centres Around Chinatown Singapore

A Complete Guide to Best Hawker Centres Around Chinatown

Chinatown is popularly recognized for its heritage and culture. Every corner and building in Chinatown reflects the symbolic representation of the ancient traditions and cultures. Temples, mosques, monasteries, parks, restaurants, and museums are the famous go-to places in Chinatown. And after all the travelling, you can relax and enjoy delicious and affordable local foods at Hawker centres around Chinatown. Hawker culture is very popular in Singapore, thanks to UNESCO’s recognition for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 

Hawker centers are also called food courts. You can find different kinds of local dishes such as Fried Kway Teow, Chicken Rice, Chilli Crab, Bak Kut Teh, Hokkien Mee, Laksa, Satay, etc., at reasonable prices. You can rarely find such food at any other restaurants at a price offered by these hawker stalls. 

There are plenty of hawker stalls in Singapore and some of the most diverse areas in Chinatown. All of them provide delicious and healthy food that’s worth trying for. Also, if you are thinking of starting a business, it’s best to set up a food business in Singapore following the hawker cultures. In this article, you can learn about famous hawker centers around Chinatown, popular food, and the prices of different food items.

Chomp Chomp Food Centre

It’s popular for BBQ chicken wings, BBQ stingray, satay, and oyster omelette. Other food items are grilled stingray, Hokkien mee, prawn mee, fried oyster, popiah, and desserts like carrot cake as well. 

Chomp Chomp food centre is also recognized by the name Serangoon Gardens Food Centre. What makes this centre stand out in Chinatown is that it provides services for late-night diners. It starts from 6:00 PM until late every day. So, you can enjoy your late hour’s diner with friends or family at Chomp Chomp food center.

Out of all the dishes on menus, satay is the top choice for foodies in Singapore.  You can also find beef, pork, mutton, and chicken satay in this food centre.

Some of the best food stalls as per Singapore’s foodies:

Ang Sa Lee Fried Oyster

It’s popular for Oyster omelette, and the price per pax is S$4 – S$6.

Hai Wei Yuan Seafood BBQ

It’s famous for BBQ chicken wings, and you can enjoy the dish at a price of S$1.20 and above.

Lucy BBQ Seafood

It’s popular for BBQ squid and BBQ stingray. The price per pax is S$6 – S$12.

Chia Keng Fried Hokkien Mee

It’s famous for Hokkien fried prawn mee and traditional Hokkien mee. The price per pax is S$4 – S$5

Ah Hock Hokkien Noodles

Many local foodies visit this stall for Hokkien mee. The price per pax is S$4 – S$5

Ang Mo Kio Carrot Cake

Carrot cake is the recommended dish of this stall. The price per pax is S$3 – S$5.

Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Centre

It’s popularly recognized for Pig organ soup, Chwee kueh, Prawn noodles, and Roasted duck rice. Other dishes are bak kut teh, chwee kueh, chicken rice, wonton mee, and herbal soups. 

Tiong Bahru Market Hawker Centre recently went through a recondition. It’s a spacious and clean food court in Singapore. The atmosphere is comfortable as each stall has a modern mechanical exhaust system that utilizes the open air and keeps the atmosphere fresh inside the stalls.

This Hawker centre is located above the floor of Tiong Bahru Wet Market. Therefore, you can experience the typical wet market in Singapore while enjoying mouth-watering food.

Here is the list of the recommended food stalls at this food court.

Tiong Bahru Pau

Char siew bao, Siew mai, and big bao are the popular dishes in this stall. The price per pax is S$1 – S$3.

Hui Ji Fishball Noodles & Yong Tau Foo

The popular food in this stall is fishball noodles and Yong tau foo. The price per pax is S$3 – S$4.

Tiong Bahru Fish Balls

The popular food in this stall is ngoh hiang, fried fish balls, and fried fish cakes. The price per pax is S$1- S$3.

Koh Brothers Pig Organ Soup

Pig organ soup is the recommended dish by the Singaporean foodies in this stall. The price per pax is S$4- S$5.

Jian Bo Chwee Kueh 

It’s famous for Chwee Kueh, and it costs S$0.3 for one piece.

Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodles

Wanton noodles are a popular dish, and the price per pax is S$3 – S$5.

Min Nan Prawn Noodles

Pork rib noodles and prawn noodles are the recommended dish. The price ranges from S$4 – S$6.

Lee Hong Kee Cantonese Roasted

It’s famous for roast pork rice, roasted duck rice, and char siew rice. The price per pax is S$4 – S$6.

Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice

Roasted chicken rice and steamed chicken rice are the recommended dishes. The price per pax is S$3 – S$5.

Chinatown Complex Food Centre

Chinatown Complex Food Centre is definitely one of the must-visit hawker centres around Chinatown. People popularly recognize it for Fish cake, Pork porridge, Xiao long bao, and Steamed fish head. It’s the largest food court in Singapore, located in the heart of Chinatown. It has around 260 stalls and offers varieties of dishes such as black pepper crab, carrot cake, chili crab, BBQ chicken wings, BBQ stingray, dim sum, frog porridge, bak kut teh, prawn noodles, pork intestine, etc. It also offers famous desserts such as chendol, ice kachang, and soya beancurd.

There are lots of food stalls providing similar dishes. Therefore, the price of foods is reasonable and affordable to the locals and travelers. 

Some of the recommended food stalls in Chinatown Complex Food Centre are listed below:

Tian Tian Porridge

Pork porridge is the recommended dish of this stall. The price per pax is S$3 – S$4.

Yue Ping

It’s popular for fried pumpkin cake. The price per pax is S$2 – S$4.

Shi Xiang Satay

It’s famous for satay. You can find varieties of satay dishes. The price per pax is S$1 – S$3.

Terry Katong Laksa

Laksa is the recommended dish. The price per pax is S$2.5 – S$3.

Hai Sing Ah Balling

It’s popular for Teochew style dumplings. The price per pax is S$2.5 – S$3.

Cheng Ji

It’s famous for its steamed fish head. The price per pax is S$4 – S$10.

Zhao Ji ClayPot Rice

Claypot rice dishes are the recommended food in this stall. The price per pax is S$3 – S$6.

Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodles

The recommended dishes are soya sauce chicken noodles and soya sauce chicken rice. The price per pax is S$2.5 – S$4.

Hong Kong Mongkok Dim Sum

Hong Kong-style dim sum dishes are the famous food in this stall. The price per pax is S$2 – S$4.

Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis Yong Tau Fu

This stall’s best dishes are brinjal, fried fish cake, Yong tau fu, and ikan bilis bee hoon. The price per pax is S$3 – S$5.

Conclusion

These are the must-visit Hawker centres around Chinatown. The places are comfortable, and you can enjoy mouth-watering and soul-satisfying food at the most affordable and reasonable prices.

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