THE MUST TRY LIST Holland Village Margaret Drive Sin Kee Chicken Rice: Heritage brand! A Legacy Brand from the Old Margaret Drive Hawker Centre It used to be that when you mentioned Chicken Rice, the name “Swee Kee” would
THE MUST TRY LIST Havelock Road FC Authentic Teochew Minced Meat Noodles: A True Hawker Legend! Fans of the unnamed Mee Pok Tar stall, formerly located in the Tiong Bahru coffeeshop (where Loo’s Hainanese Curry Rice once stood), will be thrilled
Eunos/Kembangan Bak Chor Mee Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee: 101 year old legacy In my earlier reflections on Bak Chor Mee, I expressed that Bak Chor Mee merits recognition as a distinct category. It should not be merely
Roast Chicken Kampung Ubi Far East Chicken Rice: Roast Chicken Paradise When I first came across Far East Chicken Rice, the first thought that cross my mind was whether they are somehow related to the famous
Telok Blangah Crescent FC Telok Blangah Guan Seng Carrot Cake: Nice Hawkers Finish First! When DBS PayLah! announced that they were going to introduce the Gula Melaka Award for the hawker with the sweetest personality this year, I couldn’t
Hainanese Village FC THE MUST TRY LIST Punggol Noodles: Mighty Meatballs! Still Mighty! How time flies! I last wrote about Punggol Noodles when they were still at the coffee shop in Kovan in 2010. It’s hard to imagine
Claypot Rice Sin Ming Ah Ching Claypot Delights: Charcoal Claypot Rice! Update 28 Oct 2024: This stall has relocated to 22 Sin Ming Rd, #01-256, Singapore 571022 What is it about Claypot Rice that makes connoisseurs
Tampines Round Mkt & FC Tampines Chai Chee Porridge: Old School Goodness since 1960 Update 29 Apr 2023: This story was written when Andrew still ran the stall at Bendemeer Food Center. Due to a lack of manpower, it
Hawker Centre Bendemeer FC Hwa Heng Hokkien Mee: 6 Decades and counting! If you visit Bendemeer Food Centre at around 2 pm on a Friday afternoon, you will spot a perpetual queue outside a stall run by
Toa Payoh Lor 8 Mkt & FC Char Kway Teow Zheng Xing Char Kway Teow: Local Hawker Heroes There are some hawkers who remain known mainly in the local community. Zheng Xing is one of them. I am sure they must have some
THE REALLY MUST TRY LIST Hainanese Curry Rice Loo’s Hainanese Curry Rice: Legendary Hawker Legacy Aside from the curry and pork chops, the other essential dishes for me are the braised cabbage and lor bak. Pile them all together onto
Next Gen Hawkerpreneurs THE MUST TRY LIST Chia Keng Hokkien Mee: The Next Generation When I first wrote about Chia Keng Hokkien Mee back in 2008, I was amazed at how old school it was. If you had a
