Two Chefs Eating Place
Address: Blk 116 Commonwealth Crescent, #01-129 Singapore 140116
Opening hours: Mon: 5pm – 11.30pm; Tue–Sun: 11.45am–2.30pm, 5pm–11.30pm
(Closed every last Mon of the month)
Price: $4.50 per pax (Varies)
Cuisine: Chinese food
Address: Blk 116 Commonwealth Crescent, #01-129 Singapore 140116
Opening hours: Mon: 5pm – 11.30pm; Tue–Sun: 11.45am–2.30pm, 5pm–11.30pm
(Closed every last Mon of the month)
Price: $4.50 per pax (Varies)
Cuisine: Chinese food
Peng Lai Ge Taiwan Delight
Peng Lai Ge Taiwanese Restaurant is opposite the Joo Chiat Community Club.Peng Lai Ge Taiwanese Restaurant advertises their 'authentic Taiwanese' smelly tofu (chou doufu) on their front signboards.
Categories: Chinese, Porridge, Chow Tau Foo, Noodles
Located at 456 Joo Chiat Road., Singapore 427669
This Taiwanese food eatery is set up by a Taiwan-born family. Popular dishes here include beef soup noodle, pork chop rice and chau toufu otherwise known as smelly beancurd (臭豆腐). Tel:6478-1787.
Peng Lai Ge Taiwanese Restaurant is opposite the Joo Chiat Community Club.Peng Lai Ge Taiwanese Restaurant advertises their 'authentic Taiwanese' smelly tofu (chou doufu) on their front signboards.
Categories: Chinese, Porridge, Chow Tau Foo, Noodles
Located at 456 Joo Chiat Road., Singapore 427669
This Taiwanese food eatery is set up by a Taiwan-born family. Popular dishes here include beef soup noodle, pork chop rice and chau toufu otherwise known as smelly beancurd (臭豆腐). Tel:6478-1787.
Tiong Bahru Teochew KuehTiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, rebuilt, re-opened in June 2006. The 1st floor has wet market stalls, sundry and clothes shops. Food stalls are on the 2nd floor, and a carpark above that.The open-air section of the food centre offers al-fresco dining. The landscaped roof-top carpark on the 3rd floor provides much needed convenience for drivers.Tiong Bahru Teochew Kueh is at unit 02, just after the escalator
Categories: Chinese, Teochew Kueh, Ang Ku Kueh, Soon Kueh, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #02-02 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, 84A Lim Liak Street, Singapore 161084
This traditional Teochew kueh stall sells a wide variety of hand-made cakes from the usual glutinous rice cakes, soon kueh (turnip fillings) and ku chye kueh (chives fillings) to ang ku kueh (red peanut/bean cakes) and ou kueh (black bean).
Categories: Chinese, Teochew Kueh, Ang Ku Kueh, Soon Kueh, Cakes and Pastries
Located at #02-02 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, 84A Lim Liak Street, Singapore 161084
This traditional Teochew kueh stall sells a wide variety of hand-made cakes from the usual glutinous rice cakes, soon kueh (turnip fillings) and ku chye kueh (chives fillings) to ang ku kueh (red peanut/bean cakes) and ou kueh (black bean).
Poh Cheu
Block 127 Bukit Merah Lane 1 is part of an old low-rise HDB shophouse and housing enclave also known as Alexandra Village. In the background is the AIA (Alexandra) BuildingPoh Cheu's ang-ku-kueh-style durian kueh (left) and green bean kueh (right)
Categories: Chinese, Soon Kueh, Cakes and Pastries, Teochew Kueh
Located at #01-230 Block 127, Bukit Merah Lane 1, Singapore 150127
Specializes in a wide range of handmade ang ku kuehs with different fillings (green bean, yam, peanut, even durian and others). Stall also has other traditional kuehs and pastries. Tel:6276-2287
Block 127 Bukit Merah Lane 1 is part of an old low-rise HDB shophouse and housing enclave also known as Alexandra Village. In the background is the AIA (Alexandra) BuildingPoh Cheu's ang-ku-kueh-style durian kueh (left) and green bean kueh (right)
Categories: Chinese, Soon Kueh, Cakes and Pastries, Teochew Kueh
Located at #01-230 Block 127, Bukit Merah Lane 1, Singapore 150127
Specializes in a wide range of handmade ang ku kuehs with different fillings (green bean, yam, peanut, even durian and others). Stall also has other traditional kuehs and pastries. Tel:6276-2287
Lee Kui (Ah Hoi) Restaurant
Lee Kui Restaurant is found at Mosque Street, about 5 mins walk from Chinatown MRT (NE4) station.Lee Kui Restaurant's oyster egg comes with a generous serving of oysters.The 'goose' meat dish which is really duck meat !The $28 braised pig trotters with chestnuts. Rather expensive considering it was very average and weak-tasting. At this price, I'd rather go for a German deep-fried knuckle version.Pepper crayfish. One of the better dishes. A pity we didn't try the (steamed) fishes, which should be the pride and highlight for any Teochew restaurant.
Categories: Teochew, Zhi Char, Cold Crab
Located at 8/10 Mosque Street., Singapore 59488
Lee Kui Restaurant is found at Mosque Street, about 5 mins walk from Chinatown MRT (NE4) station.Lee Kui Restaurant's oyster egg comes with a generous serving of oysters.The 'goose' meat dish which is really duck meat !The $28 braised pig trotters with chestnuts. Rather expensive considering it was very average and weak-tasting. At this price, I'd rather go for a German deep-fried knuckle version.Pepper crayfish. One of the better dishes. A pity we didn't try the (steamed) fishes, which should be the pride and highlight for any Teochew restaurant.
Categories: Teochew, Zhi Char, Cold Crab
Located at 8/10 Mosque Street., Singapore 59488
Joo Siah Bak Koot Teh 裕城肉骨茶
Block 347 Jurong East Avenue 1 Market & Food Centre. This picture was taken from the opposite HDB block. At the top of the photo is Jurong Lake which includes the Chinese Garden.Joo Siah Bak Koot Teh occupies three units (from #01-221) of normal hawker stall space at Yuhua Place Block 347 market and food centre.What you see here is the $4 bowl of standard bak kut soup with rice. Soup top-ups are free.A closer look at the pork ribs in the standard $4 order.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-221 Block 347 Jurong East Ave 1, Singapore 600347
Block 347 Jurong East Avenue 1 Market & Food Centre. This picture was taken from the opposite HDB block. At the top of the photo is Jurong Lake which includes the Chinese Garden.Joo Siah Bak Koot Teh occupies three units (from #01-221) of normal hawker stall space at Yuhua Place Block 347 market and food centre.What you see here is the $4 bowl of standard bak kut soup with rice. Soup top-ups are free.A closer look at the pork ribs in the standard $4 order.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at #01-221 Block 347 Jurong East Ave 1, Singapore 600347
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 locatedThe 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
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.
New Orchid Hotel is next to Goodwill Mansion, and where Founder Bak Kut Teh is locatedThe 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
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.
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 8Mixed plate of pig's tripe, intestines and innards, braised eggs, taupok and doufuA 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
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 !
A bowl of pork ribs soup from Hock Kee at Block 210 Food Centre, Toa Payoh Lorong 8Mixed plate of pig's tripe, intestines and innards, braised eggs, taupok and doufuA 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
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 !
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 ResidencesTheir 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
This stall has been featured in Yummy King and other media reports.
Rochor Duck Rice is found along Beach Road opposite the Concourse ResidencesTheir 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
This stall has been featured in Yummy King and other media reports.
Clementi Brothers Rojak 金文泰兄弟罗惹
Don't be confused by the name, Clementi Brothers Rojak is found at the Zion Road Food Centre Check out the neatly stacked rows of mangoes,fruits, vegetables and taupok at the front of the stall. The pinkish bulbs seen here are bunga kantan, the flower bud of the torch ginger Tau pok & you char kway rojak from Clementi Brothers, ...uhmmm.... what's a Lau Pa Sat plate doing from a stall in Zion Road Food Centre ? ;-)
Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), Hawker
Located at Stall 21 Zion Road Riverside Food Centre, Zion Road, Singapore 160000
This rojak stall serves the usual Chinese-style rojak as well as other variations with grilled taupok & tauhu, bbq'ed dried cuttlefish and century eggs with ginger strips. Most of them come with separate saucers of chilli and sweet prawn paste sprinkled with crushed peanuts, so you can decide on the right amount of sauce-dipping with each bite.
Don't be confused by the name, Clementi Brothers Rojak is found at the Zion Road Food Centre Check out the neatly stacked rows of mangoes,fruits, vegetables and taupok at the front of the stall. The pinkish bulbs seen here are bunga kantan, the flower bud of the torch ginger Tau pok & you char kway rojak from Clementi Brothers, ...uhmmm.... what's a Lau Pa Sat plate doing from a stall in Zion Road Food Centre ? ;-)
Categories: Chinese, Rojak (Chinese), Hawker
Located at Stall 21 Zion Road Riverside Food Centre, Zion Road, Singapore 160000
This rojak stall serves the usual Chinese-style rojak as well as other variations with grilled taupok & tauhu, bbq'ed dried cuttlefish and century eggs with ginger strips. Most of them come with separate saucers of chilli and sweet prawn paste sprinkled with crushed peanuts, so you can decide on the right amount of sauce-dipping with each bite.
Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu* 永祥兴豆腐
People's Park Food Centre has a confusing address of 32 New Market Road when it is really located at Park Crescent. Just remember it is outside Chinatown MRT Station beside People's Park Chinatown MRT Station (NE4) stops at the doorstep of People's Park Food Centre Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu has a perpertually long queue during lunch hour. So long you might wonder if they're giving food for free ! Look at the concentration on the faces of these men ! The stall is a tightly run operation, so don't get turned off by the long queue. Order here, pay up and wait to be served at your table $3 for this bowl of soupy niang doufu ain't too much to ask for yeah ?
Categories: Chinese, Yong Tau Foo, Tau Kwa, Hawker
People's Park Food Centre has a confusing address of 32 New Market Road when it is really located at Park Crescent. Just remember it is outside Chinatown MRT Station beside People's Park Chinatown MRT Station (NE4) stops at the doorstep of People's Park Food Centre Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu has a perpertually long queue during lunch hour. So long you might wonder if they're giving food for free ! Look at the concentration on the faces of these men ! The stall is a tightly run operation, so don't get turned off by the long queue. Order here, pay up and wait to be served at your table $3 for this bowl of soupy niang doufu ain't too much to ask for yeah ?
Categories: Chinese, Yong Tau Foo, Tau Kwa, Hawker
Kway Guan Huat
Kway Guan Soon (popiah) is opposite the Masjid Khalid (mosque) and about 5 minutes walk in from Joo Chiat Complex.
Categories: Chinese, Popiah, Cakes and Pastries
Located at 95 Joo Chiat Road., Singapore 427389
This popiah (spring roll) shop has been in business since 1938. Varieties include popiahs made from turnips, carrots, tau kwa (dried beancurd/tofu) and crab meat. Also has kueh pie tee (a nonya snack made like a crispy little cup with turnip and other ingredients).
Kway Guan Soon (popiah) is opposite the Masjid Khalid (mosque) and about 5 minutes walk in from Joo Chiat Complex.
Categories: Chinese, Popiah, Cakes and Pastries
Located at 95 Joo Chiat Road., Singapore 427389
This popiah (spring roll) shop has been in business since 1938. Varieties include popiahs made from turnips, carrots, tau kwa (dried beancurd/tofu) and crab meat. Also has kueh pie tee (a nonya snack made like a crispy little cup with turnip and other ingredients).
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
Lor Mee
Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, rebuilt, re-opened in June 2006. The 1st floor has wet market stalls, sundry and clothes shops. Food stalls are on the 2nd floor, and a carpark above that. The open-air section of the food centre offers al-fresco dining. The landscaped roof-top carpark on the 3rd floor provides much needed convenience for drivers.
Categories: Chinese, Noodles, Lor Mee
Located at #02-79 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, 84A Lim Liak Street, Singapore 161084
Kuehs and Snacks 老婶阿嬤潮州粿 Kuehs and Snacks is at an HDB shophouse in Block 125, Bukit Merah Lane 1 Teochew glutinous rice kueh
Categories: Chinese, Cakes and Pastries, Teochew Kueh, Soon Kueh, Ang Ku Kueh
Located at #01-164 Alexandra Village, Block 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1., Singapore 150125
This airconditioned shop sits among a row of quiet HDB shophouses facing Alexandra road, opposite Alexandra Hospital and Queensway Shopping Centre. It offers traditional kueh lovers a range of handmade kuehs and other pastries. Interestingly, the Chinese name of the shop is much more complex than its English name .The glutinous rice kuehs were cheap at 70c (5 for $3.50) , compare this to Yong's which retail at 80c but is only slight tastier. However, is that they've stucked to the tradition of making soon kueh (笋粿) with real bamboo shoots (笋).
Categories: Chinese, Cakes and Pastries, Teochew Kueh, Soon Kueh, Ang Ku Kueh
Located at #01-164 Alexandra Village, Block 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1., Singapore 150125
This airconditioned shop sits among a row of quiet HDB shophouses facing Alexandra road, opposite Alexandra Hospital and Queensway Shopping Centre. It offers traditional kueh lovers a range of handmade kuehs and other pastries. Interestingly, the Chinese name of the shop is much more complex than its English name .The glutinous rice kuehs were cheap at 70c (5 for $3.50) , compare this to Yong's which retail at 80c but is only slight tastier. However, is that they've stucked to the tradition of making soon kueh (笋粿) with real bamboo shoots (笋).
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
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at Hong Building, 208 Rangoon Road., Singapore 218453
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.
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
Categories: Chinese, Bak Kut Teh, Soups
Located at Hong Building, 208 Rangoon Road., Singapore 218453
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.
Chai Chee Noodle Village (Parkway Parade) is at the basement
Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, Noodles, Hawker
Located at #B1 Treats Food Court, Parkway Parade, 80 Marine Parade Road, Singapore 449269
Chai Chee Noodle Village has set up various branches around the island. This stall in Parkway Parade seems to have kept up its standard. You would have expected good bak chor mee noodles to come mostly from the seasoned hands of a middle-aged or even ah pek, but this stall was manned by a young chap barely out of his 20s who was cool and steady despite the longish queue even at 230pm on a weekday. Quite impressive !
This bowl of minced meat noodles costs $3.50.
Categories: Chinese, Bak Chor Mee, Noodles, Hawker
Located at #B1 Treats Food Court, Parkway Parade, 80 Marine Parade Road, Singapore 449269
Chai Chee Noodle Village has set up various branches around the island. This stall in Parkway Parade seems to have kept up its standard. You would have expected good bak chor mee noodles to come mostly from the seasoned hands of a middle-aged or even ah pek, but this stall was manned by a young chap barely out of his 20s who was cool and steady despite the longish queue even at 230pm on a weekday. Quite impressive !
This bowl of minced meat noodles costs $3.50.
Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre is actually closer to Margaret Drive and near the Queenstown Library.Some people refer to this food centre as the 'Margaret Drive' food centre, this photo I took shows the official name and clears the confusion once and for all !Don't be fooled by the serene quietness around Hai Kee Cha Kua Teow's stall in the afternoon. This stall packs in the crowd when it opens for dinner in the evening.The action starts at 5pmHai Kee's char kway teow
Categories: Chinese, Char Kway Teow, Hawker
Located at #01-550 Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre (Margaret Drive), Block 40A Commonwealth Avenue, Singapore 140040
This stall is so popular, you'll not miss the long queue when it opens in the evenings. In fact, I was there at 5pm on a Saturday and the queue was already 4-5 persons long !
For $2.50, you have a really big generous plate of char kway teow loaded with cockles and deep-fried lard. The thing about me is, I prefer my plate of fried kuay teow sweetened with lotsa stickily-sweet-type black soya sauce. But Hai Kee's version was e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y light on this. Blame it on the characteristic Teochew habit of light seasoning - the signboard did, afterall, warn 'Teochew' :). So try Hai Kee if you don't care much for your char kway teow's sweetness, or lack of it. Go also, to be entertained by the owner's 'power-kungfu' style of frying his noodles - I don't know how to better describe it - just go see, or should I say hear, it.
Opens from 5pm and closed on Sundays.
Categories: Chinese, Seafood, Crab, Hawker
Located at Stall 13 Jackson Centre Kopitiam, 39 MacPherson Road, Singapore 348468
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.
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) 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. Meanwhile, go now to savour your favourite food before it's gone !
Katong Tua Pui Koon's stall is next to the famous Xing Ji Ruo Cuo Mian bak chor mee stall
Categories: Hokkien Mee, Fried Oyster Omelette, Char Kway Teow
Located at #01-06 Market & Food Centre, Block 85, Bedok North Street 4, Singapore 460085
Cooked by the man Tua Pui (or Fatty) Koon himself, this stall serves the four major fried hawker dishes - fried oyster omelette, carrot cake, fried kway teow and hokkien mee. I slightly prefer this stall to the other stall selling similar dishes a few units further.
Categories: Hokkien Mee, Fried Oyster Omelette, Char Kway Teow
Located at #01-06 Market & Food Centre, Block 85, Bedok North Street 4, Singapore 460085
Cooked by the man Tua Pui (or Fatty) Koon himself, this stall serves the four major fried hawker dishes - fried oyster omelette, carrot cake, fried kway teow and hokkien mee. I slightly prefer this stall to the other stall selling similar dishes a few units further.
Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck 金记潮州卤鸭(粿汁)
Both the Chinatown Complex market and food centre have shifted to a temporary site near the Outram MRT (EW16, NE3) train station. It is a tight squeeze and much stuffier now.Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck offers a range of duck rice, noodles, porridge and kway chap dishesJin Ji's braised duck meat and kway chap is one of the better ones in this area. The duck rice here is also one of the favourites of the more hurriedThe extremely thin and soft kway chap is very easy on the gullet. Slurp it up and it slides effortlessly down your throat. I ordered another bowl and it didn't leave me feeling bloated after my mealThe secret here is really in the chilli sauce, a sourish concoction of minced chilli and garlic among other ingredients
Categories: Chinese, Duck Noodles, Duck Rice, Porridge, Kway Chap
Located at #01-162 Chinatown Complex, Blk 335 Smith Street. NOTICE : This food centre is undergoing refurbishing and stalls have been temporarily relocated to a site near Outram MRT since Jul 2006., Singapore 50335
This unassuming stall serves up very thin and soft kway chap (flat rice noodles) unlike many others' thick noodle texture and often starchy taste. The braised duck is very well done without being overly salty. There is a choice of plain white or yam rice, as well as porridge or noodles if you're just going for duck dishes.
Both the Chinatown Complex market and food centre have shifted to a temporary site near the Outram MRT (EW16, NE3) train station. It is a tight squeeze and much stuffier now.Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck offers a range of duck rice, noodles, porridge and kway chap dishesJin Ji's braised duck meat and kway chap is one of the better ones in this area. The duck rice here is also one of the favourites of the more hurriedThe extremely thin and soft kway chap is very easy on the gullet. Slurp it up and it slides effortlessly down your throat. I ordered another bowl and it didn't leave me feeling bloated after my mealThe secret here is really in the chilli sauce, a sourish concoction of minced chilli and garlic among other ingredients
Categories: Chinese, Duck Noodles, Duck Rice, Porridge, Kway Chap
Located at #01-162 Chinatown Complex, Blk 335 Smith Street. NOTICE : This food centre is undergoing refurbishing and stalls have been temporarily relocated to a site near Outram MRT since Jul 2006., Singapore 50335
This unassuming stall serves up very thin and soft kway chap (flat rice noodles) unlike many others' thick noodle texture and often starchy taste. The braised duck is very well done without being overly salty. There is a choice of plain white or yam rice, as well as porridge or noodles if you're just going for duck dishes.
Red Star Restaurant
Categories: Chinese, Porridge, Cakes and Pastries, Dim Sum
Located at #07-23 HDB Block 54 Chin Swee Road., Singapore 160054
This traditional no-frills Chinese restaurant is located in a kooky part of the seventh floor of an old HDB block near to Manhattan House and seems to have been around like forever. Ok not forever, but easily a few decades. It's popular for dim sum, and a favourite dish of mine here is the crispy roast pork cubes (also see entry for Crystal Jade Toa Payoh under dim sum category). Overall quality and service is nothing to shout about it continues to hold its own against fancy new players in the uppity newer malls. So try this out at least once before the unstoppable tide of upgrading (en-bloc!) closes it down some day.
Categories: Chinese, Porridge, Cakes and Pastries, Dim Sum
Located at #07-23 HDB Block 54 Chin Swee Road., Singapore 160054
This traditional no-frills Chinese restaurant is located in a kooky part of the seventh floor of an old HDB block near to Manhattan House and seems to have been around like forever. Ok not forever, but easily a few decades. It's popular for dim sum, and a favourite dish of mine here is the crispy roast pork cubes (also see entry for Crystal Jade Toa Payoh under dim sum category). Overall quality and service is nothing to shout about it continues to hold its own against fancy new players in the uppity newer malls. So try this out at least once before the unstoppable tide of upgrading (en-bloc!) closes it down some day.
Ken's Delights 真好吃
Dunman Food Centre is located at the junction of Onan Road and Pennefeather Road.Ken's Delight is located at the basement (unit#01-01) of Dunman Food Centre.Get this bowl of chendol for $1.50....or this bowl of cocktail jelly ($1.50).
Categories: Chinese, Cheng Tng, Ice Kachang, Soya Bean Curd/Milk, Dessert
Located at #01-01 Dunman Road Food Centre, 271 Onan Road, Singapore 424768
Get your big bowl of dessert from this dessert and drinks stall. If you're on a walking tour of the area, remember to ask the owner for the tourist brochures of Joo Chiat as well.
Dunman Food Centre is located at the junction of Onan Road and Pennefeather Road.Ken's Delight is located at the basement (unit#01-01) of Dunman Food Centre.Get this bowl of chendol for $1.50....or this bowl of cocktail jelly ($1.50).
Categories: Chinese, Cheng Tng, Ice Kachang, Soya Bean Curd/Milk, Dessert
Located at #01-01 Dunman Road Food Centre, 271 Onan Road, Singapore 424768
Get your big bowl of dessert from this dessert and drinks stall. If you're on a walking tour of the area, remember to ask the owner for the tourist brochures of Joo Chiat as well.
Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles 华记大虾面
Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, as seen here from the HDB carpark across Owen RoadWah Kee Big Prawn Noodles, starts to wind up after 2pmThis 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
Pek Kio Market & Food Centre, as seen here from the HDB carpark across Owen RoadWah Kee Big Prawn Noodles, starts to wind up after 2pmThis 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
Kwan Inn Vegetarian Food 观音斋
Kwan Inn Vegetarian Food's most popular dishes seem to be their mimic zhi-char dishesThis 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
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
Kwan Inn Vegetarian Food's most popular dishes seem to be their mimic zhi-char dishesThis 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
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
