Great food finds in Singapore are everywhere, except that the cheaper but still amazing dishes are mostly usually in hawker centers scattered all over the city.
During my most recent visit to Singapore, I spent most of my stay in the Chinatown area, allowing me to have some of the best breakfasts I have ever had (I smell youtiao somewhere in this story). However, what I mostly enjoyed was roaming around the hawker center near my hostel.
I stayed on the side of Chinatown where hostels (and other 'special' places) are located. For the perpetually hungry, be sure to cross the footbridge to get to the food side of Chinatown. The hawkers of Chinatown are not that difficult to find given that they're all concentrated in this canteen-like area where stalls are lining the walls, with food barkers calling on to diners and orders are delivered to your table.
There's a lot to see here. You can choose from the assortment of Chinese dishes being served at just about every stall, to the halal cuisine by one or two stalls. Whatever you fancy, there's got to be a stall to serve you.
If you're looking for fast food though, it's best you avoid this area cause you won't be seeing much of what you're looking for. There's KFC inside the mall, and a McDonald's nearby but why be at the hawkers center if you're looking for fattening, transfat rich processed food?
During my most recent visit to Singapore, I spent most of my stay in the Chinatown area, allowing me to have some of the best breakfasts I have ever had (I smell youtiao somewhere in this story). However, what I mostly enjoyed was roaming around the hawker center near my hostel.
I stayed on the side of Chinatown where hostels (and other 'special' places) are located. For the perpetually hungry, be sure to cross the footbridge to get to the food side of Chinatown. The hawkers of Chinatown are not that difficult to find given that they're all concentrated in this canteen-like area where stalls are lining the walls, with food barkers calling on to diners and orders are delivered to your table.
Obviously took this shot because of the youtiao :))
There's a lot to see here. You can choose from the assortment of Chinese dishes being served at just about every stall, to the halal cuisine by one or two stalls. Whatever you fancy, there's got to be a stall to serve you.
The place can be a bit packed at peak hours.
Avoid lunch time and after working hours if you don't like crowds.
If you're looking for fast food though, it's best you avoid this area cause you won't be seeing much of what you're looking for. There's KFC inside the mall, and a McDonald's nearby but why be at the hawkers center if you're looking for fattening, transfat rich processed food?
Nice one..I've been to china town Singapore once but most of the store were close because we went there like 8:30am...hahaha... -Eric
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