just about eating
chilli crab?
shopping =
Orchard Road?
simply about sipping the
Singapore Sling?
Check out the locals’ favourite picks
Get off the beaten track and venture out to the suburbs (or heartlands as they are called) to dine where most locals dine. There are numerous hawker centres and coffeeshops, where the food is fantastic and you can experience the noise, vibrancy and bustle of local life. Enjoy a wide selection of the best local delights such as chicken rice, pork ribs soup, fried hokkien mee and more. Trust us, all the travelling is well worth it as soon as you take a bite.
Chomp Chomp food centre is a favourite local food haunt for many locals. Even though it is located in the northern part of Singapore, many still travel down from wherever they are to savour the wide selection of local delights here. So let the food do the talking and you be the judge.
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice didn’t become famous just for their juicy, tender chicken. The rice that it serves is equally good or even better – so good that Anthony Bourdain claims you can eat it on its own. And as a matter of fact, the queues forming in front of the stall every day don’t lie.
Pork ribs soup, known locally as Bak Kut Teh (pork bone tea), is a very popular local dish. One of the famous outlets where you can try this dish is at Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Soup, a family-run food stall that has been serving the dish for over 50 years. Some say it is so good that the meat simply glides off the bone and melts in your mouth.
Fried Hokkien Mee is one of the signature dishes that can be found at most hawker centres in Singapore. For one of the most delicious plates of noodles, you have to sample the version at Geylang Lorong 29 Fried Hokkien Mee stall, which is fried the traditional way of heating the wok with charcoal. What makes diners come back for more is how the dish is whipped up nicely moist, rich and robust.
