Gen Y Speaks: DIY-meals in pricey Sweden made me appreciate Singapore hawkers all the more

There is one thing Singapore really deserves the “World Number 1” is the “Hawker Center Food” (UNESCO-to-be), with the unique features:

  1. Ubiquitous: across all island
  2. Affordable by all
  3. Loved by all : rich or poor, all ages, races, local or foreigners
  4. Long opening hours

You only realize how much you miss the Hawker food when you step out of Singapore longer than 1 week. What I would crave for are these "4 大金刚" common hawker food, because they are difficult to reproduce overseas without the sauces, ingredients & the hawker’s culinary “secrets” :

  1. 炒粿条,
  2. 海南鸡饭,
  3. 肉脞面/鱼丸面,
  4. 福建虾面

https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/gen-y-speaks-diy-meals-pricey-sweden-made-me-appreciate-singapore-hawkers-all-more

30 Best Singapore Hawker Food

Hawker Food Category : ~ 60 items

2018 top 50 hawker food

Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang (Bukit Merah View Food Centre)
163 Bukit Merah Central #01-51 S150163
🇸🇬全記
Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck (Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre)
20 Ghim Moh Road #01-161 S270020
🇸🇬明辉田鸡粥海鮮煮炒店
Eminent Frog Porridge & Seafood
323 Geylang Rd S389359
🇸🇬知味鮮大蝦面
Fresh Taste Big Prawn Noodle (Zion Riverside Food Centre)
70 Zion Rd S247792
🇸🇬兴
Heng (Newton Food Centre)
500 Clemenceau Avenue North #01-28 S229495
🇸🇬真之味香港靚汤
Hong Kong Yummy Soup (Alexandra Village Food Centre)
120 Bukit Merah Lane 1 S150120
🇸🇬老夫子炒粿条
Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow (Old Airport Road Food Centre)
51 Old Airport Rd #01-12 S390051
🇸🇬联合本记煲饭
Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice (Chinatown Complex)
335 Smith Street 02-197/198/199 S050335
🇸🇬印度菜
Muthu’s Curry (Little India)
138 Race Course Rd #01-01 S218591
🇸🇬欧南园炒粿条面
Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee (Hong Lim Market & Food Centre)
531A Upper Cross St S051531
🇸🇬Rolina Traditional Hainanese Curry Puff (Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market & Food Centre)
Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza #02-15, Singapore 081006
🇸🇬食为大潮州糜
Shi Wei Da (Fengshan Market and Food Centre)
Fengshan Market and Food Centre, Blk 85 Bedok North Street 4 #01-236, S460085
🇸🇬吃饱先
Sik Bao Sin (Desmond’s Creation)
592 Geylang Road S389531
🇸🇬新记
Sin Kee Famous Cantonese Chicken Rice (Holland Drive)
40 Holland Drive S270040
🇸🇬大华肉脞面
Tai Wah Pork Noodle (Hong Lim Market & Food Centre)
531A Upper Cross St #02-16 S051531
🇸🇬椰子俱乐部
The Coconut Club
6 Ann Siang Hill S069787
🇸🇬中峇鲁益生炒福建虾面
Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (ABC Brickworks Food Centre)
6 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-13 S150006
🇸🇬超好面
A Noodle Story
7 Maxwell Rd, 01-39 S069111
🇸🇬联合海鲜烧烤
Alliance Seafood
500 Clemenceau Avenue North Newton Circus Food Centre #01-27 S229495
🇸🇬阿2老火汤
6 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 150006
🇸🇬豪华罗杂
Balestier Road Hoover Rojak
90 Whampoa Dr S320090
🇸🇬Bar-Roque Grill
165 Tanjong Pagar Road #01-00, 088539
🇸🇬Bismillah Biryani
50 Dunlop St S209379
🇸🇬青山菜头粿 (8月重新开张)
Chey Sua Carrot Cake
127 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh S310127
🇸🇬德普路真善美驰名砂煲叻沙
Depot Road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa
120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-75 Alexandra Village, S151120
🇸🇬驰名结霜桥三轮车叻沙
Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa
531A Upper Cross Street, #02-66 Hong Lim Food Centre, S051531
🇸🇬鸿兴炒苏东虾面
Hong Heng Fried Sotong Prawn Mee
30 Seng Poh Road #02-01 Tiong Bahru Market S168898
🇸🇬桐记牛肉粿条
Hong Kee Beef Noodle
7 Maxwell Rd, #01-42 Amoy Street Food Centre, S069111
🇸🇬和记肉粽
Hoo Kee Bak Chang
161 Bukit Merah Central #01-3735 S150161
🇸🇬驰名香脆咖喱卜
J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
7 Maxwell Rd #01-21 S069111
🇸🇬家嫂
Ka-Soh
96 Amoy St S069916
🇸🇬国成球记餐室
Kok Sen Restaurant
30 Keong Saik Rd S089137
🇸🇬Lagnaa
6 Upper Dickson Rd, S207466
🇸🇬了凡香港油鸡饭.面
Liao Fan Hawker Chan
78 Smith St, S058972
🇸🇬鰻满
Man Man
#01-01, 1 Keong Saik Road, S089109
🇸🇬南南家咖哩
Na Na Homemade Curry
Blk 115 Bukit Merah View, #01-47 S151115
🇸🇬新鸿运瓦煲饭
New Lucky Claypot Rice
44 Holland Drive #02-19 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre S270044
🇸🇬New Ubin Seafood
63 Hillview Avenue Level 6 Lam Soon Industrial Building S669569
🇸🇬实惠园
Shi Hui Yuan
159 Mei Chin Road #02-33 Mei Ling Market & Food Centre S140159
🇸🇬新发餐厅
Sin Huat Eating House
659/661 Geylang Road, S389589
🇸🇬松发肉骨茶
Song Fa Bak Kut Teh
#01-01 11 New Bridge Rd, S059383
🇸🇬The Blue Ginger
97 Tanjong Pagar Road, S088518
🇸🇬天天海南鸡饭
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
#01-10/11 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street, S069184
🇸🇬中峇鲁海南起骨鸡饭
Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
#02-82 Tiong Bahru Market, 30 Seng Poh Road, S168898
🇸🇬酉玉白金
Shirokane Tori-tama
#01-02 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity Street, S237995
🇸🇬True Blue Cuisine
47/49 Armenian Street S179937
🇸🇬环界
Whole Earth
76 Peck Seah Street S079331
🇸🇬银泰
Yhingthai Palace
#01-04, 36 Purvis Street, S188613
🇸🇬Zaffron Kitchen
135/137 East Coast Road, S428822
🇸🇬载顺咖喱鱼头
Zaui Shun Curry Fish Head
253 Jurong East Street 24 #01-205 S600253

Top 50 Singapore Hawker Food in 2019

🇸🇬柴船头羊肉汤
Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang (Bukit Merah View Food Centre)
163 Bukit Merah Central #01-51 S150163
🇸🇬全記
Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck (Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre)
20 Ghim Moh Road #01-161 S270020
🇸🇬明辉田鸡粥海鮮煮炒店
Eminent Frog Porridge & Seafood
323 Geylang Rd S389359
🇸🇬知味鮮大蝦面
Fresh Taste Big Prawn Noodle (Zion Riverside Food Centre)
70 Zion Rd S247792
🇸🇬兴
Heng (Newton Food Centre)
500 Clemenceau Avenue North #01-28 S229495
🇸🇬真之味香港靚汤
Hong Kong Yummy Soup (Alexandra Village Food Centre)
120 Bukit Merah Lane 1 S150120
🇸🇬老夫子炒粿条
Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow (Old Airport Road Food Centre)
51 Old Airport Rd #01-12 S390051
🇸🇬联合本记煲饭
Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice (Chinatown Complex)
335 Smith Street 02-197/198/199 S050335
🇸🇬印度菜
Muthu’s Curry (Little India)
138 Race Course Rd #01-01 S218591
🇸🇬欧南园炒粿条面
Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee (Hong Lim Market & Food Centre)
531A Upper Cross St S051531
🇸🇬Rolina Traditional Hainanese Curry Puff (Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market & Food Centre)
Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza #02-15, Singapore 081006
🇸🇬食为大潮州糜
Shi Wei Da (Fengshan Market and Food Centre)
Fengshan Market and Food Centre, Blk 85 Bedok North Street 4 #01-236, S460085
🇸🇬吃饱先
Sik Bao Sin (Desmond’s Creation)
592 Geylang Road S389531
🇸🇬新记
Sin Kee Famous Cantonese Chicken Rice (Holland Drive)
40 Holland Drive S270040
🇸🇬大华肉脞面
Tai Wah Pork Noodle (Hong Lim Market & Food Centre)
531A Upper Cross St #02-16 S051531
🇸🇬椰子俱乐部
The Coconut Club
6 Ann Siang Hill S069787
🇸🇬中峇鲁益生炒福建虾面
Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (ABC Brickworks Food Centre)
6 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-13 S150006
🇸🇬超好面
A Noodle Story
7 Maxwell Rd, 01-39 S069111
🇸🇬联合海鲜烧烤
Alliance Seafood
500 Clemenceau Avenue North Newton Circus Food Centre #01-27 S229495
🇸🇬阿2老火汤
6 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 150006
🇸🇬豪华罗杂
Balestier Road Hoover Rojak
90 Whampoa Dr S320090
🇸🇬Bar-Roque Grill
165 Tanjong Pagar Road #01-00, 088539
🇸🇬Bismillah Biryani
50 Dunlop St S209379
🇸🇬青山菜头粿 (8月重新开张)
Chey Sua Carrot Cake
127 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh S310127
🇸🇬德普路真善美驰名砂煲叻沙
Depot Road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa
120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-75 Alexandra Village, S151120
🇸🇬驰名结霜桥三轮车叻沙
Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa
531A Upper Cross Street, #02-66 Hong Lim Food Centre, S051531
🇸🇬鸿兴炒苏东虾面
Hong Heng Fried Sotong Prawn Mee
30 Seng Poh Road #02-01 Tiong Bahru Market S168898
🇸🇬桐记牛肉粿条
Hong Kee Beef Noodle
7 Maxwell Rd, #01-42 Amoy Street Food Centre, S069111
🇸🇬和记肉粽
Hoo Kee Bak Chang
161 Bukit Merah Central #01-3735 S150161
🇸🇬驰名香脆咖喱卜
J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff
7 Maxwell Rd #01-21 S069111
🇸🇬家嫂
Ka-Soh
96 Amoy St S069916
🇸🇬国成球记餐室
Kok Sen Restaurant
30 Keong Saik Rd S089137
🇸🇬Lagnaa
6 Upper Dickson Rd, S207466
🇸🇬了凡香港油鸡饭.面
Liao Fan Hawker Chan
78 Smith St, S058972
🇸🇬鰻满
Man Man
#01-01, 1 Keong Saik Road, S089109
🇸🇬南南家咖哩
Na Na Homemade Curry
Blk 115 Bukit Merah View, #01-47 S151115
🇸🇬新鸿运瓦煲饭
New Lucky Claypot Rice
44 Holland Drive #02-19 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre S270044
🇸🇬New Ubin Seafood
63 Hillview Avenue Level 6 Lam Soon Industrial Building S669569
🇸🇬实惠园
Shi Hui Yuan
159 Mei Chin Road #02-33 Mei Ling Market & Food Centre S140159
🇸🇬新发餐厅
Sin Huat Eating House
659/661 Geylang Road, S389589
🇸🇬松发肉骨茶
Song Fa Bak Kut Teh
#01-01 11 New Bridge Rd, S059383
🇸🇬The Blue Ginger
97 Tanjong Pagar Road, S088518
🇸🇬天天海南鸡饭
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
#01-10/11 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street, S069184
🇸🇬中峇鲁海南起骨鸡饭
Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
#02-82 Tiong Bahru Market, 30 Seng Poh Road, S168898
🇸🇬酉玉白金
Shirokane Tori-tama
#01-02 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity Street, S237995
🇸🇬True Blue Cuisine
47/49 Armenian Street S179937
🇸🇬环界
Whole Earth
76 Peck Seah Street S079331
🇸🇬银泰
Yhingthai Palace
#01-04, 36 Purvis Street, S188613
🇸🇬Zaffron Kitchen
135/137 East Coast Road, S428822
🇸🇬载顺咖喱鱼头
Zai Shun Curry Fish Head
253 Jurong East Street 24 #01-205 S600253

Amazing S$5 meals in the World’s most Expensive City // Singapore Eats

Maxwell Road Hawker Center in China Town – The Best in Singapore.

Breakfast: Kopi (S$1), Cantonese Century-egg Pork Congee (S$4) 皮蛋瘦肉粥

Lunch: Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice (S$5) 天天海南鸡饭

Note: “Tian Tian” is not the no. 1 chicken rice in Singapore. The “Boon Tong Kee” (文东记) at Balestier Road (HQ Branch) is the best, which is closest in quality to the authentic (also the inventor) of this dish by the defuntSwee Kee” (瑞记) Restaurant in 1950s – early 1980s.

Dinner : Roasted Pork “Chashao” Noodles (S$5) 义烧面