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Eating my last beef hor fun of the ox year and sending off the old year. Happy cny folks!

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Rojak means an “eclectic mix” in colloquial Malay, and the dish sure lives up to its name. The ingredients reflect the cultural diversity of Singapore. <3

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What can be more perfect than a shiok shiok milo dinosaur from this hot hot weather? Slurping the milo powder away now haha and TGIF everyone!!!

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You know life is good when you can order 2 meat 1 veg with no worries 😉

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Lunch hour during my deployment made me roam the hawker centre for my break. As usual happenstance for Singapore, the halal options are only a couple of stalls (literally two stalls) and only one happened to be operating.

Dine in groups of only 5, no dine-ins, take-away (dapao) only, use Food Delivery apps for your meal purchase, dine in groups of 5 again, no dine-ins again, vaccinated only, the changes will continuously happen.

I salute the hawkers who still make their day to day work, well, work. Many of the shops at the Hawker Centres I was deployed to have shuttered; some for the time being, some for good.

I took out a folded $10 note, with some change, and ordered a piping hot bowl of soto ayam. If you’ve only had mee soto before, soto ayam is similar, just replace the yellow egg noodles with cut-up chunks of lontong (Malay steamed rice cakes).

I sat alone to dine right at the corner with a 6-seat round table that had 4 seats taped “out of bounds”.

I had a few spoonfuls of the clear herb-y, spice-y hot chicken soup and added the chicken meat. The chicken was boiled (or possibly double-boiled?) very well, the meat just giving in and chunks of fibrous chicken fall off the bone very easily under the push of the fork.

Something felt very surreal and familiar.

Also, I think the stall might have given me a good quarter chicken portion, as it was a massive heaping of white meat for a $4.50 bowl (could it be to minimize the wastage at the end of the day? Or did I look really hungry?).

I have definitely tasted this exact taste for the soto before. But where? or when?

The lontong rice cakes were another story entirely; I felt like I was eating for two. The co-star for this would be the bagedil; crispy on the outside and super moist and flavorful within.

I stared at the bowl, now a luscious mix of lontong, pulled chicken meat, healthy dose of bean sprouts, the yellow-ed boiled skin from the chicken and a solitary exposed chicken wing bone.

Then it hit me.

When I was in Primary 1, I cried during the first week of school. During recess, the Primary 5 student leaders would help out the lost Primary 1 kids to get their meals. A very nice Chinese boy came to me, and brought me to a Chinese stall (I was always mistaken as a Chinese boy then, maybe not so much now) which ended up in me crying even more.

I was lucky to have my sister who heard my cries (lol) from the other end of the canteen and came over to help me and take over from the poor dumbfounded Chinese student leader (God bless you man. I don’t know where you are now and i hope you are doing well. Sorry if I dampened your helpful spirits at such a young age).

My sister brought me to the malay stall in the tuckshop, and I bought a bowl of mee soto for $0.40, which was a small serving of yellow noodles, and one solitary chicken drumlet.

As I ate, I semi-laughed between tears and I remember very clearly the tears falling into the bowl and me saying “It’s salty”.

But it was a good bowl of mee soto.

Simple, hearty, hot, and filling.

It hits the spot when you're hungry, and maybe even when you're just peckish for a really good bowl of chicken soup to calm your soul.

This bowl of Soto Ayam from Rahim Muslim Food at Chong Boon Market brought me back to almost 25 years ago when I was a kid in shorts, not knowing that we would be in this very situation now.

Being a hawker is tough work, and for some, might be the only skillset they have.

As alone as I felt then as a Primary 1 kid, I wonder how alone some of the hawkers might be feeling now.

All the best to out hawker guys/gals.

Let’s be more empathetic and understanding to everyone that we meet; be it the hawkers, cleaners, or our colleagues. Thank you hawkers, your food is a window into the lives of Singaporeans islandwide.

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"Whenever I am feeling hungry
I look around me and I know
There's hawker centres that are near me
Wherever I may choose to go
I will always recall the chicken rice
Know every kopi combination
Queue up for SafeEntry which keeps us safe
Winding through my Singapore"

My favourite hawker food memory is having to queue up to scan TraceTogether when I am craving for my favourite chicken rice. Afterall, the longer the wait, the better the memory

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I think one of the best fried white carrot cake is  “Chey Sua” at Blk 127 Lor 1 Toa Payoh Hawker Centre. The carrot cake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with delicious Chilli. All the best to the sisters who hone this beautiful artisanal street food.

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Featuring my fav tutukueh from 505 Market. Have a good Thursday everyone! 

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Featuring my fav tutukueh from 505 Market. Have a good Thursday everyone! 

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Sumo big prawn from Blk 628 Ang Mo Kio, so big, fresh and juicy. 

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I rmbr a few years ago, a guy brought me here for our first date. I thot hawker low ses and didn't have a good impression of him but wow this bowl of noodles is $20 or so and taste quite good.

So this is my fave memory because the seafood v fresh. Yums.

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As a Singaporean living overseas, I miss the Hokkien Mee at Tiong Bahru greatly! One of my other fond memories is also associated with Hokkien Mee. We once decided to introduce visiting Japanese students to this wonderful local dish and went to a store at the Clementi Wet Market to cater a dish for 10 pax. The stall owner didn't have a container large enough at her stall, so she brought us walking around the wet market to look for a container! I love these small, spontaneous moments that you will not get at corporatized food stalls. Long live hawker culture and their important role in making SG home!

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As a Singaporean living overseas, I miss the Hokkien Mee at Tiong Bahru greatly! One of my other fond memories is also associated with Hokkien Mee. We once decided to introduce visiting Japanese students to this wonderful local dish and went to a store at the Clementi Wet Market to cater a dish for 10 pax. The stall owner didn't have a container large enough at her stall, so she brought us walking around the wet market to look for a container! I love these small, spontaneous moments that you will not get at corporatized food stalls. Long live hawker culture and their important role in making SG home!

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One of the best things about hawker centres is how they are representative of Singapore's multi-racial and multi-ethnic society.

As a Chinese, I love to mix up my Caipng with Nasi Padang. After all, where else can you enjoy those divine sambal eggs, fragrant begedil and my favourite petai?!

My best memory is when the Nasi Padang Makcik remembers my order and gave me the special discounts! Terima Kasih!

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Almost can’t go wrong at Hawker centres!

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Almost can’t go wrong at Hawker centres!

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Many good food at Pasir Panjang Food Centre!

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I remember how I cried while eating carrot cake at Taman Jurong hawker centre when my gf broke up with me. Food is the best companion. People can hurt, food only heals.

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I remember how I cried while eating carrot cake at Taman Jurong hawker centre when my gf broke up with me. Food is the best companion. People can hurt, food only heals.

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Whenever checking out a new hawker place, always look for the ones with long queue. This will ensure that the food is good!

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My favourite chwee kueh stall was at Pek Kio Market and Food Centre. It was the best chwee kueh I had. I remembered the seller had a big stone grind for the flour at his stall to make the chwee kueh. Unfortunately, the seller was old and stop selling more than two decades ago. Since then, I could not find other chwee kueh that could match the nostalgic taste. I hope the hawker culture can be preserved as it is uniquely Singapore!

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Being a vegetarian, usually Bee Hoon is the easiest veg dish to find and it’s always very tasty! Love it, especially when there are crunchy chunks of vegetables inside!

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This rainy weather calls for some shiok shiok curry fish head before an afternoon nap :D 

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This rainy weather calls for some shiok shiok curry fish head before an afternoon nap :D 

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The chwee kueh at Pei Kio Market and Food Centre was my favourite food during my childhood days. I remembered the seller had a big stone grind at his stall for the flour to make chwee kueh. I like to see him make the chwee kuey and his swift action in scooping chay poh from a pot on top of a small stove and put in on the chwee kuey. Unfortunately, the seller stopped selling chwee kueh more than two decades ago due to old age. There is so far no chwee kuey that could match the nostalgic taste of what I had. We should really preserve the hawker culture and good hawker food that are uniquely Singapore!

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When I was young, I used to go to the hawker center regularly. One day when I was there, I met my primary school teacher, who sat down to talk to me about my life ambitions. During this conversation, her passion for her job truly touched my heart, and I set my ambition to take up the noble job of teaching at the noble Ministry of Education. Later on, I fulfilled this and signed on as a teacher, and being able to wake up everyday and tell myself that I am safeguarding the future of our nation makes me feel so thankful that I can be so noble. This is all stemming from the one wonderful hawker center memory. Thank you teachers and hawkers, for both being equally integral to Singapore!

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Sharing good food with friends and family

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Sharing good food with friends and family

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Countless friendships made, information exchanged and memories created. All in a simple place called hawker centre!!!

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Introduce a stamp collecting event whereby customers can visit all food centres all over SG to collect.
Special themes such as double stamps on days where there is less traffic footfall or off peak hours to allow both customer and hawkers to benefit from the event

Would love to share further on this, but why?

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Caifan stall is the love of my life. Start of the month I will order my fav fish/squid dishes like a king. At month end it’s time to order 3 veggies because no money alrd. But either way it’s the only time people call me shuai-ge haha 

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Caifan stall is the love of my life. Start of the month I will order my fav fish/squid dishes like a king. At month end it’s time to order 3 veggies because no money alrd. But either way it’s the only time people call me shuai-ge haha 

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Now that hawker culture is inscribed in UNESCO, we should start to sell hawker themed merchandise for Singaporeans to buy and show support for hawker culture, such as a HAWKER themed EZ link card, HAKWER themed pen. We can also buy the merchandise and give to our overseas friends, as a souvenir.

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The blog says tale of two fish soups. I prefer it to be called tale of two lovers.

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Many years ago, I met my current fiancee at a hawker centre when we were queuing up for fish soup at Amoy hawker centre. Given that we met at a hawker centre, I have proposed to her at a hawker centre and we have even taken our wedding photoshoot at hawker centres. Sorry I too shy to share our photos but given that I met the love of my life at hawker centre eating fish soup, fish soup will always be my favourite food memory. Anyway, when is Amoy renovation going to finish? I miss the fish soup already.

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For the memory of hawker centres to stay etched on everyone’s mind, you all can consider doing jingles like shopee. Sure cannot forget one. Can also learn from shopee every month repeat. 1.1, 2.2, 3.3 ….

Hawker centres de de de
1.1 happy hawkers day
Buy everything from hawker centres
Happy hawker food day

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It would nice if we can have a Singapore Hawkers week, a week dedicated to our ever green hawkers. Promotions and advertisements can be done during that week.
Also, it will be good and meaningful if we can invite some of these hawkers to take part in our NDP as well. Definitely a good way to show our support to them!

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Thank you NEA/HCG for doing your best to preserve the hawker culture and keeping the hawker centres scene vibrant. I wish that the hawker culture will stay as I feel that it is one of the key appeal of Singapore.

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When a stall that always have long queue suddenly have a short queue🤣 CHIONG AH!

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Students and teachers are the future of our nation. If we want to promote hawker culture, we should bring this to the schools. Beyond just talks and materials, if we bring it into the classroom, perhaps as a compulsory CCE module, this will to better enshrine hawker culture in the minds of our young.

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What is Singapore without our hawkers & the Hawker centres? Thank you to all the hawkers plying your trade with hard-work, dignity and pride. I salute you!

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Everytime I don’t know what to eat I will eat caifan. Everytime I sad I also eat cai fan because they will call me shuai ge and make my day 😍

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Tourists love our hawker culture as it is. Because it is cheap and has vibrant atmosphere. Just keep it that way. Cleanliness can be improved.

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Thanks for waking up so early everyday to prepare meals for us at such reasonable price! (: Singapore is so lucky to have our hawker culture thanks to all of your hard work! 

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Thanks for waking up so early everyday to prepare meals for us at such reasonable price! (: Singapore is so lucky to have our hawker culture thanks to all of your hard work! 

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Nothing beats kopi peng under this hot hot weather. Kopi and chill at HC is my fav pastime!

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Nothing beats kopi peng under this hot hot weather. Kopi and chill at HC is my fav pastime!

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Recently, the government has been so kind to give each household $100 CDC voucher. Although this can be used for some hawker stalls too, we can consider giving a special HAWKER voucher that can be used only at hawker stalls. This will give us better branding.

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Thank you hawkers! :) you all play a key part in many people's lives. It has been especially tough these recent years and you have worked so hard! So a big thank you! 

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Thank you hawkers! :) you all play a key part in many people's lives. It has been especially tough these recent years and you have worked so hard! So a big thank you! 

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Favourite braised pork cheek rice - this stall at #01-104 Golden Mile Food Centre serves awesome food!

Opened recently in Aug 2021 under the NEA’s Incubation Stall Programme, stall has been receiving rave reviews. Do pre-order if you want to beat the queue (which can get quite ridiculous)! You’ve been warned…

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Our government has always been so selfless and noble in helping lower-income Singaporeans, such as giving the generous GST vouchers. Can we also extend a helping hand to our hawkers and give FREE hawker rental?

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Much love to our Hawker Uncles and Aunties

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Much love to our Hawker Uncles and Aunties

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They are always very nice- give you more than you ask for, remember your order automatically if you keep visiting them, and always do everything with a big, fat smile!

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Hawker food is the best!

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Would like to see if it's feasible to install solar panels on the bigger hawker centres as the roofs have alot of unutilized space.  Lights mostly remain on even when the hakwer centre is closed. This would help reduce the carbon footprint of the hawker center as well.

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Jiayou!!! Thank you for making our hawker food so yummy!!!:)

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Jiayou!!! Thank you for making our hawker food so yummy!!!:)

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Amazing Duck, Excellent Company, Cherished Memories

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Amazing Duck, Excellent Company, Cherished Memories

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Those who'd love a good plate of braised duck, do visit Seng Heng Braised Duck. The protein is braised, treated, and seasoned to perfection. The meat is succulent, tender, with no gamey smell. And the chili pairs excellently. To try with kway teow, or yellow noodles for an absolute delight!

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Share stories about our hawker friends in the neighbourhood. And bring our children and grandchildren to meet them, to say hello, delicious, and thank you🙏 in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil (and other languages!).

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Whilst serving as a SD enforcement officer, I got the opportunity to chat with many of the hawkers. Despite the already-unfavourable working conditions, most of them understood that they needed to keep their masks on and showed lots of understanding and tolerance. They continued to maintain their warm and friendly personality, displaying grit through the tough circumstances. Immense respect for all of them! Pls continue to support your fav hawkers during this period!

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Very authentic nyonya chendol at Whampoa Mkt. Lots of coconut milk - quite unhealthy ;-)

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Writing a book to celebrate Singapore hawker culture

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Know that your food and labour is so appreciated! 💞

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I grew up in Queenstown. There was a hawker centre there (now demolished), and my family loved the 海记(Hai Kee) Teochew Fried Kway Teow. The young man who fried the kway Teow was always very focussed on frying each plate of kway teow, not rushing. It is still the best fried kway teow i hv eaten. We moved out of Queenstown to Tampines in the 80s, and i didn't go back to the stall, and after the hawker centre was demolished, we didn't know where his stall is or whether he retired. Later, found out that his stall is at Telok Blangah Crescent, but now opens only from afternoon. He must be in his 70s, but still providing delicious fried kway teow to customers. This is his life's work. I don't know who can make fried kway teow that tastes like his. I am privileged to have eaten his fried kway teow often in Queenstown during my childhood and still have vivid memory of him as a young man frying kway teow over the wok at his stall there.

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I grew up in Queenstown. There was a hawker centre there (now demolished), and my family loved the 海记(Hai Kee) Teochew Fried Kway Teow. The young man who fried the kway Teow was always very focussed on frying each plate of kway teow, not rushing. It is still the best fried kway teow i hv eaten. We moved out of Queenstown to Tampines in the 80s, and i didn't go back to the stall, and after the hawker centre was demolished, we didn't know where his stall is or whether he retired. Later, found out that his stall is at Telok Blangah Crescent, but now opens only from afternoon. He must be in his 70s, but still providing delicious fried kway teow to customers. This is his life's work. I don't know who can make fried kway teow that tastes like his. I am privileged to have eaten his fried kway teow often in Queenstown during my childhood and still have vivid memory of him as a young man frying kway teow over the wok at his stall there.

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Special programmes and activities for young children. Like a scavenger food hunt.

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Orh luak is my fav hawker food <3 thank you hawkers!

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Orh luak is my fav hawker food <3 thank you hawkers!

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Super huge chicken chop for only $6.20 at Next Western Food @ Ciyuan hawker centre. Perfectly charred and super yummy! *Kiddo stealing my fries...*

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Super huge chicken chop for only $6.20 at Next Western Food @ Ciyuan hawker centre. Perfectly charred and super yummy! *Kiddo stealing my fries...*

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Public voting for the unsung heroes / heroines (hawkers with little acts of kindness), the hawker you hate to love (grumpy but serving the best food), most pretty / handsome hawker etc

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Yummy curry chicken noodles frm Hong Lim HC 

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Thank you hawkers for your dedication to preserving hawker culture and dishing out all our favourite comfort food!

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I always love Fengshan Market’s bak chor mee, childhood memories

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One of the major overheads incurred by the hawkers is the rent. If rent is made affordably low, the food sold will be reasonably much cheaper.

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My fav food memory is jio-ing my friends for dessert after CCA. Ice kachang, ice jelly... 🥰🤤

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Singapore is too warm. Can we have some air-conditioning so that more people will visit the hawkers?

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When you are in Tampines area, you must visit Rajarani Thosai at Tampines Round Market. They made thosai with crispy edges and a fluffy centre that having one is just never enough. Mix it with  dhal and spicy coconut chutny... and it would lift up anyone's spirits. Don't missed to get apoms too. If you are adventurous, get apom with an egg and have it with jaggery sugar... sweet n savoury!

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When you are in Tampines area, you must visit Rajarani Thosai at Tampines Round Market. They made thosai with crispy edges and a fluffy centre that having one is just never enough. Mix it with  dhal and spicy coconut chutny... and it would lift up anyone's spirits. Don't missed to get apoms too. If you are adventurous, get apom with an egg and have it with jaggery sugar... sweet n savoury!

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Do a food pilgrimage such as finding the best fish soup across Singapore! Inspired from the movie Udon...

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Do a food pilgrimage such as finding the best fish soup across Singapore! Inspired from the movie Udon...

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Hawker centres are like our community dining rooms where I get to enjoy a wide variety of cuisines at affordable prices. I hope hawker culture continue to stay vibrant so my future generation also get to enjoy this!

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Thematic makan tours around the different hawker centres in Singapore! 

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Thematic makan tours around the different hawker centres in Singapore! 