Nestled between Telok Ayer and Amoy, this gray CBD food center will
be undergoing a renovation starting Dec 1 to Feb 28, 2015. Although
there's fierce competition with its nearby counterpart Maxwell Food
Centre, there are a couple of stalls worth going back to before the
1,000-seat hawker closes.
With 135 stalls spanning everything from Thai to Indian-Muslim to
Western, Chinese food remains the staple here. Head
to Yuan Chun Famous
Lor Mee stall (#02-79/80) with its snaking queues, as
well as the Nasi
Lemak just next door (#02-81). There's
also Tai Seng
Noodle House (#02-123) for solid wanton mee, and
don't miss the famous fish soup stall Han Kee Fish
Soup (#01-129) that isn't stingy with the fresh
morsels of fish fillet.
If true blue hawker food isn't what you fancy, Singapore-style
ramen A Noodle
Story (#01-39) is worth hitting up. They take cues
from local dishes like prawn mee and wanton mee to whip up some
ramen bowls in a hae-bi (dried shrimp) and kelp broth. It doesn't
stop there when it comes to variety either. Mamacitas (#01-50) is a
Costa Rican stall that has dishes like arroz con mariscos, a rice
dish with prawns, crabstick, mussels and a sunny side-up egg with a
special tomato sauce. For your beverage needs, there's
also Coffee
Break (#02-78), a flavored coffee and tea stall
that's been around since 1964. Much like the hip cafes around the
neighborhood, they've got flavors like hazelnut, toffee and
macadamia made with a blend of robusta and arabica beans.
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