How to enjoy an authentic Singapore street food adventure
One of the recent culinary trends in Singapore is less about the food itself and more about a new habit - that of eating late at night. On any given night in the heartlands (suburbs), you’ll spot crowds of people enjoying a midnight supper.
Where to eat in Singapore according to locals
In Singapore, eateries are often localized in hawker centers, which abound in the city state’s blocks and streets. Most public housing complexes managed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) have their own hawker center.
The food on offer tends not to differ widely between hawker centers; usually you can choose between Chinese food, barbecued meat, seafood, Indian delicacies, a range of desserts and Singapore’s own cuisine.
For an authentic culinary experience, there’s no better option in Singapore than visiting these hawker centers.
Supper is one of the best times to visit the hawker centers, as they offer a true local ambiance. At supper time, you can see families having dinner, teenagers enjoying midnight snacks or couples on dates at kopitiam (traditional coffee shops).
Although the menus are usually the same, individual hawker centers often have their own culinary gems known to the locals to be the best around.
Saffron’s Cafeteria is a hawker center located in an HDB housing complex on Tampines Avenue, and is known as one such culinary gem. This Indian restaurant is said to serve one of the best roti prata (fried bread) around.
Finding culinary treasures like Saffron’s requires a degree of local knowledge rarely found in tourists. Luckily for you, online tourist guide service MeGuideU can act as your guide on an authentic Singaporean culinary adventure. Together with the Village Hotel from Far East Hospitality Management, the service has initiated a culinary journey known as the MakanBus to show people how the locals eat.
The MakanBus tour, which starts from Village Hotel branches such as Village Hotel Changi, takes you through a series of hawker centers, with a focus on the specialties of each center. It starts early in the evening and lasts until around midnight, visiting four to five hawker centers. Be sure to hop on the bus with plenty of room in your belly.
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