Chongqing street food lovers, this snack stall at the re-launched *SCAPE Singapore is for you. Ding Jia Po Potato is a food kiosk selling hearty potato and beancurd snacks from $6.

Chongqing street food lovers, this snack stall at the re-launched *SCAPE Singapore is for you. Ding Jia Po Potato is a food kiosk selling hearty potato and beancurd snacks from $6.

There’s a new place in town where you can enjoy Chef Chen Kentaro’s Sichuan creations. Chen’s Kitchen is a casual dining spot that serves up chuka ryori, a take on Chinese cuisine specially catered to Japanese palates. Located in the basement of Paragon Shopping Centre, it joins Chef Chen Kentaro’s belt of Michelin-starred and fast dining concepts.

They say that good food is worth travelling off the beaten track for. Venture into the industrial neighbourhood of Eunos Avenue and you will stumble upon Hae! Prawn Claypot, a bustling stall that specialises in charcoal seafood claypot.

You’ve heard of build-your-own pasta and build-your-own sandwiches. But how about build-your-own porridge? The quintessentially Singaporean breakfast staple has been given its own DIY twist at Peng Jia Zhou, a humble porridge stall tucked away in ESR BizPark Chai Chee on the east side of Singapore.

Fancy hundred-year old dim sum from a nostalgic food cart?
Pae Sia Dimsum has been serving just one thing every morning: siew mai.

Sometimes, the search for the perfect bowl of noodles takes you to places where you least expect it. Which is why I found myself in the far-flung corner of Bukit Batok’s industrial area, after braving an almost two-hour commute there.
“Noodles worth traveling from (insert neighbourhood in the opposite end of Singapore) to Bukit Batok for” should be Laifaba Authentic Wood-Fired Roast & Noodles‘ tagline. And judging by the bustling crowd at 2pm on a weekday, it seems many think the same.

One of my fondest memories from childhood is tucking into piping hot claypot rice for dinner after a long wait at the hawker center. He Ping Claypot Rice is a family-run restaurant that’s been in the business for over 40 years. Located along Sims Avenue, within a 10 minutes’ walk from Ajunied MRT Station, this open-air establishment serves up traditional family fare at affordable prices.
