Best Hawker Center food in Singapore: what to eat in People’s Park Food Center
As I mention in my main post about Singapore, the unity of the city revolts around food, and this is nowhere clearer than in hawker centers. Hawker centers are food courts where hundreds of street food vendors cook and sell their signature dishes in rows of stalls around public tables. People line up to buy their favourite food (at very low prices) and eat together at the tables. Chinese, Malay, Indian and Indonesian cuisine (among others) – hundreds of different delicious dishes waiting for you IN THE SAME PLACE? Chinatown is home to many amazing hawker centers, but in this post I will focus on what to eat in People’s Park Food Center.
People’s Park Food Center
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People’s Park Food Center
People’s Park is another one of the iconic Chinatown Food Centers. It is therefore unsurprisingly associated with Chinese cuisine. In People’s Park Food Center you can check some less common hawker center food in Singapore, such as Ma La Xiang Guo. And you can always pair it with some shopping at People’s Park Complex.
People’s Park Food Center.
Go up to level 6 of People’s Park Complex carpark for an amazing view and photo opportunity
What to eat in People’s Park Food Center
Ma La Xiang Guo
For me, Ma La Xiang is the star of People’s Park Food Center. This Sichuan mouth -numbing spicy noodle soup (or dry) was a first for me but it won’t be a last! It is packed to the brim with flavour in every spoon with mala, a seasoning made with Sicuan peppercorn and chili. My go-to place is Ri Ri Hong Ma La Xiang Guo (#01-152), but apparently it is also good at Ma-La Hot Pot (#01-1060A).
The best Ma La @Ri Ri Hong Ma La Xiang Guo
Yong Tau Foo
This dish consisting of tofu filled with fish paste and cooked in a soup. Variants include vegetable stuffing as well as addition of fishballs, crab meat, sausages, etc. The best places to try Yong Tau Foo in People’s Park Food Center are Yong Xiang Xing Dou Fu (#01-1084) and Poh Kee Yong Tau Foo (#01-1066).
Roast meats
I seem to include roast meats in all the lists but I really enjoy my smokey meats and I always try some if I seem them around. In People’s Park, go for roasted duck, pork or char siu at Zhen Zhu Fang Roasted Delights (#01-1098) or Wen Dao Ji (#01-1014), or try the duck at Lek Kee Authentic Teochew Braised Duck (#01-1104).
Dumplings
Do you know when is a good time for dumplings? Always, that’s when. When in People’s Park, you have plenty of choices, such as Hong Peng La Mian Xiao Long Bao (#01-1064), Jin Feng Mei Shi (#01-1130)(fried dumplings) and Tian Jin Fong Kee (#01-1146) to try the xiao long bao, fried dumplings and la mian, respectively.
Others
Sichuan dishes at Chuan Wei Fang Xiang La Xie (#01-1040), Chong Qing grilled fish at Cheng Du Mei Shi (#01-1052) or xiao long bao at Hong Peng La Mian Xiao Long Bao (#01-1064).
Where to stay in Singapore
Singapore is an expensive city for the standards of Southeast Asia, so you may need a little extra planning when choosing your accommodation if you’re on a budget. However, you can find all kinds of accommodations in the city, so choose depending on your main interests based on the area. Check out this post where I give you recommendations based on the type of trip you’re looking for and the areas in Singapore:
Or you can use the map below to find where to stay:
Closing statement
Trying new food while traveling is probably one of the things that brings me the most joy in my life and Singapore and its hawker centers make it all the easier for me! The fact that you can taste not only many different dishes of a culture but of many cultures that are intertwined in the making of this city state in a single place is the most convenient thing. Now that you know what to eat in People’s Park Food Center, make sure you include it in your Singapore itinerary!
And remember, this is only what one man could manage to taste in a couple visits to the city, but by no means it is an exhaustive guide in terms of dishes or even hawker centers, so explore and go with your gut (quite literally!).
If you are still hungry, have a look at my recommendations for the best food at other hawker centers, and since you’re in Singapore, you’ll probably need some things to do in between meals, so you can read a bit on that too!
Best Hawker Center food in Singapore: our experience with Singapore’s street food
What to do in Singapore: Top 11 things to do in Singapore
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