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Top 5 hawker dishes you must try

Iconic street food that defines Singapore's culinary soul.

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Top 5 hawker dishes you must try

From silky chicken rice to smoky char kway teow, these are the dishes that earned Singapore its reputation as Asia's greatest street food city. Each stall has perfected its craft over decades — some across generations.

1

Hainanese Chicken Rice — Tian Tian

Maxwell Food Centre, Kadayanallur St

The dish that put Singapore on the world's culinary map — silky poached chicken draped over fragrant pandan-infused rice, served with a trinity of chilli, ginger, and dark soy sauces.

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2

Char Kway Teow — Hill Street

Blk 16 Bedok South Road, #01-187

Smoky, wok-charred flat rice noodles tossed with plump prawns, cockles, Chinese sausage, and egg — the elusive "wok hei" here is legendary, drawing hour-long queues from across the island.

3

Laksa — 328 Katong Laksa

51 East Coast Road

A bowl of rich, spicy coconut gravy brimming with prawns, fishcake, and cockles over thick vermicelli — so luxuriously creamy, and the noodles cut short enough to eat with just a spoon.

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4

Satay — Lau Pa Sat Satay Street

Boon Tat Street, Raffles Quay

Every evening, Boon Tat Street transforms into an open-air charcoal paradise — skewers of marinated chicken, mutton, and beef sizzle over flame pits, served with chunky peanut sauce.

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5

Roti Prata — Mr & Mrs Mohgan's

7 Crane Road, Jalan Kayu

Paper-thin, impossibly crispy layers of hand-stretched flatbread cooked on a cast-iron griddle — each bite shatters into golden flakes best dunked into rich fish curry.

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