15 places curated from 10 travel vlogs — the more a spot gets mentioned, the higher it ranks
One of Singapore's most famous hawker centres, popular with tourists and featured in Crazy Rich Asians.
A hawker centre in the central business district with around 100 stalls. In the evenings its Satay Street grills meat skewers over charcoal outside.
A food centre a short stroll from the ArtScience Museum serving grilled satay with peanut sauce and chilli crab for around $10-15 USD.
A bustling hawker centre near Sri Mariamman Temple serving Hainanese chicken rice, char kway teow and laksa for about $5-7 USD a dish. Go outside peak hours to avoid crowds.
One of Singapore's biggest hawker centres, a maze of alleys and stalls described as a food paradise.
A soya sauce chicken rice stall famed as the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal, costing just a couple of dollars.
Michelin Bib Gourmand hawker stall known for very juicy, silky Hainanese chicken and fragrant chicken-stock rice. Ginger and chili-vinegar sauces are self-service, and there is almost always a line.
A very local, L-shaped hawker centre surrounded by apartment blocks. Its popular old-school char kway teow stall fries noodles in a big wok with dark soy sauce, fresh cockles, egg and lap cheong sausage.
Hawker centre in Little India with a famous roti prata stall serving onion-egg prata and a 'flooded' prata drenched in mutton curry and sambal.
Extremely popular nasi lemak stall famous for a giant, crispy fried half chicken coated in spiced rempah, served with coconut rice, sambal, anchovies, peanuts and egg. It was crowned the best dish of the ranking.
Busy heritage hawker centre with one of Singapore's best street food atmospheres, packed at lunchtime with shared tables. It is known for a top-recommended laksa stall whose deluxe bowl includes slipper lobster, shrimp and cockles.
Michelin-listed stall in Chinatown Complex serving Hainanese-style pork, chicken and mutton satay grilled over charcoal. It comes with compressed rice cakes and a crunchy peanut sauce.
Institution at Newton Food Centre where the auntie slow-fries a starch-and-egg mixture until crispy, then tops it with flash-fried plump oysters and a tangy chili sauce. It has long queues and uses buzzers to call orders.
An open-air hawker spot right on Marina Bay, best at night. You can eat chili crab with views of Marina Bay Sands.
A hawker centre by Bugis Street Market where the host stopped on impulse for a cheap plate of noodles.