Guiding you to good food & best restaurants in Singapore

Since August 2004, this street side fast casual 24-hour eatery has been a go-to in town, from when I used to work nearby.
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Their rendition is among the more asthetically pleasing, thanks to the perfectly fried chicken egg shaped by a round mould, with eggy sweet savoury flavour.
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The dish itself is delicious, the soft chewy yellow noodles, crisp bean sprouts, wispy chicken egg, and tender beef slices, all in a vibrant orange hue, with bold smoky grainy eggy vegetal sweet savoury salty meaty spice flavour.
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Bits of chili give it a good fiery kick.
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Mee Goreng
Al-Jilani Restaurant
@ 127 Bencoolen Street
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2025/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-mee-goreng.html

Established in January 2021, this fast casual, family-friendly restaurant boasts an extensive menu.
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Their rendition has soft chewy noodles, crunchy cabbage, crisp chye sim / Chinese flowering cabbage, wispy chicken egg, and tender beef slices, with a vibrant red hue, carrying bold smoky grainy meaty savoury salty spice vegetal eggy sweet flavour.
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Completed with a thick cucumber slice with vegetal sweet flavour, and a dollop of tomato ketchup for vegetal sweet contrast.
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Mee Goreng
Al Mubin Restaurant
@ 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-343
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2025/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-mee-goreng.html

So this stall is only accessible to air transport personnel and invited business partners. For 2 decades or more, this pakcik often sells out after lunch.
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He fries each order individually, so there's usually a queue waiting patiently.
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The soft chewy yellow noodles carry a smoky savoury salty spice flavour, conrrasted by crisp bean sprouts and juicy cucumbers, both lending a vegetal sweet flavour. Bits of wispy whisked chicken egg lend a slight eggy sweet savoury note.
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You can opt to add several ingredients, which most do - from springy fish cake, tender boiled potatoes, soft overeasy chicken egg, to crispy battered chicken cutlet.
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Mee Goreng
Abdul Latiff Food Stall
@ Airline House, 25 Airline Road #B1-18
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2025/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-mee-goreng.html

Founded in April 2022 by Chew Kim Hwee, King Grouper Fish Soup specialises in premium giant grouper fish, prized for its collagen-rich skin and delicate flesh.
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While they also offer regular Spanish mackerel fish, the giant grouper fish is the star; only those weighing 10-kilogrammes and above are used. This results in a tender chewy firm texture to their sliced fresh fish and battered fried fish, both with meaty sweet savoury salty flavour.
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Their soup is robust with sweet salty savoury herbal flavour, made by simmering giant grouper fish heads, mackerel fish bones, and assorted vegetables for over 3 hours. Garnished with crisp cabbage, juicy tomato, crunchy salted mustard greens, and fresh wispy coriander, lending a vegetal earthy herbal salty sweet flavour.
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Further garnished with tender minced pork, which lends meaty sweet savoury flavour and good depth of body to their soup.
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Fish Soup
King Grouper Fish Soup
@ The Woodleigh Mall, 11 Bidadari Park Drive #B1-09
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/03/best-of-singapore-hawkers-fish-soup.html

This long-standing stall has unusually had its internet presence wiped clean recently, and despite online rumors that they closed, this stall is very much still opening regularly.
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Their lamb ribs is thick and chunky, having tender chewy texture with full flavoured smoky meaty salty savoury peppery spice flavour.
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The heavily dressed coleslaw is crunchy with vegetal sweet flavour, while the crisp potato chips hold starchy salty flavour.
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The crisp buttered toasted white bread has straightforward buttery bready toasty sweet savoury notes, and the soft warm baked beans in tomato sauce carry vegetal earthy sour sweet flavour.
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Lamb Chop
Yummy Western
@ 409 AMK Market And Food Centre, 409 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-29
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-lamb-chop.html

This long-serving stall has been dishing out hearty Western fare since 1974, and is well known for their house secret garlic sauce which is sweet savoury spicy in flavour.
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The lamp loin was perfectly grilled, tender chewy succulent in texture, with pleasant smoky meaty savoury salty fatty flavour.
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The crunchy chilled coleslaw (cabbage, carrot) is light with vegetal sweet flavour, while the fluffy crisp English potato chips hold starchy salty flavour.
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The old-school cream bun is pillowy soft with a thin layer of cream within, carrying bready milky sweet flavour, decent.
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Lamb Chop
Western Barbeque
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-53
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-lamb-chop.html

This next western station (pun intended) opened in October 2022, and serves the most value for money, affordable rendition in this entire list.
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There's 3 large chunky bone-in cuts of lamb rack, with a good ratio of fat to meat. Glazed with a rich black pepper gravy.
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Has tender juicy chewy texture, with deep smoky meaty fatty salty savoury peppery spice flavour.
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There's crisp fresh lettuce with vegetal sweet flavour, crisp shoestring potato fries with starchy salty savoury flavour, and juicy corn kernels with vegetal sweet flavour.
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Lamb Chop
Next Western Station
@ Ci Yuan Hawker Centre, 51 Hougang Avenue 9 #01-27
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-lamb-chop.html

This casual dining brand has come a long way, since its humble beginnings as a coffeeshop stall in February 2008, now rivaling other premium steakhouse restaurants.
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Their lamb t-bone cut commands a premium, chargrilled till a perfect medium well doneness. Succulent crunchy juicy with smoky fatty meaty salty savoury flavour.
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The side of grilled garlic butter eggplant is tender soft with smoky buttery vegetal sweet spice flavour, addictive.
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The side of crunchy chilled potato salad is delightful with starchy sweet savoury earthy flavour.
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Lamb Chop
iSteaks Diner
@ myVillage, 1 Maju Avenue #02-03
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-lamb-chop.html

Established by founder Aston Soon in October 2005, this casual steakhouse serves hearty Western dishes at reasonable prices.
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Their cut is from the lamb loin, with 3 bone-in slabs grilled till medium well doneness.
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Chunky with a firm juicy chew and smoky meaty savoury salty flavour, with a good burst of taste from the silvers of fat.
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The side of fresh garden salad (lettuce, purple cabbage, carrots, cherry tomato, kewpie mayonnaise) is crisp and juicy, with bright vegetal sweet milky flavour.
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The side of crunchy chilled potato salad is satisfying with starchy sweet savoury earthy flavour.
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Lamb Chop
Astons Specialities
@ 359 Joo Chiat Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-lamb-chop.html

Founded in June 2012 by Max Tung and Anthony Koh, this speciality burger store serves up hearty fusion renditions.
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The Extreme Cheese Burger features soft wholemeal burger buns, large tender juicy minced beef patty, juicy tomato, crisp white onions, and 4 types of gooey melted cheese (cheddar, mozzarella, gruyere, nacho cheese sauce).
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Carries a righteous bready sweet smoky meaty savoury vegetal sour cheesy earthy salty flavour, yummy.
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Burger
Two Blur Guys
@ 387 Jalan Besar
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/11/best-of-singapore-hawkers-casual-burger.html