10 Best Hawker Stalls To Try At Chong Pang Food Centre

A visit to Chong Pang Food Centre should start at Hainan Zi, which has been recognised with a Michelin Bib Gourmand mention for its char kway teow. For around $4, you’ll get a wonderfully sinful plate of silky, well-fried noodles coated in a savoury and sweet sauce and mixed together with Chinese sausage, cockles and spring onions. The other items on the menu – such as fried oyster omelette and fried carrot cake – are also worth a taste.

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This establishment is one of the most famous names when it comes to braised duck. Besides this outlet, it has another one at Ghim Moh Food Centre, and both attract long queues. A serving of braised duck rice – our personal pick – features tender braised meat lathered in a delectable, dark braising sauce and accompanied by a bowl of herbal soup. You can top up your meal with a braised egg and tau kwa. Anticipate paying around $4, and don’t forget to add a good dollop of spicy chilli sauce.

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If you’re feeling like a bowl of minced meat noodles or some satay bee hoon, make your way to Guan Heng Cooked Food. The former features your selection of noodles, braised mushrooms, minced meat and slices of liver and pork, while the latter is a messy delight of bee hoon, cuttlefish, cockles, tau pok and kang kong absolutely smothered in a luscious, slightly spicy peanut sauce. Our suggestion? Come hungry and order both (around $4 each).

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Fried chicken fans will swoon at the offerings from Muslim-owned Super Penyet, a vendor that specialises in ayam penyet and claims to serve the best version in all of Singapore. The chicken here has a crisp surface that shatters at first bite to yield a juicy interior, and is best paired with a scoop of their spicy sambal. Besides the star dish, they also serve the likes of grilled chicken, fried pomfret and sambal stingray with rice. A meal here will set you back upwards of $6.

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Noodles are the name of the game at Xiang Xiang Fishball Noodle, which has been operating for 40 years and counting. Besides being beloved by regular patrons of the food centre, it’s also picked up a Michelin Plate accolade. You can expect comforting offerings such as fish ball noodles, mee pok and mee sua. We recommend the dry fish ball noodles (under $4), which features bouncy fish balls, thin fishcake slices, beansprouts and your noodles of choice tossed in a yummy sauce.

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This is the place to feast on slurp-worthy bowls of kway chap. Smooth and slippery sheets of rice noodles are submerged in an aromatic herbal broth and sprinkled with fried shallots and coriander. Take your pick from side dishes including salted vegetables, braised egg, tau kwa and assorted innards bathed in a punchy and umami-rich braising liquid – best enjoyed with lashings of chilli sauce. Anticipate paying about $5 for your meal.

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There are days when all you want for lunch is a heaping assortment of fried goodies dipped in a tangy sauce. If this is the case, hoof it over to Old Chong Pang Wu Xiang. For under $5, you can assemble your ideal plate from the likes of Chinese sausage, preserved egg, various fried seafood rolls, meat-based items and prawn crackers. Everything is fried upon order and comes with a zingy dipping sauce for maximum enjoyment.

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Craving some mee hoon kueh? You’ll find the dish at this joint, alongside other noodle-based items such as ban mian and bee hoon. The mee hoon kueh features flat and chewy noodles in a light broth with pieces of pork, fried shallots and leafy Chinese greens. It may not make for the most exciting flavour bomb, but it sure is tasty – and is an ideal pick for a lighter and healthier lunch option. You’ll fork out approximately $4.

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Sloppy, sinful and scrumptious servings of fried Hokkien mee are Tian Tian Cooked Food’s calling card. Their rendition leans a little towards the wetter side. It comes with thick white and yellow noodles cooked in an aromatic stock, alongside prawns, cuttlefish, beansprouts and egg. Be sure to add a drizzle of lime before digging in, and get some chilli sauce to balance out all the rich and briny flavours. Anticipate paying about $5.

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There’s something for everyone at Tian Ji Shu Shi – from crowd-favourite prawn noodles and old-school pork ribs noodles to more novel dishes such as chicken feet noodles. Prices are approximately $5, and they plate up pretty plentiful portions. Our choice is the prawn noodles. It comes with a fragrant soup that’s super flavourful without being too heavy, prawns, thin fishcake slivers, sliced pork and lots of crunchy beansprouts.

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