Opened in 2018 as the first hawker centre in Pasir Ris Town, the breezy Pasir Ris Central Food Centre is where you can sample traditional favourites and cafe-style dishes.
Fancy some dim sum bites to start your morning? How about prawn noodles from a stall that’s set up shop in New York City or seafood porridge with a kiss of wok hei? You’ll find all that and more at Pasir Ris Central Food Centre, which sells traditional hawker fare alongside dishes that wouldn’t look out of place at a hip restaurant.
This is one of the newer food centres in Singapore, having opened in 2018 as the first hawker centre in Pasir Ris Town. You’ll generally discover vendors hawking local treats on the first floor, while the second floor plays host to more multicultural, cafe-style eats. Here’s what to sample on your visit.
Pasir Ris Central Food Centre | 110 Pasir Ris Central
For scrumptious prawn noodles with a modern spin, make your way to Prawnaholic. It’s one of the handful of local hawker names that are part of foodie enclave Urban Hawker in New York City, which is modelled after Singapore’s beloved hawker centres. Expect chewy noodles topped with prawns, torched Kurobuta pork, a homemade prawn ball, an onsen egg and crispy pieces of pork lard and fried shallots, plus a bowl of umami-laden soup. Anticipate paying upwards of around $7.
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Reimondo Seafood Congee isn’t your average porridge establishment. Here, the smooth and silky porridge is paired with wok-fried ingredients to give you a bowl that’s redolent of smoky flavours. Head straight for the signature seafood porridge. It comes with prawns, scallops, clams, an imitation crab stick and tea-smoked salmon flakes, as well as some crunchy dough fritters and spring onions to finish. A meal here will set you back approximately $7 and up.
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Flying Dragon Noodles may just sell the most Instagram-worthy dish at the food centre. The crispy egg noodles are deep-fried into a shape that somehow stands up all on its own and appears to be “floating” above the rest of the dish. The signature item (about $6) has a luscious gravy, pork and fishcake slices, prawns and some vegetables. Another solid pick is their prawn and clam noodles that’s doused in a spicy-sweet chilli crab sauce. Don’t forget to snap a few photos before chowing down.
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If you’re in the mood for some Western fare, hoof it over to Wild Olives. The menu here runs the gamut from pasta dishes such as spaghetti marinara with seafood and homemade meatball Bolognese to hearty classics including fish and chips, grilled pork chop and sirloin steak. Most dishes here are priced at around $7, and you can expect to run into a snaking queue during peak times. Top up your main dish with sides such as mussels and fried calamari.
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The pao fan dished out by this establishment comes with a special twist. Owned and operated by a husband-and-wife duo, Liang Liang Golden Pao Fan & Ramen’s creations feature a creamy golden broth that’s been boiled for hours using shark and deep-sea fish bones, pork, chicken and pumpkin. Splurge on their trademark dish (about $10), which has white rice, crispy puffed rice, prawns, clams, fish, pork belly-wrapped enoki mushrooms and spindly egg floss submerged in the delectable soup.
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Be it for breakfast or lunch, you can fulfill your dim sum hankerings at this joint. You’ll find all the classics on their menu, such as siew mai, char siew bao, chee cheong fun, xiao long bao and assorted baked and deep-fried goodies. Many things can be ordered as a single piece – compared to most dim sum restaurants where the items are normally served in threes – which makes this an ideal spot for solo diners. A dim sum feast should set you back approximately $10.
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Nyonya Pok Pok Kay is where you’ll get tasty Peranakan grub. They specialise in chicken-based dishes, and diners have a choice of ayam curry kapitan (chicken swimming in a thick and rich curry gravy laced with fresh coconut milk and lime leaves) or ayam sioh (chicken marinated in sweet dark sauce with sour tamarind and ground coriander). Order the set (roughly $8) to enjoy your meat with blue pea rice and two sides. Options for the latter include chap chye, pickled radish omelette and a spicy sambal egg.
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Cold and rainy days require warm helpings of fish soup. At Jun Yuan House of Fish, an order comes with a Michelin stamp of approval, as the vendor claimed a place on the 2021 Bib Gourmand list (albeit for their Old Airport Road Food Centre outpost). Other than the specialty sliced fish soup, which features thick slices of fish and a clean-tasting broth, you may want to try their Chinese spinach seafood soup with wolfberries or herbal seafood soup. Expect to pay about $6.
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At this popular stall, they don’t display a full range of ingredients that you can mix and match for yourself. Instead, the yong tau foo comes as a set (approximately $6) with a pre-determined selection of items – including the likes of bitter gourd and tau kwa – crammed with a handmade stuffing of minced pork and salted fish. You can choose to get it with noodles or cabbage rice, and can order additional items if you’re feeling particularly hungry.
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Slurp on yummy bowls of old-school wanton noodles at this joint. It opened all the way back in 1988 and was previously located at Elias Mall before moving to this food centre. Their dry option has springy strands of egg noodles, char siew slices, wantons and some leafy greens, all coated in a savoury sauce. Other items on the menu include mushroom shredded chicken noodles and dumpling noodles, with dishes going for roughly $4.
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