One of the food centre’s most beloved stalls, Seletar Sheng Mian & Mee Hoon Kway is a solid place for lunch if you’re craving chewy handmade noodles – just be sure to get here early before they sell out. For around $5, you can choose from dry or soup mee hoon kway that’s served swimming in a cloudy broth or coated in a savoury sauce respectively. The dish is rounded out with meat, prawns, egg, veggies and ikan bilis.

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The decades-old Guan Kee Kway Chap is a well-trafficked stall at the food centre, and regulars will claim that it’s one of the best places in Singapore for kway chap. Expect bowls of large silky rice sheets submerged in a light and herbal broth, which you can wolf down with the likes of tau kwa, braised egg, pig trotters and various innards. Don’t forget the tangy chilli sauce, and you can anticipate paying about $5.

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If it’s a rare cold and rainy day in Singapore, Hock Kee Bak Kut Teh does a decent bak kut teh that’s peppery, flavour-packed and is sure to warm you up from the inside out. Another popular item is their melt-in-the-mouth braised pig trotter rice – best enjoyed with ample chilli sauce – and you can complement your main dish with sides such as braised peanuts and salted vegetables. Anticipate forking out roughly $5.

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Sin Sin Prawn Crackers is where you can order a moreish plate of assorted fried and non-fried items: think everything from shatteringly crunchy prawn crackers and juicy ngo hiang to bouncy fishcakes and century egg. The zesty chilli sauce is a must, and you can make it a meal by pairing your chosen ingredients with some fried bee hoon. Anticipate ponying up $5 and above, depending on what you get.

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Those who love wanton noodles should come to this spot. The tightly curated menu features three dishes: wanton noodles, dumpling noodles and chicken feet noodles. Order the wanton noodles and you’ll receive a plate of springy eggy strands, char siew slices and leafy Chinese greens, plus wantons bobbing about in a small bowl of soup. We like ours with pickled green chilli slices, and you can expect to pay upwards of about $4.

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Not feeling like the usual cai fan? Switch things up with a messy and delicious portion of curry rice from Toa Payoh Scissors Cut Curry Rice. Pick from the array of dishes on display, including fried fish, breaded meat cutlets, long beans, cabbage and fried egg. Everything is then doused in a curry gravy that’s on the thinner side, and you can anticipate paying roughly $5 and above based on your selection of items.

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Treat yourself to a meal at Tian Tian Fa, which serves sinful plates of fried oyster, oyster omelette, fried kway teow and fried carrot cake, which can be ordered in both black and white varieties. The fried oyster comes with briny and plump oysters and lots of crispy bits, while the black fried carrot cake has a nice sweet-salty balance and goes great with spicy chilli sauce. Expect to fork out upwards of around $4.

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If you’re craving satay, Good Luck BBQ is where you can score yourself some tasty skewers. They offer chicken, pork and mutton satay (under $1 per stick), served with the requisite cucumber and red onion slices, plus a peanut dipping sauce. Do also sample the well-marinated chicken wings, which feature a glistening skin and succulent meat. Dunk it into the accompanying chilli sauce and pair everything with an ice-cold beer or lime juice.

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Who needs Hokkien mee when you can tuck into seafood bee hoon? At East Seafood White Mee Hoon, you can order a scrumptious serving of noodles with your selection of seafood (varieties include clams, prawn, crayfish and even crab if you feel like splashing out). It comes with vegetables and a robust seafood gravy that will have you happily slurping away till the last drop, and prices start at approximately $5.

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End your meal with a sweet treat from Four Seasons Cendol, where a standard portion retails for under $3. They offer various toppings so you can customise your serving, which means you can get a dessert that’s loaded with coconut milk, gula melaka syrup, squiggly green pandan jelly, red beans, attap seeds, grass jelly and even a scoop of creamy durian. It’s fragrant, refreshing and perfect for cooling down on a sweltering day.

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