Hawker food

Food Picks

Hawker stall White Bar at Hong Lim Market serves zesty tea drinks and matcha lattes

(From left) Hojicha Latte, Strawberry Matcha Latte and Passion Fruit Lemon Tea at White Bar at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre.

The customer is king: How this credo is paying off for several Singapore food brands

(Clockwise from left) The Soup Spoon's founders Andrew Chan and Anna Lim, PlayMade co-founders Crystal Wee, Tan Guo Rong and Amanda Poo, and Select Group's co-founder Jack Tan.

Budget meals are needed, but why should hawkers bear the burden?

Singaporeans expect affordable meals at hawker centres, but the stallholders shouldn't be expected to bear the burden of sustaining the budget meal scheme.

The ‘McDonaldisation’ of nasi lemak: Can central kitchens save Singapore's food industry?

The pH levels, viscosity and salinity of Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang’s dishes are measured at the central kitchen to ensure consistency.

KL City Hall cracks down on foreign hawkers, unlicensed businesses on food street Jalan Alor

The operation targeted restaurants, hawkers and general goods traders operating without licences and those employing foreign workers without permits.

Tastemakers

Meet the hero who pulled his fellow hawker to safety in Hong Lim food centre fire

Quick-thinking hawker Eddy Wan, 45, turned hero when he saved his 80-year-old hawker neighbour from his burning stall.

Govt expects media to uphold journalism standards: Josephine Teo

Pasir Ris-Changi GRC MP Valerie Lee had expressed concern in a parliamentary question about online platform Stomp, which is run by SPH Media.

Commentary

Singapore food is good, but why isn’t it better? Here are four theories

Our relationship with food can often seems like a bundle of contradictions.

ST Food team’s best food and drink of 2025

(Clockwise from top left) Salmon Avocado Don and other dishes at Ten Ten Otoko, Tiong Bahru Bakery's Milo Dinosaur Shio Pan, Mondo's frozen dessert, and Encore by Rhubarb's slow-cooked pork belly and puffed pork skin.

New book pays tribute to Singapore's hawker centres and their stallholders

(From right) Mr Daren Oliveiro, his wife, Madam Vivian Liem, and their sons. Mr Oliveiro and Madam Liem own the Butternut hawker stall at Taman Jurong market and food centre.

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