Lau Pa Sat Festival Market
This premium hawker center in Singapore's business district has over 5,500 square meters of interior space, enough to seat over 2,000 diners feasting on the fare sold by the Market's 200-plus food stalls. Formerly housing a wet market, the intricate cast-iron structure dates back to 1894, having been built by the British using components imported from Scotland. The market was converted into a hawker center in 1973.
After dark, Boon Tat Street beside Lau Pa Sat transforms into an al fresco satay street, with about dozen outdoor stalls grilling satay, chicken wing, and barbecued seafood for a rapt crowd seated on plastic chairs set out on the street.
ADDRESS:18 Raffles Quay, #76, Singapore 048582
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Maxwell Food Centre
This hawker center stands in Chinatown, two rows of over a hundred stalls serving dishes that have achieved legendary status. Tian Tian Chicken Rice got its start here and still serves their famously tender Hainanese chicken rice daily.
Other famous favorites include Zhen Zhen Porridge, Marina South Delicious Food's char kway teow, and (your guide's favorite) Zhong Xing Fu Zhou Fish Ball and their thick, slurpy, scrumptious lor mee noodles.
ADDRESS:1 Kadayanallur St, Singapore 069184