Tanglin Halt Original Peanut Pan Cake, Mei Jia Fried Bee Hoon and Cafe Kopi

Tanglin Halt Market & Food Centre may be small but it is one of my favourite hawker centres in Singapore. It is less than five minutes walk from Commonwealth MRT station, the building has a unique airy eye catching design, the stall mix is mostly heritage type dishes which I like, prices are ~~retiree~~ pocket friendly, and there's a warm kampung spirit here. It is a hyperlocal example of Singapore hawker culture, a UNESCO endorsed heritage of mankind.

Tanglin Halt Market & Food Centre

Address: 48A Tanglin Halt Road, Singapore 148813

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Commonwealth station

The first thing when I got here was to join the queue for Tanglin Halt Original Peanut Pan Cake. The old stall opens from 4am to about 10am, so I quickly grabbed a piece before they close for the day 🤭 They are closed on Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

The peanut pan cake stall has different fillings and also the small round type of cake but I just got myself one piece of traditional peanut pan cake.

I put the peanut pan cake in my trouser pocket 😄 and joined the queue at the coffee stall. The queue was about 7 or 8 people deep at Cafe stall.

Tah dah 😁

Finally settling down for my waking up ritual.

This coffee is good. It was the best hawker centre coffee that I've had in a while. Nice smooth round body, robust bitter sweetness, and a bit of coffee aroma.

The min jiang kueh was well browned and was quite generously filled with crushed peanut and sugar (the sugar was why I limited myself to only one piece).

It's a better min jiang kueh than most in Singapore. The inside was spongy soft chewy while there was a subtle crispness outside. There was a mix of nutty, sweet and subtle toasty taste.

Then, I joined the queue at Mei Jia Fried Bee Hoon.

The lady serving customers was very friendly, patient and respectful to everyone 🙏

Wow 😲 🤤 a view of the eggs as I worked my way to the front of the queue. Luckily I had eaten a bit before queuing as otherwise my legs will go soft 😂

I got the $2.20 set (price went up by 10 cents since last year 🤭 ). There's freshly fried bee hoon, some fried cabbage, a fried egg, a fried chicken wing and sambal. Everything fried 🤭

Still ~~great~~ over value for money today. The fried bee hoon and fried cabbage were wet and on the salty side. The fried egg was sunny but not the runny type 😄

The savoury fried chicken wing was the best thing here. Well marinated and fried to a crisp outside while keeping the inside moist and tender.

This is a well loved stall as the constant queue attests and I would recommend it too for a quite delicious, affordable, no fuss, balanced meal

After breakfast, I walked around the shops next to the hawker centre. There are still some humble things from our happy childhood that still spark joy.