Zhong Guo La Mian Xiao Long Bao Dumpling · Tourist Favourite Michelin Approved @ Chinatown Food Centre 中国拉面小笼包

I have long been curious about this tourist and Michelin Guide approved Shanghai food stall in Singapore's Chinatown food centre. I never tried it before because I was always put off by the long snaking queue. (They have the longest queue of over 200 food stalls in Chinatown hawker centre now. Longer than Hawker Chan.)

Stall name: Zhong Guo La Mian Xiao Long Bao 中国拉面小笼包

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-135, Singapore 050335 (stall inside Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Maxwell and Chinatown stations

Hours: 11:30 am - 3 pm | 5pm - 8:30 pm (Mon & Tues off)

Review of Pang's Satay @ Chinatown Complex Food Centre ● Hainanese Satay in Singapore

I am always on the lookout for places that make their own satay as most stalls now use factory made satay that taste uniformly flat 🤷‍♂️ So, I am grateful to buddy Ben who alerted me to Pang's Satay in Chinatown Complex Food Centre. Ben even ordered some for his parties and I liked them. I finally made a trip to Chinatown last evening to taste Pang's satay, smoking hot off the charcoal grill at the stall.

Stall name: Pang's Satay

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-213 (Blue Zone) Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Singapore 050335

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Maxwell station and Chinatown station

Tel: 9663 8015

Hours: 5:00pm - 9:00pm (Thurs off)

Chinatown Braised Duck Legend Mei Jie 牛车水之传奇妹姐 • 何五妹 • 润记熟食

Old Chinatown residents know about the legendary braised duck stall Run Ji Cooked Food 润记熟食 ran by Mdm Hor Ng Mei 何五妹, better known as Mei Jie 妹姐. Run Ji was The Braised Duck stall of Chinatown and one of the best in Singapore.

Duo Ji Chinatown Chee Cheong Fun • Uglylicious Good 多記馳名豬腸粉芋頭糕

Ah Wah, my old school mate went to queue for Duo Ji Chee Cheong Fun which she had since her childhood. The wait was long but worth it for that nostalgic old school taste and smell. (We were in Chinatown for the legendary Run Ji braised duck. Ah Wah's mum is the lady behind Run Ji's famous hae bee hiam. That's a story for another post.)

Stall name: 多记 Duo Ji Chee Cheong Fun

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-216, Singapore 050335

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 7:00am - 1:00pm (Mon & Weds off)

Underrated Braised Duck Rice & Porridge in Chinatown Complex 🦆 Run Ji Cooked Food • Hidden Gem 润记熟食

This brilliant braised duck stall in Chinatown is one of Singapore's most underrated. It's one of the best that I've tasted in Singapore and Johor, yet it has more or less zero media mention.

Stall name: Run Ji Cooked Food 润记熟食

Address: 335 Smith St, stall #02-140, Singapore 050335 (stall in Red Zone of Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 7:00am - 5:00pm

169 Hainanese Chicken Rice • Silky Smooth, Juicy Soft Chicken, Top Notch Rice @ Chinatown Food Centre

✍ 13 Sep 2022. After my MRI at National Heart Centre today, I took a short walk to Chinatown Complex Food Centre, about 10 minutes away. Yeah..., I walk everywhere even if sometimes it is not within walking distance for most people. I walked from Eunos to Chinatown a few times (stop, eat, go, repeat). I walked many cities around the world this way but that's a story for another post.

Anyway, it was worth the short walk as today I was rewarded with an excellent chicken rice.

Stall name: 169 Hainanese Chicken Rice 

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-169, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex Food Centre red zone)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 11:00am - 2:00pm (Weds off, close at 1pm on Sat & Sun)

Chef Charlie's Special Oxtail Stew @ Weng Kiang Kee Porridge in Chinatown Complex

Chef Charlie of Weng Kiang Kee Porridge jio-ed (invited) me for oxtail stew and beer. I was a little tired having just returned from a road trip to Kuala Lumpur but always enjoyed chef Charlie's food and company of our makan kakis (buddies).

Stall name: Weng Kiang Kee Porridge

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-082, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex Food Centre level 2)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Tel: 9850 3529

Hours: 7:30am - 1:00pm (Mon & Tues off)

Best Coffee in Singapore Chinatown Complex · Tai Hwa Coffee Stall #02-152 Red Zone 大華茶室

This kopi C kosong has a smooth, round body and robust coffee flavour balanced with evaporated milk sweetness. Feels, tastes and smells like those local (Nanyang) coffee made with espresso machines but is actually made the traditional way with a kopi sock. At $1.20 a cup, it is a bargain at today's prices (Apr 2022).

Stall name: Tai Hwa Coffee Stall 大華茶室

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-152, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 8:30am - 8:00pm (close at 3pm on Tues, 6pm on Weds | Thurs off)

Huat Huat 80 小厨 Zhi Char · Menu & Review · Chinatown Green Zone #02-80

Continuing our exploration of zhi char stalls in Chinatown Complex, today we ate at Huat Huat 80 小厨 and were pleased with our delicious, affordable lunch 👍

Stall name: Huat Huat 80 小厨

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-080 (Green Zone), Singapore 050335 (inside Chinatown Complex)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Tel: 9873 7995

Hours: 10:30am - 2:30pm | 4:30pm - 8:00pm (Weds off)

HK Mong Kok Kui Ji Kitchen · One of the Best Zhi Char in Chinatown Complex 香港旺角葵记小厨

Buddies Daniel, Sylvia and Judy (who are ardent foodies) asked where shall we meet for lunch. I replied, "The one I saw you posted a couple of times last week" - HK Mong Kok Kui Ji Kitchen in Chinatown Complex. My buddies are so super nice - they ended up going to the same stall three times in a week just to accommodate me 😝 🙏

Stall name: HK Mong Kok Kui Ji Kitchen 香港旺角葵记小厨

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-217, Singapore 050335 (stall in Blue Zone of Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Tel: 9789 5529

Hours: 11:00am - 2:00pm | 5:00pm - 9:00pm (Weds off)

Macau Fong Cheng Cuisine @ Chinatown Complex · Hidden Gem Cantonese Zhi Char 澳门凤城小厨

Five of us went zhi char diving in Chinatown again - I mean we went to Chinatown Complex again to try and spot under-the-radar zhi char stalls. I am glad to report that we are happy with the outcome of today's mission - we enjoyed our lunch at Macau Fong Cheng Cuisine 澳门凤城小厨. If you Google for this stall now, you will find more or less nothing on it online.

Stall name: Macau Fong Cheng Cuisine 澳门凤城小厨

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-211, Singapore 050335 (Blue Zone in Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Tel: 9712 6998

Hours: 11:30am - 9:30pm

Xing Long Food Stall @ Chinatown Complex · This Cantonese Zhi Char Stall Serve Excellent Signature Dishes 兴隆菜社

Continuing our hunt for under the social media radar but good zhi char stalls in Singapore, our target today was Xing Long Food Stall 兴隆菜社 in Chinatown Complex Food Centre (red zone). We went to Xing Long not knowing what to expect but it turned out that all of us enjoyed the delicious food and were pleased with the competitive pricing.

Stall name: Xing Long Food Stall 兴隆菜社

Address: 335 Smith Street, Chinatown Complex, stall #01-134 & #02-161, Singapore 050335

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 11:00am - 9:00pm (Weds off)

Sun Seng Gourmet's Corner Zhi Char Stall in Chinatown Complex · I was Still Burping Serious Wok Hei when I Got Home 🤭

The thing about Chinatown Complex is there are simply too many good Cantonese zhi char stalls, so much so that some great stalls remained under the radar as undiscovered gems. If you Google for Sun Seng now (2021), there is hardly any mention of this little zhi char stall with at least 50 years of history. After tasting their food for the first time today, we all fell in love with it. Their food is delicious and prices very affordable.

Stall name: Sun Seng Gourmet's Corner 生成

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-61 Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Singapore 050335

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 11:30am - 4:00pm (Mon, Thurs, Sun off)

Lin Da Qiang & Mr. Fish · Why Chinatown Complex is a Foodie Paradise 林大强 & 魚

Life is like that 🤔 The day didn't start as planned but everything turned out better than expected in the end. Just stay calm and eat on!

Our original plan was to eat at the legendary Cooked Food & Claypot Kitchen stall in Chinatown Complex. The plan was simple - whoever arrived first, order for our party of 5 (CF&CK don't take phone in orders).

I arrived one hour ahead and promptly joined the queue. When I was 5 pax from the front of the queue, it suddenly dispersed. Lady boss announced, "Booked out for the day!" 😱

That's that 😓 🤷

Stall name: 林大强酱蒸鱼头 | Mr. Fish 魚

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-072 (林大强) | stall #02-073 (Mr. Fish 魚), Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Singapore 050335

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Chinatown station

Hours: 11:00am - 3:00pm (Sun off Mr. Fish 魚) |  12:00 noon - 8:30pm (daily 林大强酱蒸鱼头)

Lim's Cafe @ Chinatown Complex · Hawker Centre Espresso Coffee

If you come to Chinatown Complex food centre, and want to lim kopi (drink Nanyang coffee) - don't need to consider - just head straight for Lim's Cafe at stall #02-31.

Stall name: Lim's Cafe

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-31, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex)

Nearest MRT: Chinatown station

Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm (Weds off)

Ah Kong Wa Kuih @ Chinatown Complex • Rare Traditional Hokkien Steamed Rice Cake in Singapore 阿公碗粿 • 福建碗粿

Wa Kuih is a rare dish in Singapore, whether at home or in hawker centres. It is a humble dish originally from China's Fujian province. Today, it is mostly associated with Taiwanese street food.  Ah Kong Wa Kuih in Chinatown Complex is one of the rare few (five?) Wa Kuih stalls in Singapore.

Stall name: Ah Kong Wa Kuih 阿公碗粿

Address: 335 Smith Street, stall #02-116, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: Chinatown station

Hours: 7:30am till 12:00 noon

Chinatown Fried Rice 🥢 One mouthful.... and boomz

This humble fried rice stall is a hidden gem in Chinatown Complex Food Centre. Doesn't look like much but the fried rice is flavour packed, aromatic and has that coveted wok hei.

Stall name: Chinatown Fried Rice (formerly Chinatown Special Yang Chow Fried Rice)

Address: Stall #02-010, 335 Smith Street, Singapore 050335 (Chinatown Complex Food Centre)

Hours: 10:00am - 1:00pm (unspecified off days but weekends and public holidays definitely closed 😅 )

Restaurant Quality Hawker Lunch @ Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen @ #02-83 Chinatown Complex Green Zone

I've been to Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen 砂煲小厨 @ stall #02-83 in Chinatown Complex food centre many times. I organise meet ups here with full confidence as the meal will always leave my eating buddies in awe with its excellence (without breaking my bank).

Singapore River to Chinatown Heritage Food Trail 到大坡走走,找美食

This self guided walking food trail takes you through historic sites from Singapore River to Chinatown with two delicious hawker centre food stops (plus an optional traditional pastry shopping stop).

The walk aims to give you a deeper appreciation of our heritage hawker culture by tracing its roots from the time of Raffles to today. The trail can be completed within an hour or 2 - 3 hours including meals.

Yuan Lang Chicken Master @ Stall #02-027 Chinatown Complex Food Centre 元朗鸡博士

✍ 23 Jun 2025. Stalking Chinatown Complex this rainy Monday morning, I stumbled upon this beautiful sight (bevy of cooked chicken attracts me somehow 🤭 ).

Most stalls, shutters down, were taking a break this morning or not open yet at this hour (8am).