TPY KL Crystal Char Siew Wanton Noodle📍186 Toa Payoh Central 传统玻璃叉烧云吞面 ☎ 9391 5532

Came with kaki kaki to try the newly opened KL Glass Char Siew Wanton Noodle stall at 186 Toa Payoh Central (J99 coffeeshop).

Fu Xiang Chicken Rice 📍186 Toa Payoh Central 大巴窑 福翔鸡饭 ☎ 6250 0867

Kaki kaki Rayner alerted me to Fu Xiang Chicken Rice 福翔鸡饭 in Toa Payoh Central, it's one of his favourite chicken rice stalls. Today, passing by 来都来了 (since already here) so gave it a try 😁

Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodle @ Kim Keat Palm Toa Payoh • Same Taste for 50 Years 海南星洲牛肉粉

Hai Nan Xing Zhou Beef Noodle 海南星洲牛肉粉 | 22 Lor 7 Toa Payoh, stall #01-06 Kim Keat Palm Market & Food Centre, Singapore 310022 🚅 10 minute walk from Toa Payoh station ⏰ 7am - 3pm (Mon off)

Another of my favourite beef noodle stalls is at Hai Nan Xing Zhou in Kim Keat Palm Hawker Centre (in Toa Payoh).

Rolled Ice Cream @ Che Kitchen by 车老板 Toa Payoh • A Rare Artisanal Street Food Treat

Rolled Ice Cream @ Che Kitchen by 车老板 Toa Payoh | 1008A Toa Payoh N, Singapore 318998 ☎ 6513 9032 🕚 10am - 11pm

After our sumptuous lunch of zhi char type dishes at Che Kitchen by 车老板, we were served a round of cheerful, colourful ice cream.

Charcoal Fish Head Steamboat @ Lee Kwang Kee Teochew Cuisine 212 Toa Payoh 鱼头炉 • 李广记潮州菜馆 ☎ 6259 0080

Lee Kwang Kee Teochew Cuisine | HDB Block 212 Lor 8 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310212 🚅 Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station ☏ 6259 0080 ⏰ Lunch & Dinner (24/7 round the clock)

I love soups, so I love steamboats but I don't enjoy those with too much ingredients as these make me busy cooking and so is not very relaxing 😂

Hence, I prefer fish head steamboat 鱼头炉, especially the relatively uncomplicated types like Lee Kwang Kee 李广记 at HDB block 212 Toa Payoh lorong 8.

94 Toa Payoh Big Cockle Laksa · Yi Hao Coffee Shop

Toa Payoh block 94 laksa is the latest laksa darling in Singapore social media now.

Stall name: Toa Payoh 94 Laksa

Address: 94 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, #01-30, Singapore 310094 (stall inside Yi Hao coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

Hours: 7am - 2pm

94 Toa Payoh Prawn Noodle @ Yi Hao Coffee Shop ● Low Profile Neighbourhood Favourite

Passing by the block 94 corner coffee shop after lunch at block 92, I noticed this prawn noodle stall had a long queue. So I marked this stall down for a future visit 😁

Stall name: 94 Toa Payoh Prawn Noodle

Address: Lor 4 Toa Payoh, Block 94, Singapore 310094 (stall inside Yi Hao coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Braddell station

Hours: 7am - 2pm (Sun off)

Okinawa Food KK Kitchen Japanese Cuisine @ 92 Toa Payoh

After enjoying Okinawa cuisine at Shinn Sato at Orchard Plaza recently, I was excited to hear that there is a coffee shop stall in Toa Payoh serving Okinawa dishes.

Stall name: K. K. Kitchen

Address: BLK 92 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, #01-264, Singapore 310092 (food stall inside Ocean 92 coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

Tel: 9679 2503

Hours:10:30 am - 3 pm | 4:30pm - 8 pm (Tues off)

Song Kee Fishball Kway Teow Noodle Soup📍Toa Payoh Lor 5 Hawker Centre

Passed by Lor 5 Toa Payoh Food Centre, and recalled that there is a Song Kee fishball noodle stall here which I haven't tried for a long time.

Stall name: Song Kee Kway Teow Noodle Soup

Address: 75 Lor 5 Toa Payoh, stall #01-20, Singapore 310075

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Toa Payoh and Braddell station

Hours: 10:30am - 10:30pm (Weds off)

Review Wok Hei Fried Kway Teow @ Liang's Hokkien Prawn Noodle ● 260 Kim Keat Avenue

Facebook buddy Robin had been telling me about Liang's fried kway teow in Toa Payoh since last year. But I forgot 🫢

Then, I bumped into him in JB and he reminded me about it 😬

Stall name: Liang's Fried Hokkien Noodles

Address: 260 Kim Keat Avenue, Singapore 310260 (stall inside Kim Keat Food & Drinks Centre)

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Toa Payoh station

Hours: 10:00am - 7:00pm (Weds off, Mon & Fri close at 2pm) 

Soon Heng Famous Toa Payoh HDB Hub Rojak ● Still Going Strong Decades On

I know this famous Toa Payoh HDB Hub Rojak quite well. I mean decades ago when I had to go to the HDB HQ to run errands, I had this popular rojak a few times.

Stall name: Soon Heng Rojak

Address: 480 Lor 6 Toa Payoh, B1-23 Gourmet Paradise Foodcourt, HDB Hub, Singapore 310480

Nearest MRT: At Toa Payoh station

Hours: 11:00am - 9:30pm

Toa Payoh Blk 177 Hui Wei Prawn Noodle & Lor Mee 回味蝦麵滷麵

Buddy Tim raved about Hui Wei prawn noodle and lor mee at Toa Payoh Blk 177 coffee shop for two days in a row. He's normally not so effusive, so I was really curious to try them 😃

Impromptu jio-ed (invited) Tim and Aaron to go down to check out Tim's latest discovery.

Stall name: Hui Wei Prawn Noodle Lor Mee 回味

Address: Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central, #01-170, Singapore 310177 (stall inside Epic Haus coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: Five minutes walk from Toa Payoh station

Hours: 7:00am - 1:00pm

Li Xin Fishball Noodle @ Toa Payoh Kim Keat Palm ● Best Fishball Noodle for $3.50 立兴潮洲魚丸粿條面

Got up at the crack of dawn for Toa Payoh's famous Li Xin Fishball Noodle. The fishballs, though machine made, were quite tasty. The noodles come with a nice robustly savoury, tangy, spicy, lardy sauce.

Stall name: LiXin Chao Zhou Fishball Noodle 立兴潮洲魚丸粿條面

Address: 22 Lor 7 Toa Payoh, stall #01-20, Singapore 310019 (inside Kim Keat Palm Market & Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

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

Toa Payoh Lor 8 Hand Made Fish Ball Noodle Yong Tau Foo • Hidden Gem 八巷手工鱼圆麵

Actually, we wanted to eat at another fish ball place but it happened to be closed 😅 So, we activated Plan B to go to Toa Payoh Lor 8 Market & Food Centre. Strange, I totally forgotten about this hawker centre even though I grew up in Toa Payoh 😬

Stall name: Lor 8 Hand Made Fish Ball Noodle 八巷手工鱼圆麵

Address: Blk 210 Toa Payoh Lor 8 Market & Food Centre, stall #01-01, Singapore 310210

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

Hours: 10:00am - 10:00pm (Fri & Sat off)

Review of Cai Ji Fishball Noodle • Local Favourite @ Toa Payoh Blk 93 Hawker Centre 財記

This was my second time having Cai Ji Fishball Noodle.

Cai Ji Fishball has been an institution here since 1967. That was also the year my family moved to Toa Payoh. The area around Blk 93 market & food centre was my playground but I only ate here after I retired 🤣 Life is funny like that but (one of my life mottos is) better late than never 😬

Stall name: Cai Ji Fishball Noodle 財記

Address: Block 93 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, stall #01-59, Singapore 310093

Blk 94 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, Yi Hao Coffee Shop, Singapore 310094

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

Hours: 6:00am - 2:00pm (Weds & Thurs off)

The Cheapest Good Cronut in Singapore • Get it @ 50 年 Taste of Tradition Toa Payoh

It's almost 10 years since I last tried a cronut. It was a global craze then that started from Dominique Ansel's Bakery in New York City. I happened to be in NYC then, and naturally gave it a try.

Stall name: 50 Years Taste of Tradition

Address: 500 Lor 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310500 (ground floor Toa Payoh Mall)

Nearest MRT: At Toa Payoh station

Hours: 9:00am - 11:00pm

Belly Shiok Chee Cheong Fun & Yam Cake • Tan Coffee in Toa Payoh Kim Keat Palm 食轩

Got up early to get to Kim Keat Palm hawker centre in Toa Payoh to avoid the queue at a famous stall. But, the semi retired couple took another few days of leave 😬 So, I went around the hawker centre looking for another stall to salvage my trip. Spotted Belly Shiok 食轩 with a 10 deep queue. Not sure what they sell, but lined up promptly anyway 😄

Stall name: Belly Shiok 食轩

Address: Stall #01-05, Kim Keat Palm Market & Food Centre, 22 Lor 7, Toa Payoh, Singapore 310022

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell or Toa Payoh station

Hours: 5:00am - 11:00am (Mon & Tues off)

Kar Sou Hakka Yong Tau Foo @ Toa Payoh Vista Market 家嫂客家酿豆腐

Quite a few buddies pointed out this little yong tau foo stall to me. Thank you 🙏 It's a small operation run by a grandma. Over the years, grandma has built up her loyal following in this old corner of Toa Payoh where I grew up in the 1960s.

Stall name: Kar Sou Hakka Yong Tau Foo 家嫂客家酿豆腐

Address: Lor 4 Toa Payoh, Block 74, Singapore 310074

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Toa Payoh station

Hours: 6:00am - 1:00pm (Mon off)

Famous Hup Chong & Popular Meixi Hakka Yong Tau Foo in Toa Payoh

Finally came to try the very famous Hup Chong Hakka Yong Dou Foo at block 124 Toa Payoh. I later went to try Meixi Yong Tau Foo at block 73 which was also on my eat list for a long time. Today is yong tau foo day (yesterday was fried kway teow day 😬 ).

Stall name: Hup Chong Hakka Yong Dou Foo

Address: 124 Lor 1 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310124

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Braddell station

Tel: 9093 2009

Hours: 6:30am 3:30pm | 4:30 - 8:30pm

Roti Corner (Homies Bakery) • Good Handmade Egg Tart @ 183 Toa Payoh Central

This wasn't in my plan. Hurrying along Toa Payoh Central to my destination on this stormy rainy morning. Stubborn me refused to carry an umbrella and even declined free of charge, sharing umbrellas provided at the MRT station. (Don't know who indoctrinated me with this silly dogma that officers do not use umbrellas under any circumstances 🙄 Perhaps, it was the US Air Force during my impressionable years.)

Bakery name: Roti Corner (Homies Bakery)

Address: Blk 183 Toa Payoh Central, #01-300, Singapore 310183

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Toa Payoh station

Hours: 9:00am - 9:00pm