Amoy Street Food Centre is smack in Singapore's Central Business District, so it is sort of a canteen or cafeteria of bankers and financial industry workers. And, what a "canteen" - Amoy Street Food Centre has many famous stalls that draw foodies from across the island and tourists from around the world. Here, there's a good mix of traditional street hawker fare and New Age hawker dishes by new generation hawkerpreneurs.
Top Most Popular Stalls
Piao Ji Fish Porridge stall #02-100 is a close competitor of Han Kee serving the same dishes but with a slightly more robust, cloudier soup - I mean very slightly different. This stall has options of more premium ingredients like pomfret and large prawns. Piao Ji sports the second longest queue at Amoy Street Food Centre.
Ah Ter Teochew Fishball Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles stall #01-14 serve the Singapore staple noodle dish tossed in a robust savoury, spicy, lardy sauce. Served with a full flavoured bowl of pork soup chock-a-block with fish balls, fish cake slices, pork liver, pork slices, etc. Teochew fishball noodle stalls are ubiquitous in Singapore but Ah Ter stand out with their kick-ass sauce and flavour packed soup, not to mention the second generation stall holder whom state media described as "a handsome hunk". I don't know how is that relevant but oh well 🤷, the noodles are nice.
Other Popular Stalls
Amoy Street Fried Kway Teow stall #01-01 serve one of Singapore's popular renditions of the much loved dish. It doesn't have the high media profile of the most famous CKT names but Amoy Street Fried Kway Teow is no sloth in their fans' books. They serve a moist (not wet) sweet-savoury-lardy version overlaid with very slight toasty roasty wok hei taste and aroma. It's a little too sweet for my liking but their fans love this taste profile. They are the first stall you see when you enter the hawker centre - even if you didn't see them, the smell of caramelised sauces will grab your attention.
Koryori Hayashi stall #01-11 serve Japanese rice and noodle dishes (don, udon, ramen). They are especially popular for their rice bowls with various toppings such as pork shoga, chicken katsu, salmon teriyaki, etc. Their signature Nanban Don of deep fried crispy juicy chicken (karaage) with creamy rich umami loaded mentaiko sauce over rice is a good way to get acquainted with this stall (and risk getting hooked 🎣 😄 ).
Good Day stall #01-25 serve traditional wok stir fried noodles and rice. Start with their signature stir fried hor fun (broad rice noodles) with beef slices, ginger and scallion in a savoury brown sauce. Try to be here when the crowd is not too thick so that the chef has more time to sear in the coveted wok hei into your fried noodles or rice.
Hong Kee Beef Noodle stall #01-42 serve both soup and "dry" versions. The "dry" version which is more popular comes with a bowl of thick rice vermicelli smothered in a gooey savoury beefy sauce and topped with beef slices, beef ball, tripe, preserved vegetables, cilantro, etc. The soup version is no sloth either as the beefy broth is made by boiling beef bones for over a day.
Wah Kee Noodle stall #02-125 serve springy slender egg noodles in a mildly savoury aromatic sauce with small pieces of char siew, stewed big mushroom and old school wantons (I mean this is the suggested option with the best of everything). Ask for more chili sauce if you like more robust sauce with your noodles as their default savoury aromatic blend may be a little too delicate for some.
Your favourite stall(s) not mentioned? 😤
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Written by Tony Boey on 21 Jan 2021