First Time Eating at a Hawker Centre in Singapore! It's SUPER CHEAP & YUMMY 🇸🇬 

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The place is called Old Airport Road because that area used to be Singapore's very first civil airport, Kallang Airport, from 1937 to 1955. This is way before when Changi Airport first opened in 1981.

Both you really know how to choose a good food centre. One of the cheapest and best food you can find in Singapore!👍👍👍

You both did it right! You're suppose to mix the chilli and black sauce w the rice we won't hate u for that 😆

Loved your interaction with the people at the hawker centres! how friendly and proud of their food they are. wholesome video i loved this. made me so hungry!

Typical soya beancurd stalls will sell soya bean milk, chilled grass jelly and grass jelly drink as well. Some of these stalls freshly make the soya beancurd themselves, using Calcium Sulfate (gypsum) as the coagulant. Such stalls serve the beancurd hot or at room temperature with sugar syrup. Sugar syrup is added before the soya bean milk. Soya bean milk can be served with ice (not recommended because it is very diluted) or warm (highly recommended because it is just the right temperature). Grass jelly and its drink are served chilled. I would highly recommend those stalls selling both soya bean milk and grass jelly drink, like the one at 18:14.

History of the Old Airport Road Hawker:- One of the draws to the Old Airport Road Food Centre in Singapore is that it’s a historic attraction in itself! The complex was built in 1972 as a home for the hundreds of street venders outside the closed down Kallang Airport. An estate was built with low-cost housing in 1955 on the old airport grounds and this is where the hawker stalls would congregate. It wasn’t until the Hawker Centre movement in the 1970’s where the new building was constructed that you see today. Old Airport Road Food Centre now consists of over 160 food stalls! It’s history and number of different food options from around Southeast Asia make it one of the oldest and largest hawker centres in Singapore. There is also a shopping area on the 2nd floor with miscellaneous stores and items. Sugarcane Juice:- Sugarcane juice is the liquid extracted from pressed sugarcane. It is consumed as a beverage in many places, especially where sugarcane is commercially grown, such as Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, North Africa, and Latin America. Sugarcane juice is obtained by crushing peeled sugar cane in a mill and is one of the main precursors of rum. Char Kway Teow:- Char kway teow (sometimes also spelled as char kuey teow, Chinese: 炒粿條; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-kóe-tiâu) is a stir-fried rice noodle dish from Maritime Southeast Asia of southern Chinese origin. In Hokkien and Teochew, char means 'stir-fried' and kway teow refers to flat rice noodles. It is made from flat rice noodles (Chinese: 河粉; pinyin: hé fěn; Cantonese Yale: hó fán) or kway teow (Chinese: 粿條; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-tiâu; pinyin: guǒ tiáo; Cantonese Yale: gwó tìuh) of approximately 1 cm or about 0.5 cm in width, stir-fried over very high heat with garlic, light and dark soy sauce, chilli paste, whole prawns, shelled blood cockles, chopped Chinese chives, slices of Chinese sausage, and bean sprouts. Other common ingredients include fishcake and belachan. Hainanese Chicken Rice:- Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chilli sauce and usually with cucumber garnishes. It was created by immigrants from Hainan in southern China and adapted from the Hainanese dish Wenchang chicken. It is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore and is most commonly associated with Singaporean cuisine, being widely available in most food courts and hawker centres around the country. Variants of the dish can also be seen throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Thailand, where it remains a culinary staple. Soya Bean Curd:- Tofu, also called bean curd, soft, relatively flavourless food product made from soybeans. Tofu is an important source of protein in the cuisines of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Bean curd, also known as tofu, is made out of soybeans that have been soaked, ground, and pressed into a tender block of protein. Bean curd is nearly tasteless by itself, but it soaks up the flavors that it is cooked with to create tasty dishes that have a variety of textures. ​Soya Bean Benefits:- •Good source of protein. •Lower in saturated fat as compared to meat. •Lactose free and hence people who are lactose intolerant can consume it without any undesirable symptoms (e.g. diarrhoea). •Good source of calcium. •A source of isoflavones, which is an antioxidant that may be beneficial for the body.

Loving your videos, I used to live in Singapore for 6 years. This brings back lots of fond memories. Love Hawker centers

Great video, catching up on some of your older content. Always enjoy your enthusiasm for whatever you are experiencing.

The tissue paper seller is actually them needing money but if you want or need tissue paper, you can get it or if you wanna donate your money to the tissue seller, you can actually just give her $1 :) a few more hawker Centers i recommend will be the people’s park (hawker) Center, Maxwell food Center, Whampoa makan(eating) Center (has a $9 chicken rice with 2 plates of rice, 2 plates of white chicken 2 bowls of soup and tou fu)and Lau Pa Sat (Lau pa sat is famous for its stay!)

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Proud of you both. You did not fall for those tourist traps… like eating the overrated chicken rice in Maxwell Food Centre, etc etc. That char kway teow: I knew that it would be spicy although you said ‘Less chilli’. It happened to me ( an elderly local). I found it too spicy although I stressed that I want very very little chilli. So during my future visits I said ‘ No chilli’. Anyway, my favourite char kway teow stall is somewhere else

Love how Karolina describes the sugar cane drink with “taste like sugar” 😂 I’m already waiting for more videos to follow your exciting journey 🤩⭐️ you both rock!

chicken rice, everything on ur plate has a purpose , they complement each other super well. put everything in one mouthful and down it, chili chicken rice ,a little black sauce.... and enjoy the flavors in ur mouth

Jay thank you so much for the video you made 😄 Karolina you are fantastic 😘

Actually the old airport hawker has tourist dining there except thet day you guys are the only ones. Lunch popular and getting touristy after covid there as i drop by lunch often. Hope you guys come back again

07:55 I think Jay realised just what he had said, with a slightly embarrassed laugh afterwards 😊

Singaporean here. Absolutely love my hainanese chicken rice. And yes, on some days I mix the black sauce and chilli sauce into the rice (cooked from chicken broth, sesame oil and a bunch of other ingredients giving it its fragrance), which elevates it into another level of flavour. On some days, I leave out the black sauce. But the chilli sauce, ALWAYS.

White sugar is made from sugar cane. Its the refined version of brown/raw sugar, from sugar cane.

The point of chicken rice is the rice. The chicken is boiled with ginger garlic and spring onions and then the rice is made with the resulting broth and fat. I’m simplifying but that’s generally it. You should try the rice by itself too. You can also ask for extra rice when you order.

You guys need to come back to Singapore again for more good local food. Hope to see you both soon. Stay safe. 💕

Soya bean curd is good for skin too :) if you are in chinatown complex, do try the Ah Balling Peanut Soup desserts. It's good. Some foreign expats from Europe and Asutralia live at the opposite condominiums facing the old airport road hawker centre . Sometimes they will buy takeaway after work or dine in.

The Char Kuay Teow you should try the black one with chili. Hainanese chicken rice is correct, chili and dark sauce together with the chicken meat and rice. Besides the bean curd, you should try the Chendol too. Normally when we drink freshly squeezed sugar cane juice, we don't add anymore sugar instead I like to add a piece of lemon.

bingo on mixing the black sauce and chilli sauce! (p.s. sometimes i put abit of the black sauce in the broth to make it taste stronger) . Hainanese Chicken Rice is white because it's steamed. The other one is Roasted Chicken Rice, less soft and abit dryer compared to the white version. The rice is cooked in chicken oil broth.

u got it right. that's how i eat chicken rice with the chilli and dark soy sauce mixed.

It is hot in Singapore. Another way to enjoy Sugar Cane Juice is ask to add a little lemon to it. A mix of sweetness with sourness, taste super...that quench your thirst!!🤗🤗

I hope you guys got to try the black carrot cake too, black IMO is better

i wish i am this good at finding good local stuff like you guys in a foreign country xDDDDD you guys rock man, got alot of stuff right and really respectful. I am so glad that you guys enjoyed yourself ! hope for only the best experience for your future travels as well

Chicken rice is Singapore's national dish According to google: "Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese chicken rice (海南鸡饭; Hǎinán jī fàn) is based on the Hainanese dish Wenchang chicken. It is considered Singapore's national dish."

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For $4 Hainanese Chicken Rice, I must say that's A LOT of chicken meat given!! Chicken Rice is available at almost every hawker centres, but not for Char Kway Teow, (meaning fried rice noodles) so most people will prefer to go for the Char Kway Teow unless they have a preference for rice. The white version of Char Kway Teow is less common and not many places have that option, usually is the black (sweet sauce) version available. The beancurb stall is a legendary one cos it sparked off a chain of franchiese stalls about a decade ago, all started from this flagship stall at Old Airport Road (there was an airport nearby last time and this road was thus known as Airport Road). And yes, the queue for that Michelin-star Char Kway Teow stall (name: Lao Fu Zi which is a cartoon-character created by Hong Kong cartoonist) can be ridiculously long during peak hours.

My neighborhood more than a decade ago. Char Kway Teow is my favorite. Wondering if #10 Dakota Crescent is still there. Nevertheless, will go back there next year. 😊

Hi Jay enjoyed you videos….you guys had missed the Murtabak and Tulang or Bone Steak in Singapore. I think you both would like it.

Your choices are absolutely correct 👍😂

Omg . Yes the food ❤

I'm due to be going end of this month - so excited!! is there much fish/veggie options?

The tissue thing is just use to get your seats as if you go to a crowded places, if you don't chope your seats with the tissue, you won't have seats to eat in the end and you will be holding your hot food without a table.

15:31 Well, the lady behind you is also mixing the sauce into the rice. That's how some people eat it.

aaah i miss hawker center in Singapore! hainan chicken rice!! yum!! ❤ anyway beancurd in Singapore served cold meanwhile in Indonesia served warm with ginger brown sugar soup ^^ and i love the herbal jelly (guilinggao) in Singapore 😁

yea mix the black suace!! its good that way :D

For me, my mom's cooking is Michelin 10 if you ask me^^ Great video Jyaesh!!

A bit expensive but it's worth the taste... Yummy licious foods.

Chicken rice to put chili and black oil make together eat

You can customise the sugarcane drink to your own preference, although you will have to pay more. Customisations include no ice, add lemon, add preserved sour plum. I would personally go for no ice and add lemon because the lemon helps to balance the sweetness and mask the grassy taste from the sugarcane. For the Char Kway Teow dish, the clams that the female stall assistant mentioned are actually blood cockles. Blood Cockles are an essential ingredient in Char Kway Teow. I believe there are people who even request for additional cockles. There are Char Kway Teow stalls that still use Pork Lard, so the Char Kway Teow dish will contain a few pieces of the Crispy Pork Lard as proof. The bits of ingredient that you were unsure of is actually scrambled eggs. Eggs are cooked first before the other ingredients. Cockles are the last to go in. For Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice, there will always be a bowl of soup provided for each plate of chicken rice served. The difference in price of $4 or $5 can also be from the choice of chicken parts, with the breast meat being the cheapest at $4 while the thigh and/or drumstick meat is the most expensive at $5.

I live nearby! This is the absolute best place to find good food.

“Wrong choice” to order the white version of char Kway Teow. Black version is the popular version.

Oh gosh, the food are very nice...

Sugar Cane is great for cooling your body, even without the ice.

Char Kuay Teow we locals often ask for extra dark (black soya sauce) & extra chilli..haha

New subscriber here,nice change from delivery 😊😊😊

Old airport Road Hawker Centre is not the cheapest. In fact the prices are quite high by hawker standards. But the food is generally nice.

This is making me so hungryy 🥲

Try an advocado and gula melaka shake.

Cost of food has increased drastically even in food courts. It is a rare occurrence to come across stalls that are selling a dish under $3.50. Extremely unbearable to be dining out for cheap food like we could a little over 2-3 years ago.

Actually the correct way of eating the chivken rice is to mix all the sauce together. And since both of you are eating it. You should get half of the chicken. Your gf is not copying what you said. Every Hainan chicken rice lovers says the samething. You should buy all the foods at one shot instead buying them after you finished them to prevent from long queue.

Did u guys even try the malay food in Singapore? Coz it seems like u guys kept trying all the Chinese food.

Go maxwell hawker centre for Tian Tian chicken rice you will love it for sure 😊

"I think we cracked it guys; you're supposed to mix it" Haha!

Business for Hainanese chicken rice stall is good. They are closing stall early. 😂

Sugar cane juice = sweet grass drink.

Word to all tourist, always order the non-spicy, no chilli version first : ) .

Yes actually you are right, we do mix the sauces with the rice! For the char kway teow, you should order the black one which the locals like it more. Good choice to explore the local hawker centres without the tourists! Really appreciate that you have nice reviews on SG!!

well.... it is where "cane sugar" comes from xD You need to try the real traditional Soy Bean Curd. The store you visited is more like a pudding than the traditional bean curd. I like mine served with soy bean milk instead of sugar syrup.

Good Polandia..

Hahaha. U squeeze and the juice is come out behind.

Sugar is from sugar cane 😊 so this is original sugar, not processed sugar

Putting tissue or anything down to reserve (chop) seat is perfectly alright here. Noone will comment that action is selfish especially during peak hours.

Did y’all manage to catch the nightlife scene?

There's no right way to eat the chix rice Some mixed with the sauce and some takes the meat to dip it to eat. Amyway welcome to Singapore! YNWA

Sugarcane is basically a type of overgrown grass!

Should have bought the fish noodles

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16:15

It’s not clam. It’s cockle.

That was actually cockles, not clams...😂

You must have done some homework before you went! Well done 👍❤

i ususally do it the way u do, ur supposed to mix the chilli sauce and rice and eat it with the chicken,

too much of the sauce. not meant to dip it in. but rather, scoop a little and mix with the chicken and rice and wat together with the chili.. all sauces should only be in little portions.

There is no one way to enjoy chicken rice lol.

People will stare cuz ure holding a camera not so much of being a foreigner. Older folks are just more curious of people talking to their cameras in general 😂

Say Siemka to Karolina

Is unhealthy if u eat often..

Not really cheap

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Are you that deliveroo guy ?

A lot of sugar in drinks?? Wow hope you never see American drinks get made!! Especially soda

you heard about Hainan chicken earlier but didn't attempt to learn anything about it?

This chicken rice stall is my fav

There is no rule when jt comes to eating so lonh as you both enjoy it.. and yes mixing the rice with black sauce is one great way to 'makan' (makan is malay for eating)