ONLY EATING AT HAWKER CENTRE'S | IS SINGAPORE CHEAP?🇸🇬🇸🇬 

Recently found your channel, and i have binged watched ever since! Amazing content!

Both lau pa sat n Maxwell were old markets left by the British. I remember 4 when we became independent -beach road n tekka ( at thr foot of d bamboo grove ) are gone

We actually went to Lau Pau Sat for satay on a different day in the end but as we mentioned it in this video we still wanted to show what it was like, that’s why we forgot to include the price! If you were wondering the Satay was $16 for 20 pieces and is in the “Must Do in Singapore video”😊🙏🏼 Sorry for the confusion

Actually Lau Pa Sat is one of the oldest hawker centre here. It does look lovely. It had undergone revamps before

Hawker Centers in Singapore are split into Breakfast Lunch or Lunch Dinner (Supper). So it would be better to check if the one you are heading to is which. P.S. Hawker Centers are basically 'UNESCO sites'. 1. Golden Mile: You guys were literally seat at one of the famous stall which does 'Chili Noodle' which essentially is Prawn Noodle Dry Version. There are muslim food at the basement. You can try Sup Tulang (Pronuce Soup). There is a Beef Noodle and Braised Duck Rice at the basement as well. 2. Lau Pat Sat: It is actually historical landmark being one of the first marketplace in Singapore. And yes, the street is closed for a al fresco dining. Nothing beats having dinner / supper under the stars in the middle of the Central Business District (CBD). 3. Maxwell: Known around the world to be the favorite Chicken Rice of the late Anthony Bourdain. You may wanna go check it out during Brunch. But be warned. It get crowded during Lunch. Other Hawker Centers you may wanna go: 1. Old Airport Hawker Center. Lots of good food. Many many stalls to choose from. 2. Newton Circle. Do take note it is a very touristy spot. But its claim to international fame was the movie 'Crazy Rich Asian'. 3. Chinatown Hawker Center. Claypot rice but you will have to WAIT. They will literally cook the rice from its raw state. You could ask them to give you an estimate on how long to wait. Don't be surprise if they tell you 1 to 2 hours. 4. East Coast Lagoon Hawker center. You did dining under the stars, how about dining next to a beach? Great atsmosphere. The list will go on and on. Too many locations too little time and stomach space.

Glad u know about oyster sauce n hoisin sauce.

FOOD LOOKS AMAZING!!😍

We love Singapore. We also went to Lau Pau sat, when we first arrived. Busyyyy but great.

I am loving the fact that you guys made the effort to prove that eating in SG does not have to break anyone's pockets. Also, you made the point that hawker centre/food court in tourist spots has slightly higher prices than the other non tourist spot ones. 😊 Another point that I love is that you are comparing our food prices against your hometown in Europe, & not like most youtubers who compare SG to the other Southeast Asia countries, which is not quite fair to us. 😊 The crispy chips in the chicken lor mee should actually be deep fried wanton skin.

Singapore is Asia's most expensive city for LUXURY living, not for a tourist who stays in a no-frill hotel, takes the public transport, eats at a hawker centre or coffee shop and buys his stuffs at a supermarket. *Newton Circle & the one outside Botanic Gardens are for tourists and a Singapore coffee shop is a non-aircon eatery which sells low price beverages and a variety of street food.

Great video! It was nice to see different hawker centers with different meals offered!

I want some duck and rice now!

You've highlighted some of our favourite eats!

The hawker centres in the town area closed earlier as most of their regular customers (office workers) have gone back home by 8pm.

3:48 "Lau Pa Sat's octagonal, cast-iron structure was designed by James MacRitchie, who adopted George Drumgoole Coleman's original octagonal shape for the older market. The cast-iron structures were crafted by Walter MacFarlane & Company, an iron foundry in Glasgow, Scotland. These were then shipped over to Singapore, and assembled on its current location by Riley Hargreaves & Co." - Wikipedia

food taste extra good when shared with a love one no matter how cheap it is.

Thanks for correcting most ppl perception tat Singapore is an expensive place. It's all down to when you eat and the ambient you choose. Air-conditioning places and tourists attractions are generally expensive but if you go to the neighbourhood hawkers are much cheaper. Thanks a lot.👍👏🙏🏼❤️

Singapore hawkers are government certified and are graded hygienic and safe to eat not like any other street vendors in other south east Asian or asian countries

Zoe and Czar, that looked delicious and for Singapore those are amazing prices. I'll be saving this vlog to review when I make my trip to Singapore. That's for all the good advice and the food review. I love the way you share your food, so adorable. Keep them coming!

You can always ask for extra chopsticks/spoon and bring own tissue (from your hotel room maybe) or buy some from the drinks stall.

Not Tortilla dears. It's fried wanton.

If you go to our housing estate hawker centres, they are closed pretty late n also slightly cheaper than those hawker centres in the downtown or touristy areas. Glad that you enjoyed our hawker centre food! Hope that you will visit Singapore again should you stopover. There are many nice free parks to visit.

Kaya is made from eggs, sugar, coconut milk and juice from the pandan leaves. The butter is thrown in to balance the sweetness of the kaya jam.

Thank You for visiting Singapore. I have watched some of your vlogs and enjoyed it. Hope you have more coming. If you want to try our local and inexpensive food options. You guys should venture into our heartlands. Cheers !!!

Deep fried dumplings skins.

FIRST!!

1:40 Kaya is basically a coconut custard. It's made up of eggs, coconut milk, sugar, flavored with pandan. Pandan is a local herb, and that gives it the green color.

Glad you liked all the food! 14:50 - the noodles dish is cooked in a braised sauce that take hours to cook... these are decades old dishes perfected through generations. :)

The Chee Cheong fang (the last dish you had) was of a fusion kind. The actual one doesn’t have peanut butter. It only has savoury red bean paste sauce mixed with light soya sauce, sesame seed oil n sesame seeds. The Lor mee you had the gravy was made up of Chinese five-spice powder, dark soya sauce (brewed with pork belly, a complicated process) n other seasoning. Usually the dish is eaten with black vinegar, white pepper n lots of fresh minced garlic. The traditional one has toppings like sliced pork belly meat, sliced fried fish n wanton skin instead of chicken meat. But the improvised version looks special n good though.

Should try Old airport road and bedok hawker centres. Yes no way in the UK. Even i tries the Rice guy stall selling Chicken and char siew rice and it is really average and costs like £7 though my aussie/brit friend loves it but not me since I'm from Singapore. That is fried wanton. Not tortillas 😂😂😂

Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for EXPATS, when they calculate cost of living for comparison. Except for tourist places, if you travel out to the heartland where most locals live, and even in certain area where there is a high proportion of elderly living in that area, likely you will find cheaper food available Chinatown is the exception (tourist's place), there is a high concentration of elderly but there are chartable organisation or private donors who distribute food for the elderly during meal time. I know because my dad visits that place almost everyday for leisure. You see, we used to lived in that area for more than 20 over years before being asked to relocate for redevelopment and rebuilding, restoration work. I stayed at that Hotel 81 building for 28 years since birth. So kind of nostalgia and emotional attachment...some what you may say. but for him, it is like a ritual... ha.ha..

You sounded so English. I like such accents

Hi there, Sorry to say this, but think you guys have miscalculated that it was at least SGD28 for the meal for the day…. And seems like you guys had satay as well, and the amount seems to be about SGD20. So in total is about SGD50 for two for the day, which is slightly above average and not considered cheap. Sure, in UK there is no hawker culture and you won’t get the variety of food for SGD25 per person. But in Singapore, hawker food is norm, and to spend SGD25 per pax per day eating at hawker centre is not consider cheap

If tourists especially the westerners eat at the hawker centers, then the food will be cheap! If eat at cafes or fancy restaurants, then it will be much more expensive! Happy to see your enjoying the different type of food available in our hawker centers. Cheer!

Typo error the Lor Mee is S$4 not S$54😅😅😂

Should be fried bean curd skin

FINALLY! Someone with the common sense to use a spoon to eat rice xD

This was just for a day, but any reason not to eat at these centres all the time?

😂😂😂 It's not tortilla chips. it's dumpling skin. Wonton skin. These things used to have some fillings. Maybe it's shrinkflation.

When you are a singaporean who doesn’t like Lor mee😂😂😂...

Singapore is not a cheap,city..

Singapore very expensive, different from KL

interesting fact abt lau pa sat, no one actually designed it to look that way, it has been restored to its former glory, a nearly 200 year old Victorian era and inspired structure which started of as a wet market and golden mile has been consistently voted as a top 5 hawker centre by locals with the best food 🙂