Singapore Eats & Buys: Around Chinatown (新加坡.牛车水)

Singapore’s Chinatown — also known as 牛车水, meaning “bullock water cart” — is the largest historic district of Singapore and a popular tourist destination for its vibrant, rich culture, blending heritage with modernity. It is also a huge food haven with numerous restaurants, cafes, foodcourts, hawker centres, traditional bakeries, etc, serving both local and international food options, especially dishes with Nanyang-Chinese and China-Chinese origins.

Chinatown also has the highest concentration of restaurants and eateries recommended by Singapore Michelin Guide since 2016 — I/we have been using it as a valuable guide to start a series of food-hunts in the area for the last 10 years.

Food Places

Below is a list of food places around Chinatown, including food centres and traditional bakeries, that we have visited. It will be a long list as we continue to explore the historic district and try out more food places.

For food stalls in Chinatown Complex, see:
SG Eats & Buys: Chinatown Complex Food Centre (牛车水大厦)

For food stalls in Hong Lim Complex, see:
SG Eats & Buys: Hong Lim Food Centre (芳林熟食中心)

Once we have accumulated a sufficiently large set of food places at any of the food centres, we will create a separate listing for them.

* We are still in progress of moving our posts from the old website. Check the old site for missing posts.

Location

Find the locations of the eating places mentioned above.

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