Food is a universal common language that is able to connect people from all over the world together, all for the sake for the love of delicious food. In Singapore, we Singaporeans love to eat, from our very own local hawker food delights to international cuisines, there is something to try, taste and enjoy for everybody, from the locals to our international visitors.
The Singapore Food Festival 2016, from 15th July to 31st July, is a major event celebrating the diverse tastes and Singapore’s cuisine from the past and into the future. There a number of different food theme events taking place during Singapore Food Festival 2016 and one of the food events that strikes a deep chord inside me is “Hawker Spotlight”.
Hawker Spotlight 2016 is hosted at East Coast Lagoon Food Village. City Gas, Singapore’s town gas and natural gas utilities provider, is collaborating with Singapore Tourism Board to host Hawker Spotlight 2016. Hawker Spotlight celebrates Singapore’s prized food heritage and the long history of a different iconic hawker centre each year.Hawker food in Singapore brings Singaporeans together, it is also an awesome showcase for our friends and visitors from overseas to taste our authentic local hawker food delights!
During the media tour of Singapore Food Festival 2016 Hawker Spotlight, we were led by food connoisseur, Mr Moses Lim (I remember him fondly as a local comedian / tv actor!).
Let me bring you on a Hawker Spotlight tour of five distinctly Singaporean Hawker Foods – Popiah, Char Kway Teow, Satay, Curry Fish Head and Bak Kut Teh.
- 东方虹美食 Curry Fish Head at #01-37 – Top 10 Curry Fish Head (2015)
Hawker food available: Tze Char
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 4pm – 12am (closed on Mondays)
Saturday and Sunday: 12pm – 12am
- 人工湖 Popiah at #01-40 – Best of the Best Popiah (2015)
Hawker food available: Popiah, Fried Carrot Cake
Opening Hours:
Weekdays: 12pm – 10pm (closed on Tuesday)
Weekends and Public Holidays: 8:30am – 10pm
- 韩家肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh at #01-42 – Top 10 Bak Kut Teh (2011)
Hawker food available: Bak Kut Teh and Pig Trotters
Opening Hours:
11:30am – 8pm Daily (closed on Monday)
- 春香炒虾面。酿豆腐 Char Kway Teow at #01-46 – Top 10 Char Kway Teow (2008)
Hawker food available: Char Kway Teow, Fried Hokkien Noodles, and Seafood fried rice
Opening Hours:
12pm – 10:30pm daily
- Haron Satay – Satay at #01-55 – Featured in SG50 City Hawker Food Guide
Hawker food available: Satay
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday: 2pm – 10pm (closed on Monday)
These five Singapore Hawker food dishes, curry fish head, popiah, bak kut teh, char kway teow and satay are very popular hawker food that were well loved us Singaporeans. These are just some of the local hawker food dishes that we would introduce to our friends visiting from overseas!
There is much other awesome and delicious local hawker food to eat at East Coast Lagoon Food Village. Remember to check out the other hawker food stalls there too! I love my local Singapore hawker food!
I would like to thank Singapore Tourism Board for the invitation to Singapore Food Festival 2016 Hawker Spotlight.