The Teochew meat puff stall's 40 years of pasar malams end on Saturday 14 November

Forty years of night markets, and the last one is a field in Fernvale with two days left on it.

If a Teochew meat puff from a pasar malam is one of your small pleasures, you have until Saturday. Teochew Meat Puff, the family stall that has fried them at night markets for 40 years, is running its last pasar malam on the open field opposite Fernvale Primary School in Sengkang, and it ends on Saturday 14 November 2026. It opens daily from 12pm to 9.30pm, so Friday and Saturday are what is left.

The family announced it on Facebook, in English and Chinese, at the start of this run on 30 October: this is "our very last pasar malam as we will retire from it", and anyone who has never tried one should come before they do. The post does not say whether the meat puffs will be sold anywhere else afterwards, and the stall has not published its prices, so take cash as well as your phone. The field is about 270m from Fernvale LRT station on the Sengkang LRT's west loop, which you join at Sengkang MRT. The thing to buy is the one on the banner: 潮州香饼, the Teochew meat puff.

Why it matters: stalls like this are how a lot of Singaporeans first met Teochew snacks, between the ramly burgers and the Turkish ice cream, and they are thinning out. The founder's son, He Qiangde, told Shin Min Daily News that his father, who still helps cook, is almost 90, that sales have fallen by more than half since the pandemic, and that a day's rent can run to several hundred dollars while the stall sometimes only breaks even. He also blamed the sheer number of pasar malams now, which makes it hard for any one stall to stand out (the night market, it turns out, has the same problem as the mall).

Our advice: go on Friday evening or early on Saturday rather than at 9pm on the last night, when everyone who read this will have the same idea and the trays may already be empty. The son told Shin Min that crowds usually thin out around 8pm; on the last two nights we would not bet on it, so go early. Buy more than you think you need, say thank you, and if they ask how long you have been coming, tell them. More of what to eat this month is on our where to eat this month page.

Good to know Teochew Meat Puff Pte Ltd (潮州香饼), last pasar malam: open field opposite Fernvale Primary School, 1 Fernvale Lane, Sengkang (797701). Fri 30 Oct to Sat 14 Nov 2026, daily 12pm-9.30pm including Sunday (stall's Facebook post). Retiring from pasar malam after 40 years; whether it will sell elsewhere afterwards is not stated. Prices not published by the stall (checked 13 Nov 2026). Nearest station: Fernvale LRT (Sengkang LRT west loop), about 270m. Founder's age, sales and rent figures: the founder's son to Shin Min Daily News (reported 7 Nov 2026).

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Teochew Meat Puff, last pasar malam at Fernvale | Open field opposite Fernvale Primary School, 1 Fernvale Lane, Sengkang, Singapore 797701