Yhingthai Palace
Red walls, timber floors, a Bib Gourmand and a long Thai-Chinese menu, two lanes behind Raffles Hotel. Bring a group, book for Friday, and order beyond the phad thai.
- Where: Bugis
- Price: S$30–60
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Two-star Korean cooking from a former builder, on Mohamed Sultan Road. Book it for an occasion and ask about the Jeju abalone with rice porridge, on the menu since opening day.
- Where: River Valley
- Price: S$60 and above
Ramen-ya
An eight-seat counter in Bedok's East Village where one Japanese chef cooks and serves. Go at opening, alone or in a pair, and start with the Special Shio.
- Where: Bedok
- Price: Under S$30
Waku Ghin
One prawn dish, on the menu since 2011, is the reason to book Tetsuya Wakuda's Marina Bay Sands counter. Save it for a milestone; Five at Five, from 19 October, is the cheaper way in.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant
Dim sum until 4am at weekends across six knocked-through Jalan Besar shophouses. Come for the hour and the fried oddities, not the textbook har gow, and go to the original.
- Where: Jalan Besar
- Price: Under S$30
Summer Pavilion
The Ritz-Carlton’s Cantonese room for the parents, the milestone or the client. Order the sea whelk soup in a whole coconut, a signature since the first Michelin star in 2016.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$60 and above
Changi Village Hawker Centre
Where the Ubin ferry and the cycling clubs refuel: two rival nasi lemak stalls, Ipoh hor fun and fried bananas. Just back from October repairs, so check it's open first.
- Where: Changi
- Price: Under S$30
Fengshan Market & Food Centre (Bedok 85)
Rival bak chor mee stalls in neighbouring units, hotplate stingray and charred wings late into the night. Bedok 85 is where the east goes for supper. Bring a group and split the queues.
- Where: Bedok
- Price: Under S$30
Zion Riverside Food Centre
Thirty-two stalls by the river near Great World, two of them on the 2026 Bib Gourmand list. Small enough for one lap; pick your two stalls and check their days first.
- Where: River Valley
- Price: Under S$30
Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre
A breakfast estate: chwee kueh from a stall trading since 1959, a morning-only carrot cake and, for anyone who slept in, a Bib Gourmand braised duck. Go before 9am.
- Where: Ghim Moh / Buona Vista
- Price: Under S$30
ABC Brickworks Market & Food Centre
Redhill's neighbourhood hawker centre, worth the walk for Fatty Cheong's char siew and Ah Er's Bib Gourmand soup. Go before the lunch rush with a back-up stall in mind.
- Where: Alexandra
- Price: Under S$30
East Coast Lagoon Food Village
The hawker centre at the end of the East Coast cycle path: charcoal satay, stingray in banana leaf and a sea breeze no fan can match. Arrive by bike, late afternoon.
- Where: East Coast
- Price: Under S$30
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Meals worth putting in the calendar, from Peranakan cooking to French dining and Singapore-led tasting menus. Settle the occasion first; the right table follows from it.
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The answer when nobody agrees on lunch. Everyone browses, everyone orders their own, everyone meets back at one table; keep a second choice in case your stall is shut.
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Singapore food in three registers: a hawker meal, a heritage-led restaurant or a tasting menu. If you only do one, start at the hawker centre; the others are riffing on it.
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Eating in Dempsey
Dempsey is best done as one booked meal with time either side. Peranakan, French or an open kitchen, chosen for the company; don't rush the wander around it.
- 3 picks
Eating at New Bahru
New Bahru works best if you decide what you're eating before you arrive: breakfast, Sri Lankan cooking or pizza. Book the table, then wander afterwards.
- 3 picks
Tiong Bahru cafés and market
The small plan suits Tiong Bahru best: lunch at the market or a bakery stop, then a slow wander. Check which bakery branch you mean before you set off.
- 3 picks