From wonton noodles made by a beloved Tanjong Rhu hawker stall to steamed putu piring rice cakes recognised by Michelin, check out these hawker stalls for the best food at Haig Road Food Centre.
The hawker centre was built in 1977 and currently houses 72 food stalls. The road was named after Douglas Haig, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France from 1915 to 1918. During British rule, the area was a coconut plantation and an Eurasian village.
Haig Road’s proximity to Geylang Serai, the cultural heartland of Singapore Malays, means the food centre brims with great Malay fare. Afandi Hawa & Family and HJ Waliti HJ Mazuki compete for the title of the best mee rebus and mee soto. Haig Road Putu Piring has grown from a roadside stall to a nationwide chain. Hajjah Jamillah Raj Mohamed is known for its legendary mee goreng, and people wait in line for Rosy & Nora’s roti John.
Other cuisines are not left out, either. After cooking at an upscale Chinese restaurant, Chef Chik set up a stall at Haig Road Food Centre to serve high-quality Cantonese dishes. Goody ‘N’ Jolly Laksa decamped from Marine Parade to sell laksa here. Zhenguang’s story is similar. Renowned for its wonton noodles at Hin Hollywood Canteen, the stall moved here after its previous home was demolished. Hougang Jing Jia offers Chinese-style mutton soup, and Lin Yu Mei presents two Sarawak specialities: laksa and kolo mee. Check them out below.
Haig Road Market and Food Centre is located at 14 Haig Rd, Singapore 430014.
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10 best stalls to check out at Haig Road Food Centre
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Diners in the know patronise one of two stalls at Haig Road Food Centre for its mee rebus. Afandi is one of them. The highlight is the dense gravy, resplendent with flower crab, shrimp, mutton, and sweet potato, which cling to the yellow noodles.
From S$3.50
Thursday – Tuesday, 10.30am – 8pm
Closed on Wednesday
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Chef Chik is the namesake business of Chik Ka Chung, a former head chef at Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant inside the Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel. After a prison stint for corruption, he opened a stall with his wife and channelled his experience into serving restaurant-quality Cantonese food in a hawker centre. Using fresh seafood picked out daily at the market, Chik cooks dishes like steamed threadfin belly with a homemade sauce and garlic chee cheong fun with prawns. The double-boiled soups are also a draw.
From S$5.50 (cash only)
Wednesday – Saturday, 10.30am – 3.30pm
Closed from Sunday – Tuesday
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Goody ‘N’ Jolly was a stall at Parkway Parade beloved for its Peranakan fare like mee rebus, mee siam, and laksa. After it closed, the owners moved the business to Haig Road, dropped most of its previous dishes except laksa, and added curry chicken. The laksa can be topped with prawns, cockles, shredded chicken, and tau pok, while the curry chicken is generously portioned.
From S$5.50
Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, 9.30am – 6pm
Closed on Monday, Thursday, & Friday
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Haig Road Putu Piring has been making steamed rice cakes the same way since 1985: rice flour filled with Grade 1 palm sugar, cooked in a mould, topped with freshly grated coconut tinged with salt, and served with a pandan leaf. The stall has various flavours at its other branches, but the Haig Road Food Centre location only sells the original.
S$2.50 per pack
Daily, 9:45am – 9:45pm
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Hajjah Jamillah has been a haunt for great mee goreng for over four decades. The stall has been operating since 1978 and passed down through the family for three generations, with the founder’s grandnephew in charge today. While he still serves his granduncle’s dishes, he has added new items like nasi goreng sardine.
From S$4.50
Monday, Wednesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 10.30pm
Sunday, 9am – 10pm
Closed on Tuesday
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Like its neighbour Afandi Hawa (see above), HJ Waliti HJ Mazuki is popular for its mee rebus. Their version is more savoury with a meatier flavour and benefits from a generous squeeze of lime.
From S$3
Saturday – Thursday, 7am – 6pm
Closed on alternate Fridays
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For over five decades, wonton noodle fans flocked to Zhenguang at its first home at Hin Hollywood Canteen in Tanjong Rhu, right up to the day the eatery closed in 2011. Fortunately, the stall moved to Haig Road Food Centre and continues to make the dish the same way. The springy noodles are the hallmark, which the stall tosses in lard and dark soy sauce, and tops with lean slices of char siu.
From S$4
Wednesday – Monday, 6am – 3pm
Closed on Tuesday
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Mutton soup is more common in Malay cuisine, but Hougang Jing Jia offers the Chinese version of the dish. The lightly herbal broth can be ordered with your choice of cut, including rib, tendon, tripe, and brains, or in a combination.
From S$5
Friday – Monday, 10am – 7pm
Tuesday, 10am – midnight
Closed on Wednesday & Thursday
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The two Sarawak sisters who run Lin Yu Mei harness their heritage into the dishes here. The first is the kolo mee, which is slicked with lard oil and laden with char siu and minced pork. The other is Sarawak laksa. Unlike the local version, which is richly flavoured with coconut milk, their variant is more delicate and served with bee hoon instead of yellow noodles.
From S$4.50
Wednesday – Monday, 9am – 8pm
Closed on Tuesday
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Even before Rosa & Nora opens at 2pm, diners are already waiting outside for the stall. Most of them are here for the roti John, which has a generous spread of minced mutton under the fluffy omelette. Other crowd favourites include the kentang ball, a type of begedil supersized with beef, and fried popiah. Rosa & Nora only accepts cash payments.
From S$1.50
Wednesday – Monday, 2pm – 7pm
Closed on Tuesday
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