Many of Singapore’s old-school hawker facilities within the metropolis space have been established to resettle pioneer hawkers that used to ply the streets of the older components of city. One such hawker centre is Golden Mile Food Centre which was inbuilt 1975 to resettle the unique hawkers lining close by Jalan Sultan. Today, Golden Mile Food Centre is a haven for these searching for conventional hawker fare resembling claypot rice, grass jelly, chee cheong enjoyable in addition to extra progressive dishes catered to youthful of us. Here, I intention to current a few of my favourite stalls.
Do observe that Golden Mile Food Centre is a standalone hawker heart that’s totally different from the Golden Mile Complex on the reverse aspect of the street.
Flourful Delight
My go-to spot every time I’ve cravings for Zha Jiang Noodles or Dan Dan Noodles, Flourful Delight makes their noodles inhouse and every strand is tremendous chewy and bouncy. The taste profile of the peanut sauce within the Dan Dan Noodles is particularly outstanding which makes it my go-to dish right here. They are additionally recognized for his or her dumplings. I particularly like their Spicy Sichuan Dumplings that are stuffed generously with floor meat.
Stall Number: #01-85
Opening Hours: Daily besides Mondays, 11AM to 2PM, 6PM to 8PM
Zhao An Granny Grass Jelly
While grass jelly is a well-liked drink and dessert in most hawker facilities, you received’t discover one other stall that makes a speciality of this refreshing deal with in the way in which that Zhao An Granny Grass Jelly does. The institution has been round for many years. Customers have the choice to high their grass jelly with nata de coco, sea coconut, attap seeds or longan. There’s a slight feeling of nostalgia right here as every order is served in a standard porcelain bowl.
Stall Number: #01-58
Opening Hours: Daily, 11:30AM to six:30PM
braise
braise places a contemporary spin on this most conventional of cooking strategies, successfully differentiating themselves from the same old braised meat stalls in hawker facilities that are usually kway chap stalls. Highlights right here embody the Braised Pork Rice, Braised Pork Shank Set, Braised Pork Cheek Set and Braised Pork Ribs Set. The totally different cuts of meat on supply right here imply that diners can go for leaner cuts if they need. My Braised Pork Cheek Set got here with thick gravy, was notably beneficiant in portion and very meaty. Compared to the standard Taiwan model Braised Pork Rice, those at braise include optionally available add-ons resembling tamago egg, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and extra.
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11AM to 3PM
Stall Number: #01-104
Thai Mama Kitchen
Thai Mama Kitchen is the stall to show to for dependable and inexpensive Thai fare. What units them aside from the opposite Thai stalls in Golden Mile Food Centre is the sheer variety of dishes they’ve. Choose amongst their vary of curries or staples like tom yum and pad thai. My favourite dish to order right here is the Garlic Pork Rice which at all times comes reliably crunchy.
Opening Hours: Daily besides Wednesday, 12:30PM to 2:30PM; 5PM to 9:30PM
Stall Number: #01-90
Wen Li
The Taiwanese ambiance is palpable the second one approaches the stall to order. The man operating Wen Li speaks with a palpable Taiwanese accent (I used to be to study later that he’s really from Malaysia). One can anticipate inexpensive Taiwan staples right here together with Braised Pork Rice, Popcorn Chicken, Pig Intestine Mee Sua and extra. Customers can even order the dishes as a set with both the Braised Pork Rice or the Mee Sua as the primary adopted by a few sides. I ordered their Braised Pork Rice and famous that it was on the leaner aspect, simply the way in which I prefer it.
Opening Hours: Daily besides Monday, 11AM to 8PM
Stall Number: #01-65
Kopi More
Although it opens comparatively late for a espresso / drinks stall, Kopi More by no means fails to draw fairly a queue within the few hours that it’s open every day. The uncle who runs the stall sells native kopi made utilizing western methods. This consists of grinding the beans and making ready every cup utilizing a barista espresso machine. The drinks menu is a straightforward one with a range consisting of kopi/kopi o, teh/teh o and yin yang. The stall counts some celebrities as its loyal clients together with Chen Yixi and Henry Golding.
Opening Hours: Daily besides Monday, 11AM to 4PM
Stall Number: #B1-49
Wen Kang Ji
Located deep inside a nook within the basement of Golden Mile Food Centre, Wen Kang Ji serves glorious Wanton Noodles. The spotlight in every plate are the well-caramelized char siew – plump and beneficiant in serving. The wantons that comes within the accompanying soup are additionally crammed with good parts of meat, prawns and black fungus. They have attracted fairly a following regardless of being one of many newer institutions in Golden Mile Food Centre, opening a second outlet in Joo Chiat.
Opening Hours: Daily besides Tuesday. 9AM to 5PM
Stall Number: #B1-29
Xin Kee Hong Kong Cheong Fun
This comparatively new stall in Golden Mile Food Centre was opened throughout the second half of 2022. Chee cheong enjoyable lovers can rejoice in these breakfast staples – all made-to-order in an inexpensive setting. Their chee cheong enjoyable is made Cantonese model, with skinny and slippery rice rolls enveloping fillings resembling chye poh, prawns and pork char siew. The Chye Poh Chee Cheong Fun intrigued me specifically as one doesn’t normally see this taste elsewhere. The paper skinny rolls simply disintegrated with only one chew whereas the quantity of chye poh inside was simply sufficient to be fairly perceptible in taste.
Opening Hours: Daily 8AM to 3PM
Stall Number: #01-79
Yew Chuan Claypot Rice
Yew Chuan Claypot Rice is probably probably the most well-known stall in Golden Mile Food Centre and comes with the longest wait as effectively. Their major dish is the Claypot Chicken Rice which is bought in a wide range of sizes. Do observe that when it’s busy (normally at night time), they don’t serve the solo sized portion. The claypot rice comes aromatic with the correct amount of char, pork sausage (lup cheong), liver sausage, beneficiant parts of hen in addition to salted fish. Diners are given a sauce dispenser as effectively so one can decide to place as a lot (or as little) of the sauce as desired. I’ve had various experiences throughout my visits right here. The wait tends to be lengthy throughout time for supper and the man taking orders will be fairly grumpy every now and then. However, the claypot rice is constantly good all through all my visits.
Opening Hours: Daily besides Monday and Thurday, 12PM to 8PM (till 8:30PM on Saturdays)
Stall Number: #01-73
75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup
One of the oldest stalls to function in Golden Mile Food Centre, 75 Ah Balling Peanut Soup is run by third technology hawkers. This is probably probably the most well-known institution specializing in glutinous rice balls or tang yuan in Singapore. While they now not make their rice balls inhouse (manufacturing is completed in a manufacturing unit for consistency), the institution appeal to a loyal following as a result of their myriad of flavors together with peanut, black sesame, crimson bean, yam and matcha. I normally get my desserts right here every time I’m eating in Golden Mile. Although I discover the style and texture just like the tang yuan you should purchase from the grocery store, I take pleasure in attempting their extra uncommon flavors such because the matcha which comes naturally bitter. They nonetheless make a few of the soups inhouse and diners can select between peanut soup (their signature), almond milk, ginger and longan crimson date.
Opening Hours: 11AM to eight:15PM (opens at 10AM on Saturday and Sunday)
Stall Number: #01-75
Oatla
Oatla is kind of a novel idea to open in Golden Mile Food Centre in 2022. The drinks menu characteristic oat-based drinks with the stall proprietor making his personal oat milk concoction relatively than utilizing the same old carton oat milk. They satisfaction themselves of their oat milk with no sugar added and mirrored via signature drinks resembling their Original Oatmilk and Watermelon Oatmilk. I’ve tried their oat milk myself and located it naturally candy which was pleasantly stunning as a result of their “no added sugar” promise.
Opening Hours: Sunday to Wednesday, 10AM to 8PM; Friday, 10AM to 3PM; Saturday, 9AM to 5PM
Stall Number: #01-109
