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Singapore Food Guide: 10 Most Popular Singaporean Dishes

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Singapore is known as the Food Paradise of the East for a reason. The food here is diverse, multicultural, and vibrant. So if you are wondering what and where to eat, check out this Singapore food guide to know the most popular Singaporean dishes that you must try.

  1. Bak kut teh (Pork Rib Soup)

This delicious soup is popular for its warming, filling, and comforting properties. The Singaporean version of Bak kut teh is made with pork ribs, white pepper, garlic, herbs, and other spices. This soup goes well with steamed rice or rice cooked with shallots.

Where to eat in Singapore: Founder Bak Kut Teh and Rong Hua Bak Kut Teh

  1. Hokkien Mee (Fried Prawn Noodles)

This is a stir-fried noodle dish steeped in dark soy sauce and rich spicy, flavorful prawn broth. Hokkien Mee is served with prawns, squid, pork belly, chives, and rice noodles. Adding sambal chilli and lime juice makes it even more delicious.

Where to eat in Singapore: KPO Cafe Bar

  1. Sambal Stingray (Spicy Banana Leaf Stingray)

This Singaporean seafood dish is prepared by barbecuing stingray and served on a banana leaf with sambal (chilli) paste on the top. This moist, spicy, and smoky dish has a surprisingly un-fishy taste. The sambal paste contains lime juice, shrimp paste, ginger, sugar, vinegar, and other secret ingredients used by chefs at different restaurants.

Where to eat in Singapore: BBQ Seafood Restaurant                                                                     

  1. Bak Chor Mee (Minced Pork Noodle)

'Bak Chor' means minced meat and 'Mee' means noodles. This dish is unique to Singapore as you can't find it elsewhere in the world. The purist version of the dish features savory, tangy, and spicy seasonings, mushrooms, meatballs, minced pork, fresh sliced pork, pork liver, and pork dumplings.

Where to eat in Singapore: Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodles – 1 MICHELIN Star Food Stall

  1. Black Pepper Crab

This is the most popular way to serve crab in Singaporean cuisine. Black Pepper Crab is a gutsy dish, full of flavour. Crab pieces are stir-fried with black pepper, garlic, oyster sauce, shallots, and other chef-specific ingredients over a high flame. Now comes where to eat this dish in Singapore? Eat it where it was created first.

Where to eat in Singapore: Long Beach Seafood Restaurant

  1. Laksa Curry

You will find a variety of Laksas in Singapore depending on the broth used for making it. Curry Laksa is a coconut-based laksa dish that contains rice noodles, fish sticks, shrimp, cockles, sambal paste, and Vietnamese coriander. In some restaurants, you will find a flavourful bowl of laksa with dried oysters, dried prawns, and even crayfish.

Where to eat in Singapore: 328 Katong Laksa

  1. Char Kway Teow (Fried Flat Noodles)

Also sometimes spelled Char Kuey Teow, this is a classic stir-fried rice noodle dish that Singaporeans love to relish. It tastes spicy and smoky. To prepare this delicious dish, flat rice noodles are stir-fried with lard, Chinese sausage, prawns, eggs, bean sprouts, chillis, chives, and soy sauce over intense heat.

Where to eat in Singapore: Hill Street Char Kway Teow

  1. Chilli Crab

Chilli Crab is a seafood dish that originated from Singapore. This world-famous Singaporean dish is the national dish of the country. Locals love the sweet, savoury, and spicy flavours of the dish. It usually contains egg, shrimp paste, tomato-and-chilli-based sauce, shallot, galangal, garlic, soy sauce, and more.

Where to eat in Singapore: Long Beach Seafood Restaurant, No Signboard Seafood Restaurant, and JUMBO Seafood Restaurant.

  1. Chendol

Singapore Food Guide is incomplete without mentioning the all-time favourite chendol dessert. It is a popular dessert in Malaysia, but the Singaporean version of Chendol is different. It is prepared with green rice flour jelly, palm sugar syrup, coconut milk, ice shavings, and sometimes, sweetened Red Adzuki Beans.

Where to eat in Singapore: Old Amoy Chendol

  1. Satay

A great appetizer that originated from Indonesia. Singaporeans love all forms of satay – chicken, beef, and mutton. The meat pieces are grilled over charcoal and served with peanut sauce, cucumber, and onion.

Where to eat in Singapore: Chomp Chomp Satay and Lau Pa Sat Satay

Conclusion

Singapore's finest food has helped the country to become the world’s food capital. The multi-faceted cuisine of Singapore provides a wide range of choices for your food palate, from laksa, chendol to buk kut teh. Try the above-mentioned dishes and I am sure you will fall in love with them!

About the Author

Mark Choy

Mark is a Singaporean travel blogger who loves to travel for food. He has travelled around the world to taste authentic local food. Singapore is his homeland and he loves to tell people what and where to eat in Singapore through his Singapore food guide. He has also written food guides for Malaysia, China, and Korea.

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