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#01-39 Amoy Street Food Centre (7 Maxwell Rd), Singapore
Noodle Restaurant · Financial District · 39 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: This hawker stall’s signature dish is composed of springy egg noodles, roast pork, dumplings and potato-wrapped prawns, and topped off with a hard-boiled egg
#02-66 Hong Lim Food Centre (531A Upper Cross Street), Singapore
Noodle Restaurant · Central Region · 6 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: Besides laksa, visitors should also try the store’s signature mee siam (rice vermicelli in a sweet and sour gravy), which incorporates fruit juice for enhanced flavour
Noodle Restaurant · Central Region · 25 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: A word to the wise: The stall closes on Sundays, and you may want to get your noodle fix in the morning, to avoid the long queues during lunch.
Stall 10, Maxwell Food Centre (1 Kadayanallur St.), Singapore
Hainan Restaurant · Financial District · 125 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: While the tender steamed chicken featured in the dish is certainly delectable, this establishment’s chicken rice is most famous for its fragrant rice and complex, spicy chilli sauce
Sikander Lhote: Peranakan* dishes like kueh pie tee (pastry filled with vegetables and prawns) and ayam buah keluak (braised chicken served with a sauce made from black nut).
#01-27, Newton Food Centre (500 Clemenceau Avenue North), Singapore
Seafood Restaurant · Newton · 5 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: Black pepper crab and chilli crab. hungry diners can order a set menu that includes one whole crab, cereal prawns, fried rice and deep-fried mantou
Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurant · Financial District · 41 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: homemade sambal (chilli paste) used in their sambal kangkong (water spinach). The eatery is also known for its Penang rendang, made with shiitake mushrooms instead of meat
Sikander Lhote: fried rice vermicelli noodles and tender slices of fish in a light, milky broth. You’ll want to make this a breakfast pit stop to avoid the snaking queue.
Indian Restaurant · Little India · 59 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: The restaurant is famous for a South Indian version of fish head curry that was concocted by its founder, and which remains safeguarded by his sons till today
#01-12 Old Airport Road Market & Food Centre (51 Old Airport Road), Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 21 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: Its signature char kway teow (stir-fried rice cake strips) is served up with a medley of cockles, Chinese sausage and crunchy bean sprouts
#01-135/136, Old Airport Road Food Centre (51 Old Airport Road), Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 11 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: kway chap. Long lunch time queues are the norm, but the dish’s rich, savoury flavour and silky texture certainly makes it worth the wait.
Indian Restaurant · Marine Parade · 60 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: The butter chicken is a crowd favourite, and you’ll definitely want to pair it with the restaurant’s many flatbreads and delicious, tandoor-cooked meats.
#02-18 Holland Market & Food Centre (44 Holland Drive), Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 25 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: The stall’s signature is a hearty, charcoal fried rice claypot consisting of chicken, salted fish and Chinese sausage, that can feed up to four diners
Chinese Restaurant · Jurong East · 39 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: four decades selling their signature curry fish head, but the other dishes on offer at this stall—which include fish steamed in a Teochew style and watercress with oyster sauce
Sikander Lhote: Be sure to order a piping hot bowl of their signature Buddha Jumps Over The Wall soup, and pair it with a bowl of fragrant pumpkin rice
Sikander Lhote: Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang has been serving up rich, Teochew-style mutton soup from Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre for over three decades
Alexandra Village Food Centre (120 Bukit Merah Lane, #01-51), Singapore
Soup Spot · Central Region · 1 tip
Sikander Lhote: they serve up six different, MSG-free varieties of soup. , there are two other side dishes to choose from—steamed chicken wings in lotus leaves, and steamed pork ribs with black bean
#0-49 Redhill Food Centre (85 Redhill Lane), Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 9 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: chai tow kway (fried cubes of radish) comes in two variations—a white version that’s fried with a beaten egg, and a black version that gets its colour from a sweet soy sauce.
#02-01 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre (30 Seng Poh Road), Singapore
Noodle Restaurant · 11 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: With signature Hokkien mee cooked to order in small batches and fried up in a wok to retain its traditional, slightly charred flavour. Be sure to visit this stall early in the day, before 7.30pm
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 14 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: The restaurant specialises in a range of Cantonese comfort food, from claypot tofu and fried prawn paste chicken to piping hot bowls of fish soup.
#02-82 Tiong Bahru Food Centre (30 Seng Poh Rd), Singapore
Chinese Restaurant · Central Region · 6 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: allows you to mix and match roast and steamed chicken, so that you can enjoy the best of both worlds. Be sure to sample their homemade chilli sauce for an added punch.
#02-29, Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre (30 Seng Poh Rd.), Singapore
Soup Spot · Central Region · 11 tips and reviews
Sikander Lhote: This stall’s signature dish—a peppery soup of pig innards and pickled vegetables served with rice— remains a crowd favourite for its robust, meaty taste.