Mountbatten Food
The Old Airport Road Food Centre is well known as one for the best places in the East for cheap and good food. It is one of the biggest hawker centre in Singapore with more than 160 stalls. There are many popular stalls in the food centre located between the Mountbatten MRT station and Dakota MRT station. We highlight 10 stalls we like at Old Airport Road Food Centre.
When Tanjong Rhu Wanton Noodle can be found from Marine Terrace and Bugis to Bukit Panjang and West Coast and there are stalls with confusingly similar names, the original stall must be or have been very popular. The much sought-after Tanjong Rhu wanton noodles were originally sold in a coffee shop in Block 7 Jalan Batu; the same coffee shop where the famous Tanjong Rhu Pau stall is still located. The Tanjong Rhu Wanton Noodle stall is now in the Jalan Batu Market & Food Centre. It now has branches in many parts of Singapore and you can even order it online.
Tanjong Rhu Pau can still be found in Tanjong Rhu, which is something you cannot take for granted nowadays in Singapore. However, the shop that you have to look out for is Chin Sin Huat Eating House. There you will find the delicious small pau which they call Tua Bak Pau or Big Pork Pau. Tanjong Rhu Pau also has outlets in Geylang and Thomson.
What to do this weekend? We recently did a two-hour walkabout and food tour of Geylang to enjoy the laid back feel of Singapore and to try some nice food and drinks along the way. The entire walk is only about 1 km, but it is meant to be done in a leisurely manner, with many stops along the way.
The Chinese name of Yong He Eating House in Geylang says it all – 永和豆浆油条大王 – king of soya bean milk and fried dough sticks (you tiao)! There are actually three items on the menu that we like at this old coffee shop at the corner of Geylang Road and Lorong 24A. The dough sticks, the soya bean milk and the savoury soya bean curd. Yong He was one of the places we stopped by when we were on a walk around Geylang recently.
