Lau Pa Sat Food Hawker Centre in Singapore

Lau Pa Sat is the ideal location to find them all under one roof, and the setting is far more romantic than most hawker centres, especially at night when the satay vendors set up stalls outside.

Lau Pat Sat can be found on the corner of Boon Tat Street, an easy five-minute walk from Raffles Place MRT station. From the outside the food market looks like it belongs to a Victorian seaside town; ornate cast iron pillars hold up a terracotta roof with a distinctive clock tower that makes little impact compared to the skyscrapers that surround it. Inside the stalls are set up in rows leading to the centre of this hexagonal building.
If you are lucky enough, your meal may have musical accompaniment, a band plays nightly at the centre of Lau Pa Sat. On our visit we caught the tail-end of the jazz band and then got to enjoy a scratchy recording of 80s hits instead.

There are plenty of stalls to chose from, so have a walk around and check out what’s for sale and what others are eating – the perfect way to avoid food envy. The prices are reasonable, with dishes around five dollars. Recommendations can be found on boards displayed in the centre, and there is a map to help you navigate. After hearing so much about the Hainanese chicken and rice from Whampoa Nanxiang (Stall 52) I try a portion of this, with a Malaysian favourite that’s popular in the city, roti prata (Stall 61 – Mohamed Restaurant).
Both were delicious: the simplicity of chicken and rice has a rich, meaty flavour and is a fail-safe for most people. Although usually served at breakfast, the spicy chickpeas in the prata curry, together with freshly made roti-bread, make a good meal at the end of the day too. Other dishes people flock here to try include: chilli crab, carrot cake, and Laksa, a noodle dish in curry sauce.

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