25 Most Popular food in Singapore

Have you ever been to Singapore and tried these 25 most popular food in Singapore? If you have, you must be aware of the delicious meals that they are most known for. It is well-recognized worldwide for its wide variety of food, Asian delicacies and unique food in Singapore. People are in love with the delicious Singaporean cuisines and Singapore food culture that they have tried themselves and have become fond of them.

If you’re planning to pay a visit to Singapore, these are a few best street food featured in Singapore food guide 2022 that you should definitely try before leaving the country.

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Laksa

Laksa is a mixture of rice noodles in one of the most delicious broths of coconut milk and different herbs, mixed with a little bit of spice. It is served with cookles, Tau Pok, fish cakes or sliced chickens to amp up the dish’s taste. Really Delicious!

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Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese Chicken Rice is one of the most loved and popular Singaporean dishes, cooked and served on a silver platter with the rice prepared in chicken soup. The dish is ready to be well-served with a little sauce or ginger over the aromatic chicken. It is also an easy to cook Singapore dishes that you can find Singapore food recipes online. Try it and you will definitely love it.

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Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak comprises several ingredients to choose from as you sit down to eat. The fragrant dish has fried chicken, otah, fish cake, eggs, anchovies, peanuts and rice with vegetables on the side. To give the dish an even better taste, it is best to serve with lots of spicy Sambal Chilli.

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Chilli Crabs or Black Pepper Crabs

This famous dish has won lots of Michelin Guide award in Singapore. The cracked, hard shells of the crab are cooked in the gravy of tomato paste with ketchup, eggs, and chilli sauce, mainly served with gravy. Don’t worry as chili crabs aren’t all that spicy. It complements best to dip the crispy fried buns into the mild spicy gravy to soak up the sauce, then send burst of flavours right in your mouth.

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Roasted Pork Belly

Roasted Pork Belly has been one of the specialties in the popular food in Singapore. Famous stalls are always crowded with people queueing for their thick pieces of roasted meat. Pork Belly are so tasty and juicy, while the skins are so crispy and crunchy. Served best with rice, vegetable and sweet gravy sauce.

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Char Kway Teow or Fried Rice Noodle

Made by skilled chefs, the dish is enriched with appetizing ingredients like bean sprouts, chicken sausages, a little bit of dark soy sauce and even fish cakes and clams. Plenty of ingredients with contrasting noodle textures and signature of charred smokiness, is the best to describe this dish. That is why it is listed as one of the most popular food in Singapore. You must try this dish to experience the smoky & greatness taste of it.

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Nasi Biryani

Biryani, which originated in Muslim and Indian nations, has also made its way to the most popular food in Singapore. Cooked with several aromatic herbs, cinnamon, star anise, and basmati rice, this dish is served mostly with meat or curry chicken for the succulent taste of the dish. They are so tasty and blast with flavours, which make the meal so satisfying and delightful.

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Prawn Noodle Soup

Prawn Noodle Soup is a very popular dish in Singapore, cooked well with noodle, squid, prawns, fish cake, and chicken slices. The broth is usually boil for hours with pork bones, prawn stocking – heads and shells, to give the rich aromatic flavours. Garnished with soy sauce, vinegar and chilli as each serving is presented with a lime wedge and sambal sauce to enhance the taste. 

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Hainanese Curry Rice

Hainanese Curry Rice is a famous dish love by most Singaporean. This dish is well-served with thick coconut curry gravy over the rice. Signature Pork Chop was tender and crispy, with sweet dark sauce mixed on top to bring out the ambiance of a delicious homecooked meal.

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Barbecued Stingray

Barbecued Stingray is a Singapore hawker dish whereby stingray meat is slowly grilled in fire. It is well spread with sambal chilli paste and wrapped in banana leaves to retain the juicy moisture. You have to squeeze some lime over it, then dip in fresh chinchalok to complete the taste. A great dish for spicy food lovers.

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Fried Hokkien Mee

Along with the slices of pork belly, squid slices and eggs, two different types of noodles are stir-fried to bring out the best of the Fried Hokkien Mee. You can smell the nice aroma and taste the rich savour flavour of the pork lard, prawn and pork stock after every bite. Squeeze a lime over it and serve it together with spicy sambal to enjoy this savoury mouth watering dish.

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Fish Head Curry

Fish Head Curry is a delicacy and popular dish, well liked by all races in Singapore. It is the epitome of a cultural melting pot for Singaporeans.  The curry is a thick paste of rich spices coating the fish head to give a sweet and spicy aroma. Coconut milk is later added to thicken the gravy and slowly stewed with Tao Pok, ladyfingers and eggplants. It is usually served with either rice or bread.

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Oyster Omelette

Oyster Omelette is a signature dish cooked primarily with eggs, starch and oysters. It might look simple but the difficulties is the challenge to control the right temperature and correct mixture of each ingredients. The perfect combination of the sticky sweet potato starch, with the fluffiness of eggs batter and richness of oysters
will give you a delightful and heartening meal.

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Satay

This popular dish is mainly served as an appetizer or a starter because of the turmeric scent and lightness of the dish. The meat is prepared in small cubed, seasoned and marinated well, then placed on sticks and grilled in charcoal fire. It is later served with cucumber, rice cake, and mild spicy pineapple peanut sauce for a delicious meal.

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Fried Carrot Cake

Fried Carrot Cake, another popular dish in Singapore, goes with just about every other meal. Dish is prepared with eggs, soft white radish cubes and stir-fried with preserved radish to give a nice garlicky aroma. The crispy burnt of the eggs garnished with the preserved radish, all caramelizing well together with the carrot cake cubes. Garnished with spring onions to enhance the ravishing appearance and aromatic taste.

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Char Siew Noodle or Wonton Noodle

This is one of the most loved and favourite Singaporean dish of all time. The roast Char Siew is nicely charred and cuts into pieces right in front of you. Your slurpy noodle will be served with fatty, tasty Char Siew slices and succulent wontons. The biggest attraction is the robustic, aromatic flavour of their dark sauce and springiness of the noodles. Yummy!

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Chwee Kueh

Chwee Kueh or Water Cake is a popular breakfast dish for Singaporean. It is a Teochew cuisine using steamed rice cake and served with salted preserved radish. Perfect to eat as a light snack or complement with other dishes as appetizer. Served with lots of sambal chilli to further enhance the savoury taste.

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Bak Kut Teh & Rice

Bak Kut Teh or Pork Ribs Soup is a popular Chinese dish in Singapore. This dish consists of pork ribs, bones and meat stewed for hours using a mixture of fragrant herbs, garlics and spices. Usually eaten with steamed white rice, You Tiao (Fried Dough), Braised peanuts, preserved salty vegetable and more. Taste best if you dip Pork ribs into the dark soy sauce with sliced chilli and minced garlic.

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Kaya Toast

Kaya Toast or Bread Toast is the simpliest and popular breakfast meal for Singaporean. Traditionally served with soft-boiled eggs, coffee or tea with two slices of toasted bread spread with butter and Kaya – a sweet jam prepared using eggs, coconut milk, sugar and pandan flavoring. Adding white pepper and dark soy sauce to your eggs to combine all sweet and savory flavors for a perfect start in the morning.

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Roti Prata and Teh Tarik

Even though the dish is originally from India, it is still a prevalent dish in Singapore. Roti Prata is a fried dough
cooked in slow frying pan. You can choose to have it with egg or without, and served it with a savoury vegetable or meat based curry. A cheap, crispy and incredible breakfast meal to start the day.

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Bak Chor Mee

Bak Chor Mee or Minced Pork Noodle is Poular noodle dish you can find in any hawker centres around Singapore. This dish is made with noodles, minced meat, pork slices, meat balls, sliced mushrooms, serve together with a bowl of broth. Tossed in medley of sauce like vinegar, light sauce, sesami oil and pork lard oil. Other than the ingredients, you can also sprinkle some slices chilli to spicy up you meal. 

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Chendol Dessert or Cendol

Chendol or Cendol is a cold and icy dessert with a mixture of coconut milk, red beans, corn, jelly cubes and green pandan jelly stripes. Topped with a sweet Gula Melaka syrup on top of the finely shaved ice. This creamy, sweet and savoury dessert will hit the right spot especially in a super hot weather. Absolutely refreshing!

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Kway Chap

This scrumptious traditional Singaporean dishes is made with flat rice noodles mixed with dark soy sauce and individual stall’s secret herbal recipes. The brown soup is boiled for hours with various herbs and ingredient to get the umami and robustic flavours. It is usually served with pork belly, pig intestines, skins, duck meat, bean curd, tau pok, fishcakes, eggs, salted vegetables and more. Don’t forget to pair them with their homemade garlic chilli sauce for the extra spicy punch.

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Rojak

Rojak is a popular Singapore street food combines the freshness of the fruits, vegetables, tao pok, you tiao, cucumber and marinaded in a semi-dry tamarind prawn paste, sugar and lime. The uniqueness of the rojak is to get the perfect balance of the savoury, sweetness and sour taste. Then generous sprinkling of peanuts on top to make this delicious dish.

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25. Durian

Durian is a tropical fruit loved by many Singaporeans and Malaysian. It is called the King of Fruits and easily distinguished by its large and spiky, hard outer shell. It has a great combination taste of savoury, sweetness, and creamy in every bite. Durains come with different varieties and the popular one are Mao Shan Wang, Golden Phoenix, Black Thorn and more.

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Popular Food Centres in Singapore :

• Best food in Singapore – 67 Michelin Bib Gourmand Singapore 2022 List
  Best Restaurants Singapore 2022 – Full Michelin Guide winners

Final Thoughts

The above mentioned are some of the best-tasting Singaporean food guide 2022, and there’s no doubt in saying that this island is overflowing with lots of cheap food and amazing cuisines. If you are a fan of Singapore food culture and have tried some of these best food in singapore, do let us know in the comments sections.