Food in Geylang

Food in Geylang

One of the biggest reasons Geylang is being frequented by locals and as well as international visitors is because Geylang is renowned to be the home to many of Singapore’s culinary dishes. Some of the must try dishes in Geylang include the well known seafood such as chilli crab and the famous Katong laksa.

Visitors can find traditional Singaporean street food, food carts, and other fare along the main road. There’s Moi Lum Restaurant that is famous for serving traditional Cantonese cuisine, especially their popular Catonese fried chicken. With a long history of excellent food service in Singapore, dating back to the 1970s, Moi Lum is a foodie’s must-eat.

There’s also Village Wok, a street food restaurant that services appetizing menu items like pating fish, oyster noodles, and tofu nuggets. For delicious Thai food, be sure to check out the affordable Diandin Leluk, with specialty dishes such as the chili tom yum, glass noodle crabs, and grilled pork. If delicacies such as frog legs are a preference, pay New Lai Hai Hong Yun coffee shop a visit. This eating club serves dried chili kungpo frog legs that’s a local favorite.

For something quick, stop by Kwong’s Satay for a pork satay that will only cost you 35 cents, and grab some prawn noodles in the food cart next door. Award winning Chef Danny Lee serves his trademark seafood dishes at Sin Huat Eating House where the food is so fresh, there is no fridge on site. Wait times are long and prices are high, but from the business this place gets, it looks to be worth it all. His signature dish is the Crab Bee Hoon.

S11 Food Court at Geylang Serai at the mouth of Joo Chiat Road. The most famous stall here would be the putu piring stall at one corner of the foodcourt. Putu piring is a small, white, Malay cake made of flour and stuffed with gula Melaka(brown sugar). It is eaten with grated coconut. For $1, you get 3 cottony cakes which makes for an excellent light snack.

Aside from that, the Geylang Serai New Market which was opened in 28 February 2010, here you will find a hawker centre where great food awaits to feed its hungry customers. Situated on the second floor of a market house with bustling activity and trade going on the first floor, this is the place to go hunt for real original good food that is affordable and at the same time delicious.

At the second level, you will find an array of food and drink stalls comprising of the popular Geylang Chendol, Rojak Geylang owned by Indian Muslims

Fantastic food awaits to this heritage market place. There are numerous food stalls at the second floor featuring the predominantly Malay and Indian Cuisine. One of the famous food stalls there are the Hajjah Mona Nasi Padang and Geylang Briyani Hall featuring mouth-watering dishes that includes Asam Pedas stingray(Spicy stingray) and Chicken Briyani(Indian style chicken rice). If you happen to go there for some breakfast, GS OLI Thosei and Food Stall is a great place to enjoy energy boosting breakfast deals like the Appom Indian rice dish, Thosai Indian Pancake and the Masala Chicken (spiced chicken).
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References:

http://www.yoursingapore.com/content/traveller/en/browse/dining/restaurants/geylang-serai-new-market.html

http://www.eatwildabandon.com/2011/02/28/bourdains-places-to-eat-before-you-die-sin-huat-crab-bee-hoon/

http://www.singaporehotels.com/shark-guides/areas/south-singapore/geylang.html