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1. Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese chicken rice (hawker stall)$Chinatown

Bib Gourmand hawker stall at Maxwell Food Centre, serving Hainanese chicken rice with poached chicken, fragrant rice and house-made chilli since 1987.

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2. Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

Bak chor mee (hawker stall)$Lavender

Family-run hawker stall on Crawford Lane, dating back to the 1930s, whose vinegar-laced bak chor mee earned one of the first Michelin stars for street food.

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3. Lau Pa Sat

Hawker centre & satay street$Raffles Place

A historic cast-iron market hall in the financial district, turned food centre, where Boon Tat Street becomes an open-air satay strip every evening.

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4. Zam Zam

Indian-Muslim murtabak and biryani$Kampong Gelam

Indian-Muslim restaurant opposite Sultan Mosque, founded in 1908 and known for stuffed murtabak and nasi biryani with its family-recipe gravy.

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5. Komala Vilas

South Indian vegetarian$Little India

Vegetarian Indian restaurant in Little India, opened in 1947, known for South Indian meals served on banana leaves alongside North Indian dishes.

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6. Song Fa Bak Kut Teh (New Bridge Road)

Teochew bak kut teh$Clarke Quay

Bib Gourmand flagship of the bak kut teh brand that began as a pushcart in 1969, serving peppery Teochew-style pork rib soup by the river.

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7. JUMBO Seafood (Riverside Point)

Singaporean seafood, chilli crab$$$Clarke Quay

Riverside branch of the long-running JUMBO seafood group, a classic choice for chilli crab, black pepper crab and other Singaporean seafood dishes.

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8. True Blue Cuisine

Peranakan$$$Bras Basah

Bib Gourmand Peranakan restaurant beside the Peranakan Museum, run by Benjamin Seck and decorated with heirloom antiques, beadwork and kebayas.

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9. Candlenut

Peranakan (Michelin-starred)$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Malcolm Lee's Dempsey restaurant, which became the first Peranakan restaurant to win a Michelin star in 2016, known for its Ah-Ma-Kase menu.

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10. Labyrinth

Modern Singaporean tasting menu$$$$Marina Bay

Chef LG Han's Michelin-starred restaurant at the Esplanade, reinterpreting Singaporean dishes, including half-forgotten ones, through a tasting menu.

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11. Burnt Ends

Modern Australian barbecue$$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Dave Pynt's wood-fired barbecue restaurant in Dempsey, cooking almost everything in a four-tonne, two-oven brick kiln.

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12. Odette

Contemporary French fine dining$$$$Civic District

Chef Julien Royer's three-Michelin-star French restaurant inside National Gallery Singapore, serving light, Asian-influenced contemporary cuisine.

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