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Hawker centers best for food in Singapore

Dining in Singapore revolves mainly around its four hawker centers, famous for selling delicious food at very low prices. An excellent Asian meal costs only US$3. There’s a wide array of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western cuisine. These hawker centers are a favorite haunt of foreign tourists. They include the following:

East Coast Seafood Center
Located at 1202 East Coast Parkway, the East Coast Seafood Center provides an exquisite view of the Straits of Singapore. It has eight superb Chinese and Thai restaurants that specialize in seafood dishes, including the popular chili crab, black pepper crab, drunken prawns and crawfish.

Lau Pa Sat Food Center
The term Lau Pa Sat means “old market,” which is what this place used be when it was built in 1894. It is easy to identify thanks to its wrought-iron canopy imported from Glasgow. Lau Pa Sat has remained a popular food center even as today’s modern business district arose around it. Today, it is patronized by taxi drivers and corporate executives alike as well as by many tourists. Located at 18 Raffles Quay in Chinatown, its crowd-favorites are dim sum and rice cakes.

Adam Road Food Center
This food center specializes in Malay and Indian food. Foreign tourists are often persuaded to try some of the local dishes here for the first time, including the famous Nasi Goreng and Noo Cheng Prawn Noodles.

Zion Road Riverview Food Center
Patronized mostly by office workers on Orchard Road, this center offers a broad range of different cuisine. It’s a good place to sample the steamed fish with bak kut the.

Meanwhile, if you’re looking to enjoy fine international dining, here are two of the best places:

Equinox
Located at 2 Stamford Rd, Colonial District, Equinox is on the 70th floor and provides a breath-taking view to go with its excellent international cuisine. It boasts of soaring ceilings and beautiful décor. Diners are usually dressed to the nines.

L'Angelus
This French restaurant located at 85 Club St in Chinatown is one of the best in Singapore. Its specialties include the chicken-liver salad and pork fillet.