Newton Hawker Center
(Take to Newton MRT station and follow signs)
Hours: 6pm - 4am (only some stalls are open for lunch
All types of cuisine, but well-known for seafood. Prices may be slightly more expensive than other hawker centers

Lau Pa Sat Hawker Centre (literally"Old Market")
(Take to Raffles Place MRT and follow signs)
Hours: Noon - 4am
Astonishing number of stalls to choose from. At night, al fresco satay

Clarke Quay Satay Club
Hours: 7pm - 3am
Many of the original Satay Club stalls moved here after they were relocated a few years ago. Most agree the best satay on the island can be found here.

Marina South Hawker Centre
(Take to Marina South MRT station and transfer to bus service 400; more convenient to take a taxi)
Hours: Noon - 2am
Well-known for both its seafood and steamboat stalls. Steamboat is a way of cooking whereby a pot of water is placed over a small stove on the table and brought to boil. You then cook your own food, buffet style, in the boiling soup, or fry meats on a hotplate coated with butter. Steamboat is popular at family and friend get-togethers.

Chinatown Food Centre
(Take to Outram MRT station and walk toward Chinatown)
Hours: 7am - 9pm
An excellent example of the wide variety of Chinese food that can be found in Singapore. Prices are ridiculously cheap but be prepared to bear with the heat and the crowds,especially during lunch. Take a walk around this huge complex to soak inthe atmosphere, including a wet market at the basement. Particularly well-known are the colourful Cantonese cold dessert stalls.

Little India
Be prepared to walkaround a bit as there is great food all over the area. The food outlets here range from cheap S$3-meal places to posh North and South Indian restaurants.The best bet is to start with the cheap places and discover what kind of food you prefer before "graduating" to the restaurants. The vegetarian food here is especially good.