Singapore City Restaurants

  1. Chinatown Complex

    As you'd expect, the large, eternally busy hawker centre here has some great Chinese food stalls. The choice is vast, the smoky atmosphere appropriately unkempt.

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  2. Killiney Kopitiam

    This Singaporean institution is the place for breakfast. The waiter yells your order at ear-splitting volume and the coffee - shaken by the resulting seismic disturbance - inevitably arrives erupted into the saucer.

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  3. Victoria Street Food Centre

    Seemingly manifested to fill a space between high-rises, and with its small shrine outside, this is great for a late-night feed. Locals wheel and deal, friends neck bottles of beer, solo guys read books - you might even catch some English Premier League on the telly.

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  4. Ya Kun Kaya Toast & Coffee

    Though a chain of them is now spread across the island, none matches this for a sense of the original 1940s coffee, kaya (coconut jam) toast and runny-egg stall that spawned it. Grab a seat inside for a ringside view of the bustling, yelling, no-nonsense staff. Traditional Singapore breakfast at its cholesterol-laden, caffeine-charged, sugar-fuelled best.

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