If not Newton, Where ??

[Air Kiss]

I love the hawker centre atmosphere, which one is your favourite and why ?

[hawker fare 101]

chomp-chomp in serangoon gardens: (villagey ambience.  the grilled sambal sting ray, oh-luak (oyster omelette) and dessert stalls are droolicious)

whampoa for great food and varied selection:
(bbq chicken wings/ bbq fish, mussels, shellfish/rojak/fish soup/duck rice/laksa .. yum.  poor ventilation and muggy inside but there's always outside seating)

east coast lagoon
(great food and location - walks on beach after, bike rides.
lots of bikini clad eye-candy with the wind-surfing crowd patronising on wkends.  

the stalls (mostly malay or indian) opp botanic gardens for great location but that's closed for now.

[Slurp]

I loved the hawker stalls just outside the Botanic Garden it  has been torn down and I thought it was going to be replaced with a learning center for classrooms of children visiting the Gardens.  Does anyone know if the hawker stalls will be back, yes it was so convienent for people that want to walk over to the Gardens after eating there.  Many people from GlenEagles Hospital also ate there.

[Veggie]

Where are the best hawker centres for Vegetarians?

For the simple minded, vegetarians don't eat fish, so the entire east coast is out.

[tiong bahru]

tiong bahru market

[evehow]

Usually eat at foodcourts due to the weather.

Hawker centres:
Chomp Chomp, Tiong Bahru, Amoy Street, S11 at AMK (near my place)....

Kopitiams are not bad too to get good food.

[helpful]

Botanic Gardens

                        The food stalls are back after the food centre's renovations.

[cs]

Not too long back I remember we had a ghost walk.

Maybe we should have a food walk that highlights the nicest places to eat.

My recommendation:

The dim sum places in odd Geylang Lorongs

These upon till late so you can get dim sum even if it is 2 am in the morning. The fritters eaten with hot bean curd are particularly good.

If it is durian season, you can also get the best durians in Sg here. They set up little tables and you can sit by the roadside and eat to your heart's content.

If you are with the family, stay away from the even Lorongs.  

[Season?]

Does durian have a season? We have a tree in the garden that does not fruit at the same time of year each time. It seems to have a roughly 18 month cycle but quantity of fruit is very variable. Luckily I love it!

[hawker fare 101]

i am not vegetarian so i can't really say.

if you are not religiously-vegetarian  (like you don't mind meat being touched in the overall food handling process);
try the cooked food stalls (those with assorted variety of dishes) which normally have vegetarian selections among their meat options.

malay food stalls also have stuff like lontong as a vegetarian alternative(coconut curry with assorted veggies and rice cakes) - not terribly healthy caloriewise but yummy.

there are also normally a couple of stalls at hawker centres that cater to strictly vegetarians (mostly the staunch buddhists) - yummy veggie curries and alot of gluten-based alternatives which simulate meat.