ONLY EATING AT HAWKER CENTRE'S | IS SINGAPORE CHEAP?🇸🇬🇸🇬

Today we will show you how to eat on a budget in Singapore 2023! As we take you around Singapores best Hawker Centre's. Hawker Centre's are both affordable, high quality & cultural, Its a big food court with so many options. We went to Lau Pau Sat famous for its chicken satay, Golden Mile which had the best priced food and the popular Maxwell hawker Centre in chinatown. This is your budget guide to Singapore 🇸🇬
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[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

Singapore is Asia's most expensive city for LUXURY living, not for a tourist who stays in a no-frill hotel, takes the public transport, eats at a hawker centre or coffee shop and buys his stuffs at a supermarket. *Newton Circle & the one outside Botanic Gardens are for tourists and a Singapore coffee shop is a non-aircon eatery which sells low price beverages and a variety of street food.

[@ZoeCzar]

100% agree but the country as a whole has got the perception from tourists that its expensive maybe due to the cost of luxury living! this was what we were trying to show that it doesn't have to be expensive 😊

[@grifsfoodandtravel]

Great video! It was nice to see different hawker centers with different meals offered!

[@ZoeCzar]

Thank you! The food was amazing! There’s still too many hawker centres to go to 😍

[@阿榮哥-r1h]

Thanks for correcting most ppl perception tat Singapore is an expensive place. It's all down to when you eat and the ambient you choose. Air-conditioning places and tourists attractions are generally expensive but if you go to the neighbourhood hawkers are much cheaper. Thanks a lot.👍👏🙏🏼❤️

[@ZoeCzar]

So true! Exactly what we were trying to show, it doesn't have to be expensive you just got to know how to eat more affordably! And like we said its such a great thing to have because in Europe there's nothing like this so we think its amazing 🤩

[@Leeadam73]

We love Singapore. We also went to Lau Pau sat, when we first arrived. Busyyyy but great.

[@ZoeCzar]

Singapore is great, and yes lau Pau sat was also a favourite of ours 😍

[@pauljayoma8403]

food taste extra good when shared with a love one no matter how cheap it is.

[@ZoeCzar]

Tell me about it 😍 thank you!

[@browncony3897]

Not Tortilla dears. It's fried wanton.

[@eatdriveplay]

Glad you liked all the food! 14:50 - the noodles dish is cooked in a braised sauce that take hours to cook... these are decades old dishes perfected through generations. :)

[@ZoeCzar]

We loved it 😋 ooo its was so good it doesn't surprise us to hear its been perfected over decades 😍

[@xenongaming6495]

FIRST!!

[@ZoeCzar]

Hehehe thank you 😊

[@jackgoku796]

Singapore very expensive, different from KL

[@ZoeCzar]

Yes, true! But hawker centres definitely help 🙏🏼

[@maocat6606]

Both lau pa sat n Maxwell were old markets left by the British. I remember 4 when we became independent -beach road n tekka ( at thr foot of d bamboo grove ) are gone

[@ZoeCzar]

Oh really? Thanks for the info that’s super interesting 🙏🏼

[@killuax3905]

Recently found your channel, and i have binged watched ever since! Amazing content!

[@ZoeCzar]

Thank you so much, it means a lot glad you’re enjoying 😊🫶🏼

[@kelvgan]

Singapore hawkers are government certified and are graded hygienic and safe to eat not like any other street vendors in other south east Asian or asian countries

[@ZoeCzar]

Oh I see! That’s why the food is amazing! Heard they also do Michelin star meals 😍

[@ritalee4964]

⁠@@ZoeCzaryes, sometimes you will see signboards showing gradings like A,B or C. This means how clean the stall is operating. Graded by the Govt. Organisation known as National environment agency😉

[@lucyfiniarel2347]

+ to add, context is that singapore used to be dominated by street vendors, but for public health and safety reasons and to improve working conditions, the singapore govt corralled everyone into hawker centers (at subsidised rents). every foodhandler in singapore must take food safety courses and be licensed. this is strictly enforced.

[@s_shaleh]

You are going to start a war with Malaysians over that statement.😂😂

[@kelvgan]

@@s_shaleh msia has its own deli charm and affordability, SGP yummies are just a melting pot of diverse goodies second to none. Fact! haha

[@SuccessforLifester]

Actually Lau Pa Sat is one of the oldest hawker centre here. It does look lovely. It had undergone revamps before

[@ZoeCzar]

oo thanks for the info 😊 Definitely one of our favourites but it is a little more pricey

[@RaymondChia_Silaqui]

Hawker Centers in Singapore are split into Breakfast Lunch or Lunch Dinner (Supper). So it would be better to check if the one you are heading to is which. P.S. Hawker Centers are basically 'UNESCO sites'. 1. Golden Mile: You guys were literally seat at one of the famous stall which does 'Chili Noodle' which essentially is Prawn Noodle Dry Version. There are muslim food at the basement. You can try Sup Tulang (Pronuce Soup). There is a Beef Noodle and Braised Duck Rice at the basement as well. 2. Lau Pat Sat: It is actually historical landmark being one of the first marketplace in Singapore. And yes, the street is closed for a al fresco dining. Nothing beats having dinner / supper under the stars in the middle of the Central Business District (CBD). 3. Maxwell: Known around the world to be the favorite Chicken Rice of the late Anthony Bourdain. You may wanna go check it out during Brunch. But be warned. It get crowded during Lunch. Other Hawker Centers you may wanna go: 1. Old Airport Hawker Center. Lots of good food. Many many stalls to choose from. 2. Newton Circle. Do take note it is a very touristy spot. But its claim to international fame was the movie 'Crazy Rich Asian'. 3. Chinatown Hawker Center. Claypot rice but you will have to WAIT. They will literally cook the rice from its raw state. You could ask them to give you an estimate on how long to wait. Don't be surprise if they tell you 1 to 2 hours. 4. East Coast Lagoon Hawker center. You did dining under the stars, how about dining next to a beach? Great atsmosphere. The list will go on and on. Too many locations too little time and stomach space.

[@ZoeCzar]

Ooo thank you for all the info, we will definitely look out for these next time we visit 😍😋

[@ZoeCzar]

We actually went to Lau Pau Sat for satay on a different day in the end but as we mentioned it in this video we still wanted to show what it was like, that’s why we forgot to include the price! If you were wondering the Satay was $16 for 20 pieces and is in the “Must Do in Singapore video”😊🙏🏼 Sorry for the confusion

[@chalayan]

Should try Old airport road and bedok hawker centres. Yes no way in the UK. Even i tries the Rice guy stall selling Chicken and char siew rice and it is really average and costs like £7 though my aussie/brit friend loves it but not me since I'm from Singapore. That is fried wanton. Not tortillas 😂😂😂

[@ZoeCzar]

Oh we’re gonna have to give that a go! And oh really? Haha we thought it was tortilla 🤣 thank you for the suggestions 🫶🏼

[@simplyme3306]

@@ZoeCzar it's just fried wanton skin...basically fried egg and flour dough LOL!!!! Yes to the two hawker centres mentioned...oh and Chinatown complex as well. It is the biggest hawker centre in Singapore with like 200 stalls.

[@xenongaming6495]

I want some duck and rice now!

[@ZoeCzar]

Don’t blame you 😉

[@simroysten7963]

You can always ask for extra chopsticks/spoon and bring own tissue (from your hotel room maybe) or buy some from the drinks stall.

[@RonLarhz]

😂😂😂 It's not tortilla chips. it's dumpling skin. Wonton skin. These things used to have some fillings. Maybe it's shrinkflation.

[@ZoeCzar]

Hehehehe 😂😂😂

[@katetang1372]

Glad u know about oyster sauce n hoisin sauce.

[@simroysten7963]

Deep fried dumplings skins.

[@ignatiuschua5268]

The hawker centres in the town area closed earlier as most of their regular customers (office workers) have gone back home by 8pm.

[@ZoeCzar]

Yes that makes so much sense 🙏🏼

[@sudheshkumar732]

Thank You for visiting Singapore. I have watched some of your vlogs and enjoyed it. Hope you have more coming. If you want to try our local and inexpensive food options. You guys should venture into our heartlands. Cheers !!!

[@ZoeCzar]

We love Singapore, hope to be back again soon 🙏🏼 glad you enjoyed the videos

[@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354]

Zoe and Czar, that looked delicious and for Singapore those are amazing prices. I'll be saving this vlog to review when I make my trip to Singapore. That's for all the good advice and the food review. I love the way you share your food, so adorable. Keep them coming!

[@ZoeCzar]

Thank you Gary! You will love Singapore, so much to do and eat it’s amazing!

[@ritalee4964]

If you go to our housing estate hawker centres, they are closed pretty late n also slightly cheaper than those hawker centres in the downtown or touristy areas. Glad that you enjoyed our hawker centre food! Hope that you will visit Singapore again should you stopover. There are many nice free parks to visit.

[@ZoeCzar]

Next time we come back we’re gonna have to come and visit 😍 thank you, we will definitley come back to Singapore 💪🏽

[@xenongaming6495]

FOOD LOOKS AMAZING!!😍

[@ZoeCzar]

It was, such good quality food 😋😍

[@geniegal78]

I am loving the fact that you guys made the effort to prove that eating in SG does not have to break anyone's pockets. Also, you made the point that hawker centre/food court in tourist spots has slightly higher prices than the other non tourist spot ones. 😊 Another point that I love is that you are comparing our food prices against your hometown in Europe, & not like most youtubers who compare SG to the other Southeast Asia countries, which is not quite fair to us. 😊 The crispy chips in the chicken lor mee should actually be deep fried wanton skin.

[@ZoeCzar]

Glad you enjoyed the video, yes I think sometimes it's all about knowing where to eat. We also get annoyed when people compare the Philippines food as being more expensive than the rest of Southeast Asia when simply put they just aren't eating in the right places. So its nice to also go to other countries to apply and showcase its not the country its where you choose to eat, often the best affordable food and restaurants aren't obvious when walking past. Hopefully people can see what great affordable food they can have on their trip to Singapore 🙏🏼

[@geniegal78]

@ZoeCzar Yes! It's where you choose to eat... if you choose to eat in a tourist spot or give yourself a treat in a nice restaurant, then I think it's common sense not to complain about it. Also often, great yummy food do not have to break anyone's pocket & they are often at the local places where locals will go to in their daily life. 😉😊

[@farrahkong1998]

3:48 "Lau Pa Sat's octagonal, cast-iron structure was designed by James MacRitchie, who adopted George Drumgoole Coleman's original octagonal shape for the older market. The cast-iron structures were crafted by Walter MacFarlane & Company, an iron foundry in Glasgow, Scotland. These were then shipped over to Singapore, and assembled on its current location by Riley Hargreaves & Co." - Wikipedia

[@ZoeCzar]

Thank you for this information 😊

[@andrewlee1579]

Kaya is made from eggs, sugar, coconut milk and juice from the pandan leaves. The butter is thrown in to balance the sweetness of the kaya jam.

[@ZoeCzar]

Oooo thank you for the info! we loved it 😋

[@VisitSingapore]

You've highlighted some of our favourite eats!

[@ZoeCzar]

Thank you, ours too 😋😍

[@andresloft]

Hi there, Sorry to say this, but think you guys have miscalculated that it was at least SGD28 for the meal for the day…. And seems like you guys had satay as well, and the amount seems to be about SGD20. So in total is about SGD50 for two for the day, which is slightly above average and not considered cheap. Sure, in UK there is no hawker culture and you won’t get the variety of food for SGD25 per person. But in Singapore, hawker food is norm, and to spend SGD25 per pax per day eating at hawker centre is not consider cheap

[@ZoeCzar]

Yes I think your right we must of missed something just recounted and it was around 27.50! but that was all together not per person! If it was per person we also wouldn’t of found that cheap In terms of the satay we actually ended up not having the satay that day we had it another day and showed a few clips from it (it’s in the must do in Singapore video with the price) but because we mentioned it here we still wanted people to know & show the satay from Lau Pau sat so included it sorry for the confusion 🙏🏼

[@ZoeCzar]

I’ve pinned a comment with the explanation & price of the satay

[@ritalee4964]

The Chee Cheong fang (the last dish you had) was of a fusion kind. The actual one doesn’t have peanut butter. It only has savoury red bean paste sauce mixed with light soya sauce, sesame seed oil n sesame seeds. The Lor mee you had the gravy was made up of Chinese five-spice powder, dark soya sauce (brewed with pork belly, a complicated process) n other seasoning. Usually the dish is eaten with black vinegar, white pepper n lots of fresh minced garlic. The traditional one has toppings like sliced pork belly meat, sliced fried fish n wanton skin instead of chicken meat. But the improvised version looks special n good though.

[@ZoeCzar]

It was all amazing!! Singaporean food is just top notch 😍

[@simplyme3306]

It's Chee Cheong Fun (Hong Kong style)..and red bean as in soy bean based not the chinese dessert red bean paste :D and those are rice rolls made from rice flour not glutinous rice. Glutinous rice flour will be more like a Korean rice cake

[@阿榮哥-r1h]

Typo error the Lor Mee is S$4 not S$54😅😅😂

[@ZoeCzar]

Yeah! We noticed 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@FatLittleButterfly]

FINALLY! Someone with the common sense to use a spoon to eat rice xD

[@ZoeCzar]

Hahaha its because Czar is Filipino they always use a spoon and fork never a knife hehehe. Ive got to say though if we I was in the uk I would of ate my rice with a knife 😂

[@straight6604]

This was just for a day, but any reason not to eat at these centres all the time?

[@ZoeCzar]

Hahaha we did end up eating mostly at hawker centres to be honest but the video would be too long if we filmed every hawker centre we went to during our week trip hehe

[@SeeShaunVlog]

Just found you guys and we now have a new hawker center to add yo our list for our first visit to Singapore later this year!

[@rsashimi7810]

There are other satay options in SG that are way much cheaper. LPS is a tourist spot, definitely a hawker centre most locals would avoid because of the price. Recommend the Whampoa hawker centre satay stall called Satay Guan. Nice and inexpensive. But take note the satay is usually sold out by 7.00 pm.

[@SuccessforLifester]

You sounded so English. I like such accents

[@ZoeCzar]

hehehe because we are English hahaha, glad you like it 😊

[@wnose]

1:40 Kaya is basically a coconut custard. It's made up of eggs, coconut milk, sugar, flavored with pandan. Pandan is a local herb, and that gives it the green color.

[@MarkerQK]

Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for EXPATS, when they calculate cost of living for comparison. Except for tourist places, if you travel out to the heartland where most locals live, and even in certain area where there is a high proportion of elderly living in that area, likely you will find cheaper food available Chinatown is the exception (tourist's place), there is a high concentration of elderly but there are chartable organisation or private donors who distribute food for the elderly during meal time. I know because my dad visits that place almost everyday for leisure. You see, we used to lived in that area for more than 20 over years before being asked to relocate for redevelopment and rebuilding, restoration work. I stayed at that Hotel 81 building for 28 years since birth. So kind of nostalgia and emotional attachment...some what you may say. but for him, it is like a ritual... ha.ha..

[@ZoeCzar]

yes from our view it seems its mostly accommodation that makes it expensive. The activities and even restaurants are comparable prices if not slightly cheaper to most of Europe

[@raymondng18]

Should be fried bean curd skin

[@ZoeCzar]

Ooo thanks for letting us know we really couldn’t work it out haha 😊🙏🏼

[@ritalee4964]

@@ZoeCzaror usually they are wanton (Chinese dumpling skin)skin. Not chicken skin. No worries 😊

[@garychan846]

If tourists especially the westerners eat at the hawker centers, then the food will be cheap! If eat at cafes or fancy restaurants, then it will be much more expensive! Happy to see your enjoying the different type of food available in our hawker centers. Cheer!

[@garychan846]

Why is Singapore one of the most expensive countries/city? One of the main reasons is the HIGH cost of ownership of private transportation in Singapore. If you take out this factor, it will be comparable cheaper than many city (similar) in the world....

[@ZoeCzar]

Yeah tbh its only the accommodation that is the real high cost activities and even food in restaurants are comparable if not cheaper than most of Europe

[@ZoeCzar]

exactly its all about knowing where to eat and what is available 😊

[@bromartyt7143]

Singapore is not a cheap,city..

[@ZoeCzar]

I know it’s not a cheap city that’s why we did this video to show people you can eat for cheap in Singapore 😀

[@riptide101]

interesting fact abt lau pa sat, no one actually designed it to look that way, it has been restored to its former glory, a nearly 200 year old Victorian era and inspired structure which started of as a wet market and golden mile has been consistently voted as a top 5 hawker centre by locals with the best food 🙂

[@ZoeCzar]

No wonder why the food and the designs looks amazing 😍 thank you!

[@simplyme3306]

@@ZoeCzar dug some extra info on Lau Pa Sat. It was designed by an Irish architect. A scotsman later added the clock tower and cast-iron frame structure from Glasgow. :D

[@RiceSnow777]

When you are a singaporean who doesn’t like Lor mee😂😂😂...

[@ZoeCzar]

No way? we loved it 😍😋