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Ah girl! Ah boy! What do you want?” If you have ever
visited a hawker centre, this is all you hear. People
outside of Asia might think that hawker centres are
dirty and weird, but when you enter them, lip-smacking
aromas of gastronomical delights draw you to an array
of options.
Hawker centres dot our little nation. They have an array
of stalls under one roof. Singaporeans love their food, so
they do not compromise on the quality of their food. In
hawker centres, you can watch the hawkers in action as
they cook and serve you sizzling satays and lip-smacking
chicken rice. They are not a rip-off, and they sell
delectable delights. They’ve got all you need-vegetarian
and even halal! There are noodles, laksa, chicken rice,
and so much more. Char kway teow is life! One of my
family favourites is chicken rice!
Other than food, hawker centres are a vibrant, social Hawker centres are the glue that binds us as a society.
space to chat with friends and family! Do not worry, you Truth be told, hawker centres are the heartbeat of any
will always have communal dining in hawker centres. neighbourhood.
When my father was in university, when he first moved
to Singapore, he would always go to the hawker centre
after school to eat chicken rice. It was one of his “From sizzling satay to shared tables, hawker
favourites. After all these memories, he wants to start a centres are more than food — they’re the
stall in a hawker centre and make gastronomical delights heartbeat of every neighbourhood and the
for all locals and tourists. soul of Singapore.”
Luckily, hawker centres are just a stone’s throw away in
any neighbourhood — breakfast, lunch and dinner. You Zoey Lakhani
got yourself covered. Did you know our hawker centres P6.2
have been awarded the UNESCO Cultural Heritage in North Spring Primary School
Singapore? That is how cool hawker culture is!
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