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Have you ever been to a hawker centre? Hawker centres
are the most convenient places for breakfast, lunch,
dinner, and brunch! They are spread out everywhere
in Singapore! There might be a hawker centre a stone’s
throw away from your home! Hawker centre food is very
affordable. Even if you have little money, hawker centres
provide affordable choices. You might even get a meal
for less than ten dollars! People in Singapore are very
particular about their food. However, when it comes
to hawker food, you will rarely hear a single complaint
about the food from anyone.

I love food. Going to such a place brings me joy every day.
I love eating maggie goreng, especially at the hawker
centres closest to my home, since I go there almost
daily. Maggi goreng is a Singapore delicacy enjoyed by
many Singaporeans and Malaysians! Other than maggie My whole family enjoys going to hawker centres to bond
goreng, there are lots more foods to choose from! and enjoy our scrumptious food. When I was younger,
My brother loves chicken rice and would love to eat it I never really liked hawker centres. I loved restaurants
every day! Although many hawker centres are spread and fast-food chains way more. However, as I got older, I
conveniently across the country, my favourite is Lau Pa started to realise how precious and delicious the food at
Sat. It is a popular tourist attraction in Singapore and is the hawker centres is! It was a turning point in my life!
loved by tourists and locals. Hawker centres are the perfect place to get to know one
another and spend your free time eating and relaxing
From my experience, many foods from different with family and friends. If you have not tried hawker
countries were sold at this food centre. It is spacious centre food yet, you should! I bet you will not regret it!
and clean so that everyone would enjoy their food. They
had soup dumplings, pan-fried dumplings, tacos, and
many more. I got my maggi goreng, of course, and it “From maggi goreng to dumplings and
tasted amazing! I can tell you why this place is a tourist tacos, hawker centres are where I discovered
attraction. I got to try many different foods that are very
rare to find in Singapore! According to my parents, when not just amazing flavours, but moments that
they were children, they loved to eat hawker centre food bring my family closer.”
too! It was a moment of happiness for them, being able
to afford and enjoy food was already enough for them! Fam Yu He, Yzel
P6.3
North Spring Primary School

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