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For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you can eat all three
meals at the hawker centres in Singapore! I am going to
share with you one of my experiences eating at a hawker
centre.

Last week, I went to Kovan Food Centre to try Tong
Fong Fatt Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice, which my
neighbours recommended. I am not someone who visits
hawker centres often, but ever since I discovered the
vast array of dishes available, I have started patronising
them at least once a week.

I tried the Tong Fong Fatt Hainanese Boneless Chicken
Rice. After much consideration, I bought their signature
roasted chicken rice. While they were preparing the dish,
I heard the sizzling of oil and the rhythmic chopping of There was a time when I went to a hawker centre alone
meat. Once I received my food, the aroma of the chicken and found a seat, but I did not know how to tell others
and rice made me drool. that I wanted to occupy it. Then, someone said to me
I took a bite, and when it reached my mouth, the food that I could use a packet of tissue paper to reserve the
seat while queuing for food.
melted. It was so delicious that I finished the entire dish
before the uncle could even prepare another bowl! The All in all, I think that hawker centres are great places to
hawker centre is very popular as many people buy their find affordable and delicious food. Besides that, they are
food there. also excellent spots for bonding with neighbours.

After a few hours, the hawker uncle sold all the chicken
and closed his shop, so I seized the opportunity to “One taste of roasted chicken rice changed
interview him about his work as a hawker. He said that
it was a tradition passed down to him, and he comes everything — now I know hawker centres are
to the hawker centre every day at 4 am to prepare the where traditions live and neighbours become
ingredients for cooking. friends.”

Nearby, I saw a vacant table with a packet of tissue paper Ong Chen Ying
on it, and it triggered a memory. P6.1
North Spring Primary Schoo

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