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Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience
Eat like a local in Singapore: Hawker center experience

What you'll do

You'll spend a few hours with one of our Singapore hosts perusing some of the city's most famous food courts - and by perusing, we really mean eating your way around.

Singapore is a city that runs on hawker food, so it's only right you taste the delicious dishes that are the staples of the city's food culture while you're in town.

You'll learn all about the city's culinary heritage and the Indian, Chinese and Malay influences that come together in a delicious fusion of smells, tastes, and colors at these local hawker centers.

A practical approach is key to learning, so get ready to do a lot of eating! You'll visit a couple of the city's oldest and most authentic hawker centers like Maxwell Road, Old Airport Road, and Lau Pa Sat, tasting delicious dishes like laksa, satay, Hainanese chicken, and black pepper crab.

Beyond treating your taste buds and tummy, we're all about 'behind the scenes' here, so your host will also take you to a local wet market, where you can see locals haggling over fresh produce and rare herbs. Prepare for a serious food coma.

  • Private & 100% personalized tour

  • 5 hours

  • Matched to your ideal host

  • Walking tour (may use public transport)

  • Hosted in English (On request: Cantonese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Marathi, Russian)

  • Meet at your accommodation or a central location

Experience outline

  • Join your host and get an authentic taste of Singapore as you sample its diverse cuisine
  • Explore two hawker centers with your host and sample 6-8 dishes that they pick for you
  • Your host knows which hawker centers (and even which stall) to visit to get the best kind of each specialty, so you can sample the dishes that different centers are famous for
  • Discover unique ingredients and get a glimpse of local life as you explore a wet market - you won’t get wet though, don’t worry
  • Learn about the city’s diverse culinary culture and traditions - through tasting its cuisine, our favorite way of learning!
  • Get tips for other hawker centers to visit so you can continue to eat and drink like a local for the rest of your trip

Things to know

What’s included

  • Private and personalized experience
  • 5 hours with a host
  • 6-8 tastings of different local specialties
  • Walking experience (if required, your host can suggest public transport or private taxi options)
  • Hotel meet-up (available on request for central location)
  • 2 soft drinks of your choice

What’s not included

  • Food & drinks (additional to those provided in the experience)
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Transportation costs
  • Gratuities (optional)

Cancellation

  • Cancel 14 days before the experience for a full refund
  • Worry-free cancellation terms: book with peace of mind knowing that you can cancel for free up to a day before the experience and receive a full refund.

Photos taken by our hosts and guests

City Unscripted guests photos

Reviews

    Just a terrific introduction to hawker center food, combined with interesting sights and out of the way places. Priscilla is funny, energetic and full of love for Singapore. Very memorable experience!

    September 2022

    ERIK V

    We were a group of 6 colleagues, many of whom had not been to Singapore before. Wahida was very knowledgeable and patient, answering questions on food, history, architecture, geography etc We had a lovely evening - visiting CHIJMES, enjoyed a drink at the Raffles, dinner at the Newton Food Centre and finishing our evening in Chinatown and Ann Siang Hill. We got around with a mix of public transport and walking. The range of food chosen by Wahida for our dinner was memorable and delicious!

    November 2019

    Lisa H

    We enjoyed the walk around with you, it was great to be only us and not heaps of other people.

    September 2019

    Lisa Jayne S

    We thoroughly enjoyed the tour with you. After Singapore we’ve done four more tours and I have to say yours was the best. It was the most diverse, the most adapted to our desires and definitely included the best food we had on the trip! I think that says a lot since my destinations after Singapore were KL and Hong Kong.

    January 2019

    Iván G

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