Tandoori Corner Boon Tong Kee Lam Yeo Coffee 400 Balestier Road #01-12 Powder Factory Haji Shaikh Chicken Rice Balestier Plaza Opening Hours: 12–2.45pm (Lunch) Vali Ahmad 6–10pm (Dinner) 328 Balestier Road 399-403 Balestier Road Opening Hours: 10am-6pm Opening Hours: 11am-5am (Monday-Saturday) Blk 111A Whampoa Rd Opening Hours: 5am – 5pm daily (Monday-Saturday) Tandoori Corner aims to serve high-quality 11am-3.30am (Sunday) yet affordable North Indian cuisine in a casual Lam Yeo, which means “Nanyang” in setting and cosy atmosphere. Its owner, Mr. This Malay food stall has been known for its the Hokkien dialect, was established in Surender Singh, is a Hotel Management Nasi Briyani Dam since operations began Chicken rice may have originated in China, 1959. Owner Tan Peck Hoe retains the graduate who started his career with Hyatt in 1979. It seems fitting that Haji Shaikh but it has since evolved to become one of longstanding tradition of roasting coffee International in New Delhi. He chanced upon Vali Ahmad also happens to be located on a Singapore’s most well-loved national dishes. beans with sugar and margarine to give this elevated shop unit while walking along piece of land that was purportedly inhabited There are two distinct cooking styles – the them that lusciously black exterior unique Balestier Road and decided to set up his own by Malays in the early days of the British Cantonese will immerse their chickens into to local coffee. While his traditional coffee restaurant in 2009. People flock here for its colonisation. Malay cuisine is typically cooked a tub of ice-cold water after boiling, whereas powder remains an old favourite, Mr. Tan Set Lunch Specials, as well as its signature with generous amounts of spices such as the Hainanese will not. At Boon Tong Kee, both has since moved on with the times by dishes of Murgh Malai Tikka (juicy chicken lemongrass, curry leaves, turmeric and cooking styles are incorporated. This popular importing gourmet beans from South Africa marinated in cheese and yoghurt and cooked galangal. Coconut milk, which gives Malay restaurant chain started out as a humble and Central America. These are roasted in a clay oven known as a tandoor) and food its rich, creamy texture, is another roadside stall in 1979 Chinatown, selling plain and grinded only upon purchase to Tandoori Lamb Chop. instrumental component. In addition, the only six chickens in a day. An increasingly ensure its freshness. prosperous business enabled a separate stall is also well-known for its home-made branch to be opened in Balestier seven years Rempeyek (ikan bilis fish and nut crackers), later. Despite its now island-wide expansion, sardine and potato curry puff, roti boyan, the chicken rice at Boon Tong Kee is still lopez, putri salat, kueh lapis, pisang and prepared according to traditional methods. kledek goreng. Whampao River Sweetlands Balestier Rd Confectionary Balestier Rd Legend and Bakery Balestier Rd Bus Stop 10 Kim Keat Lane T h Open 24 hours daily o Point of Interest m s o Sweetlands, along with Sing Hon Loong n Bakery, is one of the few bakeries in R d Singapore that continue to bake bread using Sing Hon Loong traditional methods. Decades ago, there used to be over 200 such bakeries in operations. Bakery (Ghee Leong) The use of traditional machinery, “special gloves” and manual cutting of “blackhead” Balestier Rd bread are all signs of Sweetlands’s long and 4 Whampoa Drive established presence. In addition to white Open 24 hours daily bread, they also offer buns with fillings such as peanut and kaya. These popular flavours This small, 24-hour bakery has been producing are always in high demand and are usually more than a thousand freshly-made traditional sold out by the early afternoon, do get there Loong Fatt Subway niche brown bread loaves straight from antiquated early to avoid disappointment. ovens every day for the past 50 years or so. 639 Balestier Road 601 Balestier Road The brownish black crust of each loaf is cut Opening Hours: 8am-5pm (Mon- Opening Hours: 10am-5pm away right after baking to reveal a light, day-Saturday) (Monday-Saturday) fluffy white interior. Its soft, cottony texture is beloved by Singaporeans all over the island. Customers can choose to have their loaves Loong Fatt’s unassuming store front and Kai Juan Subway Niche is a peranakan kueh stall spread with butter, kaya or peanut butter at interior betray no sign that this was the that first started out in 1987 at Wisma Atria. the shop upon purchase. Sing Hon Loong’s only Singaporean shop to be featured on Bak Kut Teh The kuehs are either sweet or savoury with brown sugar loaf, which promises a tinge CNN Travel + Leisure’s April 2013 issue Original ingredients such as coconut, gula Melaka of caramelised sweetness in every bite, is a centred on the Best Desserts Around the and pandan used for its flavouring and the 395 Balestier Road must-try. Buns with red bean, potato curry World. Established in 1948, this coffee shop starchy, soft but firm textures of outer layers Herbal Shop 11am-10pm (Monday-Saturday) and coconut fillings are also very popular. Explore Balestier’s heritage and is famous for its Tau Sar Piah, or Teochew are mostly made of rice flour, tapioca flour 11am-3pm (Sunday) Lotus Vegetarian food spots using a mobile app! biscuit, which comes in the traditional sweet and green bean flour. The American fast-food 414 Balestier Road and salty flavours. Today, Madam Loo Suan chain Subway, filed a lawsuit against Subway Opening Hours: 11am-8pm Restaurant Bak kut teh is a Chinese dish which consists Search “Balestier Singapore” on Mui, affectionately known as “Ah Mei”, niche in 2007 for infringement of its registered (Monday-Sunday) of pork ribs simmered in a complex broth App Store and Play Store. Available oversees a team that makes an average of trademark. The battle finally ended after four of herbs and spices such as star anise, 201 Balestier Road on Android and iOS devices. 3,000 piah a day by hand. The popularity of years, in favour of Mr. Lim Eng Wah, owner of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds and garlic for Opening Hours: 11.30am-10pm daily Loong Fatt’s piah has resulted in an explosion the Subway niche, as the judge concluded Established in 1988 by Mr. Hang Kim Juan, the hours. Despite its name, there is in fact no tea of similar shops along Balestier Road, some that Subway niche had started its business Original Herbal Shop (as its name suggests) offers a range of herbal drinks and traditional in the dish itself. The “teh” here refers to the of which have tried to distinguish themselves before the trademark of Subway was Lest one thinks that Singapore’s food paradise Chinese desserts. The star attraction is Chinese tea which is usually served alongside by making piah in exotic flavours like durian registered in 1989. is strictly restricted to meat lovers, Lotus undoubtedly the Gui Ling Gao, a jelly-like the dish to help reduce the copious amount and green tea. Vegetarian Restaurant is a timely reminder Chinese medicine that is also a delicious of fat found in this pork-laden dish. Bak that vegan tastes are also catered for. This dessert. Made from 20 herbal ingredients that kut teh is usually eaten with rice and often brought to you by: decade-old family-owned restaurant is also a are specially imported from Hong Kong, this served with youtiao and/or other additional leading eatery in Taiwan, and is believed to be traditional dessert will supposedly result in a ingredients such as offal, salted vegetables, the first Chinese restaurant to be located in better complexion by reducing acne, improve and beancurd. Varying amounts of light and the hotel back then. It offers steamboat buffet circulation, restore the kidneys and assist in dark soy sauce are also added to the soup on weekdays and Asian buffet from Friday to muscle growth. Another hot favourite at this during cooking or served as a condiment Sunday. With over 100 dishes ranging from store is its Mango Sago in fresh milk. together with the dish. Do note that the soup traditional Chinese cuisine to Japanese and base of the Teochews’ version of bak kut teh Western delicacies in the Asian buffet spread, is generally lighter in colour compared to the Supported by: you will definitely be spoilt for choice! Do not Hokkiens’. Kai Juan Bak Kut Teh has been miss out on their yummy Nonya kueh and around for more than 50 years, its soup is home-made winter melon tea and cookies. clear with a peppery taste, which makes it the typical Teochew bak kut teh. DID YOU KNOW? Explore Balestier Explore & Fun! Food, Heritage, Balestier Balestier Food Trail Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of Chinese origin, and is commonly associated with Hainanese in Southeast Asia. Tau Siah Piah You can also locate another famous chicken rice restaurant, Loy Kee at 342 Balestier Road. The story of Loy Kee began in 1940s when Mr. Loy Nie In left his hometown in Hainan, China and set sail for Singapore. A young man with great determination and tenacity, Mr. Loy started selling porridge for a living Loong Fatt Coffee Shop has been around since the 1960s. The coffee shop where he put to good use, the culinary skills acquired during his experience started off as a western bakery selling cakes and began selling Tau Siah Piah, as a seaman. He was later joined by his wife and together they formulated a traditional Teochew biscuit stuffed with bean paste, in the 1970s after a their own unique recipe for Hainanese chicken rice at Raymond Market in customer suggested the owners doing so.