4 Super Popular Stalls To Check Out At ‘S’pore’s Fave Hawker Centre’ Serangoon Garden Market

1. Garden Street Kway Chap 

With a history spanning back to the 1950s, Garden Street Kway Chap is now run by third-generation hawker Jason Koh, 51. He used to work as a commercial pilot in Australia before returning to Singapore to take over his family’s biz. 

This stall with snaking queues is known for its well-cleaned pig intestines, which Jason says requires a laborious three-hour process involving washing and marinating it in salt and vinegar. The dish’s braising liquid is cooked with nine herbs and spices, including galangal, blue ginger and cinnamon. A serving of kway chap here starts from $5.10. 

Since Serangoon Garden Market’s fave hawker centre win, Jason tells 8days.sg that there was a minor spike in queues last week. “The hype only lasted for a week, feedback from my customers was that the queue was 60 minutes long during peak hours,” he says. However, he adds that it has since gone back down to its usual 30 minute waiting time. 

Does he think Serangoon Garden Market deserves Singapore’s ‘favourite hawker centre’ title? “Only its cleanliness and spacious seating is what I can boast about, nothing else,” he half-jokes. 

2. Seng Kee Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle

With two outlets at Ang Mo Kio and Serangoon, Seng Kee's flagship Serangoon stall is helmed by 34-year-old second-gen owners Justin and Kai Lin (the ex-flight attendant's parents man the AMK stall), who're married. While their bak chor mee starts from $5.50 for a basic bowl (which comes with minced and sliced pork, liver, mushrooms and veg), they’re most famous for their fancier Fish Maw Noodles ($12), laden with lots of fish maw. Their larger $15 fish maw bowl comes with iberico pork slices.

However, he shares that the queue situation hasn’t really changed for them – queue times still peak at the usual 15 to 20 minutes during lunch hour. 

3.  Ah Seng Braised Duck Rice 

Ah Seng Braised Duck Rice has been operating in this hawker centre since 1994 and is one of the most popular stalls there. The family-run biz has history dating back to the ’60s, and specialises in thinly sliced Teochew-style braised duck. It’s currently run by second-generation hawker Ng Teck Siah, 50, and his wife Tan Li Swan, 46. A single portion of duck starts from $4. 

Like Garden Street Kway Chap, Li Swan tells 8days.sg that there was only a short-lived spike in customers last week. “I’ll say the queue increased last week to around 45 minutes, but it went back to normal this week. Overall, business has remained consistent,” she says. On average, customers queue 30 minutes for their duck rice. 

While she’s happy about the win, she adds that she doesn’t think it’ll necessarily improve the hawker centre’s business in the long run. “A lot of new hawker centres are opening up and curious people are going there. It was only very crowded [after the award’s announcement] last week, but this week it’s back to normal,” she shares.

4. Serangoon Garden Bakery & Confectionery 

Serangoon Garden Bakery & Confectionery first opened in the 1970s and is well-loved for its affordable old-school buns and cakes. Lines at the stall occupying two units are common, especially during breakfast hours.

All the buns and cakes are handmade daily — Rey and his staff begin prepping ingredients at an ungodly 2am in order to open shop at 6am.