Empress Road Market & Food Centre

Kopi. After sampling the beverage stalls here, the brew from Mei Xiang Cha Shi #01-72 was the smoothest & most aromatic. 80-cents for a kopi-O kosong

Curry puff (epok epok). What's interesting about the snack from Pastry For Life stall #01-78 is the extremely light pastry holding in the curried potato chunks

Dumpling noodles from mistaken "Wrg" stall, right next to the famous one,turned out pretty good. And I actually preferred it to the wanton Mee my HB got from the famous stall when we met up later.

Local desserts ($1.80 per bowl). Enjoyed the authentic bowls prepared by Wei Ji #01-76. Generous ingredients for tau suan & red bean/green bean. Not overly sweet. Intend to sample the rest of menu

Vegan-friendly desserts . Make a bee-line for Wei Ji #01-76. Clockwise from top left: Barley beancurd , Snow fungus pear gum soup , Green & red bean soup , Tao suan (split mung beans ). Prices $1.80-$2.50

Stewed duck . Eunice Quek, food correspondent, enjoyed it from Soh Food #01-106. The meatier whole leg serving ($5.50) is served with mushrooms & spinach . Source: Straits Times

Wash basins. If u just need to rinse your hands or an item, no need to walk all the way to the toilets . There are basins (& a water cooler) in between the food centre & the market .

Roasted meats . Above average serving from Happy World Roast #01-107. Clean-tasting preparation, although 'sio bak' (roast pork ) has overly salty skin. Served with chicken soup . Good chilli dip

Chicken cutlet ($6.50). From Chicks N Chops #01-71. Well-marinated. Served with homemade sweet sour sauce . Coleslaw was a bit dry. Asked to swap fries out, so chef gave more of the other sides

Playground . There's a spacious play facility nxt to food centre, @ end of Blk 8. Breezy spot. A distraction for kids who need to burn some energy off during a meal :-)

Amazing mural painted by the nearby St. Margaret's Secondary School Creative Art Club. Spotted it @ the wet market side. It's titled "Tarik!"

Vegetarian options : prata , dosai, bread , bao , rojak , vege hor fun , local snacks , vege dishes with rice , yutiao, tahu goreng , lontong, chwee kueh, chee cheong fun

Duck stew . Soh Food #01-106 offers this unique dish. Goes well with his sambal belachan dip . Also sells duck soup

Check out single-plate zichar stall Poh #01-89. Besides his famous 'chye por' (chopped fermented radish ) horfun, chef can also whip up fried rice , horfun or noodles , & staples like har cheong gai

Feeling peckish? Small appetite? Consider Kuehs & Snacks #01-84 for their traditional kuehs like ang ku kueh, ku chye kueh, soon kueh, png (rice ) kueh, & more

'Chai png ' (economy rice ). Lai Huat #01-95 serves generous portions of rice . Curry sauce was tasty too! This plate $3

The Pin Xiang Hot & Cold Drink #01-96 offers probably the cheapest drinks in the whole hawker. 90 cents for a cup of teh. Nicely made too. Only available morning to afternoon.

Fishball noodles ($4). Clean-tasting bowl from Somerset Fishball Noodle #01-89. Fishballs were big and chewy. Enjoyed it

Rojak #01-90 is one of Prof Tommy Koh's fave, esp for its 'hei kor' (prawn paste sauce). Source: Sunday Times

The #01-98 chicken rice is decent and not too oily and the uncle is friendly and will add you more rice if you ask for it. 3 dollar for a add rice add meat. Only available until afternoon.

Wantan mee : Ah Wing's #01-108 WTM sauce & char siew (BBQ pork ) slices are on the salty side. Wantan fillings were generous

Fishball mushroom minced meat noodle ($4). Typical order at Heng Heng #01-73. Tasty & affordable

Pondok Marina #01-104 sees queues during mealtimes. Regulars enjoy their mixed rice , plenty of selection

Nasi Lemak . When I sampled on a workday 7:30am, the rice was soggy from Economical Bee Hoon #01-82. Chilli paste is the savoury type, not sweet. Fried chicken wing was cold, not crispy

Nur Rezeki prata fresh and crispy all the time, excellent! Opening hours 7am-7pm

The Heng Heng Nasi Lemak #01-83 offers acceptable varieties of items for economy beehun, that's pretty decent and the price is cheap . $3.2 for 1 meat 2 veg order.

Delicious wanton noodles from Ah Wing’s!

The Farrer Road Chicken Rice stall is nice and cheap . The chicken is very tender and juicy

Postal box. The nearest Singpost mailbox is opposite the toilets , on the way to the multi-storey carpark

Lots of lunchtime crowd, so be there early to avoid queuing. One of the chicken rice stall doubles up as a chai png stall.

The nasi lemak at Economical Bee Hoon #01-82 is nice.

There's a postal box on the way to the multi-storey carpark

Only 1 ATM near food centre. POSB next to playground

Try the Fuzhou fishball ramen at stall #01-89. It's really good!

The dumpling noodles at the corner of the food centre beside the playground is awesome!

Should try the roast pork and pork rib.....Happy World Delicacy

Once in a while...

No food in the evening! Dont come????

Bak Kwa here is very good

The people

Duck rice very shiok

dont ever buy veg from the stall just oppsites of eggs stall... Very attitude auntie, especially the one stand near the walk way.

#01-85 watered down sugar cane juice :(

Try the dough sticks in the corner stall. Nice!

chang thai served me pineapple rice which tastes rotten n stale! suspect it's leftovers. and $5!!!

Dismal place

Trying out A1 Food Stall . Comments?

Nice roast duck noodle ....