Allauddin’s Briyani
Tucked away in the colourful Tekka Market in Little India, Allauddin’s Briyani serves up fragrant, tender chicken, fish or mutton in a flavourful curry sauce over a bed of quality basmati rice. Cashew nuts sprinkled over the rice further enhance your enjoyment of the dish.
Drench the rice with the mouth-watering curry, which truly steals the show. The best thing is it costs less than $10 — real value for money right there.
Hjh Maimunah
Craving some beef rendang and ayam bakar (grilled chicken)? Hjh Maimunah’s got you covered. Located in a narrow street just behind the Masjid Sultan mosque at Bugis, this wildy popular nasi padang restaurant is always bustling. The paru (thinly sliced beef lung fried with chilli paste) will delight spice lovers and the BBQ chicken is charred to perfection. A meal will set you back about $9, so here’s a yummy lunch that won’t hurt your pocket.
Nasi Lemak Kukus
With its free-flow servings of fragrant coconut rice and sambal chilli, Nasi Lemak Kukus is hard to resist. The nasi lemak stall, which will be moving to Toa Payoh Lorong 8 next month, has a wide range of side dishes, from the usual suspects like otah and chicken wings, to special house-made curry sauces. Don’t forget to top it off with cucumber and ikan bilis. Wash it down with teh tarik or try the Vietnamese drip coffee for a change.
Traditional Haig Road Putu Piring
The popular traditional Malay snack of putu piring (steamed rice cake with gula melaka) is best eaten freshly made. The famous putu piring stall from Haig Road, which has expanded to three other outlets, offers up a soft, warm and fluffy rice cake, accompanied by the caramel flavour of gula melaka (coconut palm sugar), that melts in your mouth. Definitely a sweet treat for both the young and old.
Y.R Ahmad
Be spoilt for choice with over 18 kinds of roti prata, murtabak and Indian rojak on the menu. At this hawker stall at Brickworks Food Centre, the pratas are made to order, the naans are freshly baked and the biryani comes with aromatic rice that will awaken your taste buds.
