Singapore Chinatown Private Food Tour: Explore UNESCO's Intangible Heritage Hawker Cuisine
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Singapore
Embark on a private food tour in Singapore's Chinatown to explore UNESCO's intangible heritage hawker cuisine. Discover secret food places and experience the evolution of local cuisines with an empty stomach and a sense of adventure.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Singapore City Gallery - Appreciate the history and culture of Singapore at the URA City Gallery that shows the development of Singapore and the evolution of its food scene over the years. [Not open on Sundays]
  • Chinatown Street Market - More local food like popiah, rice rolls as you walk through the local vegetable market
  • Hong Lim Market & Food Centre - Curry Noodles, Curry Puffs, Chiffon Cakes and others
  • Maxwell Food Centre - Sample local food such as local cakes and delicacies like Chicken Rice
What's Included
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Breakfast
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

Singapore Hawker Food has being added to UNESCO’s intangible Heritage list. We have been showing off this Intangible Heritage as this is one of the better way to understand Singapore.

Our Chinatown private food tour will show you the secret food places that are well-loved by locals.

We will also show you how Singapore has grown over the years - from the development of our culture and heritage and how that has influenced the evolution of our local cuisiines.

Our advice is to come with an empty stomach and a sense of adventure to try different kinds of food.

Location
Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church
Telok Ayer Street
EXIT G, Tanjong Pager MRT Station. Take MRT to the Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Walk through Exit G, we will be waiting by the entrance at ground level. The address is just across the Telok Ayer Street.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Curiosity07704590235
Feb 13, 2024
A Wonderful Experience - The walking food tour was a perfect way to learn about some amazing food and Singapore's history. Leo was amazing and incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Singapore and thoughtfully answered all our questions.
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Missnikkij
Sep 6, 2023
Highlight of Singapore - Leo is such an amazing tour guide! We loved the mix of history of Singapore - past, present and future and going to the museum mixed among the food (the breaks in between helped us digest so we could eat more!) His knowledge and passion for singapore and it’s food really made the tour even better. We ate some of the best food we’ve tried here in Singapore that we wouldn’t have been able to find on our own. He was very accomodating and went out of his way to help us. I couldn’t recommend this tour enough, worth every cent!
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Glampingisanart
Sep 1, 2023
Best 4+ hrs of food in Singapore - Leonard is the absolute best tour guide if you are looking to be taken through the multilayered culinary delights of Chinatown along with an extremely insightful stop at the URA center for a lesson on how Singapore came to be and how the food and culture influenced each other.
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129kymberleys
Aug 24, 2023
Amazing Food Tour - Most amazing tour my sister and I have been on. Had a great variety of food, and Leo was a fantastic guide, very informative. Chiffon cake was delicious.
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Gloria
Apr 7, 2023
Leo was great - Leo was an enthusiastic tour guide, so much information given, taking you outside your comfort zone to area you would normally miss. The highlight was the cultural museum showing how Singapore has developed and was the perfect end to a great afternoon.
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Design14u
Mar 20, 2023
Don't miss this one ! - I can't say enough about this tour, and Mr. Leo Loo! Coming to Singapore and walking through the Hawkers Market in Trying The Amazing food has always been a bucket list item for us. We traveled with our best friends as came off of a cruise throughout East Asia and arrived in Singapore. We spent two days in this fabulous city, and it was just not enough. However, Leo Loo was able to give us an incredible tour of the hawkers market, the history of Singapore, the future of Singapore And its development, and really spoke to us about the beliefs and the acceptance of all here in this fabulous city. Leo was so informative. We got much more than a food tour and are already planning to return to Singapore in a few years. I am amazing, amazing, amazing! Thank you, Leo Mike & Vickie
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479christophk
Mar 19, 2023
Explore the diversity of Singapore's street food - Very nice tour. Leo is extremely knowledgeable and showed lots of different kinds of food - some very tasty and some 'interesting' 😀
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Sunshine21467546312
Mar 12, 2023
The perfect tour - Leo was simply wonderful. He was so knowledgeable and passionate about Singapore. As for the food, make sure you don’t eat much before the tour as the food was delicious and plentiful. I don’t remember everything we ate but it included curry puffs, oyster cakes, chicken rice, pandam cake and a shaved ice desert. Things we would never have found or tried for ourselves. Leo feeds both the stomach and the mind.
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Gloria1948
Feb 22, 2023
A great food and cultural experience - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Leo, who us so passionate about the food, the culture and the future of Singapore. Being taken into the hawkers food areas and trying new foods was amazing. Being taken to the Urban Development Authority was the icing on the cake, so much to learn about the past and certainly the future of Singapore, so interesting. We would certainly recommend Leo, so full of knowledge and proud to show the best of Singapore
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Richh464
Jan 13, 2023
great first impression of the city with an insider - I can't imagine a better experience to start my short visit to Singapore. Leo welcomed me to his country by explaining history, culture, personal insights and the delicious food. His tour gave me the confidence to go out the next day to keep exploring and returning to some of the places we had been the day before. He is so personable and knowledgable, the time just flies.
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