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Singapore Street Food: Chinatown Culinary Tour
4.7
115 Ratings
Singapore
Embark on a 3-hour private tour of Singapore’s street food scene in Chinatown. Sample succulent grilled meat, tantalizing side dishes, scrumptious chicken with rice, and decadent desserts.
Embark on a 3-hour private tour of Singapore’s street food scene in Chinatown. Sample succulent grilled meat, tantalizing side dishes, scrumptious chicken with rice, and decadent desserts.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Pagoda Street - Begin your journey at a shop renowned for its bakkwa, a jerky-like meat delicacy, meticulously grilled over charcoal using a time-honored secret recipe. Relish the honey-sweet, delectable bakkwa or purchase a pack as a delightful souvenir. Continue your stroll past numerous small stalls offering a wide array of tropical fruits,…
- Pagoda Street - Begin your journey at a shop renowned for its bakkwa, a jerky-like meat delicacy, meticulously grilled over charcoal using a time-honored secret recipe. Relish the honey-sweet, delectable bakkwa or purchase a pack as a delightful souvenir. Continue your stroll past numerous small stalls offering a wide array of tropical fruits, including the renowned Durian, along with fresh seafood and everyday items.
- Chinatown Complex - Proceed to a bustling hawker center and discover the diverse food stalls before sampling either “carrot cake” or Char Keow Teow. Stimulate your taste buds with this beloved side dish made from the simplest ingredients. Your main meal awaits at the first street-level Michelin-starred stall.
- Temple Street - Delight in the stall’s signature soya sauce chicken rice: tender, marinated chicken served with white rice and peanuts. Conclude your tour on a sweet note at a well-loved dessert shop. Wrap up your culinary adventure here and return to your accommodation via Chinatown MRT Station.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Private group - solely for your personal experience with your host
- 5 Dishes Tasting Menu
- Local Guide
- Bottled water
- Private group - solely for your personal experience with your host
- 5 Dishes Tasting Menu
- Local Guide
What's Not Included
- No guest pick up & drop-off
- Chili Crab dish isn’t included in this tour
- No guest pick up & drop-off
- Chili Crab dish isn’t included in this tour
Additional Information
Embark on a culinary exploration of Singapore’s street food in the vibrant district of Chinatown, where traditional and contemporary styles seamlessly merge.
Begin your gastronomic adventure at 5 pm with a delectable meat snack, expertly grilled over charcoal using a secret family recipe handed down through generations. Next, savor a savory “carrot cake”…
Embark on a culinary exploration of Singapore’s street food in the vibrant district of Chinatown, where traditional and contemporary styles seamlessly merge.
Begin your gastronomic adventure at 5 pm with a delectable meat snack, expertly grilled over charcoal using a secret family recipe handed down through generations. Next, savor a savory “carrot cake” or Char Keow Teow, a beloved side dish known for its straightforward yet delicious ingredients.
For the main course, delight in the mouthwatering soya sauce chicken served with rice and peanuts from Singapore’s first Michelin Star Hawker stall.
Conclude your journey with a luxurious dessert at a famous sweet shop. Once the tour concludes, you can conveniently return to your hotel from Chinatown MRT Station.
- Kindly be advised that dietary requests are not available.
Location
Bee Cheng Hiang 美珍香 (69 Pagoda Street)
Pagoda Street
Our tour guide will be waiting for you at Bee Cheng Hiang Shop, address: 69 Pagoda Street Singapore 059228. Please look for your guide wearing Discova Black T-Shirt.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(115 Ratings)
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Mxgraphicss
Apr 10, 2026
Highly recommended food tour - Fun & informative guide who was very passionate about sharing her knowledge of the culture & history of Singapore. Food was tasty & plentiful. Highly recommended!
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Brentswaine
Apr 6, 2026
Great tour, lots to eat. - Lots of food and drink. Started slow with a taste of pork, thinking we were going to get little bits of food, but turned out that we had sugar cane drink, dim sum, a local carrot dish, then went to Hawker Chan for the famous chicken a d noodles, then to another local coffee shop for coffee.
The guide was very knowledgeable and told us much about life in Singapore both past and present.
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Nick
Apr 5, 2026
Lots of tasty food and a knowledgeable guide - Grace was a great guide. Knowledgeable and friendly. Food was excellent. Perhaps a little too much! We didn't have room for one of the best stops - the roasted meat and rice from Hawker Chan. Overall I would recommend this tour.
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William_w
Mar 26, 2026
Arrive hungry ! - Come hungry !,,, more than enough food, great variety….do this at beginning of your Singapore trip so you are well versed in what food to order for the rest of your visit . Our guide Joseph also included so much history of the area that it was like an educational food tour ❤️
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Mattandtrinap
Mar 24, 2026
Come Hungry! Great tour! - Carol did a great job choosing food for sampling, showcasing local specialties along side the famous Michelon starred Hawker Chan soya chicken. We enjoyed the small restaurants, shopfronts and bustling atmosphere of the hawker center. We chose this tour for the Michelin tasting, 5 instead of 9 stops, and because the start time was 5 pm! Although it advertises 5 tastings, there were many more. Guide provided water for everyone. She infused the walk with information about local customs and history of both Singapore and Chinatown and answered everyone's questions along the way. Group size of 8 was fine. Absolutely recommend. Come hungry!
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Larakausk
Mar 6, 2026
Not for the price - I can't quite understand the good reviews. The guide was nice but seemed kind of planned. He put food on the table, a lot of it was delicious, but none of it exceptional or particularly good. There was no dessert and the tour was over after less than 2.5 hours, although it was supposed to last 3 hours. For over 60 euros I would have expected more...
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Brett_s
Mar 22, 2026
Bad options - The choices of restaurants were really bad. The guide was very knowledgeable but seemed to choose very sugary options. I had a great tour in Hanoi but this really disappointed.
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Aaron_m
Mar 20, 2026
Not As Described - Far from the best- while the food in the Hawkers market was plentiful the tour ended after two hours. It was also the only food tour we have done (out of at least twenty) that had no desert stop. Doesn’t deserve a 4.7; spend your money and time elsewhere!
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Michael_b
Mar 13, 2026
poor choice - The itinerary given does not accurately describe the tour. The first hour was a history lesson on Chinatown in the hot sun. The food tastings did not start for quite some time. When we finally got to the food stalls, it was quite chaotic, with the guide leading us in circles, looking for a place to sit. My family decided to leave after the first tasting as we were not enjoying ourselves. The guide had trouble accepting that we were leaving. We were feeling badgered for trying to depart. Viator did not accept any responsibility for their poor description and refused our request for a credit
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Janine
Mar 24, 2026
Absolute con job. Guide didn’t arrive and we didn’t get the Michelin stared food that was advertised. - Our Guide didn’t arrive at the designated time/location, so we were tacked onto another tour which made the group bigger and meant everything took longer. We didn’t leave the meeting point till nearly half an hour after the start time.
We stopped at so many more cultural scenes than expected considering this is was booked as a food tour which would have been good on a cultural tour, but not on a “foodie” tour, and found it very hard to hear the guide - especially in the Hindu temple with the priests praying. And because the group was bigger than it should have been, it was hard to get close enough to hear her talking.
We completely missed the jerky meat on pagoda street, went straight to Maxwell street and missed the main meal!
The food at Maxwell took ages to come out at the hawker stands and we were sat waiting with no guide or information for a large majority of the time. There was also very little information about the food.
We finally left to go to the Michelin stared place which was closed by the time we got there.
I feel completely conned by this tour.
The guide should have known the closing times and should have been ensuring we were on time.
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