Char Kway Teow
Photo: Wiki Farazi · CC0

Make it at home

Difficulty Advanced

Ingredients

  • Fresh flat rice noodles (kway teow)
  • Cockles
  • Lap cheong (Chinese sausage)
  • Egg
  • Beansprouts
  • Chives
  • Dark soy sauce
  • Fish sauce
  • Pork lard
  • Chilli paste
  • Garlic

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Tip from the editors. The wok must be screaming hot. Each portion must be cooked individually; batch cooking kills the wok hei.

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Where to eat char kway teow

Char Kway Teow in Singapore

Outram Park Fried Kway Teow ★ 4.8

$ Street foodChinatown

Michelin Bib Gourmand char kway teow at Hong Lim Market, where a single wok and a single cook produces perhaps the most-talked-about plate of fried flat noodles in Singapore. The wok hei is fierce, the cockles are generous, the lard cracklings are generous and the queue regularly stretches to 90 minutes.

OrderChar kway teow (with cockles)

TipOperates Tuesday to Sunday from 6am to approximately 3pm. The queue starts early; go at 7am for a manageable wait. Worth the trip from anywhere in the city.

Tiong Bahru Market ★ 4.8

$ CafeTiong Bahru

Tiong Bahru Market (Cafe) in Singapore: Hawker stalls open from 6am; most close by 2pm. The wet market opens at 5am. Best on weekday mornings before 10am.

Why locals goTiong Bahru visitors typically go to the specialty coffee and bakery strip; the market one street over is barely mentioned in most visitor guides.

TipHawker stalls open from 6am; most close by 2pm. The wet market opens at 5am. Best on weekday mornings before 10am.

Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow ★ 4.7

$ Street foodEast Coast

A Michelin Bib Gourmand char kway teow stall at Old Airport Road Food Centre, where one cook and one wok produce each plate made-to-order. The queue is long but the result is worth the wait: fierce wok hei, fat cockles, crispy lard cracklings and the deep savoury sweetness of one of the city's most enduring hawker stalls.

OrderChar kway teow (with cockles and lard)

TipOpens Tuesday to Sunday, approximately 10am to 3pm. Arrive early; the stall frequently sells out before the posted closing time. Cash only.

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