Maxwell Food Centre, Singapore

  took a picture of the HAPPY FISH SOUP...
by hayleychong
 
  • took a picture of the HAPPY FISH SOUP stall
      took a picture of the HAPPY FISH SOUP...
    by hayleychong
  • Queue at the Tian Tian stall
      Queue at the Tian Tian stall
    by jamie_uk
  • Maxwell Food Centre
      Maxwell Food Centre
    by jamie_uk
  • Food Centre
      Food Centre
    by interrailerz
  • Fried tofu
      Fried tofu
    by knerten
 

10 Reviews of Maxwell Food Centre

Sort by: Most recent | Most helpful

Write a Review
Fish Soup and Cantonese Porridge: The best hawker stalls at Maxwell Food Centre
davidvt profile photo
davidvt 1 reviews

Apart from the famous Tian Tian chicken rice, there are also a number of top rated hawker stalls like Jin Hwa Fish Soup, Zhen Zhen Porridge and China Street Prawn Fritters, addresses of these stalls in this link: http://netsenger.com/topwok/best-food-in-chiinatown.htm

Favorite Dish: Jin Hwa Sliced Fish Soup... taste it and you will know its the result of many hours of boiling to extract every ounce of flavour from the ingredients

Written Nov 1, 2011

Address: http://netsenger.com/topwok/best-food-in-chiinatow

Was this review helpful?

HAPPY FISH SOUP: NICE FISH SOUP!
hayleychong profile photo

3.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

hayleychong 1 reviews
took a picture of the HAPPY FISH SOUP stall

the auntie serving me is very friendly, and also ask me for my feedback regarding their fish soup

Favorite Dish: try out the fish soup at HAPPY FISH SOUP!

its at maxwell food centre,

the price range is around $3 to $4 for a very big bowl of fish soup, i have tried it and their rice is not normal white rice, its actually yam rice, and it goes well with the fish soup!

Written Apr 10, 2010

Address: Maxwell Food Centre

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Queue for Chicken Rice
jamie_uk profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

jamie_uk 36 reviews
Queue at the Tian Tian stall
1 more image

Tian Tian Chicken Rice in the Maxwell Food Centre

The queue at this place is out the door - and rightly so.
Best chicken rice I have ever tasted, but I am not experienced in the subject !
Damn cheap too.

Favorite Dish: Chicken Rice - it's the only thing they do !

Written Mar 5, 2008

Address: Maxwell Rd

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Queues!!
xinyiproductionhouse profile photo
xinyiproductionhouse 13 reviews

clean hawker center but i hate the seats. the seats are high and the tables are of average height. as if all those who dines there are shorties. its very annoying to eat your food having to bend yourself forward.

conveniently located near chinatown. so much cleaner to eat here than chinatown. but CT's food center is under renovation now, so maybe situation there would improve.

Favorite Dish: Tien Tien Hainanese Chicken rice (pardon me if i got the name wrong). Its really a nice chicken rice, if you can skip all the queues. The rice is perfectly cooked with chicken fragrance and the perfect taste of the rice oiliness, which makes the rice smooth but never over oily. the chicken taste like other A-listers, just as nice. Try going for this stall during weekends at aroung 11+am. when they just started. fresh and queue-less.

I think its called Zen Zen porridge. the one with the super long queues. nice porridge, but i would not queue 45min for this. if you must have porridge, and want no queue, try the stall at the row behind Zen Zen. would be the no.1 stall if not for zen zen. Try the raw fish slices too. i love them!!!

It seems as though these 2 stalls are synonymous with queue huh. there's a curry chicken noodle which is a branch off the infamous original stall in Hock Lim Complex.

Updated Mar 17, 2007

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Oyster Pancake
Applelyn profile photo

3.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

Applelyn 288 reviews

Maxwell offers you a wide range of local food at reasonable prices. It is near to Chinatown. There are many popular dishes such as dim sum and porridge.

Favorite Dish: I like the oyster pancake best. Its filling is soft and you can chew on the rich seafood. The skin is crispy and normally you cant stop at one. Try the SGD 2 oyster pancake as it had more fillings.

Written Apr 29, 2006

Address: Maxwell Road

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Not too bad but better options available
phillarkins profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

phillarkins 33 reviews

This is similar to Lau Pa Sat but not as good. A serve of fried rice, 8 dumplings with chicken cost around $7.00 SGD and would serve 2 people. The food is cheap but not as high quality as Lau Pa Sat and not as big a variety.

Written Feb 24, 2006

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Food Centres
interrailerz profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

interrailerz 123 reviews
Food Centre

Chinese people don't eat home... and they are right, there are food centres, small estate restaurants everywhere, and the food you get for some SGD 5 or so has nothing to do with European "Chinese" food, heated in microwave ovens :) I wanted to be hungry all the time to eat everything I see. .... Well, almost everything.

Written Jun 16, 2005

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Good Food !!!!!!
kissgurami profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

kissgurami 92 reviews

the seats r uncomfortable coz the table is low n the chairs r high. have to bear with it a little. don't go there during weekday lunch , very crowded n the queue will be eye boggling .

it's pretty stuffy and warm :p it's self service at most of the stalls.

Favorite Dish: 1. Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
2. Deep Fried Fish Meat Soup
3. Porridge which is located at the end of the 2nd Row

Written May 25, 2004

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Great food, but not so great toilets
knerten profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

knerten 311 reviews
Fried tofu

Great food, but filthy toilets!

Favorite Dish: Fried tofu with chili sauce.

Written Aug 14, 2005

Was this review helpful?

Maxwell Food Centre: Maxwell Food Centre
phil_uk_net profile photo

2.5 out of 5 starsHelpfulness

phil_uk_net 1131 reviews
Maxwell Food Centre

One of Singapore's famous covered hawker centres. This one is in Chinatown.

Written Jan 3, 2004

Address: Maxwell Road

Related to:
 Family Travel
 Food and Dining
 Budget Travel

Was this review helpful?

Top 3 Hotels in Singapore

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore  Singapore

 7 Reviews and 1316 Opinions  Our door 2.5 meter swimming pool 

 See all 299 Hotels in Singapore

Pan Pacific Singapore  Singapore

 16 Reviews and 1827 Opinions  We stayed in this hotel for our honeymoon but we were harassed and intimidated by a group of young... 

 See all 299 Hotels in Singapore

Conrad Centennial Singapore  Singapore

 6 Reviews and 840 Opinions  As we arrived I took in the lobby before making my way to the check in desk. Upon reaching the... 

 See all 299 Hotels in Singapore

The Place

Maxwell Food Centre

Maxwell Food Centre tips and photos posted by real travelers and Singapore locals.

  Write a Review  
Experience Singapore
 

The People

3,586 Members Live Here
 
Our Members Say
 profile photo

 One of Singapore's famous covered hawker centres. This one is in Chinatown. 

3,586 members live in Singapore

 

Questions and Answers

fusionguy profile photo

Q:  Hi, I am planning to visit Singapore & Malaysia coming this June. Will be travelling with my parents .. Would like to get some... 

Durfun profile photo

A: Hi, SG is very compact. In my personal opinion you do not need as much as 6 days in Singapore, esp when you intend to visit MY too!! Many hotels to choose from,... 

Read 16 Replies

postQuestion_button

Top Singapore Writers

1

Welcome to Uniquely Singapore

imstress profile photo

  Greetings from Singapore! Welcome to Singapore! You must be searching for information on Singapore or found my page by chance. I am a Singaporean born Chinese and have lived here all my life. ... 

3

Singapura

robertgaz profile photo

 I have many fond memories from all my visits to Singapore and it has become almost like a second home to me. I can find my way around here much better than some cities down under. My first experience... 

4

(the real) Happiest Place on Earth

Skylink profile photo

 These Singapore pages are a work in progress. I first visited Singapore almost by accident about 10 years ago. I was redeeming a frequent flyer award to another country. After some terrorist... 

5

Home away from Home

trisanna profile photo

 Singapore is not just any Asian city to me. For almost five years, this has been my husband's and my home away from home. We came here with no place to live, no friends-just a job lined up. People... 

View all rated pages

View newest pages

Build your own Singapore page

Travel Editors for Singapore

coolpanda87 profile photo