Food court and Hawker stalls in SG 1

Its August and barely had the waters receeded from Maring's onslaught , we boarded a Tiger Airways red-eye flight to Singapore. The three hour trip was not long but the non-reclining seat of the budget airline was a bit difficult on my neck muscles!

Anyway, first lunch in the Fine City (puro fines) of Singapore was at Albert Center which was near Bugis station and our hotel. It is composed of approx 30 food stalls. We decided to follow what Anthony Bourdain said: go for the food stalls with a long line.

So we ended up with Misua soup at 4SGD. There is a stall that seems to be family owned and only serves this dish. The line never ceases and after 12 mins or so, I finally got served this. The misua is not like what we have at home. The noodles are firm, the soup clean and clear, the dimsum that floats are a mixture of shrimp balls, stuffed tofu and fish cakes. A side sauce of thick sweet soy and spicy red sauce comes on a plastic shallow container.

Misua 4SGD

Next we looked for Chicken rice. There is not much line so I just went for whatever seemed to be the busiest. The chicken rice at meat at 4SGD is served with soup, boiled bok choi and very tasty boneless Hainanese chicken. No sauce needed as the meat was perfectly seasoned , not very oily and just the tiniest hot sauce made it complete.

Chicken Rice Set meal 4SGD

We split the meal and it was good enough for two. We downed our meal with grass jelly drink at 0.80 SGD each. Less than 10SGD for two is definitely within the budget and hits just the right spot!