A new project called Urban Hawker is opening in New York City. A collaboration between Urbanspace and Singapore’s Makansutra, it’s the closest thing Manhattan has to a traditional hawker center.

Singapore’s street food hawker culture recently bagged UNESCO’S Intangible Heritage tag, a timely recognition of its rich, diverse culinary legacy. Can we replicate this?

In Singapore, the hawker centres are inextricably woven into the everyday life of its citizens. Serving up delights like laksa, char kway teow and curry puffs, the centres are loved by rich and ...

While the rest of Singapore is fast asleep, Tan Yang Choong arrives at his little stall in the heart of Toa Payoh to prepare his signature dish: laksa. He starts prep at 3.30am and opens for ...

For nearly a dozen food vendors hailing from Singapore, an American dream is being realized through food. New York City’s first Urban Hawker market soft opens in the heart of Midtown (135 West ...

The creamy coconut milk-based curry with cut up rice noodles and a heaping portion of seafood, is a rage in Singapore. It’s slightly different from the laksa in Penang (Malaysia) and often called ...

Soon he’ll take that street-food zealotry even further with New York’s Bourdain Market, a 100,000-square-foot hawker-style food center set for an unspecified opening date in 2019.From early ...

Discovering hawker food in Singapore Street-vendor culture worth preserving—and devouring February 7, 2019 by Los Angeles Times | Updated February 7, 2019 at 12:37 a.m.

Eating is sightseeing in Singapore, and while the small city-state is home to some world-class fine dining, their legendary hawker centers are the real culinary stars.