15 Chong Pang Market food stalls in Yishun to try

While Chong Pang is often seen as the lesser-known side of Yishun town, its hawker centre, the Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, is well-loved among residents there. 

Chong Pang City was the first neighbourhood centre to be established in Yishun New Town. It was named after Mr Lim Chong Pang, a prominent businessman and community figure. Now what’s interesting is that he was the son of Mr Lim Nee Soon, also very much a well-respected community leader, whom the entire Yishun is named after. 

Chong Pang is now a bustling heartland city centre, home to residents young and old. While Chong Pang food is synonymous with the famous nasi lemak and fried chicken wings, the hawker fare to be found at Chong Pang Market and the adjoining Chong Pang hawker is not to be forgotten.

Now that we have that bit of history lesson out of the way, let’s find out what mouthwatering fares await us in Chong Pang Market & Food Centre. 

Here are 15 stalls that you should certainly pay a visit to if you ever find yourself at this beloved Chong Pang hawker centre.

1. Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-161
Open: Sunday to Friday (9.30am to 8pm)

Why visit? While there are more than enough hawkers competing for the title of best duck rice in Singapore, Chuan Kee Boneless Braised Duck brings an unfair edge to the competition: Its duck porridge is equally good, if not better! 

The duck rice at this Michelin Bib Gourmand stall is served with a thick gravy lathered over braised duck meat, tau kwa, sliced hard-boiled egg, peanuts and yam rice. The braised duck meat is tender and well-marinated while the yam rice leans towards the dry and salty side. We must give special mention to its herbal soup and tangy chilli as well — they truly complete the dish. 

The duck porridge is simple but the perfectly slight sweetness of the duck gravy is brought out by the perfectly textured congee. The same tender meat, egg and peanuts are also included, and the congee is able to coax the meat to melt in your mouth. 

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: Any person with functioning tastebuds will face a dilemma: Should I have its duck rice set (from S$3.80) or the duck porridge (S$3.80)? We say make some space in your stomach so that you can try both! 

2. Xiang Xiang Fishball Noodles

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 104 Yishun Ring Road, 01-177
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (6am to 4pm), Closed on Monday

Why visit? At Xiang Xiang Fishball Noodles, you can look forward to a tasteful bowl of fishball noodles with generous ingredients at a very affordable price. With a loyal following, you can expect a wait of up to 30 minutes. However, as we know, good things are worth waiting for. 

The stall is known for its powerful chilli sauce, large and bouncy fishballs, and a good amount of beansprouts sprinkled atop its noodles that add a nice crunch and texture.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: The mixed bowl (from S$3.50) allows a taste of both its fishballs and meatballs, along with a beancurd roll and slices of fishcake paired with your selected noodle choice. You can opt for either dry or soup, but we’d go for the dry option for that extra flavour and chilli kick.

3. Old Chong Pang Wu Xiang

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-166
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (9.30am to 2.30pm, 5.30pm to 10pm

Why visit? With a signboard declaring its establishment all the way back in 1986, Old Chong Pang Wu Xiang certainly stands out. However, what’s even more eye-catching are the rows of neatly arranged ngoh hiangs, fishcakes, century eggs, chinese sausage, prawn crackers, beancurds, spring roll, and more — the list goes on and on. It’s hard to believe that many of its offerings are freshly handmade each day.

The best part about the stall is how you get to select just what you want; these are then fried upon order. Enjoyed alongside a simple plate of bee hoon and its special savoury chilli dip, this old school dish is a special not to be missed.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: A huge plate of different picks for sharing amongst a group would be the best because you get to try them all! Ingredients are priced from S$1.20.

4. Yeo Fa Teochew Mushroom Meat Noodles

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 104 Yishun Ring Road, 01-128
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (7am to 3pm)

Why visit? This unassuming store front hides a delectable bowl of bak chor mee. While the ingredients are rather standard for a bak chor mee, two things stand out when you order from Yeo Fa Teochew Mushroom Meat Noodles. 

Firstly, its braised mushrooms are tender and succulent, having absorbed the gravy to perfection after stewing for some time. Secondly, the vinegary sauce stands out, achieving the balance between savoury and sour. 

Its soup version of the same dish is reminiscent of a warm and homely bowl of noodles. The pork and garlic flavour of the soup broth is unmistakable, and this goes great with the mushrooms and seaweed that are served together in the same bowl.

Price range: $

Crowd favourite: We’d say go for the soup bak chor mee (from S$3.50) for something different from the usual. But if you do not fancy soup, the dry bak chor mee (from S$3.80) packs a punch as well.

5. Guan Heng Cooked Food

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-146
Open: Tuesday to Saturday (5pm to 9.30pm)

Why visit? Guan Heng Cooked Food serves up a pretty mean bowl of mushroom and minced meat noodles as well, but its is most popular for its satay bee hoon. Often referred to as the “Chong Pang Satay Bee Hoon”, this plate of lean pork, cuttlefish, tau pok, cockles, kang kong and bee hoon slathered with its thick signature satay peanut gravy is a popular choice among the heartlanders. 

What gels these all together is the gravy — savoury yet sweet, with crunchy bits of peanut adding to the texture of the entire dish. Not only that, it’s very generous with its ingredients, which are fresh and tasty. What a treat!

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: Given how satay bee hoon (from S$4) is a rather rare find these days, this is definitely a dish to try should you visit Chong Pang Market. Every mouthful is a burst of flavour. You won’t regret it!

6. Xu Zhong Xing Satay

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-176
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (3.30am to 1pm, 3.30pm to 9.30pm)

Why visit? Congee and handmade noodles by day, satay by night. While Xu Zhong Xing Satay also boasts a very solid breakfast, its star dish is its satay as the stall name suggests — sold only from 3.30pm.

The stall has been a stalwart at the food centre for more than 30 years, and its satay is said to be one of the best around, lending strong support to the Chong Pang good food that this area is known for. 

The satays are chunky, juicy and tender, grilled beautifully with the right amount of char and smokiness. The flavour from the well-marinated meat bursts through with each bite. Paired with its thick and rich peanut sauce dip, this is a great choice for dinner or supper.

Price range: $

Crowd favourite: A mix of the different meats can never go wrong. Take your pick between pork, chicken and mutton (S$0.80 a stick). And what’s a classic plate of satay without a ketupat (S$0.80 a piece), raw onions and cucumbers to go along as well!

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7. Nee Soon Fish Head Mee Hoon

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-154
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (6.30am to 8.30pm)

Why visit? Besides the fish soup options as suggested by its stall name, the offerings at Nee Soon Fish Head Mee Hoon also include different variations of congee as well as a number of noodle soup options. The variety is huge, and you’ll truly be spoilt for choice here. 

If you are looking for hand-pulled mee hoon kway or ban mian, this is the place to be. Served with lean pork, minced pork, vegetables and a clear yet flavoursome pork and anchovy broth, it is a wholesome meal that will warm your belly and heart. 

Other meal options include sliced fish soup, seafood soup, tom yum seafood soup, and fried fish head bee hoon, among others. It is helpful to note that its dishes are more healthy-tasting and the broths are not too salty, which is great for diners who are more health-conscious. 

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: On days where you are looking for a lighter and healthier meal, a warm hearty bowl of sliced fish soup (S$4.50) would be perfect. The stall is generous with its fish and the fish slices are thick and fresh. 

8. Pig Organ Soup & Herbal Mutton Soup

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-125
Open: Monday and Wednesday to Sunday (10am to 8.30pm)

Why visit? There is just something special about a piping hot bowl of soup, especially on rainy days. Now imagine a flavourful, peppery broth that has the perfect tinge of sourness to it, with your favourite pig innards, meat and preserved vegetables. Or a herbal, gingery broth that has a distinct mutton flavour, with tender mutton balls and ribs. 

The very simply named Pig Organ Soup & Herbal Mutton Soup serves up both types of soups, as well as other variations, and you can choose to have that with either rice or mee sua (wheat vermicelli). Its special chili rounds up everything nicely. 

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: Both types of soups are tasty, hearty and comforting in their own right, but the herbal mutton soup (from S$7.50) seems to be the more popular choice.

9. Ho Heng Kway Chap

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-140
Open: Monday to Sunday (7am to 3pm)

Why visit? Kway chap is a dish with traditional Teochew origins that has made its way as a comfort food into the heart of Singaporeans. If you find yourself at Chong Pang Market and are craving a bowl of rice noodles (kway) doused with a herbal broth (chap) served with a mix of fatty pork, innards, and other sides, then this is the place to visit. 

The kway at Ho Heng Kway Chap is soft and smooth, topped with a fried garlic, shallots and coriander for added oomph, while the chap here is on the lighter and healthier side with lesser sodium. 

The fatty pork is tender, the innards are clean, and these are usually served alongside a side of tau kwa, tau pok and braised egg. Best part is, it’s fully customisable based on your preferences.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: Depending on your group size, place an order for a set of mixed ingredients (S$4 per person), along with a bowl of kway (S$0.50 / S$0.80). 

10. Tian Ji Shu Shi

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 104 Yishun Ring Road, 01-141
Open: Monday and Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday (6am to 2pm)

Why visit? Now here’s a stall with a constant queue and as we know, in Singapore, a queue usually means good food. Offering a range of prawn noodles, pork rib noodles as well as chicken feet noodles, Tian Ji Shu Shi is very much a hot favourite among many. 

For an affordable price, you can get a generous amount of noodles well-seasoned with ketchup and chilli for its dry option. If you prefer the soup option, its prawn broth is not too heavy on the palate, yet still retains a good flavour from the sweetness of the prawns. Most importantly, its ingredients are fresh — you can tell by how the tail of the prawn slips out of its shell perfectly with a little tug.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: The dry supreme prawn noodle (S$5) would be our pick, since it comes with more prawns that are bigger and juicier, compared to the standard prawn noodle (from S$3.50). Or you could have the best of both worlds and go for its pork ribs & prawn noodle (S$5).

11. Pin Xiang

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 104 Yishun Ring Road, 01-143
Open: Monday and Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday (9:30am to 9:30pm)

Why visit? Another stall in Chong Pang food centre that has a snaking queue, Pin Xiang is where you’d be able to find all kinds of fried delights. Think oily, wok-hei plates of goodness such as fried carrot cake, fried oyster omelette, fried kway teow (local and Penang-style), and fried mee goreng. 

Psst, we think this is better than another Michelin-recommended carrot cake and char kway teow stall in the same food centre. Pin Xiang’s servings are generous, and noteworthy mentions are the chai poh (preserved radish) that it uses in its fried carrot cake as well as the fresh cockles in the fried kway teow.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: The white carrot cake (S$3) has rave reviews. It is crispy and eggy, fried beautifully with a touch of wok hey and topped off with a spoonful of savoury chai poh to finish it off.

Hungry for more carrot cake? How about exploring the best hawker stalls for carrot cake around Singapore?

12. Haji Ali Cooked Food

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-171
Open: Monday to Sunday (11am to 9pm)

Why visit? If you are craving traditional Malay fare, this is the place to check out in Chong Pang Market. At Haji Ali Cooked Food, you will have the option of old-school delights such as lontong, gado gado, mee siam, nasi lemak, mee rebus, and mee soto. 

Besides these, it serves up a solid plate of nasi padang as well, alongside the standard dishes that cannot go wrong, such as rendang, begedil (fried potato patties), sambal goreng and more. Not only is the food here yummy, its prices are wallet-friendly, too.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: Lontong (S$3) is the go-to dish of many of its customers, and for good reason. The rice cakes are made from scratch, and are soft and chewy. They taste especially delicious when soaked in sweet and fragrant vegetable curry. The bowl is then topped with a dollop of sambal chili and a heap of serunding kalapa (fried grated coconut) for a multidimensional mouthfeel.

13. Bai Nian Niang Dou Fu

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-168
Open: Tuesday to Sunday (6.30am to 1pm)

Why visit? Bai Nian Niang Dou Fu has a few outlets around Singapore, each with its own loyal following. Here at Chong Pang Market, it is no different. The selection of ingredients in each bowl of soup is fixed, so that makes ordering simple and fuss-free. 

You will find a mix of handmade rolls and balls made out of fish, prawn or pork, as well as the usual yong tau fu staples such as beancurd and bitter gourd. The soup brewed out of soy beans and anchovies is sweet, clear and light, reminiscent of a good home-cooked meal. You can choose to have this with bee hoon for no extra cost.

Interestingly, the stall also sells pretty good chicken wings, too, so you can choose to have them along as a set or order them separately. 

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: A bowl of niang dou fu starts at S$5.90 but a set with chicken wings will be S$7.30. Some have commented that the niang dou fu serving is a tad small, so if you are hungry, do get the chicken wings to go along!

14. Super Penyet Singapore

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 105 Yishun Ring Road, 01-170
Open: Wednesday to Monday (7am to 6.30pm), Tuesday (2pm to 6.30pm)

Why visit? What makes ayam penyet different from other fried chicken is how the chicken has been pressed in a pestle and mortar so that the chicken is softer. Super Penyet’s chicken has a layer of crispy skin, while the meat inside remains moist and flavourful. 

The fried chicken is served with a plate of coconut milk rice, slices of refreshing cucumber and the stall’s signature homemade sambal chilli that goes perfectly with the chicken. It also serves up other variations such as nasi goreng (fried rice) with its signature fried chicken, or a choice of ikan penyet (fried fish) instead.

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: You can’t go wrong with the classic plate of nasi ayam penyet (S$7.50). The flavours of the crispy, juicy chicken and the sambal chilli are enhanced by the simple yet tasty rice.

15. Hoe Soon Noodles

Chong Pang Market & Food Centre, 104 Yishun Ring Road, 01-158
Open: Friday to Tuesday (5am to 9pm), Thursday and Wednesday (5am to 2pm)

Why visit? Sometimes, it’s not just about the taste of the food but also the feels that the food can bring. This wonton noodle stall that has been around for years is exactly that — old-school, nostalgic and heartwarming. 

Hoe Soon Noodles serves fuss-free plates of noodles that have a nice bite to them, and these are accompanied by a good amount of char siew and wontons generously packed with filling. The noodles rest on a rich sauce that has a hint of ketchup in it. If you are up for spice, opt for the addition of chilli, which adds an additional layer of depth to the sauce. 

Price range: $

Crowd favourites: The wonton noodles (from S$3.50) is a simple and traditional plate of noodles, but has a firm spot in the hearts of many of the stall’s regulars. 

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Old Chong Pang Wu Xiang, Bai Nian Niang Dou Fu and Super Penyet are on the GrabFood Delivery Service and offer free delivery (up to S$3 off) with GrabUnlimited. 

Do explore the new GrabFood Dine-in service for awesome deals.

Alternatively, book a ride to Chong Pang Market & Food Centre.