The aromatic, wok-hei-rich char kway teow is one of the staple dishes that can be found in almost every hawker centre in Singapore. However, each CKT stall is unique on its own. So, if you are looking to find the best char kway teow in Singapore, here are our top char kway teow stalls that you should check out for a satisfying carb fix.
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Located at Seah Im Food Centre lies a hidden char kway teow gem—Seah Im Fried Kway Teow Mee. Although they are more known for their fried carrot cake, they do also dish up a delicious plate of char kway teow (price TBD). The ingredients here are rather simple, with only fishcakes, bean sprouts and eggs, but what stands out the most to their customers is the rich wok hei fragrance. Moreover, the noodles tend to be drier, so if this is what you look out for in a CKT, consider trying them out.
Address: 2 Seah Im Road, #01-26, Seah Im Food Centre, Singapore 099114
Opening hours: Daily 6am to 4pm
Seah Im Fried Kway Teow Mee is not a halal-certified eatery.
Started in the 1930s, Outram Park Char Kway Teow is definitely no stranger to any char kway teow enthusiast. Aside from the long heritage, they’re also known for the gao wok hei and generous portions of cockles in their CKT. Each plate starts at a standard $4.50, and you can top up $2 for more cockles or $0.50 for an extra egg. It is slightly wetter and sweeter than the typical CKT. Do expect a queue as this is arguably one of the most famous char kway teow stalls in Singapore, but it’ll be worth your wait!
Address: 531A Upper Cross Street, #02-17, Hong Lim Complex, Singapore 051531
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 6am to 3pm
Outram Park Char Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Another famous CKT stall that you should visit is Hill Street Char Kway Teow. The perpetually snaking queue here is, in itself, a testament to its popularity.
The CKT here starts from $4, and it is filled with flavour and wok hei, all thanks to its two-step wok-frying process. The first step involves frying the noodles in bulk, followed by a second fry, where the noodles are fried to order. These noodles are best enjoyed fresh!
Read our Hill Street Char Kway Teow review.
Address: 335 Smith Street, #02-32, Singapore 050335
Opening hours: Tue & Thurs, Sat 9am to 5pm
Hill Street Char Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Located at Old Airport Road Food Centre & Shopping Mall, Dong Ji Fried Kway Teow is arguably as good as Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow—another CKT stall within the same hawker centre that happens to be more well known. If you are looking for a simple, eggy plate of CKT, go for the $4 portion, which is their most basic plate. Alternatively, the $5 (medium) and $6 (big) portions come with prawns and cockles. In terms of flavour, Dong Ji’s CKT is packed with garlic, and is less sweet compared to your typical CKT.
Address: 51 Old Airport Road, #01-138, Old Airport Road Food Centre & Shopping Mall, Singapore 390051
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 11am to 8pm
Dong Ji Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Don’t be confused with its name, Bendemeer Fresh Cockles Fried Kway Teow is situated at 409 AMK Market And Food Centre. It is run by a father-and-son duo, where both of them have their own style of char kway teow ($4/$5). Expect a saucy and wet CKT when the father is in the kitchen, and a drier, and more wok hei-filled CKT when the son is behind the wok.
Address: 409 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #01-13, 409 AMK Market And Food Centre, Singapore 560409
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10:30am to 6:30pm
Bendemeer Fresh Cockles Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you are looking for another Michelin-recognised stall, check out No.18 Zion Road Fried Kway Teow, which is often hyped as one of the must-try CKT stalls around. A plate of char kway teow here comes in either $6, or $8 portions, and is supposedly extra eggy, with a rich wok hei fragrance. It is also said to be much sweeter and darker than the average CKT, with a well-balanced ingredient-to-noodle ratio.
As with most of the famous stalls, do expect more than an hour’s wait, but it will definitely be worth your while.
Address: 70 Zion Road, #01-17, Zion Riverside Food Centre, Singapore 247792
Opening hours: Wed, Fri-Mon 12:30pm to 3pm, 3:30pm to 9pm
No.18 Zion Road Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
133 Penang Authentic is located at Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre. Here the char kway teow (from $5) is served with lup cheong, bean sprouts, fish cakes, and prawns. If you are wondering what Penang-style CKT is, it’s a more savoury version of char kway teow, sporting a lighter brown hue. So do expect lighter flavours, rather than the sweet, robust CKT we’re familiar with.
Address: 51 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #02-193, Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre, Singapore 588215
Opening hours: Thurs-Mon 9am to 5pm
133 Penang Authentic is not a halal-certified eatery.
For a less sinful char kway teow, try Heng Huat Fried Kway Tiao. Each plate of CKT (from $4) is fried with chye poh, and it comes with a mountain of cai xin atop. So you can expect a slight savouriness from the chye poh, and a cleaner-tasting CKT thanks to the boiled greens.
You can also zhng up your CKT by going for the Fried Kway Tiao with Oyster ($10), which features the same char kway teow with cai xin, but topped with an oyster omelette.
Address: 121 Pasir Panjang Road, #01-36, Pasir Panjang Food Centre, Singapore 118543
Opening hours: Wed-Sat 11am to 8pm
Heng Huat Fried Kway Tiao is not a halal-certified eatery.
Day and Night Fried Kway Teow stands out from the crowd with its narrow kway teow that’s akin to pad thai. Other than the type of noodles used, the CKT ($3.50/$4.50) here is on par with the other famed CKT stalls in Singapore, taste-wise. It is packed with ingredients, loaded with wok hei, and skewed towards a sweet and wet style.
Address: 163 Bukit Merah Central, #02-41, Bukit Merah Central Food Centre, Singapore 150163
Opening hours: Fri-Wed 9:30am to 5:30pm
Tel: 9640 4870
Day and Night Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you would like to avoid the queues, and still get a promising plate of CKT, head to Meng Kee Fried Kway Teow. Fans of this stall have said that this is an underrated CKT stall simply due to its inconvenient location. Other than that, they serve a great plate of char kway teow ($4/$5), filled with cockles that are plump and juicy.
Address: 22A Havelock Road, #01-07, Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre, Singapore 161022
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 9am to 4pm
Meng Kee Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Tucked away in Hougang Avenue 8 is Hougang Oyster Omelette & Fried Kway Teow, an eatery that sells the best of both worlds: orh luak and char kway teow. The stall was established 30 years ago but has been operating in Hougang for a little over a decade. Previously, they were roving hawkers. Their Fried Kway Teow ($4.50/$5) is on the lighter end. Prepared wet-style, you get a hint of sweetness from the dark sauce, with an undertone of wok hei. Go all out and order this with their Fried Oyster (from $6/$7)—the latter is cooked with pork lard for extra shiokness, and comes with huge oyster pieces.
Address: 435A Hougang Avenue 8, Singapore 531435
Opening hours: Wed-Sun 11am to 7pm
Hougang Oyster Omelette & Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you love the sauciness of KL-style hokkien mee, but want all the ingredients that go into char kway teow, then find your happy middle at Ang Mo Kio Fried Kway Teow. This hidden gem sells char kway teow from $4, prepared wet-style and power-packed with smoky wok hei. Be prepared to stand in line for a bit, but you’ll be rewarded with slurp-worthy noodles, generous amounts of liao, and pillows of pork lard to boot.
Address: 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, #01-22, Singapore 560724
Opening hours: Tue-Thurs, Sat-Sun 10:30am to 2pm
Ang Mo Kio Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Dry-style char kway teow lovers living in the Anchorvale ‘hood should definitely show some love to Armenian Street Char Kway Teow. Their recipe dates way back to 1949, when the current stall owner’s father was running his stall out of Armenian Street, hence the name. Plates here start from $3, and are fried in pork lard instead of the usual vegetable oil—a plus in our books. The noodles are also laced with pieces of chai poh for an extra-savoury kick.
Address: 303 Anchorvale Link, Singapore 540303
Opening hours: Fri-Wed 11:30am to 3pm, 4pm to 7pm
Armenian Street Char Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
A Muslim-friendly char kway teow option exists, and it is located in Bukit Merah View & Hawker Centre. 786 Char Kway Teow is run by an ex-Chinese banquet chef, who is also a Muslim convert. The chef also hails from a zi char hawker family, and has applied some of those techniques to the way he prepares his CKT. This is definitely one for fans of drier and not-so-smoky fried kway teow. Prices start at $4.50, and the uncle will also include chopped chilli padi into your dish if you’re keen!
Address: 115 Bukit Merah View, #01-28, Singapore 151115
Opening hours: Sat-Thurs 12pm to 8pm
786 Char Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery, but it is Muslim-owned.
Joo Chiat Place Fried Kway Teow has been around since the 1950s, and has kept their recipe for delicious, smoky CKT in the family since. This is one for lovers of CKT with discernible wok hei—all you need to do is smell the plate upon arrival to know that it has been cooked on a well-seasoned wok. We definitely recommend you get the spicy option, as that adds a fair bit of kick. Prices start at $4.50, and waiting times can be up to 20 minutes during peak periods.
Read our Joo Chiat Place Fried Kway Teow review.
Address: 59 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore 427783
Opening hours: Daily 11am to 7:30pm
Joo Chiat Place Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Lai Heng Fried Kuay Teow & Cooked Food is located at Shunfu Mart Food Centre. Their char kway teow is delicious and affordable, starting at $3. The noodles come with a generous portion of ingredients—fresh and decently-sized cockles, lup cheong or chinese sausage, fishcakes, and beansprouts. You can also top up an additional $1.20 for handmade otah. If you like your noodles on the wet side, this plate of CKT is just right for you!
Address: 320 Shunfu Road, #02-20, Shunfu Mart, Singapore 570320
Opening hours: Tue-Sat 9:30am to 4pm, Sun 10:30am to 4pm
Lai Heng Fried Kuay Teow & Cooked Food is not a halal-certified eatery.
The char kway teow from Chuan Kee is akin to the Penang version, which uses less of dark soya sauce, which also means it’s paler in colour. The CKT here is just $3 a plate, which is considered affordable, so it is no wonder that this stall sees long queues on the daily. For the price paid, they don’t skimp on the generous portion! Each plate is freshly fried to order, so every customer gets to have a better experience of the aromatic wok hei.
Read our Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow feature.
Address: 90 Whampoa Drive, #01-41, Whampoa Makan Place, Singapore 320090
Opening hours: Sat-Mon, Wed & Thurs 11am to 3pm
Chuan Kee Fried Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
If you love lots of cockles in your CKT, Liang Ji is the place to head to. Their Humful Char Kway Teow ($8/$12) is loaded with almost 40 plump pieces of tender and sweet cockles, pairing perfectly with the smoky noodles. This stall also has other unique renditions of the traditional CKT such as Mala Fried Kway Teow ($5/$7) and Crab Meat Char Kway Teow ($10).
Read our Liang Ji Legendary Char Kway Teow review.
Address: 78A Telok Blangah Street 32, #02-01, Telok Belangah Mall, Singapore 101078
Opening hours: Daily 11am to 8pm
Liang Ji Legendary Char Kway Teow is not a halal-certified eatery.
Another gem tucked away in Telok Belangah is Hai Yan Fried Kway Teow Mee. Their kway teow starts from $3.50 and they also sell bee hoon for the same price. Do note that fans of cockles in their CKT might be disappointed as this stall excludes them entirely.
But here’s the bright side: you can still get an indulgent plate of CKT with lup cheong AKA chinese sausage, fish cake, and egg loaded with fragrant wok hei. To spruce up your dish, Hai Yan Fried Kway Teow Mee also offers sunny-side up egg for an extra $1.
Read our Hai Yan Fried Kway Teow Mee feature.
Address: 36 Telok Belangah Rise, #01-38, Telok Blangah Rise Market & Food Centre, Singapore 090036
Opening hours: Thurs & Sat 10am to 7:30pm, Fri 8am to 7:30pm
Hai Yan Fried Kway Teow Mee is not a halal-certified eatery.
Located in Chinatown, Cuppage Fried Guo Tiao can be found at Kou Wei Eating House. They serve up excellent char kway teow which you would especially enjoy if you like your noodles wet. The CKT here, like most on the list, is priced from $3.
Read our Cuppage Fried Guo Tiao feature.
Address: 34 Upper Cross Street, #01-170, Kou Wei Eating House, Singapore 050034
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 10:30am to 5:30pm
Cuppage Fried Guo Tiao is not a halal-certified eatery.
We have only listed a few of our favourite char kway teow stalls in Singapore. However, just like any other food, do take into consideration that everyone’s definition of best is subjective. For more best of guides, check out our take on the best zi char places in Singapore. Alternatively, you can find out the best hokkien mee stalls in Singapore!
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