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Top Chefs Reveal Their Favorite Singapore Hawker Stalls and Cheap Eats
Here’s your cheat sheet for sampling braised duck, prata and nasi lemak in the city that’s anything but casual about casual dining
“Have you eaten?”
It’s a common greeting in Singapore, where good cooking is treated almost like a strategic national reserve. The city-state’s gastrodiplomacy campaign has led to its “hawker” centers—markets packed with food stalls—being featured on the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Here, some of the country’s top chefs share their picks of the best dishes to be found at hawker stalls and other casual joints.