Siah Im Food Centre (Opposite Harbourfront)

I enjoy popping by this food centre whenever I am in the vicinity and I find that it can get really warm in the afternoon. But at dinner hours most of the stall are closed, so my advise is still to go for the lunch time slot.

It is rather crowded and warm during lunch time, less the occasional breeze and expect to smell like food, oil and fumes of all kinds of burning things and somehow I find it worse then Tappenyaki but it is still all worth it.

The range of localised foreign and local food stalls there are really good. Some of my favorites will be the lor mee (braised pork noodles) from the further end stall facing the road, the tomyum noodles from the same stall, indian rojak. i think theres only one stall there, it might help to look out fro the chicken rice stall behind it. Opposite the Chicken rice stall a malay stall which sells really nice Mee Soto, Mee Rebus, Gado Gado, Tahu Goreng and Deep Fried snacks like potato patties, fried banana and samosas.

The first stretch of malay stalls facing the road is usually the most crowded and theres this stall that sells chicken rice, deep fried original flavor or with blackpepper sauce, sweet and sour or lemon sauce... Frankly, any sauce is good even no sauce is good, the chicken crispy, rice is yummy and chilli is the chinese chicken rice kinda light orangie chilli which is so SADAP........ Also try thaksin's beef noodles, which serves up a good portion and is extremely savoury.

The location of this hawker centre is pretty good, parking easy and even if you travel by public transport its so easy to go to. Pricing is super reasonable and portion is usually good. (Eg. Mee Soto is like $3) Except that the tables don't get cleaned very promptly and the table cloth they clean with are soiled with the leftovers of the thousands of tables they have cleaned before. So do bring along wet tissues and plenty of dry ones, clean up before you leave and watch the birds. Yes, there are plenty of crows and birds picking up food.

2 things I LIKE about this hawker is the wash hand basins conveniently located at easy to reach spots and the outdoor smoking sits that i'm sure the smokers get a good tan while they are at it.

So my ratings are as such. Convenience: 4/5 Food Variety: 4/5 Yumminess: 4/5 Cleanliness: 2/5 Disabled Friendliness:1/5

WIll I come back: YES WIll I bring my friends: YES