About Chomp Chomp Food Centre
Chomp Chomp Food Centre is an open-air hawker centre located at 20 Kensington Park Road in Serangoon Gardens, Singapore. Established in 1972, it houses around 36 cooked-food stalls and is well known among locals and visitors for affordable Singaporean street food. The centre is particularly famous for barbecue seafood, satay, Hokkien mee and carrot cake, and is most lively in the evening when most stalls operate.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect an open-air hawker centre with rows of cooked-food stalls surrounding communal tables and chairs under a large shelter. The setting is casual and bustling, especially in the evening when most stalls are open. Visitors can walk between stalls to order dishes, find seating in the central dining area, and experience a lively local dining atmosphere focused on affordable street food.
Key highlights
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Open-air hawker centre with about 36 stalls in Serangoon Gardens
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Famous for barbecue stingray, barbecue chicken wings and satay
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Popular local dishes including Hokkien mee, carrot cake and satay bee hoon
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Lively evening dining atmosphere with communal seating
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Long-standing centre operating since 1972
History of Chomp Chomp Food Centre
Built in 1972 to resettle street hawkers from the Serangoon Gardens area into a regulated food centre. It has operated continuously since then and is one of Singapore's long-standing hawker centres managed by the National Environment Agency.
Culture & Context
Represents Singapore's hawker culture, inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It serves as a community dining space for residents and visitors and is known for preserving popular local food traditions such as barbecue seafood and satay.
Route
| By air | Via Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), then by MRT, bus or taxi to Serangoon Gardens |
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