Singapore is not cheap. At the same time, eating in Singapore is relatively inexpensive rather simple, and it can be both institutions with European cuisine, and local (representing an interesting mix of Indian, Chinese and Malay), Japanese, etc. A snack in Singapore can be literally everywhere, there are even special gastronomic excursions, during which tourists get acquainted with different national dishes.
So, where can you cheaply eat in Singapore? First of all, it can be done on food markets , for example, in the market of Teloc Air - it sells "traditional street food". It is quite cheap and absolutely safe: the quality control of public catering in Singapore is very high. Most often you can taste Lax soup from coconut milk with shrimps and noodles, shrimp pate, pork ribs soup with herbs.
Hawker Centers
Hockey Center - "a place with street vendors," many shops with food and drinks + tables, all of which can be eaten or drunk, located either outdoors or under a common roof. Such centers in Singapore 110, they are managed by the National Environment Agency. The food is prepared directly at the kiosk - just after you ordered it. The menu can contain from 1 to 5 dishes. Cash payment. This is the cheapest option, as the owners themselves pay rent with a subsidy. The hockey centers are oriented mainly to local residents, you may not understand when speaking in English.
Kopityamy (Kopitiams)
Kopitjamy, or spitiamy - a reduced version of hockey-centers; it is a kind of cafe with a combined in one room several trays or counters with food and one kiosk with drinks. For drinks you in this case do not have to go - the seller will approach you. Eat here is the same as in hockey-centers, but a little more expensive, because the rental rate from the owners is not preferential. Copies are mostly located in shopping centers.
Food courts
Food courts - more refined (and more tourist-oriented) variant of hockey-centers. Here, too, a lot of traffic, but somewhat less noisy. You can find them both in shopping and entertainment centers, and in hospitals, theaters, stadiums and even in schools, as well as at public transport stops.
National Quarters and National Cuisine
In the Chinatown you can not only find a lot of cafes with Chinese cuisine (very inexpensive), but even buy fruit at a much lower price than other places in the city.
Inexpensive food will cost both in the Indian and in the Arab quarter , but it, of course, will be with the appropriate national color. "Snack" will cost 4-5 Singapore dollars.
There are also Japanese restaurants in Singapore, where you can also eat inexpensively. One of the "Japanese" foodcourses is located in the scientific center; also food courts with Japanese and South American cuisine are in the shopping and office center Central.
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