Malay Cuisine at Geylang Serai Market

Have been hankering for Malay style Mee Goreng. Not Indian style with loads of egg and colouring or Chinese style which has seafood and loads of ingredients, but the original mee goreng that I used to get in school. Simple with an emphasis on the noodles alone. So tasty. Can anyone tell me where to get the best version? The one I had today was nice but it still didn’t come close to my memory of the perfect mee goreng that I had in school. Maybe the taste was heightened with my memories of childhood, where everything is rose tinted.

The mee goreng was only S$2.50.

photo by bookjunkie

The lady at Warung Mak Ning at #02-113, was very sweet and polite. Glad I patronized her stall.

photo by bookjunkie

B had nasi padang and he said it was really spicy. But he felt that the one at Arab Street was still very much ahead in terms of taste.

photo by bookjunkie

The Nasi Padang stall had a long queue which is usually the case for the more popular stalls.

photo by bookjunkie

I had wonderful Teh Alia (Ginger Tea with Milk). It was a bit sweet, but with strong dose of spicy ginger.

photo by bookjunkie

Actually all the stalls I patronized here had owners that were friendly and welcoming. Not a grouchy face in sight. How lovely.  The whole place had been newly renovated and is so spacious and breezy too. I recall that it used to be very cramped.

I got the tea from the stall with the bright green signboard.

photo by bookjunkie

Also indulged in goreng pisang (fried banana) for just 80 cents for 2 pieces. This was not sweet but very oily. Still good.

photo by bookjunkie

photo by bookjunkie

photo by bookjunkie

Saw my favourite Singapore bird twittering about – the little brown sparrows.

photo by bookjunkie

At the other end are the stalls selling traditional Malay attires, plus modern long dresses as well.

photo by bookjunkie

So many stalls that it was hard to make a choice.

photo by bookjunkie

Briyani Express caught my eye.

photo by bookjunkie

Sinar Pagi Nasi Padang was the other nasi padang stall with the super long queue.

photo by bookjunkie

This was the cutest thing. Roses Cafe is definitely owned by a Liverpool fan. It says you’ll never drink alone. The Bandung here looks very tempting.

photo by bookjunkie

The high ceilings were great. Made the whole place very airy. Good ventilation and food smells did not linger, unlike the situation in a cramped air-conditioned food court like Food Junction at Nex.

photo by bookjunkie

There was a stall selling Soup Kambing and Soup Tulang. Artery clogging, but B says super yummy.

photo by bookjunkie

Besides clothes sold on the second level, below there was the wet market.

photo by bookjunkie

As we took the escalator down we saw the spacious wet market and the fruit stalls.

photo by bookjunkie


photo by bookjunkie

A convenient taxi stand right in front of the market.

photo by bookjunkie


photo by bookjunkie

The front of the market.

photo by bookjunkie

A glimpse of the fruit stalls as the took the escalator back up.

photo by bookjunkie

About bookjunkie

Blogging about life in Singapore & recently cancer too.
This entry was posted in Food in Singapore and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

4 Responses to Malay Cuisine at Geylang Serai Market

  1. whatsaysyou says:

    Oh my my my! Cool pictures and I do need to pop by this place in one of my future visits down to Singapore.

  2. bonnie says:

    luv eating stingray in SG

  3. lampoondish says:

    Yum..malay food never fails.. I’m a lil transfixed by the mangoes in the last photo.!

Leave a Reply to whatsaysyou Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.