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Private Street Food Tour: Taste Singapore's Best
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9 Ratings
Singapore
Explore Little India’s rich culture: visit a Hindu temple, taste local foods, and learn about Singapore’s social transformation and heritage trades.
Explore Little India’s rich culture: visit a Hindu temple, taste local foods, and learn about Singapore’s social transformation and heritage trades.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chinatown - Dive into our local culinary scene as we showcase our street food legacy. Wander through historic streets and alleys where itinerant vendors once sold their fare. Experience the essence of our lively hawker culture by sampling dishes from both veteran and new hawkers. Learn about the roots of our street foods as we present dishes from…
- Chinatown - Dive into our local culinary scene as we showcase our street food legacy. Wander through historic streets and alleys where itinerant vendors once sold their fare. Experience the essence of our lively hawker culture by sampling dishes from both veteran and new hawkers. Learn about the roots of our street foods as we present dishes from various cultures, each with its own preserved traditions, cherished by both locals and visitors.
- Maxwell Food Centre - Discover why eating is a beloved activity in Singapore! Sample at least 9 different Malay, Indian, and Chinese dishes, tantalizing your taste buds with flavors ranging from sweet to spicy to savory. Enjoy delights such as Hainanese Chicken Rice, rojak, oyster cake, savory pastries, refreshing sugar cane juice, and more.
- Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum - Marvel at the architecturally magnificent Chinese temple built in the Tang style and capture photos of this iconic landmark in Chinatown Singapore.
- Tekka Centre - Located in Little India, this popular food center offers a variety of local foods like roti prata (Indian flatbread), Indian rojak, and other beloved local dishes.
- Serangoon Road - Savor Indian street snacks along the bustling Serangoon Road. Discover hidden street art and shops along this major thoroughfare in Little India.
- Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple - Learn about the historic temple that served as a refuge during the Japanese War Occupation and its ongoing significance to the Hindu community. Photo opportunities are available.
- House of Tan Teng Niah - The last remaining Chinese villa in Little India, showcasing a blend of Malay, Chinese, and European architectural styles. Photo opportunities are available.
- Campbell Lane - Experience local life with flower garland artisans, street markets, and the nearby Little India Heritage Centre adding vibrancy to this colorful street.
What's Included
- 9 local food tastings - Kaya Toast, Roti Prata, Rojak, Chicken Rice & more
- Snacks
- Breakfast
- Private Guided Tour with a Local Insider
- Experience Singapore on foot & with public transport - includes one-way train ticket to Little India
- 9 local food tastings - Kaya Toast, Roti Prata, Rojak, Chicken Rice & more
- Snacks
- Breakfast
- Private Guided Tour with a Local Insider
- Experience Singapore on foot & with public transport - includes one-way train ticket to Little India
What's Not Included
- No private transportation. Only public transport is provided for the tour.
- No hotel pickup
- No private transportation. Only public transport is provided for the tour.
- No hotel pickup
Additional Information
Discover the rich cultural diversity of Singapore and savor the flavors like a local! Join the Private Street Food Tour to sample 9 genuine street foods from Chinese, Malay, and Indian cuisines as you explore Chinatown and Little India. Learn about the locals who influence the vibrant food scene and understand why dining is a beloved national pastime in…
Discover the rich cultural diversity of Singapore and savor the flavors like a local! Join the Private Street Food Tour to sample 9 genuine street foods from Chinese, Malay, and Indian cuisines as you explore Chinatown and Little India. Learn about the locals who influence the vibrant food scene and understand why dining is a beloved national pastime in Singapore.
- Tastings include ingredients such as soy, gluten, wheat, chicken, pork, dairy, nuts and spices. Hence it is not suitable for travelers who are vegan, gluten intolerant and have food allergies
- Wear casual attire with comfortable footwear
- Bring along a poncho or umbrella and water to stay hydrated
Location
Chinatown MRT station
Meet at Chinatown MRT station (Exit A - Pagoda Street). Detailed instructions with photos of the meeting point will be provided after booking.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Debral517
Nov 4, 2024
No crazy rich asians here- just a genuine Singapore local sharing her stories and food with you. - From the moment we booked the tour, Rachel liked after us like royalty! Great info about the tour and friendly reminders. The tour itself is an excellent mix of food (all of it delicious and accompanied with interesting stories about it) and culture and really brings a personal aspect to Singapore. We had one day in Singapore and this was a fantastic way to spend it! Definitely recommend- you’ll have fun with Rachel.
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Coastal39462483563
Sep 28, 2024
😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰 - You will love this tour I can’t recommend enough, Rachel was amazing , you will enjoy so much, here a lot about history , see vibrant neighborhoods Chinatown and little India , you will love this tour and it’s a must, Rachel thank you for amazingggg day😍
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Melissask6455rr
Jun 21, 2024
Culture and food tour - Rachel was an excellent guide! We had fantastic sampling of foods and enjoyed her informative tour. I really enjoyed going to the temple and seeing the religious traditions in action. Highly recommend!!
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Katrinalu16
Oct 10, 2022
Explore the mysteries of Little India - Rachel is the best tour guide we have ever seen! She is excellent, lovely and definitely a superb storyteller and very insightful. We like and appreciate the way and attitude Rachel organized the tour with details, patience and her true passion before, during and after the tour which made our Little India time a very interesting, informative and memorable. Tasting local foods and walking through wet market were also an amazing part of the arrangements to get to know more about the culture and tradition. Highly recommend Rachel and you will always get surprise from her.
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Helen54321
Feb 5, 2022
Fascinating Little India! - Enjoyed the tour tremendously! Even though Little India is like within the Singapore backyard, there were still gems of knowledge my husband and I got to know today!
Rachel is such a personable and passionate guide. She takes every effort to make history "come alive". Drawing from her research and experience, she breezes us through a most enjoyable time down the "back streets" of little India to Jln Besar, dropping little tips and nuggets for the time-tested traveller.
I am proud to support such quality local tours like these! Keep it up guys! :)
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Fiona
Jan 3, 2022
Interactive and informative - Joined the tour with a friend and group size was 5 in total inclusive of our guide, Rachel.
Rachel is an exceptional guide who takes time to familiarise with us and has enriched us with tidbits of information on the historical background of the sites seen at Little India. Her rich knowledge of the place is clearly demonstrated in her bringing us to places where we can get magnificent bird's eye view of the landscape of Little India.
Depsite the heavy rain, she was flexible in the tour schedule and was accommodating in checking with our schedule and extending the tour to 4 hrs to ensure that we still get to enjoy the full experience of the tour when the rain died down.
The impressive depth and range of places, food and information covered makes it worth the price for the tour.
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Greenteaconnoisseur
Jan 2, 2022
A lovely and informative tour around Little India - I joined the tour with a friend, and a couple haf also signed up for the tour separately so there were five of us in total with our tour guide, Rachel. The tour group's small, which makes for a much more discussive atmosphere and even though I'm Singaporean myself, I've taken away quite a fair bit from the tour.
Unfortunately, it rained pretty heavily during the tour but Rachel re-arranged our itinerary and we started off with some food at Tekka hawker centre and a look through the wet market. She went through the history behind how hawker centres were started, how the dishes are made and some ingredients in the wet market. Once the rain had died down into a drizzle, she led us through Little India and shared about how Little India has 'evolved' over time including pointing out some relics from building projects and architectural features of cultural importance. She also gave us several food recommendations, which is always a plus. 😊 The tour took a total of almost 4 h.
Overall, despite the more expensive price tag, I do think the small group tour Rachel provides is a really informative and personal experience. If you'd like to learn more about Singapore, Rachel and her tours with Curious Culture is definitely worth going for.
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Marielacoursiere
Dec 17, 2021
Terrific tour that I strongly recommend - Visiting Singapore from Canada for the first time and did this tour with my 14 year old son on Day 7 of our visit. Booked the tour because I was curious about Little India and there wasn’t much about it in my travel guide. This tour is hands-down on my Top 3 highlights for the entire trip. Rachel is very knowledgeable and entertaining. She took us to places we would have otherwise not been to and gave us a solid and very interesting overview of the Indian cultural heritage in Singapore. Having her guide us through the Hawkers and market was very valuable so we’d get a great sample of Indian foods from “A” stalls, and so was having her guide us through a Hindu temple. We left with an appreciation we wouldn’t have had doing this on our own. Strongly recommend her to anyone visiting Singapore wishing to learn more about this fascinating facet of Singaporean life.
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Emmakev2019
Jul 21, 2019
Best tour ever ! - Rachel was prompt; extremely knowledgable about the various Singapore cultures; religion & history. The food tasted on the way was magnificent and I learnt about the Singapore not seen by most tourists such as the government sponsored housing. Amazing and excellent value - a must do tour.
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