blk 127 toa payoh lorong 1
food centre above market


the food centre that sits above the lorong 1 toa payoh market houses a few good food stalls. a number of these stalls used to be located at blk 135 before the upgrading.

the teochew hand-made pau is one of them. the paus are bite-size and each costs fifty cents. i like the char siew and the kong bak paus. other varieties they have include the pork pau, the lotus paste pau, the chicken pau and the red bean pau. they also sell siew mai and lo mai kai.
on sunday when i was there, the paus were sold out before noon. the stall is closed on mondays.

the teochew hand-made pau stall also take orders for shou tao - chinese birthday pau - with a minimum order of 30 pieces at 50 cents each.

nowadays, it helps when stall holders display their culinary awards. did not know that the noodle was good but based on the awards on display, decided to give the food a try. it turned out that the fishball noodles from 135 fishball noodles were very delicious.

another stall from blk 135 is the come daily fried hokkien prawn mee stall. this stall has a long history; it has been in existence for more than thirty years. if the order is a large one, the noodles will be placed on nipah bark, which is believed to retain the flavour of the food. this stall also garnered the largest number of awards - twelve.

another well-rated stall is at #02-29, the congee stall. it sells hong kong style porridge, mee suah and raw fish.