Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa

Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa is a hawker stall on the second floor of Hong Lim Market & Food Centre, near Chinatown. It is known for two dishes with its own twists: a seafood-rich laksa and a mee siam made with fruit juice.

Daniel Soo started the stall around 2000, according to a 2017 profile by the Michelin Guide. He worked out the recipes himself rather than using a family recipe. Over the years he adjusted them based on what his customers told him.

The story behind the name

The name looks back to an older Singapore. Decades ago, laksa sellers worked along Sungei Road and sold their noodles from trishaws, the three-wheeled bicycles once common on local streets. The stall's name is a nod to those hawkers.

In 2017 the Michelin Guide featured the stall in its Behind the Bib series, which profiles its Bib Gourmand picks.

What to order

The laksa is called Asia Delight Laksa. Its broth is simmered with dried scallops, dried oysters and dried prawns. The stall uses less coconut milk than many laksa stalls and adds fresh coconut juice instead. The result is a lighter gravy that still has plenty of seafood flavour.

You can usually choose yellow noodles, thin rice vermicelli or thick rice vermicelli. Reviews list toppings such as cockles, prawns, fish cake and fried bean curd puffs. Crayfish has been offered as an add-on for a bigger bowl.

The Fruit Juice Mee Siam is the other reason to visit. Mee siam is a dish of thin rice noodles in a sweet, sour and spicy gravy. Most stalls use tamarind for the sour note, but this one uses fruit juices instead. The gravy comes out tangy, sweet and a little spicy.

Good to know before you go

• Go early: reviewers mention long waits at peak times, and popular dishes can sell out before the stall closes.
• Finding it: look for stall #02-66 on the second floor of the food centre.
• Hawker basics: if this is your first hawker centre, read our guides on how to order at hawker stalls and hawker centre etiquette.

Nearby

Hong Lim sits between Chinatown and the business district. Boat Quay and the Singapore River are a short walk away. If you want to try another hawker favourite, head to Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang at Lau Pa Sat.

Hotels close to the food centre include Park Royal Collection Pickering and The Clan Hotel Singapore. For more ideas, see our hawker favourites, all restaurants in Marina Bay and the CBD, our laksa guides and the Chinatown cheap eats crawl.