J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff

J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff is a hawker stall at Amoy Street Food Centre that makes just one thing: curry puffs. Each puff is a fried pastry case with a savoury or sweet filling, and you can eat it on the spot or take it away.

Husband and wife Lee Meng Li and Wu Jing Hua have run the stall since 2007. They ran a bakery before this, and that pastry skill shows in the flaky, layered crust. The stall holds a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Singapore. This award marks good cooking at a fair price.

What to order

There are four fillings, and most people buy a mix of them:

• Curry chicken: the classic, with chicken and potato in curry.
• Black pepper chicken: a peppery take on the chicken filling.
• Sardine: sardines with chilli, for a stronger, fishier bite.
• Yam: a sweet taro filling, and the one most likely to run out.

The puffs are made by hand. The pastry is crisp on the outside and breaks into thin layers when you bite in. The Michelin write-up singles out this flaky, crispy crust. One or two puffs make a good snack. A few more, with a coffee from another stall, make an easy breakfast.

Good to know before you go

• Come early. The puffs are best soon after they leave the fryer, and the choice shrinks later in the day.
• The yam puff is made in smaller numbers, so it often sells out first.
• Bring cash. The Michelin Guide lists the stall as cash only.
• Tables in the food centre are shared. Our guide on how to chope a seat at a hawker centre explains the local habit of saving a place.

New to hawker food? Read what a hawker centre is and how to order at hawker stalls before your first visit. Both are short and will save you some confusion at the counter.

Getting there

Amoy Street Food Centre is at 7 Maxwell Road, on the edge of the business district near Tanjong Pagar. J2 is at unit #01-21 on the ground floor. The centre is full of other stalls, so it is easy to build a cheap lunch around a bag of curry puffs. Our Tanjong Pagar and Keong Saik guide covers the streets around it.

Nearby

For a sit-down meal close by, Hyang Yeon on Telok Ayer Street serves Korean food. You can find more places in our list of restaurants in Marina Bay and the CBD. If you like stalls like this one, browse our hawker favourites or our guide to cheap eats in Singapore.