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Singapore airport opens street hawker-style food court

Singapore’s Changi Airport has introduced a Singapore Food Street offering food from some popular hawker stalls.

Jul 23, 2014 | By AFPRelaxnews

Singapore Food Street

Singapore’s Changi Airport has rounded up some of the most popular local street hawkers for a new food court that will feature the nation’s favorite foods, giving flyers another reason to arrive early for their flight.

Terminal 3 Singapore Changi airport

While most airports are seen as merely hubs and transit centers for flyers, Changi Airport has succeeded in becoming a destination in and of itself, with a slew of innovative services and amenities that have helped it win the title of World’s Best Airport for two years running.

Singapore Changi Airport

After watching a movie, strolling in the butterfly and orchid gardens, taking a heart-pumping ride down the 12-meter airport slide or waking from a quick siesta, flyers can now wander down to Singapore Food Street in Terminal 3.

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Changi Airport Butterfly Garden

They will find hawker stalls selling 200 of the nation’s favorite local dishes, ranging from pork rib soup (Cheng Bak Kut Teh), vermicelli in spicy peanut sauce at Newton Circus Satay Bee Hoon and the local favorite, Odeon Beef Noodles, a Singaporean food institution.

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Street Food at Changi Airport

The food court spans 1,000 square meters and evokes the nostalgia of Singapore in the 1960s, with pushcarts and Peranakan-style decor.


 
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