Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre

Snapshot on 1 October 2024.

This boring place has been around since 1975. 

Will be greatly missed by:
- the boring students of Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School that will eat here before and after school.
- the boring church members who eat here every Sunday and other days when they have church activities.
- the boring weekend warrior hikers who will rest here after their boring hikes nearby.
- the boring residents of Toh Yi Drive and the surrounding private housing who don't have maids, so the hawkers here are their personal chefs who will most of the time cook things to your pref because boring people eat at the same boring stalls daily.
- the boring househusbands and housewives that buy their meat and veggies and provisions for the uncle and aunties here.

 

What we won't miss:
- the grimy ceiling of the hawker centre.
- the birds that join in the fun, wow, there are even boring birds.
- the snatching of parking spaces from each other.

Crabs

These crabs being killed by the fish monger for us. We bought a few crabs and the fish monger is helping us kill it. Killing it ourselves can be quite traumatic at home. LOL!



There are many ways to kill crabs, how do you do it?

Dinner was Chilli Crabs & Butter Crabs. Do you like to eat crabs?

Lots and lots of eggs..

Spotted at a 'wet market'. A truck with lots of eggs inside. They are huge too!
Was told one 'crate' of it cost $4, much cheaper than buying from supermarkets. Fresher too!



Do you like eggs? How do you like it done? I like eggs with runny yolks! ;-)

From Fresh Ingredients to Cooked Food

A typical 'Wet Market' market on the bottom floor, and 'Food Centre' on the top floor in Singapore.



In the city that you live in, where do you get your meat, vegetables, etc?
In Singapore, most housewives get the fresh meat and vegetables from 'wet markets' like this.

market's closed for cleaning...

spotted yesterday while going for lunch...

the fresh food market and cooked food market, closed for cleaning.



Fresh food markets are also commonly known as wet markets. People generally do not go to wet markets on Mondays because supplies of vegetables and meat are limited or almost non existent. Some are even closed.

Are you a fresh food / wet market person or do you buy everything from the supermarkets / hypermarkets?

Big Man and Big Fish

This is a shot from the 2nd floor of a wet market. It was taken at the Bukit Timah Market.
What caught my eye was the huge fish in the container!



Do you shop in traditional wet markets? Or do you prefer supermarkets?