Kebun Baru Food Centre, Ang Mo Kio (9 July 2006)
Kebun Baru Food Centre (GPS: 1.36718, 103.84002) is a hawker centre in
Ang Mo Kio,
Singapore. It was completed in 1976, at a time when the Ang Mo Kio township was being developed, with the oldest residential blocks having been completed just a year before. It was of course a very different Singapore back then, or rather, it was a Singapore in transition, with places like Ang Mo Kio being transformed from one that is rural into one that is urban, albeit of largely unadorned blocks of flats.
The Kebun Baru Food Centre is located beside Ang Mo Kio Street 22. It is Block 226H, part of the Kebun Baru Mall, which comprises various components of Block 226. This is where the locals of Ang Mo Kio congregate for their groceries as well as hawker fare.
Thanks to my friend Evonne, I had the opportunity of visiting the Kebun Baru Food Centre. We first took the MRT to the
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station (NS16), then took bus 262 to Bus Stop 54629 along Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, next to the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park. We crossed the road, walked past the Kim Eang Tong Temple, past the Kebun Baru Market, and arrived at the food centre. I remember being impressed by its size. Not only was it big, it was also very crowded, with lots of people converging there for their breakfast.
Stalls at Kebun Baru Food Centre
Here's a showcase featuring selected stalls that I have tried at the Kebun Baru Food Centre.
Seleter Sheng Mian Stall
I saw that this stall at Kebun Baru Food Centre was also doing very good business, with a long queue in front of it. The address is #01-07, 226H Kebun Baru Food Centre, Ang Mo Kio Street 22, Singapore 568226.
Seletar Sheng Mian stall, Kebun Baru Food Centre (29 July 2017)
Queue at the Seletar Sheng Mian stall (29 July 2017)
The folks of Ang Mo Kio coming out to do their marketing at the Kebun Baru Market and Food Centre. (9 July 2006)
The hawker centres at Kebun Baru in Ang Mo Kio is often crowded on Saturday mornings. (9 July 2006)
The Kebun Baru Food Centre is quite big, with different sections, all quite crowded that Saturday morning. (9 July 2006)
Long queue at the Qi Xiang Rice Set stall, Kebun Baru Food Centre, Ang Mo Kio. (9 July 2006)
Kebun Baru Food Centre on Google Maps Street View
Kebun Baru Food Centre, as seen from Ang Mo Kio Street 22 (May 2015)