Is Newton Hawker Centre a safe place for food?

[Veryfree]

Newton Hawker Ctr just came back to business totally revamped, err, but except for

one thing.....bad reputation. recently, a few foreigners got sort of conned.

http://travel.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Stor...318-129428.html

 

does anyone have any bad experience? i heard of good food there, but wouldn't

dare to recommend anyone after hearing such news.

[Snowblind]

Don't really find the food great or anything considering the reputation. I believe most locals will not be conned as they know the price and the dishes sold.

[Watwheels]

A few decades ago maybe the food there was good. And back then it's one of the few hawker centres which opens late into the night. Ppl have fond memories of it maybe till now.

 

 

[Observer]

Just went there over the weekend...they know we are locals so i guess prices was according to the menu shown to us...ok la...extra couple of dollars for each dish as compared to 85 or chomp chomp...

 

You see...if we go overseas we do not go for the cheapest as we will not know where to find it..just like the ang mohs who will likely not to find chomp chomp or 85 around...since hotels located mainly centrally, newton circus is one of the most central they could find isnt it? =)

[Jl1500k]

Last time was quite common of people get into fighting after got drunk in Newton Hawker Centre.

 

 

[Watwheels]

Last time was quite common of people get into fighting after got drunk in Newton Hawker Centre.

I think it's common anywhere that sells alcoholic drinks, not just NHC.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

A few decades ago maybe the food there was good. And back then it's one of the few hawker centres which opens late into the night. Ppl have fond memories of it maybe till now.

Wahhhhhhhh............. I still missed Whitley Hawker Centre (the one under Thomson Rd / Toa Payoh flyover) .....

 

food is cheap and good, not like NHC ......

[Ixiz]

Basically anything with fixed price at any hawker center should be safe .

 

Eg - $1.00/$1.50 Sugar Cane, Chicken rice $3/$4 .. Mee Goreng $2.50/$3 Etc

 

All the above should not have much dispute . .

 

Those that normally goes by Weightage or listed as "Seaonal price".. Best is try to avoid .

 

Eg - Durians , Prawn , Crabs etc . .

 

[Vroomtattat]

Wahhhhhhhh............. I still missed Whitley Hawker Centre (the one under Thomson Rd / Toa Payoh flyover) .....

 

food is cheap and good, not like NHC ......

 

Nothing beats the good old hawker centre at Koek Road, next to the old Cold Storage at Cuppage?

[Rollagt]

Sometimes I do go there for supper after movies coz its the only hawker centre ard town and open till late nite.

 

I dun go for their BBQ food but order some simple dish like carrot cake, hokkien mee, chicken wings, popiah, fishball noodles etc they had pricing on their stall so wont kanna chop. If they chop me $8 for hokkien mee I will not pay. I call police. LOL

[Hamburger]

Sometimes I do go there for supper after movies coz its the only hawker centre ard town and open till late nite.

 

I dun go for their BBQ food but order some simple dish like carrot cake, hokkien mee, chicken wings, popiah, fishball noodles etc they had pricing on their stall so wont kanna chop. If they chop me $8 for hokkien mee I will not pay. I call police. LOL

theres nothing mata can do for u unless they r paying for ur mee . Instead u r doing e hawker a favour by calling e mata in

[Ultramega]

Hawker centres not located in HDB estates = expensive.

[Grx80]

The National Environment Agency has suspended Stall Number 43 - Tanglin Best BBQ Seafood at Newton Food Centre for three months for breaching licensing conditions.

 

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2306784

 

[RadX]

Seafood...go to Jumbo la

[Ysc3]

so far, i have only went to Newtom hawker ctr once in my entire life - and that was during my secondary school excursion(20+ yrs ago) !! even then, i dun think i had anything there.

 

i dunno why newton always makes it to travellers ears even with the bad publicity ?? i mean, even as a local, i dun like the place already, just after reading/hearing abt it.

[Richsg300]

I would choose AH YEE seafood located at turf city to newton Hawker center seafood over any time.. Newton is hot, cramp with ppl and when u reach home u smell of oil and last but not least the seafood there is

[Application9999]

another repeat telecast of news....there is already another thread on this topic....save some forum space ler...

[Stary]

The National Environment Agency has suspended Stall Number 43 - Tanglin Best BBQ Seafood at Newton Food Centre for three months for breaching licensing conditions.

 

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2306784

 

No point. They just close the stall and open somewhere else using a different name.

 

Sometimes these stalls also quite stupid. Ang moh doesn't mean they must be tourist. Singapore has so many FTs and PRs now, what make them think they can chop the ang mohs?

 

Anyway, the only draw about Newton is the huge carpark available. Other food centres have tiny carparks or not very convenient. Look at chomp chomp, nice place, but freaking hard to find a carpark nearby during peak hours.