(Photo credited to: foodiefc.blogspot.com)
For SMU students, Waterloo Hawker Center is like the Haji Lane of hawker centres. It's relatively unknown and unfrequented by students, who choose to patronise the more distance-friendly choices like Kopitiam or Koufu (ugh). I don't know about you, but I feel a little bit special every time I go there, as if I'm one of the few chosen people who know about the place (that sounds suspiciously hipster-ish but I swear that's not my intent). Tucked away in an alley behind Coffee Bean and Bras Basar MRT station, this humble joint boasts many stalls that sell local favourites like carrot cake and ban mian.
No doubt, one of the more popular stalls at Waterloo Hawker Center is the Chicken Rice stall. Queues for a plate of this classic dish can be long, and frankly that's understandable. The chicken is juicy and succulent, while the rice is fluffy and fragrant. They also have other choices such as char siew, a nicely barbecued strip of pork that has been marinated in a sweet-salty sauce, and roast pork belly, crispy and golden brown in its glory. Despite that, the star is no doubt still the chicken rice. At $4 a plate, it is as easy on the wallet as it is on the palette.
Distance to Waterloo Hawker Center from SOE/SOSS: 440m / 6 min walk
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