Golden Mile Food Centre
黄金熟食中心
Stalls
100+
Nearest MRT
Nicoll Highway (CC5), short walk
Known for
Sup tulang, claypot rice, Hokkien mee
Nickname
'Army Market' — military-surplus shops on the upper floor
Regulars don't say Golden Mile — they say Army Market, after the military-surplus shops on the upper floor that have kitted out generations of national servicemen with boots, field packs and mess tins. The hawker floors below, built in 1975 to rehouse street hawkers from the old Jalan Sultan market, remain one of the city's great unpolished eating houses: sup tulang merah in the basement's halal corner stains fingers fire-red, claypot rice is fired patiently to order, and veteran wok stalls fry Hokkien mee the old dry way. It stays blessedly untouristy; the lunch crowd is servicemen, Beach Road office workers and old-timers who know exactly which floor their stall lives on. For calorie-counters it hides an easy win — the yong tau foo stalls let you build a clear-soup, pick-your-own lunch around 300 calories, fried pieces politely declined.
505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
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Typical calorie estimates for dishes at Golden Mile Food Centre. Actual values vary by stall.
Plan Your Meal
Realistic orders at Golden Mile Food Centre, with the calorie math done for you.
Basement wok lunch
770 kcal- Hokkien Mee650
- Teh Tarik120
Old-school dry-fried Hokkien mee from the basement plus a pulled tea — a classic Golden Mile lunch, comfortably under 800 kcal.
Claypot night
1000 kcal- Claypot Rice700
- Yong Tau Foo300
Order the claypot first — it takes 20–30 minutes to fire — then graze on clear-soup yong tau foo while you wait. Made for sharing.
The full Beach Road
1314 kcal- Char Kway Teow744
- Sup Tulang450
- Teh Tarik120
Wok-hei plus marrow-and-gravy indulgence — bring a friend and split both plates.
Famous Stalls
Haji Kadir & M Baharudeen Sup Tulang
Sup Tulang Merah
The storied Beach Road sup tulang, down in the basement: mutton bones in fire-red spiced gravy, marrow knocked out and mopped up with bread, eaten unapologetically by hand.
Yew Chuan Claypot Rice
Claypot Rice
Order first, wander after — each pot is fired to order over 20-odd minutes, arriving with a crackly rice crust, lap cheong, salted fish and a dark-sauce sheen.
Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee
Hokkien Mee
A basement veteran of more than three decades, frying Hokkien mee the old dry style — stock-drenched noodles with prawns, and a jumbo seafood version for the committed.
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Getting There
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Nearby
Nicoll Highway MRT
CC5 (Circle Line) — a short walk from the centre
Kampong Glam & Sultan Mosque
The golden-domed mosque, Haji Lane and Arab Street are a 10-minute walk inland
Beach Road Army Market
On the upper floor of the centre itself — the military-surplus shops that gave the building its nickname
About Golden Mile Food Centre
Golden Mile Food Centre went up in 1975 to rehouse street hawkers from the old Jalan Sultan market, part of the urban renewal that remade Beach Road, and it still wears the era proudly: a raw concrete block at 505 Beach Road with hawker stalls across the basement and ground level, and the military-surplus shops of the famous 'Army Market' on the storey above — the reason generations of national servicemen made this their first stop for boots and field gear, then stayed for lunch. It has never gone the tourist-postcard route of Maxwell or Chinatown Complex; the crowd is Beach Road office workers, servicemen and long-time regulars, which keeps the queues honest and the prices old-school.
The eating skews classic Singapore with a strong halal corner in the basement. Down there, Haji Kadir's storied sup tulang stall serves mutton bones in fire-red spiced gravy that you eat with your hands and a stack of bread, while the veteran Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee wok fries its noodles the old dry style. Yew Chuan fires claypot rice to order (budget 20–30 minutes for the crackly crust), and 91 Fried Kway Teow Mee flips a famously vegetable-loaded, no-lard char kway teow. Calorie-counters do well here too: clear-soup yong tau foo and a kopi siew dai make a sub-500 lunch painless. Nicoll Highway MRT (CC5) is a short walk away, with Kampong Glam a ten-minute stroll inland for a post-lunch wander.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Golden Mile Food Centre's opening hours?
Golden Mile Food Centre is open Daily, roughly 6:00am–10:00pm (individual stall hours vary). Individual stalls set their own hours and may close when sold out.
What is the nearest MRT to Golden Mile Food Centre?
Nicoll Highway (CC5). The address is 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583.
What is Golden Mile Food Centre famous for?
Haji Kadir & M Baharudeen Sup Tulang (sup tulang merah), Yew Chuan Claypot Rice (claypot rice), Hainan Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (hokkien mee) — with 100+ stalls in total.
How many calories are in a typical meal at Golden Mile Food Centre?
Popular dishes range from about 120 kcal to 744 kcal per serving — see the calorie guide above for dish-by-dish estimates.
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