The 6 Best Market Tours in Singapore

1.Singapore Market to Table Culinary Experience (Wet Market Tour included)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 479 reviews · from $112Our pick

Meet a licensed guide and chef such as Denise, Colin, Vivian, or Vidhya for a morning wet-market walk, local coffee-shop breakfast, and hands-on cooking class. You’ll learn how Singapore’s many cultures shape its food, then prepare several dishes from scratch in a group of no more than 10.

“This was a great experience, and we enjoyed our time with Chef Colin. He provided step by step instructions for cooking traditional Singaporean dished - Hainanese chicken rice, Ngoh Hiang (large fried chicken roll) and Kueh Dadar (dessert). Read more”

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2.Singapore: Chinatown Hawker Market Food Tour with 7 Food Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 213 reviews · from $146

Spend three hours walking through Chinatown with guides such as Kent, Edwin, Natalie, or Jag, stopping for kaya toast, chicken rice, chwee kueh, chendol, local beer, and more. Expect a small group of up to 12, plenty of cultural background, and a menu that may change.

“Ronny was an excellent tour guide, he was really friendly and knowledgeable about Singapore, Chinatown and the food scene. Come hungry - I struggled to finish all the food!!”

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3.Singapore Chinatown Market Private Food Tour with 7 Food Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $475

Walk Singapore’s Chinatown with a private guide, sampling bak kwa, kaya toast, chicken rice, prata, chendol, chwee kueh, local beer, and a secret dish. Guides such as Tang, Jinette, Jeanette, and Edwin have led past tours, with time to ask questions and adjust the pace.

“Tried many great new foods! Very friendly tour guide and very knowledgeable. I loved exploring Chinatown and also seeing murals.”

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4.Singapore: Market-to-Table Experience and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 3 hours · from $109Best value

Meet a licensed guide-chef at Northern Bridge Road and Jalan Sultan Road, visit a local wet market, enjoy a Singapore coffee-shop breakfast, then cook three local dishes. Menus vary by day, with English and Chinese instruction, hands-on work, and ingredients included.

“We had a blast! Looking at the market before cooking was so interesting and we learned so much about the locals. The fun continued when we returned to cook our scrumptious food. Angel was a wonderful teacher and very understandable for us Americans to understand. If given an opportunity would definitely return!”

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5.Private Market Visit and Cooking Class With A Professional Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $126

Meet your professional chef at Tiong Bahru Market, if you choose the market option, then return to Palate Sensations for a private Singaporean cooking class. Prepare dishes such as laksa, chicken rice, sambal squid, and sambal kangkong, then eat your lunch with tea or coffee.

“Good experience, however there were only 2 participants, so lacked some atmosphere.”

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6.Learn to cook authentic Peranakan food with local market tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $168

Meet chef Wei Qiang at Chinatown MRT for a private Peranakan cooking class and local market visit. Shop for ingredients, then prepare assam fishhead and ayam pongteh from scratch. The class includes equipment, apron, recipes, and lunch, with space for two to six people.

“Wei was very welcoming and a great teacher. We cooked three recipes together, and he made sure we knew what we were doing. He also gave a great history of peranakan cooking and the history behind it. Would definitely recommend for an authentic cooking experience.”

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