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Residents of Punggol, Punggol Central Pasar Malam has just landed at Blk 637 Punggol Drive. It runs from 12 Sep 2025 till 11 Oct 2025 from 12pm – 10pm daily. As the resident Gen-Z at the office, I headed down to give it a shot.
I arrived around 5pm to avoid the evening crowd and was greeted by 2 rows of vibrantly decorated stalls. There were your standard affairs like Ramly Burgers and Ah Moi Thai Tea, but I didn’t come here to eat the same old food.
The first stall that caught my attention was Famous Mini Pancake, right next to the pasar malam’s entrance. Talk about tooting your own horn.
They sell their namesake Mini Pancakes at S$6, with the owner recommending the Premium Choco flavour. After he cooked the pancakes right in front of me, I took a bite and melted on the spot with how soft and comfy they were. The chocolate coating on the pancakes added a milky aftertaste, too.
I also bought their Oreo Mozza (S$5), which was a corndog slathered in cookies-and-cream dip. It was a terrific combination of the savoury crunchiness of the corndog with an oozing custard inside, matched with the sheer sweetness of the cookies and cream. Perfect for my youthful taste buds, but I’d be concerned about an older person’s blood sugar levels after eating this.
Sultana Zwin offered the most affordable option I could find with their Rolly (S$4 for chicken, S$5 for beef), which was chopped-up meat laid messily inside a massive hotdog bun.
I couldn’t even see the rendang chicken hidden inside the bun from the flood of cheese drowning it. But for what was effectively a S$4 hotdog, I think it struck the perfect balance of tender meat and overwhelming cheesiness.
From the most affordable option, we go to the most atas with mKUKiNG and their Fried Kway Teow Striploin at a staggering S$17! My colleague Dean and I contemplated long and hard before morbid curiosity took over, and we forked out the money for it.
For the S$17 price point, it should have been the most breathtaking kway teow and sirloin steak I’d ever tasted. Unfortunately, the kway teow was missing the crucial wok hey, and in a post-Uncle Roger era, lacking wok hey is pretty much a cardinal sin in Asian cooking.
And while I thought the sirloin steak was quite tender to bite, it was dry and overcooked on the inside.
Potato Hub offers a starchy spread of options, which included your standard Twist Potato (S$4), Bake Cheese Potato (S$6), and even a Cheesey Mac (S$5). But what enticed me the most was their Waterfall Cheese Mashed Potatoes (S$7) with an array of topping options such as crab meat, corn, mushrooms, and chicken ham.
The mashed potatoes had a smooth texture and consistency, but were still tough enough to snap my plastic spoon in half. It tasted much saltier than I expected, maybe a bit too salty.
If matcha’s still your thing, I counted 3 stalls that sell different variations of matcha lattes; a little overkill in my opinion. Regardless, I patronised JustDrink as I was intrigued by their unique cup design.
However, their Blueberry Matcha Latte (S$7, S$7.50 for fresh milk) was mediocre at best. At first, I couldn’t even tell if I received the correct drink, as the blueberry syrup had a reddish-pink hue that resembled strawberry syrup.
Whatever flavour the matcha or blueberry syrup had was completely diluted by how strong the latte was, and despite paying the extra S$0.50, I couldn’t taste a drop of fresh milk.
While I left this pasar malam with mixed opinions on the food, it’s still a pretty scenic place to sit down with your family for evening snacks or a date with your crush.
Not worth travelling across the island for, but Punggol Central Pasar Malam is at least deserving of a quick visit if you live around the Punggol area.
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