Wok this way. Singapore’s famed “hawker” centers, ubiquitous foodcourt-like venues for communal vending and dining, are making their way to New York City. Armed with a bevy of secret recipes and big ...

Some cities are easier to plan when the first stop is a market, hawker center, or street-food district. Breakfast, lunch, and ...

In a 2003 episode of A Cook’s Tour, a less gray—and even skinnier—Anthony Bourdain comes to Singapore for the first time (on television, at least) and completes a circuit of the city-state’s cultural ...

Last week, I ate the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal: a chicken-and-rice dish in Singapore. It cost 3 Singapore dollars, or about $2.25, and was served on a plastic plate at a hawker center.

In food-obsessed Singapore, being a picky eater isn't a character flaw. It's a national pastime. Nowhere is that passion more on display than at the city's open-air food markets, called hawker centers ...