How to Eat Healthy in Singapore?

[spidernyc]

Hi, I've been eating way too much hawker food. What are some tips for eating healthier in Singapore? Either local or other foods. I am American and used to salads and sandwiches. I'm a bit bored with Subway at this point. THANKS!

[tegan]

sorry.. what i meant to say was, you should gnaw on your arm until it falls off.

[spidernyc]

*bump*

any other suggestions?

[hillview2006]

The best way.. Prepare your own salads and sandwiches at home.

[linggoh]

Is so hard to have a healthy lifestyle in singapore ya. 'cos i such a glutton But im taking herbalife shakes now every morning as a dietary supplement ya. Have been two mth, and i did feel the difference. Ah haha. As in more energetic. Erm and the shakes taste good. OMg Glutton me.

[beachbod]

Prepare ur own food at home... and dun forget to excercise

[whatalark]

There used to be a Sizzler's at Suntec, basement level. Of course, Sizzlers is all about salad bars and steaks and grilled stuff.

I'd go with what most every one else has said: do it yourself, at home. Brown bag it to the office.

[kopi_Princess]

For healthy food, you may want to try these:

- Soup Spoon @ Raffles Place MRT / Raffles City basement.
- Yoggi Hub @ Stanley St (Tanjong Pagar). They sell interesting variety of organic food like brown rice, mushroom noodles.

[zabda]

For Healthy Food - try Sky Cafe located on 16th Fllor at Harbourfront Tower 2. They have healthy but very tasty food. You must try it!

[luvtea]

I know what you mean about hawker food.

I second Sky cafe for the ambience, I've never tried their food but looks quite tempting. For a cheaper option, go to Obriens or Cedele Depot. Obriens salad is a tad too greasy though. I prefer their sandwiches.
I quite like the vegetarian food at Whatever Cafe.

I read that the newly furbished food area at the basement of Raffles Shopping Centre has a place that serves healthy wraps.

[babykasim]

I second YogiHub - the food is nice, healthy with reasonable price.

there's this place called Mix (Raffles Place, Raffles City) which carries healthy food..
another one is Aiwo at Raffles City

i think you can still get some a little bit healthy food from the hawker centre as well :-
yong tau foo, just avoid those fried stuff and tell that you don't want oil to be added or fish soup sans the noodle
my favourite is chicken chop without fries .. just more salad (though normally it's coleslaw)

it's quite a headache finding healthy food outside at first but i guess once you have master it, shouldn't be a problem

alternatively yeah, home-made salad and/or sandwiches

[verityy]

Hi, I've been eating way too much hawker food. What are some tips for eating healthier in Singapore? Either local or other foods. I am American and used to salads and sandwiches. I'm a bit bored with Subway at this point. THANKS!

Well, you can take what we call economical rice. it's rice with an assortment of dishes that you can choose from. You can choose more vege and less rice if you like.

Also, there are many other places that sells sandwhiches like coffee bean, starbucks, mac cafe..

perhaps if you mention the area you work in and what kinds of food you prefer, we would be able to give more helpful suggestions?

[jpatokal]

Not all hawker food is unhealthy. The following are positively low-fat:

• porridge
• sliced fish/fish head soup
• rojak
• steamboat
• yong tau foo (avoid the deep-fried items)

Economy rice is not necessarily good for you, because even the veggies have often been fried in vast amounts of oil...

[Samone B]

Fish soup, beef soup, sushi, korean bbq, papaya salad. All of these are better than sandwiches, I think.

[williamw]

Do you like Japanese food. try sushi sakae, sushi tei. They are everywhere.

Things that you can pay attention when ordering hawker food: ask for plain rice instead of the oily chicken rice, ask for lean meat when ordering bbq meat, don't added the fried fishes and fried garlic when having fish ball noodles, have Tim Sum or rice roll, dumpings or other steam food instead of Char Kwey Teo, hokkien noodle, etc. Have less peanut sauce when eating satay,