HAWKER CENTRES: SITING/SIGHTING SINGAPORE'S FOOD HERITAGE

The term ‘hawker’ is defined as someone who travels selling goods, with no one fixed location. With that in mind, the term ‘hawker centre’ is almost ironic in its attempt at ‘locating’ this once nomadic trade. Yet somehow over the years, this term has become an iconic part of the Singapore landscape and intrinsically tied to the stomachs and hearts of a nation that is growing into its own…