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2017 Iftar Guide: Top 15 Places To Break Fast In Singapore

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Noor Atiqah Gafar •  May 24, 2017

The incredible month of Ramadan is almost upon us and we at HHWT can't be more excited? With Ramadan comes spending quality time and breaking fast with your loved ones, fulfilling spiritual obligations and improving your relationship with Allah SWT❤️️  If you foresee yourself breaking fast outside more often or planning a gathering with your family and friends, we've got you covered?

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From innovative, international dishes to local comfort food, here's our ultimate guide to breaking fast in Singapore?

1. Hyde & Co.

One of the first prominent names to enter the halal cafe scene, Hyde & Co. needs no further introduction! With Ramadan just around the corner, the cafe has reinvented itself and is introducing a new take-out concept called Take Hyde Out. Instead of waiting for your food to arrive with your poor tummy rumbling in protest, beat the hungry crowd and pre-order your food online instead! Not only do you cut down on your waiting time, you simply have to pop by the cafe and pick up your food for iftar! How convenient is that??

Take your pick from Modern-Singapore fusion mains like gourmet oven-baked pizzas and designer pastas! Highlights include the Geisha (a fresh smoked salmon pizza with mentaiko mayo spread topped with bonito flakes), Lady Hyde (your classic Hawaiian pizza with a local twist; complete with shrimp floss and bacon 'bak kwa' crunch) and The Bomb (a prawn omelette-pizza hybrid with a tangy sambal chincalok spread).

Famous for their innovative twists on local fare, Hyde & Co. has taken our classic Singaporean dishes a notch higher with dishes like Firecracker (spicy laksa cream linguine served with a succulent tiger prawn) and Gnocchi Mee Rebus (gnocchi tossed in their homemade mee rebus sauce served with sambal sotong and a perfectly poached egg).

If you still have room for dessert, the "Unicorn Dreams" is certainly a pleasant sight! Get your sweet fix with golden-brown waffles drizzled with a Paddlepop fondue, topped with tiny marshmallows and popcorn . Other sweet delights include Hyde's Kaya Toast (your favourite kaya toast with pandan ganache and gula melaka shavings topped with a Coconut brownie ice cream), Notting Hill (Hyde’s apple crumble with homemade butter cookie crumble served with white chocolate ganache and Madagascar Vanilla bean ice cream). Don't forget to wash down your meal with a refreshing glass of Addams Family (Iced Turkish Apple Tea)!

Do note that this new brand features a take out concept – where Hyde’s fresh and unique offerings are served in quality take out parcels (made from recycled materials) giving customers an option for dine in or take out. What's more, with the cafe extending it's opening hours to 11pm, you can drop by the cafe for a late night nibble after taraweeh?

#HHWT Tip: Order your food at order.hydeandco.com.sg before 4pm and pick up between 4.30pm - 6.30pm to get 10% off with the promo code "IFTARHYDEOUT"!

Address: 785 North Bridge Rd, Singapore 198753

Opening Hours: Mon, Wed-Fri; 11.30am-2pm (Lunch), Mon-Fri; 6pm -11pm (Dinner), Sat; 11.30am-11pm, Sun; 11.30am-6pm

Contact:6635 5785 | Pre-order now!

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This cosy little hipster den serves really good coffee and the most amaaaazing burgers? (working title) is one of the top go-to cafes in the Bugis area, serving up platter after platter of generously stacked burgers with some seasoned fries on the side. With creatives names like Baconator, Fowl Play and The Working Title Tower of Power, you can expect super filling burgers bursting with flavour!

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If you're still feeling peckish, order their Garlic Tatter Tots or the many other snacks they have on the menu.  We're absolutely in love with their Ribena Wings; a combination that shouldn't work but it just does in the best way possible?

As part of their Ramadan special, (working title) is also offeringiftar reservations at all 3 sister cafes! For just SGD20 nett, you'll get one of their classic juicy burgers with a cold drink to quench your thirst.

Address: 48 Arab Street, Singapore 199745

Operating Hours: Mon-Thurs (11am-10pm), Fri (11am-11pm), Sat-Sun (10am-11pm)

Contact: +65 8248 2841 | Reserve your slot here!

3. Texas Chicken

You can’t go wrong with fried chicken for iftar, right?? Get your hands on 100% fresh chicken that is crunchy on the outside yet super juicy and tender on the inside, only at Texas Chicken! We’re salivating just thinking about it? Plus, the fast food chain uses 8 piece cuts, which means bigger portions that are value for money (and more chicken for our rumbling tummies?)!

Texas Chicken is constantly coming out with new and interesting flavours to tantalise your tastebuds, and as part of this year’s Ramadan special, they've relaunched one of their bestsellers - Sambal Chicken! This will be a true test of spice tolerance for all those sambal lovers out there? Marinated with spicy sambal seasoning, hand-breaded and sprinkled with even MORE sambal seasoning for that extra oomph, this flavour is so good that even our resident sambal expert has given it her stamp of approval?

Get your Sambal Chicken set at all Texas Chicken restaurants in Singapore from now till 28 June 2017, while stocks last!

#HHWT Tip: Upgrade your regular side to Cheese Fries at only $1 with any Sambal Combo Meal purchased using NETS payments! Do note that this offer is valid at participating restaurants only.

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4. WORD Cafe (Muslim-Owned)

Tucked away in the rows of retro shophouses along Upper Thomson Road, WORD Cafe's industrial container facade definitely grabs your attention. This cafe offers more than just the Instagram-famous rainbow bagel! Their Cut The Crab appetizer is a hot favourite amongst patrons; breaded crab meat cakes stuffed with gooey mozzarella cheese?

Carnivores will love their Cow-ch Potato, a nicely seared striploin cut Angus beef steak with caramelized onions and garlic butter on a bed of potato puree. The cafe's pride and joy, the Handsome Burg, may look like it's been effortlessly prepared but did you know that this gorgeous rainbow bun takes about 6 hours to make? A colorful twist on your typical burger, the juicy beef patty is covered with smokey orange cheddar cheese, turkey bacon and a spicy peanut butter sauce.

If you're more of a fish person, the Salmon Khan is a must try! The Norwegian grilled salmon is lightly seasoned to maintain it's ocean freshness and served with a side of their famous potato puree.

Ever tried breaking your fast with a drink in a light bulb??  The WORD. concoction is the refreshing light bulb drink you've been seeing on your Instagram feed; made with lemongrass, lemon, mint, assam and ice cream soda. In for a sinful dessert? Their star dessert, The Original Sin, is an apple crumble made IN an apple! Topped off with a scoop of ice cream, it's definitely worth. Every. Single. Calorie. ?

Address: 906 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 787110

Operating Hours: Daily; 12pm-10pm

Contact: 9699 4829 | Facebook

5. Azur Restaurant (Crowne Plaza Changi Airport)

Lavish Ramadan buffets are a truly a Godsend, especially when it’s 1 for 1 on Mondays to Thursdays ?  From 26 May to 26 June 2017, Azur Restaurant is having a special halal-certified buffet spread for our fellow Muslim diners! Be rest assured that the restaurant has thoroughly cleansed their kitchen and that it’s certified just for Ramadan.

Have your fill of their signature roasted beef ribs and satay marinated lamb leg or indulge in their wide selection of fresh seafood. Take your pick from dishes like nasi ayam penyet, chicken/beef satay and pasta to your favourite traditional Raya delicacies like ayam masak merah, beef rendang and sayur lodeh?

Quench your thirst with shahi gulab (think Arabic bandung!) served with chopped watermelon cubes. Complete your buffet experience with delightful traditional desserts including kueh lopes, kueh ubi pisang and of course, self-serve ice kachang!

With such a wide spread of both international and local cuisine, this buffet is truly value for money! You can either opt to walk-in or make reservations if you have a big group, since they can sit up to 180 diners. Plus, with Father’s Day coming up, this will be the perfect gastronomic treat for him?

P.S. If you're dining on weekends, you'll get a stand a chance to Spin the Wheel to win attractive prizes!

#HHWT Tip: A prayer room with prayer rugs is provided.

Address: 75 Airport Blvd, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Singapore 819664

Contact: For reservations or enquires, please visit changiairport.crowneplaza.com or call +65-6823-5354.

Price:

Mon-Thurs:  Dinner - $55++  (1-for-1 dining deal)

Fri: $55 nett

Sat-Sun: Dinner - $55 nett

6. Harāru Izakaya (Muslim-Owned)

Enjoy authentic Japanese fare at Singapore's first halal Izakaya restaurant!  Although Izakaya typically means a type of Japanese bar with alcoholic drinks, you can be rest assured that this Muslim-owned restaurant does not serve any alcohol☺️ Here, you can choose from 3 different seating types – normal tables, the bar or tatami seating upstairs!

Munch on tasty appetisers like their chicken tofu salad, tori karage with 3 different dips (wasabi mayo , Japanese tartar and mango sauce), surume ika (grilled whole squid) and kaki fry (deep fried breaded oysters)?

Other ala carte menu items include the zaru soba (cold buckwheat noodles) and mentai ika cabbage (stir fried squid with cabbage and spicy cod roe). Don't forget to order their gyuniku nitsuke, a mouth-watering plate of stewed tender beef ribs that just melt in your mouth!

If you're planning on having your iftar here, remember to make reservations! From 7pm to 9pm (reservations only), the buffet menu will be served for dinner. From 9pm to 12am (walk ins only) the a la carte menu will be available.

Address: 16 Bussorah Street, Singapore 199437

Operating Hours: During Ramadan; Tues-Sun: 6pm-1am (Closed on Mondays, 12am last order)

Contact: 6291 5373

7. Hjh Maimunah Restaurant

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Address:

  1. 11 & 15 Jalan Pisang Singapore 199078
  2. 20 Joo Chiat Road #01-02 Singapore 427357
  3. 3017 Bedok North Street 5 #04-08 Gourmet East Kitchen Singapore 486121

Contact: +65 6297 4294 (Jalan Pisang) / +65 6348 5457 (Joo Chiat)

8. Brothers In Fine Food (Muslim-Owned)

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Address: #02-07, West Community Club, 5 Tampines Ave 3, S529705

Contact: 90089314

9. Badoque Cafe (Muslim-Owned)

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Address:

  1. Simpang Bedok: 298 Bedok Road, Singapore 469454
  2. Upper Thomson: 246 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574370

Contact: 6552 1646 (Upper Thomson) / 64466 928 (Simpang Bedok)

10. Tang Tea House

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Address: 

  1. Simpang Bedok Outlet: Shop Houses No. 357/359, 357 Bedok Road, Singapore 469545
  2. Jalan Kayu Outlet: 242 Jalan Kayu, Singapore 799466
  3. Jurong Outlet: 414 Jurong West St 42, #01-783, Singapore 640414

Contact:+65 6445 9100 (Bedok) / 6483 2298 (Jalan Kayu) / 6493 2522 (Jurong)

11. Spize

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Address:

  1. 336 Bedok Rd, The Bedok Marketplace, Singapore 469512
  2. 409 River Valley Road Singapore 248307
  3. 131 Rifle Range Road #03-04 Singapore 588406

Contact: +65 6734 9194 (Bedok)+65 6337 7493 (River Valley) / +65 6337 7493 (Rifle Range)

12. Andes By Aston

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Address:

  1. 328 Joo Chiat Road Singapore 427585 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore 427585
  2. Viva Business Park 750 Chai Chee Road #01-30 Singapore 469000
  3. Market Square @ Downtown East E!Avenue, #02-325 1 Pasir Ris Close Singapore 519599

Contact: 62477934

13. Koh Nang Kam

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Address:  6 Jalan Kledek

Contact: 6392 2172

14. Tash Tish Tosh (Muslim Owned)

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Address: 50 Kandahar St, Singapore 198900

Contact: 87148677

15. Makan-Makan

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Address: 900 Punggol Road, #01-03 Punggol Ranch, Singapore 829168

Contact: 85710203

So, there you have it! Every single kind of food imaginable to break fast with the whole family? Have a blessed Ramadan, everyone❤️️