Hainanese · Singapore hawker food

Scissor-Cut Curry Rice

Scissor-Cut Curry Rice is a Hainanese hawker dish loved across Singapore. Here is what it is, what to order and where to try it, starting at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, Sembawang.

What is Scissor-Cut Curry Rice?

Rice topped with your choice of dishes, then the hawker snips everything into bite-size pieces with scissors and floods the plate with curry gravy. Scissor-Cut Curry Rice is part of Singapore's hawker culture, recognised by UNESCO in 2020 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Where to eat Scissor-Cut Curry Rice in Singapore

Sembawang's hawker centre inside a big sports and community hub, opened in December 2022. In Hawker Fantasy, the Scissor-Cut Curry Rice food gem is found at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, Sembawang.

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What to order

Curry rice with pork chop and cabbage, all snipped and flooded with curry

Tip

Ask them to snip everything into bite-size pieces

We don't rank individual stalls. Every hawker centre has its own favourites, so ask the regulars and follow the queue.

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