This charming neighborhood is worth seeing. One feature of the area is that all of the streets are named after Chinese pioneers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Loved those Art Deco inspired rounded balconies and spiral staircases.

My children decided to dine at the Old Shifu Charcoal porridge at 58 Seng Poh Road. As we strolled down the back lane of the pre-war Tiong Bahru flats, it invoked nostagic memories of my young old days. My parents moved in to the nearby flats along Jalan Bukit Merah since I was a child. My dad brought me to Tiong Bahru Community Center to learn Tae Kwondo when I was in primary six. My mum used to frequent the garment shops at Tiong Bahru market to buy her new year clothings. The Old Shifu Charoal porridge restaurant is located just directly across Tiong Bahru food Center. The charcoal brewed traditional Cantonese styled sliced fish porridge which I ordered tasted delicious. I particularly like the stirred fried watercress which were freshly green and tasted good. My wife was fascinated with the flowy texture of the century egg with mixed pork porridge while my daughter like their signature chilly hot lady fingers. It was a memorable dine out in traditional charcoal porridge in this pristine nostagic Tiong Bahru old estate.

the roast duck with rice is still sold for SD4, but the amount is markedly smaller than before Covid. Moreover, my favourite stall has gone. the new comer sell something else at higher prices.