Spend your Changi stopover – like a local!

This is probably also one of the cheapest hawkers in Singapore. Among all the airports that I have been, Singapore’s Changi Airport has the relatively cheapest food. 

The staff canteens at Changi airport in fact, open to the public and their no-frills fare has made them an underground hit. Finding the staff canteens is -- intentionally -- difficult.

Hidden above a terminal car park and tucked away at the end of a corridor lies Singapore airport's best-kept secret. World's apart from the glitzy hub's rooftop swimming pool and butterfly garden, these hawker markets serve up some of the cheapest food of Singapore delights.

Built to provide workers at the award-winning airport with an affordable place to eat, the hawker markets are off the beaten track and not listed on the airport's food directories.

Those with a sharp eye, however, will spot "staff canteen" signs dotted around terminals 1 and 2. The canteens have become so popular that local families and foodies travel to the airport specifically to eat at them.

Halal, vegetarian, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, Malay, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Western, and -- of course -- Singaporean cuisines are all on offer. For the public, the meals range in price from $2 to $5.

Level 3M Terminal 2, Changi Airport

Operating Hours:Monday to Friday: 7.00am to 8.00pmSaturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 7.00am to 9.00pm