Maxwell Food Centre

This guide to Maxwell Food Centre in Chinatown follows a single stall, Tian Tian, from its start in nineteen eighty-six when hawkers relocated into this colonial-era market building. It traces the building's own history back to nineteen twenty-eight, and the visit from an American television host in two thousand and eight that changed the size of Tian Tian's queue. You'll hear what regulars say sets the chicken rice apart. Arrive before seven if you want to see the line before it forms.