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Peranakan Katong

East Coast Road and Joo Chiat carry Singapore's densest concentration of Peranakan trade — food, beadwork and kueh still sold from the shophouses the community built.

Assembled and reviewed by Global City Intelligence on 2026-09-08. The order below is a suggested route, not a ranking.

The route

  1. Guan Hoe Soon

    Geylang

    On Joo Chiat Road, the oldest Peranakan restaurant still trading, open since 1953.

  2. 328 Katong Laksa

    Marine Parade

    At 51 East Coast Road, the shop most associated with the neighbourhood's laksa.

  3. Rumah Bebe

    At 113, selling beadwork and kebaya from a 1928 shophouse and teaching the craft.

  4. Chin Mee Chin Confectionery

    Marine Parade

    At 204, a kopitiam trading since 1925 and restored rather than replaced.

    A two-storey blue shophouse on a street corner with a striped awning over the shopfront
    The blue corner shophouse Chin Mee Chin Confectionery occupies on East Coast Road. Chainwit. · CC-BY-4.0

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