Cantonese · Keong Saik Road

Wok-fired Cantonese classics.

Name: Kok Sen Restaurant — City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #04-31/32, City Square Mall, Singapore, 208539, SG
Telephone: +65 9624 4244
Price range: $$

Big Prawns Hor Fun, claypot yong tau foo, prawn paste chicken — zi char on Keong Saik Road since the 1960s. MICHELIN Bib Gourmand, 2016–2025.

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Signatures

Five plates that built the room.

Cooked over a wok hot enough to scorch the air. Each portion comes in three sharing sizes; prices shown are dine-in.

Original to Kok Sen

Big Prawns Hor Fun

Flat rice noodles tossed in a starchy egg gravy with red chilli and pronounced wok hei, crowned with whole flash-fried prawns. A Kok Sen original — found nowhere else in Singapore.

Claypot Yong Tau Foo

Prawn Paste Chicken

Bittergourd Pork Ribs

Golden Dragon Chicken

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Three generations

Kok Sen, since the 1960s.

Kok Sen began as a humble coffee-shop stall on Keong Saik Road, run by the founder known to regulars as Kau Kee (球記), selling pork-rib and shrimp hor fun by the bowl. In the 1980s his son turned the stall into a tze char business, rolling out the family-sized wok plates — including the now-iconic Big Prawns Hor Fun — and in 2000 the business moved into a full shophouse on the same road. Today the kitchen is run by Chris Wong, who left a career in semiconductors to take over as his parents aged. The wok is still tended by his uncle, who carries the heirloom recipes forward.

Press & Awards

MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

Nine years on the Guide

2016–2019 · 2021–2025

Listed in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore Bib Gourmand selection.

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What the critics say.

For over 50 years, Kok Sen has been feeding hungry diners with cze char classics, such as their stir-fries boasting exceptional wok hei.

MICHELIN Guide Inspector, 2025
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It is the kind of dish that seems to have the perfect balance of flavour that evokes that moment of epiphany which all of us taste-chasers spend an inordinate amount of time and effort pursuing.

Dr Leslie Tay, ieatishootipost
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What takes one zi char place from average to great is that elusive wok hei, attained only with a huge fire and the chef's prowess. And it is this aroma that makes Kok Sen Restaurant stand out.

Eatbook
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Visit

Two outlets. Walk-in only.

Keong Saik · Flagship

+65 9727 2533

2/4 Keong Saik Road

Singapore 089112 · Closed Mondays

City Square Mall

+65 9624 4244

180 Kitchener Road, #04-31/32

Singapore 208539 · Open daily · Outlet-exclusive: Crispy Smoked Tea Duck