There is actually a name for this Ramadan bazaar. It is Gemilang Kampong Gelam 2025. Wilber highlighted this to me and I realised he was right.
Not bad. Wilber actually did prior research.
My colleagues went on a Wednesday. Just before 7pm.
Might I add… nice sunset. What a view.
Not that I needed reminding of how beautiful Kampong Glam is. Even the back lanes looked pretty. If you are a tourist looking to visit Singapore, please visit Kampong Glam. Do not fall into the usual tourist traps. Marina Bay Sands is less of a “must go” than Kampong Glam.
The wall murals give the area a quaint character.
The best part about living in a multicultural and multi-religious city like Singapore is that we get to experience how people of different races and religions celebrate their various festivals. The Ramadan bazaars that happen across Singapore is something that I really look forward to every year. I dare say more so than the Chinese New Year bazaars.
If you are going to the Ramadan bazaar at Kampong Glam, this is what you are looking for. This is the start of your fun. This year the food vendors definitely stepped up their game.
Let me run through the bazaar with you.
Now every bazaar you go to, you will see this stall. The Original Vadai.
And of course there is always a stall selling Ramly burgers.
While these are quintessential Ramadan bazaar stalls, these are not what you are visiting the bazaar for.
When you come to a Ramadan bazaar, you are out on the hunt for how creative food stalls can be. You are looking for stuff that you do not really see every year. You walk in with the mindset that you are here to patronise from the stalls with the most creative food options. Calorie counting is not allowed the moment you walk through the gates of a Ramadan bazaar.
You are here for stalls like these…
Croissant Tarik is awesome by the way. Delightfully sinful. This is perhaps the best dessert in the whole bazaar.
The set up of the stalls are very impressive this year.
Do note that if you ply the bazaar at around the time when it is time for Muslims to break fast, some stall owners may not be present as they are breaking their fast.
It is relatively crowded at about 7pm.
I bought some kunafa. Sugar overload.
This cheese wheel pasta is very good. I will come back to this later in this article.
Some of the bazaar stalls have permanent food outlets.
Quite bold to have that moniker on your packaging.
This is where I lost my calorie count for the day.
These were good. Very sweet.
This is how they prepared the pasta with the cheese wheel. Once the pasta is cooked, it will be tossed in the cheese wheel.
This looked good. I did not try though. Perhaps next time.
The path outside the Sultan Mosque or Masjid Sultan has fewer food options. You can purchase Hari Raya goodies along this street.
Now back to the food.
I think I would give them a solid 10 for attire and effort.
It started to get very crowded at about 8pm.
The team were fortunate to find a place to have our meal. There are tabletops in the form of barrels all over the bazaar. You can find some areas with table and seating areas as well. A note to non-Muslims, I think it would be considerate for us to leave the tables to our Muslim friends if they are waiting to break their fast. After that, it is fine to use the tables.
No space. Had to put the drinks by the side of the road.
Total haul. Some could not wait!
Ok so here are some individual pictures of the food.
I promise there is a potato underneath all of this…
Ah there it is!
Finally I can see the potato!
This is the star of the whole bazaar. You need to get this!
This was the pasta with the cheese wheel.
I think my throat was a little sore after eating so much junk food. Bye bye diet…
Once a year… it was so good… I think I may visit the bazaar once again soon…
Date: till 25th March 2025
Time: 2pm to 11pm daily
Location: Entrance at Baghdad Street. (Near Arab Street). The nearest MRT Station is Bugis or Nicoll Highway.
