Cheap good food (mains)

For just $3, you can get a bowl brimming with flavorful coconut based laksa broth with either thick slippery noodles or thin vermicelli. Brownie points for chockful of ingredients (think cockles, fishcakes, taupok) Paradise in each mouthful. Yums!

Each cost $1.50. Egg tart, mo mo tart with lotus paste, cha Siew pastry, chicken pastry, old wife pastry, kaya pastry, red bean roll all from a well known bakery from KL. Nice and delicious.

Sometimes all you need is a plate of comforting, downright delicious pasta. Enter Ah Bong's Italian, helmed by the affable Chef Chris, which caters to that very need by serving a range of fantastic pastas right out of a humble coffeeshop stall in Tiong Bahru Estate — for just six bucks a plate. Choose anything that suits your fancy, from the irresistible Truffle Mac & Cheese (no description needed), to the signature Birthday Pasta — a seriously magical combination of broccoli, cream and bacon. End off with a unique dessert of the day, which sees delightful creations like Orange Earl Grey Crème Brûlée, and wash it all down with a kopi-o from the uncle next door! There are limited portions available each day, so head down early.

It doesn't matter if you've chosen Al-Azhar and have stuck to it loyally for your entire lifetime - if you want a darn good cheese mushroom prata, put your loyalty aside and march over to Al-Ameen for this gorgeous creation. With a generous and even spread of cheese throughout the prata, you're ensured oozing glory. This has got to be one of the best supper snacks! Photo by Jayne Tan

Tired of stale, limp, oily kosongs that totally don't hit the spot? That's cos so many places in Singapore now use prata dough that comes premade and from an evil cardboard box. If you want the real deal, this is the place. Small but superbly crispy plain pratas that you can't stop eating, dunked in glorious fish curry, or sambal if you prefer. This will satisfy any prata craving you have. Photo by Joyz X.

Probably the most famous place to get murtabak in Singapore, this century-old restaurant serves up some massive murtabaks. Adding an extra kosong prata at the base and additional minced mutton on top, this murtabak needs to be shared (or not, if you're a big eater). Go for the chicken, full flavoured, well-spiced and tender, or the deer if you're adventurous! If you're sharing, go ahead and order some briyani too. Photo by edwyn c.

At first glance, all you see is a spoonful of chilli sitting on a little mound of pale noodles. Not the best first impression. However, upon mixing, you'll find a treasure cove of wantons, char siew and vegetables hidden beneath, and the chilli-mixed noodles begin to look more appetising than ever. If you love your wanton mee, this 24/7 spot ensures you almost never have an excuse not to visit.

One of the better food offered in SIM for $3.20 the soup is the main point.

Pretty big slab of chicken chop for $6, it was juicy and tender, well grilled throughout. It also comes with 3 sides - cheesy pasta, baked potato and onion rings which was all delicious.