Cheap Lunch Near Tai Seng: Uncle Leong's $5.50 Wok Rice at One Ka
30 October 2026 · By the Eventful team · Updated 30 October 2026
Photo: Uncle Leong Signatures
For a cheap lunch near Tai Seng, Uncle Leong Signatures at One Ka @ MacPherson serves zi char "wok rice" plates from $5.50, such as curry sliced pork or dried chilli chicken with rice. Sliced fish and sotong plates are $6.50, beef $7, and you can swap to fried rice for $1.
Wok rice is zi char for one. Instead of ordering three dishes for the table, you get one wok-fried dish on rice, fast. Office workers in the Tai Seng and MacPherson industrial estates know this format well; it is the reason lunch at a zi char stall can cost less than a cafe sandwich.
Uncle Leong's MacPherson outlet sits at 1 Kampong Ampat, #01-08, One Ka @ MacPherson, Singapore 368314. It is a coffee shop setting, not a mall restaurant. Its crab is in our crab guide, and Joo Koon vs MacPherson is in our outlet comparison.
The prices
From the MacPherson menu, $5.50: Black Pepper Sliced Pork, Curry Sliced Pork, Ginger and Spring Onion Pork, Dry Chilli Sliced Pork, Bitter Gourd Black Bean Sauce Pork, and the diced chicken versions (black pepper, dried chilli, curry, ginger and spring onion, sweet and sour, bitter gourd black bean). Salted Egg Diced Chicken $6.
$6.50: the sliced fish range (sweet and sour, ginger and spring onion, bitter gourd black bean, dry chilli, sambal, curry), Salted Egg Sotong, Sambal Sotong, Rohan Vegetarian and Traditional Pork Ribs. $7: Black Pepper Beef, Ginger and Spring Onion Beef, Salted Egg Sliced Fish. Fried rice instead of white is +$1, extra rice +$1, sunny egg +$1.Photo: Uncle Leong Signatures
What to order
Our pick: Salted Egg Sliced Fish at $7, or Sambal Sotong at $6.50 if you want heat. Add the $1 sunny egg. Yes, always.
Vegetarian? Rohan Vegetarian with Rice is $6.50. Coming back for dinner with the family? The same stall does crayfish from $26 and crab, and its fish heads are in our curry fish head guide.
Getting there and booking
Tai Seng MRT on the Circle Line is the closest station, about a ten-minute walk. Bookable lunch timings on Eventful run 10am to 2pm, then dinner from 4.30pm to 9.30pm. There is no Eventful discount at MacPherson right now, so it is standard price. The merchant says there is no service charge.
· MacPherson has no Eventful discount. Joo Koon does, on weekday afternoons.
FAQs
Where can I get a cheap lunch near Tai Seng MRT?
Uncle Leong Signatures at 1 Kampong Ampat, #01-08, One Ka @ MacPherson, serves zi char wok rice plates from $5.50, about a ten-minute walk from Tai Seng MRT.
How much is wok rice at Uncle Leong MacPherson?
Pork and chicken wok rice plates are $5.50, salted egg chicken $6, sliced fish and sotong $6.50, and beef $7. Fried rice is $1 more.
Is there a discount at Uncle Leong MacPherson?
No. Uncle Leong MacPherson has no Eventful Tables discount at the moment. Booking is still free.
