First Bowl Rice Kitchen at AMK Hub serves freshly cooked, home-style Chinese dishes over properly steamed rice, right in the heart of Ang Mo Kio. The brand began in Singapore in 2017 as DELIBOWL, founded on a simple belief: in the rush of modern living, a steaming bowl of white rice is one of the most honest and comforting gifts we can give ourselves. Since renaming to First Bowl, the idea behind the name has stayed the same — beginning, priority and intention — with the kitchen aspiring to be your first choice every day.
The food is a fusion of Singapore-style Chinese flavours with a creative twist, made from the freshest ingredients prepared daily. Rice gets top billing here: premium Japanese rice is freshly steamed in small pots throughout the day for soft, fragrant grains, and refills are unlimited. The menu leans on the irreplaceable aroma of the wok, from fiery Hunan Style Beef and Sichuan-style Mapo Tofu to milder Honey Chicken and a comforting Stewed Beef Brisket with tomato.
This outlet sits at #01-21/01-22 of AMK Hub, open 11am to 9pm from Monday to Thursday and 11am to 9:30pm from Friday to Sunday. It is not halal-certified yet, though several other First Bowl branches are. Online ordering is available through the brand's website for days you'd rather enjoy the taste of home somewhere else.
Walk into First Bowl Rice Kitchen at AMK Hub and the idea is disarmingly simple: freshly cooked, home-style Chinese dishes, ladled over rice that has just come out of the steamer. The brand behind it began in Singapore in 2017 as DELIBOWL, started by founders inspired by family kitchens who wanted to make it easy for anyone to enjoy properly cooked dishes with perfectly steamed rice, any day of the week. The name has since changed to First Bowl, but the belief hasn't: in the rush of modern living, a steaming bowl of white rice is one of the most honest and comforting gifts we can give ourselves.
'First' is more than a name, the company says — it stands for beginning, priority and intention. The ambition is to be your first choice every day: a familiar taste of home, the comfort of your neighbourhood kitchen. The food reflects that. The kitchen works from the freshest ingredients, prepared every day, and builds on a fusion of Singapore-style Chinese flavours with a creative twist. What you notice first, though, is the aroma — the irreplaceable smell of the wok, of stir-fry, that brings every bowl to life.
Rice is treated as the headline here, not the side. First Bowl steams premium Japanese rice in small pots through the day, so each serving arrives with soft, fragrant grains at just the right texture — and refills are unlimited. Order once and top up as many times as you like; it's a small gesture that says a lot about the place. For big appetites, students stretching a budget or families with kids, it quietly changes the maths of a meal out.
The menu runs from fiery to gentle. On the bold end sit the Hunan Style Beef, the Sichuan-style Mapo Tofu, the chilled Saliva Chicken in its signature spicy dressing, and the Sour Soup Fish, tangy and gently peppery. For milder palates there's Honey Chicken with its sweet glaze, Butter Chicken, Sesame Oil Chicken with Taro, and a comforting Stewed Beef Brisket with tomato. Seafood fans can turn to Grilled Prawns with Vermicelli and Minced Garlic, while Fragrant Hot Pot Chicken and Spicy Popcorn Chicken round out the chicken line-up.
Vegetables get real attention, not an afterthought: Stir Fried Cabbage, Stir-fried Long Bean Strips, Stir-fried Naibai, Sichuan Style Fried Eggplant, and a homely Fried Potato Eggplant and Long Bean. Cold plates like Cold Mixed Cucumber, Tofu Salad and Fu Zhu Salad make easy starters, while Steamed Egg with Dried Scallops and Shrimp, Hot and Sour Veggie Soup and Stewed Fresh Chicken Soup cover the soup course. End on Brown Sugar Milk Pudding or Mung Bean Sweet Soup, with a Homemade Lemon Tea alongside.
This outlet sits at #01-21/01-22 of AMK Hub, 53 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, Singapore 569933, opening 11am to 9pm from Monday to Thursday and 11am to 9:30pm from Friday to Sunday. Note that this branch is not halal-certified yet, though several First Bowl outlets elsewhere in Singapore are. Online ordering is available through the brand's website for the days you'd rather eat at home.
First Bowl has grown from its 2017 beginnings into a family of outlets across Singapore's malls — Compass One, Lentor Modern, Hillion Mall, Pasir Ris Mall and more — but the AMK Hub kitchen holds to the same formula that made the name: fresh ingredients daily, wok-fired flavour, and a bottomless bowl of good rice. In a food scene full of trends, that's a refreshingly steady promise — the taste of home, every day.