PUTIEN Northpoint City serves authentic Fujian cuisine in the Putian (Henghwa) style — light, homestyle cooking from the coastal city of Putian in southeast China, with a strong emphasis on fresh seafood. The brand began in 2000 as a coffee shop along Kitchener Road in Singapore, opened by Uncle Fong after he emigrated from Putian and could not find the flavours of home. It has since grown to more than 80 outlets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.
Everything here revolves around freshness. Uncle Fong famously bought the day's seafood at the Jurong wholesale market every night, and that philosophy lives on in PUTIEN's seasonal food festivals, timed to when each ingredient is at its best — oysters from November to March, yellow croaker in April, Duotou clams from April to July and eel from August to October. PUTIEN's founding Kitchener Road outlet has held one MICHELIN star in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore for seven years.
The Northpoint City branch in Yishun brings these hearty, family-style meals to the north of Singapore, on level two of the mall's North Wing. Staff welcome guests the Putianese way — "Have you eaten?" — and the table features signature noodles like red mushroom lor mee and handmade mee sua alongside the season's catch. Takeaway, delivery and online reservations are available.
PUTIEN Northpoint City brings the homestyle flavours of Putian — a coastal city in southeast Fujian, China — to the heart of Yishun. Perched on the second floor of Northpoint City's North Wing, the restaurant serves the light, comforting Fujianese cooking that has made PUTIEN one of Singapore's best-known homegrown restaurant brands.
The story began modestly. In 2000, Uncle Fong and his family emigrated from China to Singapore, and he found himself craving the food of his hometown of Putian. Unable to find a decent eatery serving it, he decided to open his own — a small coffee shop along Kitchener Road. From that humble start, PUTIEN has grown to more than 80 outlets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, carrying with it a simple idea: quality ingredients, original-flavour Fujian cooking.
Uncle Fong's habits set the tone for everything PUTIEN does. Convinced that the early bird catches the worm, he would head to the Jurong seafood wholesale market every night to buy the freshest seafood for the next day's cooking. That obsession with freshness is still the brand's defining trait: PUTIEN describes itself as a Singapore brand serving Fujian cuisine with the freshest ingredients, and its Putian — or Henghwa — style of cooking leans heavily on the seafood its coastal namesake is famous for.
The standard has been recognised at the highest level. The brand's founding Kitchener Road outlet has appeared in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore for seven years, holding one MICHELIN star consecutively across 2016 to 2019 and again from 2021 to 2023. Diners in Yishun enjoy the same recipes and ingredient standards that built that reputation.
One of the most distinctive things about PUTIEN is its calendar of seasonal food festivals, each timed to when an ingredient is at its freshest. Oysters take the stage from November to March, the prized yellow croaker gets its own celebration in April, and Duotou clams feature from April to July. From August to October, it is eel season.
Fruit gets the same treatment: loquat arrives in February, lychee in May, longan in August and pomelo in October. Regulars know there is usually something new — and something at its absolute peak — to try on every visit.
A handful of dishes capture what the brand is about. The red mushroom lor mee, a braised noodle dish coloured and perfumed with red mushroom, is one of PUTIEN's signature plates. Mee sua, the silky Putian wheat vermicelli, is another point of pride — the brand even showcases the traditional craft of making the noodles. And the seasonal seafood, from farmed oysters to sweet Duotou clams, reflects Uncle Fong's market-to-kitchen philosophy in its purest form.
Portions lean homestyle and sharing-friendly. This is food designed around the Putianese greeting you will hear from staff — "Have you eaten?" (吃饱了？) — a heartfelt check-in on how you are doing that doubles as a welcome, and it sets the mood for a meal that is meant to be unhurried and shared.
The Yishun outlet works for everything from a weekday lunch to a family gathering. Because it sits within Northpoint City's North Wing, it is an easy stop before or after shopping in the mall.
If you would rather eat at home, PUTIEN offers takeaway through its online ordering platform as well as delivery. Tables can also be booked in advance through the brand's online reservation system — worth doing on weekends, when Northpoint City's restaurants fill up quickly.
You will find PUTIEN at #02-42/43/44, North Wing, Northpoint City, 930 Yishun Avenue 2, Singapore 769098. Time your visit around a seasonal festival — yellow croaker in April or oysters in the cooler months — for the fullest picture of what this Fujian brand has spent more than two decades doing: serving fresh, honest, homestyle food that makes you feel at home.