PUTIEN at Parkway Parade brings authentic Fujian cuisine to the heart of Katong. A Singapore brand that began in 2000 as a humble coffee shop along Kitchener Road, PUTIEN has grown to more than 80 outlets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China — all serving the Putian (Henghwa) style of Fujianese cooking: light, homely and generously built around fresh seafood from its coastal namesake city.
The kitchen follows the seasons. Food festivals celebrate each ingredient when it is at its freshest — oysters from November to March, yellow croaker in April, duotou clams from April to July, eel from August to October, plus fruits like loquat, lychee, longan and pomelo through the year. Year-round, dishes such as Red Mushroom Lor Mee and mee sua, the beloved Putian wheat vermicelli, anchor the table.
PUTIEN's cooking has featured in the MICHELIN Guide Singapore from 2016 to 2023, with the original Kitchener Road outlet holding one Michelin star for seven consecutive years. Parkway Parade diners can reserve online, order takeaway or arrange delivery — and can expect the Putianese greeting, 'Have you eaten?'
Walk into PUTIEN Parkway Parade and you may be greeted with a question rather than a hello: "Have you eaten?" (吃饱了？). In Putian, the coastal city in southeast Fujian where this restaurant's story begins, that question is the everyday greeting — a heartfelt way of checking in on someone. It captures the spirit of the brand perfectly: food meant to care for you, the way a home kitchen would.
PUTIEN serves Fujian cuisine in the Putian — or Henghwa — style: light, homely cooking that leans generously on the fresh seafood its coastal home is known for. The restaurant describes its offerings as comforting, hearty meals that make you and your family feel at home, and this branch brings that table to Parkway Parade in Katong.
The story starts in 2000, when Uncle Fong and his family emigrated from China to Singapore. Missing the food of his hometown and unable to find a decent eatery serving it, he opened one himself — a humble coffee shop along Kitchener Road. Quality was personal from day one: Uncle Fong headed to the Jurong seafood wholesale market every night, an early bird determined to secure the freshest, best-quality catch for his kitchen.
That coffee shop grew into a Singapore brand with more than 80 outlets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. Through all that growth the mission has stayed the same: to promote Putian cuisine and serve it with the freshest ingredients possible.
What sets PUTIEN apart is its insistence on seasonality. Seasonal food festivals are timed to when each ingredient is at its absolute best: oysters from November to March, yellow croaker in April, duotou clams from April to July, and eel from August to October. Even the fruit follows the calendar — loquat in February, lychee in May, longan in August and pomelo in October. Return through the year and the table changes with the seasons, much as it would in Putian itself.
Certain dishes anchor the menu year-round. Red Mushroom Lor Mee — a homestyle Fujian classic of braised noodles with red mushroom — is one the brand puts front and centre, alongside mee sua, the wheat vermicelli so beloved in Putian that the restaurant showcases the traditional way it is made. When April arrives, yellow croaker takes the spotlight; oyster season brings the sea's bounty from November to March.
PUTIEN's cooking has attracted serious acclaim. The MICHELIN Guide Singapore has featured the brand from 2016 to 2023, with the original Kitchener Road restaurant holding one Michelin star for seven consecutive years — a remarkable run for homestyle Chinese cooking. Parkway Parade is part of that same family of Fujian kitchens.
You'll find the restaurant at #01-36 of Parkway Parade on Marine Parade Road, in the heart of Katong. It is set up for real life: reserve a table online, order takeaway, or arrange delivery if you would rather eat at home. And whether it's a weekday dinner or a weekend family gathering, the greeting is the same — "Have you eaten?" By the time the mee sua and the lor mee arrive, the answer will almost certainly be yes.