# Smith Street

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Smith Street runs through Singapore’s Chinatown between South Bridge Road and New Bridge Road. The street’s name honours Sir Cecil Clementi Smith.

Before modern food stalls, locals knew this stretch as Hei Yuen Kai, or Theatre Street, because Lai Chun Yuen Theatre stood here. Cantonese opera shaped the street’s early cultural identity.

The theatre drew Cantonese audiences and helped establish Smith Street as a cultural meeting place in Singapore. Street hawkers and traders later gave the area a busy commercial character.

A section of Smith Street contains Chinatown Food Street with hawker kiosks, shophouses, and restaurants. The food street serves Chinese and other Asian cuisines.

Road traffic stays away from this section, while a glass shelter and cooling fans support pedestrians. Smith Street connects Cantonese performance history, street trade, and Chinatown dining within one Singapore address.

The street’s food stalls bring together dishes associated with different Chinese dialect groups and other Asian cuisines. Pedestrians encounter these flavours beneath a glass shelter.

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