Established in 1982, Dixon House Food Court is the oldest in Chinatown. Enter via Dixon or Little Hay street for old world charm; you’ll find wooden columns and mirrored ceilings, features that might have been glamorous once upon a time. Over the years it’s had its share of ups and downs. Most recently it’s been more down than up. A gas explosion shut the food court over Christmas 2016. Some of the food stalls never re-opened. The good news is that occupancy is on the increase. 12 FOOD STALLS: Blossoming Lotus Vegan (Thai Veg), Oriental Dumpling King (Chinese), Sizzling and Hot Pot Kitchen (Chinese), Yang Guo Fu Ma La Tang (Chinese), Phnom Penh Teo Cheo Noodle House (Cambodian/Chinese), Penang Hawker Street Food (Malaysian), Won Ton Noodle House (Chinese), Pondok-Selera Indonesian & Malaysia Food (also at Eating World), Weng Xiao Chu (Chinese), Top Drink, De Juice, Dixon Wine Bar. Highlights: * Phnom Penh Teo Cheo Noodle House: your first taste of Chinese egg noodle soup is likely to have been here, it’s one of the longest running stall in Chinatown and still going strong. * Blossoming Lotus Vegan: Vegetarians will rejoice, Vego that hasn’t had a flavour by-pass. The mock duck soup is tasty-as. * Yang Guo Fu Ma La Tang: It’s hotpot for one, grab a bowl and tong and move a long school canteen style to pick ingredients, cabbage, enoki, Chinese mushroom, tofu, egg, rice noodles and a bewildering range of meat and fish balls. Get to the end, and weigh and pay. They’ll cook it up for you. Watch the video above and you’ll see what I mean. A tip: keep away from Sizzling and Hot Pot Kitchen if you’re going back to the office or out later, the smoke from the sizzling hotplates will have you smelling like a food court.