The outlets which do not carry the certificate and are still considered serving Halal food, are those outlets which are owned or managed by Muslim(s) and most often served by Muslims. Generally, these will be either Indian or Malay food stalls. The stalls serving Halal Malay food will be manned by a friendly 'Aunty' most often wearing a headcover. You can usually trust them to be Muslims and thus serving Halal food. They will generally have "Bismillah" or other Arabic words on very visible sign boards to denote they are Muslim owned or managed. If you would like to double check, greet them with Salams and ask them if it is Halal. In any case it is a good practice to ask such outlets whether they are Halal, unless it is very obvious that they are.

Although, any stall can sell Halal food, if the owners of the stalls want to claim, through verbal or written means, that they sell Halal food, they must obtain Halal certification or prior permission from MUIS. However, occasionally, you may find stalls with a small sticker on the front of it with a Qur'anic Ayat but no other evidence that the owners or the management are Muslim. In that case, it would be best not to buy from the stall as there are some stall owners who paste the stickers just to attract Muslim customers.

Some stalls also may carry a sign "No Pork No Lard", in order to attract Muslims. These stalls are best avoided.

There are a few food courts that only serve Halal food such as the Banquet chain of food courts. These food courts would be the only few places in Singapore where Muslims can enjoy a large variety of Halal ‘food court food’ including Indian, Chinese and in some cases, even Japanese and Korean food. Each stall comes with a Halal certificate, placed somewhere visible to the customer. Adams Food is another place with a large number of Muslim food outlets.

In general it will cost you between SGD 5 to SGD 10 per person at Food courts.

Check here for a listing of Singapore Halal Restaurants