Comparing halal catering options in Singapore

A Muslim-owned stall prepares halal food to halal practice. A halal-certified kitchen holds MUIS certification, an audited standard with documentation. Both are legitimate; which you need depends on whether your event or venue requires certification specifically.

Livingmenu is a multi-vendor catering solution provider rather than a single kitchen — we work across many partnering vendors, including Muslim-owned stalls and halal-certified vendors. That means a wider choice of halal menus than one kitchen can offer, and a date full for one vendor is often open for another.

Many do, because halal is handled as a special request on top of a standard operation. Ours are priced identically to the equivalent non-halal menus, with the same 10 pax minimum.

Our halal menus come from Muslim-owned stalls. Halal-certified menus — carrying MUIS certification — are available through our partnering vendors on request. Those are two different things, and if your event requires certification specifically rather than halal preparation, say so when you enquire so we only look at vendors who carry it.

Select halal in the menu planner. From that point only halal menus are shown to you, including every free swap option, so there is nothing to check afterwards.

Yes, and it is usually the better answer. One order, one delivery, everyone eating from the same table, and typically cheaper than a main order plus a separate halal one.

The latest we can take an order is one day before your event. We recommend booking earlier than that: popular dates such as Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Christmas and the year-end party season are taken weeks ahead, and ordering early secures your slot and the dishes you want. For large events, the earlier the better.

Delivery is free on mini buffet and bento orders of $225 or more before GST. Below that it is $30, and a 10 pax order always carries the fee whatever the order comes to. On the entry-level mini buffet menus $225 is reached at 15 pax. A buffet with setup instead carries a $90 setup fee, charged once per order, which covers delivery, laying out the buffet line and collecting the equipment afterwards. Remote postal codes, deliveries at 9.59am or earlier or 7.31pm or later, and venues without lift access can add a surcharge on top; every one is published and appears in your quotation before you confirm.

Mini buffet orders are drop and go: the food arrives in insulated warmer bags that are yours to keep, with serving gear, cutlery, plates, bowls, a disposable table cloth and a trash bag, so you can bag everything up and bin it after your event. Bento meals come individually boxed with cutlery. Buffet with setup includes a skirted table and cloth, warmers, serving gear, disposable plates, cutlery and napkins, and our team returns to collect the equipment.

Yes, with more than 24 hours' notice before your event, subject to availability. Within 24 hours the food and manpower are already committed, so changes and cancellations are normally not accepted and a fee of 50% to 100% of the order may apply.