Hunting For Chicken Rice

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Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Happy In Singapore » 19th Aug, '09, 13:09

Hi, I've just moved to Singapore not long ago and heard about how good chicken rice tasted. I've had the common coffeeshop fare but I think there should be better stalls out there somewhere. Does anybody know where to find the better-quality stalls?

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by baloo » 19th Aug, '09, 13:14

Boon Tong Kee
Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice

If you want more a restaurant, table cloth, good service type place, then ChatterBox is the answer.
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Scrummy Mummy » 19th Aug, '09, 13:15

It can be bad for your teeth though. Have you consulted a dentist?

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Satellite » 19th Aug, '09, 13:58

Scummy Mummy wrote:It can be bad for your teeth though. Have you consulted a dentist?

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by slinky » 19th Aug, '09, 14:55

Scummy Mummy wrote:It can be bad for your teeth though. Have you consulted a dentist?
:lol: Ahhh, Scummy, you're quite the cynic!! ;)

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Scrummy Mummy » 19th Aug, '09, 15:00

Yes indeed. But look at the poster's previous post.

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by expat yorkshire » 19th Aug, '09, 19:16

i personally think chatterbox is highly over rated...... and highly over priced.

Boon tong Kee and Loy kee are famous
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by baloo » 19th Aug, '09, 19:46

expat yorkshire wrote:i personally think chatterbox is highly over rated...... and highly over priced.
I think it's quite nice, especially as they invented Chicken Rice to begin with.

Pricey, yeah, but quite a few tourists have trouble eating in this heat, especially older ones.
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by skank-la » 20th Aug, '09, 04:51

Don't forget Wee Nam Kee at Novena (across from the Church-down from IRAS a block or so)
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Jedi » 20th Aug, '09, 06:37

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainanese_chicken_rice

Personally I don't believe in going to a restaurant for Chicken Rice.

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Bender » 20th Aug, '09, 08:16

You may want to have a look through this thread on one of the local sites for some ideas.

Alternatively, the place I go to does an excellent chicken rice, but it may be further than you wish to travel.

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by expat yorkshire » 20th Aug, '09, 08:36

Skanks recommendation is good, that is also one of the famous ones

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Morrolan » 20th Aug, '09, 08:57

not all that crazy about chicken rice, but as hawker food goes, it is palatable...

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Happy In Singapore » 26th Aug, '09, 14:57

Hey, guys. Thanks for your helpful recommendations.

I posted this on other forums too. They all seem to agree on Boon Tong Kee, Wee Kee Nam and Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice. I'm spoilt for choice with so many stalls to dine at.

Just in case I got it wrong(bad at spelling chinese names), is there a Wee Nam Kee stall at 275 Thomson Road, #01-05 Novena Ville S307645? I searched this on *deleted* and just wanted to confirm.

Please reply ASAP! I'm salivating already...

Admin Edit: HIS, it's nice that you have found what you are looking for but if you continue to mention a certain website over and over again in your posts, I'll be forced to admit that Scummy Mummy is right and that you are nothing more than a well disguised troll trying to advertise another site.
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Fresh Mint » 26th Aug, '09, 15:59

I'm with Baloon

Five star Hainanese on River valley Road is the best of the best, although the other half of the island suggests next-door Book Tong is the best.

At that standard, the difference is in the accompanying chili sauce.

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by BoD » 26th Aug, '09, 16:28

Tried 5* last week. Not bad at all, though getting anyone to understand that I just wanted 1 plate of chicken for one person (even though I was at a table with 6 people) and not a whole/half chicken, was all rather difficult

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Burbage » 27th Aug, '09, 08:04

Spoilt for choice?

5000 restaurants, one dish?

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Fat Bob » 27th Aug, '09, 10:45

It's chicken rice. OK, as an easy dish, it's pleasant, but really, it's nothing special. Next subject.
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Joseph27 » 27th Aug, '09, 18:40

The local equivalent of a sandwhich....sometimes you have a great sandwhich sometimes you get a great chicken rice but never really something I have thought much about
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Satellite » 28th Aug, '09, 09:05

Fat Bob wrote:, it's pleasant, but really, it's nothing special. .
Isnt' it the same for all food? It is just food.

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Fat Bob » 28th Aug, '09, 15:07

Ooooh, no indeed not. I love a good steak, get a good blue cheese sauce (or slice a lump of stilton on top whilst grilling) or hot mustard with it and tasty salad....lovely. Some things just taste so good. Chicken in general and chincken rice in particular are nto really taste sensations that I would wander the earth to find a good one.
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Kooky » 29th Aug, '09, 05:28

My thyroid is playing up again at the moment; my tastebuds have gone awol (common, apparently) and nothing tastes of anything. :(

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Sardonicus » 29th Aug, '09, 12:39

what M said

I've been to the famous one on RVR, but it was nothing special - if there's a better variety I'll try it, but the idea of boiled, clammy chicken does not inspire a visit. And yes if I actually ever go back to a hawer's would probably eat it as the lesser of other evils....
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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Satellite » 30th Aug, '09, 09:45

Fat Bob wrote:Ooooh, no indeed not. .

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Re: Hunting For Chicken Rice

Post by Fat Bob » 30th Aug, '09, 12:52

hmmmm.....that wasn't the point you were making earlier (it was more about food being just sustenance to the body). Agree some may enjoy chicken rice more than me, but it's part of a staple diet and not top cuisine.
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