Singapore does chicken rice much, MUCH better than Malaysia, despite their common food heritage.
I think I’d shared my fave spots in Singapore in another post elsewhere - but here they are again, my top 10 places:
- Chicken House, Upper Thomson Road
- Boon Tong Kee (Balestier Road)
- Wee Nam Kee (United Square)
- Tiong Bahru Boneless Hainanese Chicken Rice (Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre)
- Margaret Drive Chicken Rice , Holland Drive
- Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice (Maxwell Road Food Centre)
- Ah Tai Hainanese Chicken Rice (Maxwell Road Food Centre)
- Xiang Ji Chicken RIce (630 Bedok Reservoir Rd)
- Yeo Keng Nam Chicken Rice (8 Braddell Road)
- Eng Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice & Porridge (4A Eunos Cres, #01-34 Market and Food Centre)
There has been two notable attritions of my old favorites last year, as aging hawkers gave up their trade. The two are Lee Fun Nam Kee in Toa Payoh (1967 to Sep 2024) and Leong Yeow (1978 to May 2024) on Waterloo Street. They had been there for 57 years and 46 years respectively, and their closure came as a rude shock to my system. Sort of a reminder that nothing stays forever and change is inevitable.
