Located at the Beach Road end of Purvis Street (across the road from Yet Con), this old styled coffee shop along a shop house does Hainanese cuisine as well as chicken rice (both roasted chicken and steamed variety). I'm not sure if they're famed for their chicken rice here or not since there is a bunch of stores selling them at around the area and in the next lane, Liang Seah Street. This area between Bugis and Beach Road seems to be a little hub of chicken rice stalls. Competition it seems, is around and Chin Chin looks to be doing better than a next door, also purported Hainanese coffeshop that too sells chicken rice. Unlike the regular coffee shop, this is truly a chicken rice based placeWe landed ourselves a serving of chicken rice for two along with stir fried sliced fish in black bean sauce and Hainanese pork chop. Does anyone know what makes Hainanese pork chop distinctively Hainanese?
sliced fish in black bean sauce
Hainanese pork chop
I guess the chicken rice here is pretty regular. It doesn't particularly shine in any aspect. The actual rice isn't fluffy and too feels a tad dry. I wouldn't call it bad, just unremarkable. Still it seems to be a popular choice. The sliced fish in black bean sauce disappointed in the department of its sauce. There wasn't much of the black bean flavor in the sauce, however the portions of the fish for a small size serving were generous it was fairly fresh.
The pork chops here shine noticeably in comparison with the other dishes. These breaded and fried pieces of pork were not overly thin in slices. Well, maybe it's not as good if you're comparing freshly made ones, but it's not much worse off. The total cost of for the dinner plus two lime juices come to $22.
3 comments:
my man, when did you ever become a food critic..
A lot Hainanese in the colonial past worked as cooks for caucasians. As such, they were "trained" to create Western style dishes. The Hainanese pork chop is such a hybrid-fusion (if I dare so use the word "fusion" haha) that was created merely out of circumstance rather than choice (you can tell I'm not a fan of food touted as "fusion"). It exhibits the Western elements of a fried porkchop, a tomato-based sauce, chips/fries and mixed vegetables, although served in almost an Eastern stir-fry manner.
@ D
Colbar would be a good example of their cuisine I believe. Fusion in food can be a dangerous thing.....lol, but I've had some which I enjoyed so I'm not adversed against them. :)
@ gavin
I guess I was in some ways a silent one. Now I have a media to put the thoughts into words. Are we acquainted btw?
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