Eastern Chicken Rice, Whampoa Food Centre

Nice find here down at Whampoa Food Centre (Whampoa Drive Block 90, #01-88, S320090). On a random rainy afternoon, this place was almost serene at lunchtime. Reminded me more than a little of the old hawker centre down at Tanglin Halt for some reason.

Eastern Chicken Rice sells only chicken rice (roast and steamed variety) with the usual add on options for eggs, liver, gizzard and boiled greens. They go for $3.00 a plate if you add an egg. Really nice with plump strips of sliced chicken piled on their garlic-ky oiled rice. Rice may not have been the most fragrant around but was still pretty decent. Wasn't too grainy. Was also glad that the flavour of the rice had more garlic than ginger. The chilli used here is a formula of their own. Spicy with a decent kick and pairs well with their rice. Portions were more generous than Chye Kee for sure. I'm not adversed to coming back here again but the options in this food centre are overwhelming and so tempting.

11/04/2008 update

I have decided that I liked this Eastern Chicken Rice enough to come back again after a couple of days. Look at this. For $8 this was very decent portion for two persons (along with two plates of rice) with an addition of an egg and chicken liver. Note that their chicken wasn't flattened. The meat was pretty tender as well.