I don't remember how I came to learn of this place (New 7th Storey Hotel, 228/229 Rochor Road, S188451) down in Bugis but I'm guessing that I must have read it off somewhere that there's chicken rice to be had at the restaurant and that it was suppose to be good or at least better than the usual. I do recall having had a disappointing steamboat at the back of the building once a long time back but little did I realise that there was actually a restaurant located in the same place. Does anyone know why is there the mention of Honjin on the paper sheaths on their chopsticks here?
There was only the steamed variety of chicken to be had. As well as a bunch of other dishes that can be ordered from the menu. We got ourselves a small portion of the chicken, sambal kangkong and marmite pork ribs along with the chicken rice.
The chicken wasn't very special. Sure the meat was tender, slightly chilled and had a nice thin skin that didn't have excessive fat. It was in the end something that I didn't think I'll be looking forward to coming back for. Their rice was more heavily accented with ginger than garlic - which wasn't exactly something that I'm fond of. The same can be said for the chilli which was moderately spicy but just a tad too much ginger for me to like. The sambal kangkong was crunchy and was otherwise unremarkable. I had expected the marmite chicken to taste of marmite but it was just some sweet pork ribs. Flavours aside, it was far from the better stir fried pork ribs which I've had. I guess I won't be re-visiting anytime soon.
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