I've heard a bit about Henry's Chicken Rice (#02-84 Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre, 31 Commonwealth Crescent). About how the owner used to apprentice under an ex chef from Chatterbox. About about the stall being named after a son Henry that didn't have interest in taking over. There's chatter on how the proprietors behave like they have a chip on the shoulder and also the queue that one should look out for during peak hours. You know. Stuff. About them. Don't know how much is true.
Except for the queue. That I can attest to because I ended up in it. Snuck up on me and appeared out of nowhere. Fortunately, it wasn't too slow moving.
Rice was light tasting. Not bad but I don't think it's something most people would give credit to when they judge chicken rice. I didn't mind it because even as it was light, there was enough flavour to be chicken rice. What these lightweight flavours meant was there would be no dilemma with chilli or no chilli. Their garlic-ky and lime-y chilli packed a bit of bitterness and heat. Not a bad chilli.
They were already out of drumsticks (鸡腿) before 11.30am so I ended up asking for ji wei (鸡尾) - the part I no longer am sure is from which part of the chicken. It looked like a meaty rear end of the bird today.
Most people seemed to be ordering the "roast" chicken. Heard it was what they were known for so I got that too. Not bad. Some parts tasted more salty than others. If one were looking for outstanding, I don't think this will be it.
I wouldn't mind eating at Henry's. But I won't miss it if I never had a chance again. That's how it was.
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