Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), Smith Street Food Centre

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), Smith Street Food Centre

Half chicken and some livers/hearts from Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (Yellow Zone, #02-039 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street).

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), chicken eggs

Roast chicken was competent. This one had a different sauce though - it wasn't the usual dousing of sesame oil and light soya sauce. It was something darker. Wondering if they might be similar used in soya sauce chicken.

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), liver heart

Serving of livers with some slivers of hearts.

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), soup

Soup's pretty good; one can taste the chicken in the broth. The only thing I haven't quite decided on was the rice which was dry and grainy - something I don't normally gravitate to. That rice however was adequately flavoured if not salted sufficiently, and was pretty good with their prickly chilli. We'll see about coming back.

Tai Weng Hainanese Chicken Rice (大榮海南鸡饭), Smith Street Food Centre

2 comments:

  1. very unusual w hearts. anything else ? intestines chicken feet ?

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  2. Sometimes livers come with heart. Haven't seen chicken intestines for many years. Didn't notice if they have any feet though.

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