白鸡尾饭 from Da Po at Hawkers' Street @ 100AM

It's been a while since I've last had chicken rice at Da Po and that was at their stall at Golden Mile. This branch at Hawkers' Street @ 100AM kinda reaffirmed my faith in them. Solid plate with tender meat and creamy livers drizzled with that light soya sauce and sesame oil. Even got a heart today. Chilli's lime-y and gingery. If there was a gripe, it'll be that the thigh was kinda small.

Ming Heng Boneless Chicken Rice (銘興起骨鸡饭), Jalan Bukit Merah

Came across Ming Heng Boneless Chicken Rice (#01-1688, 111 Jalan Bukit Merah) at the coffeeshop in the perpendicular block from Jalan Bukit Merah Food Centre. This was thigh meat (鸡尾) and an egg for $4.60. Portion felt a little small and the flavour in the rice was a little light - but I think it's decent and a totally legit plate.

Zeng Ji Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice (曾記起骨鶺飯), Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Trying out another chicken rice stall (#01-52 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central) from Marine Parade Central Food Centre. This one has a longer and slower moving queue. Got the serving with half 白 and half 烧. No additional charge for request for thigh meat. For some reasons, the details elude me but it was all round a pretty good plate as I remember it. 

Restoran Jiang He (江河炸鸡饭), Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur

Restoran Jiang He (49 Jalan Padang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur) was mentioned somewhere and we wanted to find out for ourselves how good their fried chicken rice might be. Google has strung up a complicated geotagged address (No. 49, Jalan Padang Walter Grenier, off, Jln Imbi, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur) to their location.  

I have absolutely no idea why Walter Grenier had to be mentioned in that mess of an address aside from the fact that Jalan Padang is in between Jalan Walter Grenier and Lorong Walter Grenier. 🤯 Enlighten me anyone?

Anywayyss...chicken rice. Not bad. Rice was savoury, pretty well flavoured and had a light hint of ginger which I didn't even mind. Paired nicely with their garlicky & limey chilli.

The mentioned fried chicken was a sizeable meaty battered thigh. The brining has gone all the way into the meat. Nice. Will be Back.

There's been a bunch of conflicting information online on their operating hours. As of this visit, the word from the proprietress is Mon - Sat from 9am.

Revisiting Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Takashimaya

That's their coconut fizz float which was basically a scoop of coconut ice cream in tonic water. Kinda liked this.

We were here to try something different from them. Something they called oven baked French poulet with Japanese rice which was prepared on order and had a 25 minutes waiting time. So we munched on some stuff...like their sweet and sour pork while waiting. Not bad this one. Crisp on the outside.

I don't know if this was French chicken because we also heard them mention kampong chicken. Meat was tender. The crisp skin had a flavour which reminded me of honey soya sauce glaze.

Under the chook was chicken rice with garlic. They used Niigata Koshihikari rice for that. Nice. 

Zhen Xiang Hainanese Chicken Rice (臻香海南鸡饭), BK Eating House @ Jurong Gateway Road

Came across Zhen Xiang Hainanese Chicken Rice (BK Eating House, 134 Jurong Gateway Road, #01-309) by chance while looking for lunch. What decided for me were actually those slabs of pork belly char siew hanging with the chicken in the stall. This turned out to be a pretty good find. Got the poached thigh. Chook was competently smooth and tender, well sauced with a pleasant sesame oil flavour. That and a light but adequately flavoured rice with a lime-y garlicky chilli which had a pleasant heat. That char siew though - was well caramelized, fatty and savoury sweet. Nice.

BBQ drumstick rice from Golden Rooster

Not bad drumstick rice from Golden Rooster. Even though it didn't taste like it was fresh off the...whatever it was they use for their bbq chicken. Portion felt a little small though. Will stick to the half chicken the next time.

Lee Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice (利興海南雞飯), Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Pleasantly surprised at Lee Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice (#01-15 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central). This was an order with poached thigh (白尾) with a side of roast pork - a competent plate featuring sufficiently flavoured rice with smooth tender bird and a nice lime-y garlicky chilli that packed a bit of heat. Soup on the side's sweet from the cabbage and carrots; not bad. What we didn't expect was the smoky roast pork. Arguably tender and yet with sufficient bite and a sandwiched fat layer that was unexpectedly soft.

Looking forward to coming back.

One week later......

Roast thigh (烧尾) with a side of char siew and egg. One can imagine the carcinogenic sweetness on the burnt ends of the char siew. Nice.

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).

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.

Serving of livers with some slivers of hearts.

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.

Sergeant Chicken Rice, Food Republic @ Breadtalk IHQ

Remember the chicken rice I had at the Food Republic @ Breadtalk IHQ previously? Just found out that they're Sergeant Chicken Rice. A branch of the very same one at Food Opera. Have been back a couple of time since.

They've a Duo Style Chicken Rice which includes both the 白 & 烧 going at $8.50. Eggs cost extra. Not bad but just kinda pricey for an additional serving of protein.

What came across as a better deal was the $7.90 Power Up Chicken Set. Only available at this branch if I'm not mistaken. Extra portion of meat and a choice of either greens or bean sprouts on the side.

Traditional Rui Ji Chicken Rice & Laksa Chicken Noodle (瑞记正宗鸡饭 叻沙鸡面), Hong Lim Food Centre

Don't know if this stall (#02-27 Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross Street) has any relation with any of the Swee Kee chicken rice brands around. They're just next door to The Noodle Memories.

Chicken rice was serviceable but not memorable. Rice was light on flavour and not moreish. Chilli's watery and had a pretty run of the mill taste. The soup changes daily apparently and it's Sichuan mustard green today.

Boon Chiang Hainanese Chicken Rice (文昌海南雞飯), Ubi

A decent rendition to be had at Boon Chiang Hainanese Chicken Rice (302 Ubi Ave 1) which featured succulent cuts of dark meat (白尾) and creamy livers with some bits of toasty fried garlic bits. Soup on the side's lotus root - flavourful but not thick. What's not impressive was the rice. Beady textures and pretty mild flavouring. This one falls under the category of don't mind having if I'm in the vicinity, but wouldn't travel here specially for them.

火山 Chicken Rice Wanton Mee, C&L Cafe @ UB. One

Another chicken rice stall has taken over Soon Soon (yes, that hot dog chicken rice stall) right next door to Aneka Ulam. This current one serves a pretty competent rendition and their soup's quite nice.

This was 烧鸡尾 with extra portions of meat.

That's 白鸡尾 + roast pork and egg. Did not expect the chicken jelly there.

Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice, Ngee Ann City/Takashimaya

Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice has opened a restaurant in town called Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice (B2-36A Ngee Ann CIty, 391 Orchard Road, tel : +65 6900 4320). So they're no longer boneless? 🤔 Anyways, there's a slew of other stuff on the menu other than chicken rice. That seems to be how all these old chicken rice brands that expand end up.

Chicken's pretty decent. Quarter portion was bigger than I imagined.

Chook has jelly beneath the skin.

But it kinda feels a little different from eating them at Tiong Bahru Food Centre.

There's Hainanese crispy pork on menu too. I liked this even though I'm generally not a fan of crispy pork with the exception of the ones from the defunct Blk 38 Curry Rice. These were crispy, lardy and savoury. Loads of crunch and porcine flavour.

Even the curry that accompanied those crispy pork was delicious. 

The pickled mustard green were much more intense than those that I remember from their Tiong Bahru stall.

Bean sprouts quite nice. There're bits of salted fish in it.

Egg.

This outpost has chicken rice made using basmati and Niigata Koshihikari rice. Might come back and try those another time. 

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice (天天海南雞飯), Clementi Central

Did not realise that Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice has an outlet at Clementi (450 Clementi Avenue 3) until recently. They're located in the same coffeeshop as Golden Rooster. This was thigh meat for two with eggs, liver and tau kwa. Not bad tasting for the most of it.

Except for their rice which has texture I'm not fan of that their lime-y chilli and fragrant dark soy sauce couldn't save. There's easily a handful of other stalls/shops out there I'd pick over Tian Tian just because of the rice. But I suppose I wouldn't mind eating it if I felt like chicken rice and was in the vicinity.