Xin Ji Chicken Rice - Margaret Drive FC
This is quite a well known chicken rice stall situated on the second floor of the Margaret Drive Food Centre and I think that it is seriously underated. Oh yes, it is well known, but its been around so long that people have begun to favour the newer stalls and especially those selling Kampung Chicken. Our recent makansutra forum poll showed very little support for this chicken rice compared with the likes of Boon Tong Kee, Kampung Chicken Eating House and Five Star.
But I quite like it! The thing that really got me was the fragrance of the special sauce that they sprinkle over the chicken meat. There is just something so fragrant, so umami, so special about it. I have not tasted a sauce as good as this one, and I am going to attribute it to the age of the stall and its premises. How else can you explain why all these old stalls tend to taste better then air condition food places?
Oh, forget Kampung Chicken, that's your anorexic, atheletic type. No, chicken should be like this! Plump, voluptuous, juicy and tender so then when you bite into its flesh, you don't get chewy bits stuck in your teeth, and when mixed with the incredible sauce -- Mmmmm... shiok man! What I really enjoy as well is the rice. Take it plain and as you swallow, smell the aroma and let the sweet taste of the carbohydrates linger at the back of your palate for just that instant. Not too oily or garlicky, this rice is one of the best I tried.
Conclusion
An oldie but a goodie! Go eat it before the HDB upgrading program changes it forever! For me, the best chicken rice of all the ones I reviewd so far, but in terms of chicken, I still give Yee Cheong Yuen the edge. To read the rest of my chicken rice reviews, click here 4.25/5
Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice
Margaret Drive FC
Block 40-A #02-548
10.30am-9pm
64710355
Closed on Monday
11 comments:
The stall will be shifting to 44 Holland Dr #02-18 from 1/11/2006 till 30/11/2006 Due to renovation works. Got it when i visited it yesterday.
Maybe you would like to try out the one at nearby Mei Ling Market (Mei Ling Street). Said to be setup by one of the relatives.
I haven't had the chance to try it yet though.
Are they back after renovation? Can someone update?
they are still there. Perhaps the standard dropped a bit after renos, but my hubby and I tried it and we found nothing special about it. the soya sauce was.... very salty!nothing like the soya sauce/ sesame oil concoction for chicken rice..
I went there mid September when I visited Singapore, I tried it because of this blog plus it was quite near my family condo, the meat was very tender, but overall it was ok, but I still prefer Boon Tong Kee's chicken, we also shared a plate of CKT to me it was so so, may be because I already had high expectation from reading this blog.
should try their chicken feet.Its transparent & crunchy.No oily taste except refreshing feel..Don't think can get this dish anywhere else..Try before its gone
I'm not very supportive of Sin Kee's chicken 'rice' but their chicken is one of the better ones around. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact they don't hang their chicken?
*update*
They had relocated to #02-22/23 Mei Ling Market & FC as of today.
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Thanks for the update, Sen.
That means Mei Ling Food Centre is opened already? I hope the hor fun is still there!
Ya, it's opened already. The Shi Hui Yuan Hor Fun stall still not yet ready thr.
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Opps! I goofed. The stall at Margaret Drive FC is still opened. The newly reopened one at Mei Ling Market & FC is another stall with the same name but different boss. So sorry about that. :o
BTW the Hor Fun stall will be opened this Sat.
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