Chew Kee Eating House: Sis and Bro on the same Row Part 1 of 2
With smart, iwatch_ueat and liverpool
Once upon a time, there was a happy family operating a coffee shop along upper Cross Street. One sibling sold Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and the other sold Soya Sauce Chicken Noodles. One day something happened and they decided to go their separate ways. Big Sis won the tender to the original shop and stayed put. Little Bro rented a store a few shophouses down the street. So now there are 2 Soya Sauce Chicken Houses along Upper Cross Street. Hmmm, sound like a familiar kind of story?
For us foodies, the real question is which one should we patronise when we get there? Bro or Sis, Sis or Bro.... don't want to waste a good appetite and calories right? Only one way to find out and that's to try both.
We give Big Sis a go first. The Soya Sauce Chicken reminds me of what my mom used to make, ie it tastes very homecooked. The flavour is dominated by Dark Sauce and the chicken flesh was very firm to the bite almost bordering on chewy. The noodles were QQ and some makankakis actually felt that it was overly QQ (if there is there such a thing). Being such a well known establishment, my expectations were quite high. Unfortunately it did not meet up to my expectations that day. 3.75/5
Our makanuncle, smart claims that those who really know how to eat chicken would know how to appreciate the Chicken Backside aka Bishop's Nose. (Looks more like the Bishop's Mitre Hat to me) So he got some complementary Coccyx to satisfy his desire for Chicken Bums. He seemed to enjoy it immensly.
Conclusion
It's going to upset supporters of Big Sis's Chew Kee, but it did not appeal that much to me or my fellow makankakis. Do bear in mind that taste is subjective and this stall has been around for a long time and many people do swear by this stall. So if you are a supporter please write in the comments and tell us why you like it so much!
Chew Kee Eating House
8 Upper Cross Street
62220507
9am - 7pm
Closed every Friday except on Public Holiday
To read part 2 of this 2 parter, click HERE
4 comments:
Colleague showed me this awesome site. Saying we are going to have the HKM for lunch based on your blog.
I click on the link, beautiful pictures came out, then suddenly there was the smell of food some more! Wah... so high tech website!! what technology you use?
the realise the smell is someone heating up food in the pantry. :-)
Not too late to wish you a very Blessed New Year.
OVERRATED!
I eat where the recommendations go. I went to the old shop (I believe is the first shop)to try.
Ordered a drumstick chicken and took the dive. $#^@%%&%^!!
1. The noodles tastes flat
2. Chilli is sour!
3. Chicken is overcooked
4. The sauce is flat!
THE MOST DISGUSTING chicken noodles i had in my life! Honest!
I think traditional Hong Kong Chicken noodles taste way better than this.
Geez! I hated it when lousy food spoils my day
More discussion can be found here
http://www.makansutra.com/forums/singapore/viewtopic.php?p=218903#218903
i would prefer e sister's compared to e brother's..
i tried e brother's one first some time back.. then recently, i tried e sister's one n i've been going back on a frequent basis!!!
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