Posted in Eat-Out: Buffet on Dec 20th, 2011
This is one of the rare times that I’ve tasted moist and tender turkey! Together with misstamchiak, Justin, Keropokman, Hungry Cow, and Jasper & Saunders, we checked out the Christmas lunch buffet at Plaza Brasserie at the invitation of PARKROYAL on Beach Road.
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Mar 21st, 2011
It all started with a passionate exchange over the findings of this soy sauce chicken noodle taste test. Whenever foodies cum chicken rice afficionados are involved, the inevitable consequence of such an exchange is, of course, a chicken rice lunch. One of the oldest chicken rice specialists in Singapore, Lee Fun Nam Kee has been [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 25th, 2010
Update (July 2011): This stall has ceased operations. Who is Chef Han? He is Chef Han Seng Fong, former executive sous chef at Mandarin Orchard Hotel — birthplace of the legendary Chatterbox chicken rice. After working there for more than 30 years, Chef Han left this year to open his own chicken rice stall at [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Oct 14th, 2008
Last Monday, I was at Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre for lunch, wondering which stall to try out when I spotted a respectable queue at this chicken rice stall. Of course I had to check it out. Would any foodie would miss out on a good find? Don’t be misled by that generous-looking mound [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Jul 26th, 2008
The original plan was lunch at Tanglin Halt / Commonwealth Crescent food center. On the way there, I walked past a scruffy-looking old coffee shop at the road junction. There was a familiar fragrance in the air; every table occupied was tucking into chicken rice with gusto.
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Jul 12th, 2008
Sandwiched among a row of salons, this dinky shop pulls in the crowds with its specialty, Hainanese boneless chicken rice. They also have roast chicken as option 2.
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 28th, 2006
After visiting our new baby niece at Thomson Medical Centre, R and I walked to Novena Ville, an oasis of mid-priced eateries, for a late lunch. Being chicken rice lovers, the natural consensus was Wee Nam Kee, one of the best known chicken rice specialists in Singapore. It was already 2.30 pm, but the restaurant [...]
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