Before going to Pow Sing for dinner as we were waiting for everyone else, James and i decided to have an early snack and saw Ji Fung open and selling chicken rice. It advertised 100% Kumpong chicken which is always good as this type of chicken, although smaller usually taste better. Upon further investigation, we found there was no price which seemed a bit dodgy, but nevermind, we decided to try it anyway.
So i decided to test their chicken out, and lo and behold, here is a chicken which taste above the rest. Moist and tender, the chicken here had a slight sweetness to it which i felt was not from any soy sauce but was perhaps truly from the kumpong chicken that it was. There really isn't much else to say except i really did feel this is a much better chicken then the others, Pow Sing, Ming Kee and definitely Boon Tong Kee. I give these guys a 3.5 heads for chicken, pretty damn good i reckon.
A pity the rice didn't match up as well, like i said it tasted a bit like Pow Sing's chicken rice (across the road...) and was a bit clumpy with quite a few broken grains, although perhaps not affecting total dish quality at the most, it really shows upon the care taken by the cooks. 2 heads for rice.
Condiments however were a mixed batch for me. I felt the ginger (yay) was good with some seasoning in it, possibly a bit of light soy. It also had a nice subtle garlic tone to it which i enjoyed. The chili here however i felt was way to spicy and something that tasted alot like Boon Tong Kee's. Possibly the same infact...
Anyway, a decent chicken, a shoddy rice, but good ginger. The Bill came up to 4.90 for one plate with a lime juice. A tad more expensive, but i guess its justifiable for the kumpong chicken used which is slightly more expensive. The portions here i thought were decent, just that compared to the cheap Ming Kee...
The directions for this place, erm, i forgot to take a card. However, its not hard to spot. When you get off at the bus stop in that strange round about, its basically on the left of Country Mania, and you'll see the sign.
Ji Fung Hainanese Restaurant
6.5 out of 10
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