Big Day Out (James)

We set out on Saturday the 25th with the intention of trying a whole host of different Chicken Rice stalls and trying and reviewing them all for you to see. When we got there the levels of Chicken Rice available was overwhelming. Not just steamed Chicken Rice either, that was just what we managed to get through. There was numerous other roasted stalls which we may have to try some other time. All in all there were 5 different places all competitively priced at the seemingly standard price of $2.50, at least in the case of the stalls i'll be reviewing.


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I purchased two chicken rice plates from New Leong Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice and Tong Fong Fatt Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice. Overall i had a good experience, but then again who cant have a good experience when it comes to Chicken Rice, and lots of it. as i said before there were FIVE different places.... FIVE. how many times have you been to a hawker and looked around and said to yourself "oh look there are five different places you can get Chicken Rice from. Oh how do i choose, which one should i go to?" well that is the kind of question that outings like ours try to achieve the answer to. We did all the hard work and stretched the limits of our taste to bring you the best of the best from Parkway Parade (although we did find time for a waffle afterwards and personally for me two sweet talks... Hey like pirom said it was a hot day).

Anyway, the reason your all here, the reviews:

New Leong Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice - Overall a good experience from this place. The rice was quite nice and the Chicken was served on a different plate so I could douse the rice with sauce. Some may say that ruins the taste but personally i just like it as i've said before. The rice was quite nice but tended to be a bit cloggy and stuck together. For me that just made it a little less of an experience but you know what? there were another FOUR stalls which we got rice from so I could just mix and match as I choose. The Chicken on the other hand was very nice and wasn't too tender but also wasn't to tough. It had a nice mix. I'd like to add a picture but i accidentally, in my haste to eat the chicken rice forgot to take the picture. No problem though. The food was served on two different plates like I said before with some vegtables on the side. I dont know if that helps you at all but oh well. On the other end of the meal we got some chili with the chicken. Now i've had hot chili before, but this was HOT chili. It kind of ruined the taste a little but in moderation it seemed to go okay. Overall i wasn't entirely impressed with the chili with only one of the stalls chili impressing me. Overall i'd give this stall a reasonably high 6.5/10



Tong Fong Fatt Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice -


This was the last Chicken Rice place we reviewed so it would be easy enough for our tastes to be tainted due to the overwhelming amount we had already eaten. That didn't prove to be a significant problem for this place though. Personally I liked the meal i was given. The rice again was a bit soggy but overall not to bad and i was able to add the sauce. The Chicken was a little too tender but it had a nice taste to it overall. The chili also made a nice addition to the meal. It was different to the others and a little sweeter. There was an overall nice taste to this place and as a result i'm inclined to rank them higher then the previous stall but only by half a head. This was just based on the overall taste of the Chicken Rice as a whole: 7/10



The following is a picture of Scott and Pirom after enjoying a nice couple of serves of Chicken Rice and preparing themselves for the waffle ahead of them




Note: If anyone can recommend a place which has a wide variety of different stalls for us to try submit the name in the comments by all means so we can go out there and provide you with quality reviews, I hope. Thanks for reading and keep viewing for more updates from Pirom and potentially our first guest review from Scott.