Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice Alexendria Village Hawker Centre (Pirom)

Thanks to Ieat over at http://ieatishootipost.blogspot.com/index.html for this one. I was over here last week and after wanting to eat that Claypot laksa over at Alexendria Hawker centre i decided to get the chicken rice too. I have to say, i was a bit skeptical with the high 4.6/5 rating from Ieat (too each his own taste i guess) and with that 'C' health rating i was even put back slightly a bit further. But you know what they say, the dirtier it is, the better it will be right?

So, i got my plate, no skin no bone as usual (too keep standards for ratings) which was given to me shortly. The rice i have to say was disappointing; it was soggy and clumpy, with broken grains all over the place. I'm hoping this was a bad day because the rest of it was fantastic. It just such a pity on the damn rice though.

Now, on to the saving grace, the chicken. Oh man i have to say, this has to be the best chicken from any chicken rice stall i've ever have. It was juicy, succulent, moist, tender, and all those perfect things that a piece of steamed chicken need be. It tasted mildly of soy sauce and a bit of sesame oil in it, nothing to over power the chicken as some hawker places do to cover up for some very indecent and steamed badly chicken. This without a doubt beats down every other place i've had so far, a damn fine plate of steamed chicken giving that umami taste, mmmmmm. For me i think this is a near perfect chicken you can get with the perfect chicken perhaps being in heaven or some other dimension.

For this i award my highest rating of a 3.75 heads. Now, i dont have a 3.75 heads so ill round it up and give it a 4 head. (im feeling nice) I really do hope that they can keep up the quality of the chicken every time.

For the rice, the oh so dissapointing rice i have to give only a 1.5 heads, it really sucked that time, i too hope this one a day mistake and they improve upon it.

The condiments were fine, with the chili being nice, not too over powering. They however didnt give me ginger which kinda peeved me a bit, but the chicken being so good i give them a 1.5 for the condiments.

SO, some maths, 4 (chicken) + 1.5 (rice) + 1.5 (condiments) = 7/10



The question is now whether this is better then Pow Sing which i gave a 7.5. Well the thing is, if your a big chicken fan and dont bother about the rice, come here instead. If you want the full experience (and pay slightly more but with air con) then its Pow Sing to go to. Personally i would prefer coming here also because of the bloody tasty Clay pot laksa which i give a 8/10 heads for in tastiness.

Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
Blk 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1
Alexandra Village Hawker Centre
Stall 01-15
10am to 8pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Hols