Ok, forget English homework which is waaaaaay too hard for me, i have no idea what im looking for... Anyway, i apologize for such a late update considering this was supposed to be done atleast a week ago, school work and becos im lazy, dont judge me. :p
Ok dokey, im using pictures as a guide by the way because i lost that sheet that i wrote down the scores on... Yes, silly me and what not, but i think i can remember the high and low points of each.
Ok, let me upload the photos before i start....
*Uploads pictures and like 10 hours later*
Right, so first up i believe we have
Yep, so its stall 01-144. Ok, erm, i would write more but i really do not remember much from these guys. I think it was pretty much a really average plate of chicken rice, with everything getting a very average score, nothing special, nothing terrible. Their chili i think wasn't bad, it was kinda tasty but that was about the only thing i could recall from this stall. All in all i give them a 6 out of 10, 2 for chicken and rice and a 1.5 for condiments. I THINK (sorry but i really cant remember, but i believe i wrote down that these guys had good rice texture as in mouth feel but the flavour wasnt there. The chicken very maa maa hoo hoo (as J sometimes says).Not a terrible score, but really there could be room for improvement in all sectors.
Next i think we have Leong Kee Chicken rice. If memory serves me right (Iron chef fans anyone?) this time from what we can see in the photo, they had some decent chicken giving it a 2.5. The rice i think had slightly more flavour then the previous stall but i believe i felt the grains were a bit mushed up from cooking that was slightly careless. The chili here was agreed by all that it was much too spicy and killed the taste of everything, good thing there was sugar cane juice on hand :D I'm in fact tempted to deduct marks for such a bad chili, but i dont think i can... So, all in all, a 2.5 chicken, a 2 rice and a 0.5 condiment.
So, a very very very average place, nothing of interest really...
Qi Le F&B, Ok, this was the most expensive out of the lot being $0.50 (ZOMG) more expensive then the rest. However, it did come with soup and fried garlic bits on the chicken. However, i think this was also the most... industrial chicken rice of all. When i went to the stall they were doing their thing with like 10,000 chickens. Quality overall? I felt this got a 2 for rice and chicken. Condiments was forgettable ill give them a 1 for giving out condiments in the first place. The soup really didnt do much justice considering it tasted more of peanuts then anything else (it was chicken peanut soup that was "free" of charge, gotta love the marketing)Just like the stall above, overall experience was really mediocre.
A lot too work on, but i think these guys are a chain since they have other branches elsewhere.
Ok, these guys over at Tong Fong Fatt i felt kinda cheated. What do you mean Pirom?! you ask, well, the chicken here came out unnaturally TOO tender amounting too what perhaps might be some use of a little artifical help. If it wasn't the only other way to make chicken tender as pointed out by Tiantianchi on the Makansutra forums, "To make chicken tender and succulent is not so difficult. Blanched in boiling water several time not overcooking them, dump in ice cold water to seal in the juice, but killing the taste. This should explains why your MSG laden sauce is reddish in color. " This is pretty much what happened here, the chicken was heavily overloaded with their concoction of soy sauce and what not. I normally wouldn't mind sauce in whatever form, but too overload it on the chicken means that they've probably done something bad with the bird and are trying to cover it up. The rice i think was pretty forgettable. Chili i think was meh also. Anyway, for the chicken i gave them a 1.5 for kind of cheating, a 2 for rice and a 1 for condiment since... well it was there. So, 4.5 out of 10.
This is not a chicken rice for those that i think are more of the purist types. Unlike James who would go for the "If its tasty its good" i feel one must shine through the harder things as seen in the chicken. By all means though, if you like your chicken REALLY tender and with LOTS of sauce, go for it. Me, I'll stick to Alexandria hawker village thank you.
Ok, so lucky last is Lee Heng. Scott who replaced kirean got this and made the mistake of not asking for breast meat. HOWEVER, the problem is the bony bits that we were given should have in fact tasted better then breast meat. This was not the case (and no it wasnt because of the lack in sauce). Overall, i felt this was on par with the previous stall. The chicken was ultimately bland at the end of the day. However, their saving grace was the rice which i thought had good texture and a decent flavour (not as tasty as the other stall mentioned though). Their chili however was quite interesting as i detected traces of lime juice in each which i felt gave it a very nice citrus tang to the whole composition. So, the verdict is a 1 for chicken, 2.5 for rice and a 2 for chili (i really felt this chili set it above the rest, there wasn't ginger but i felt it wasn't needed here for the chili was really quite excellent) So a 5.5 for everything.Personally what i would have done is ordered chicken and rice from other stalls and combine their chili with theirs.
So, guys, please work on your chicken and get the flavour going into your rice and you'll have a decent plate.
(Our other reviewer, James in the near aftermath)
(After the battle, note the bloody remains of the chicken and rice)So that concludes my intake of the Parkway Parade meet. Overall, a fun experince even if non of the places were all that incredible. I would however go back there cos we found this guy selling out Green Lantern comics (who would in ANY situation kick the heejeebies out of Jack Bower from 24). Anyway, i hope you enjoy, and if the stalls are reading this, please take our criticism as suggestions more then anything else, at the end of the day its personal taste and this is what i felt of your plates. Thanks, and stay tune for other updates. (probably in like 10000 years)
