Xin Ji Chicken Rice @ Margaret Drive

Xin Ji Chicken Rice is one of my favourite spot for chicken rice and theirs is the Cantonese style. My hubby had been patroning them since he is a little child. He brought me here during our poly days. I had been patroning them since then.

Their chicken are rather huge and fatty. The chicken skin is smooth and springy, its just slip through the throat and I simply love it. Although the chicken is huge, the meat is still tender and juicy. Their special mix soy sauce that was added onto the chicken give the chicken exta aroma.

The rice here is just right for me, not too hard nor soft. Every mouth you chew is full of chicken broth fragrance. The chilli sauce and grind ginger are all self-made by the stall owner. The chilli is slightly spicy and with a strong garlic fragance, together with the grind ginger and dark soy sauce, perfect match with the chicken.

This stall is a hot favourite, on weekend the queue could be rather long during lunch time. So have a bit of patient for good food.

Xin Ji Famous Chicken Rice

Address: Margaret Drive Hawker Centre Blk 40A #02-548

Contact no.: 64710355

Operating Hours: 10.30am to 9pm

Closed on Monday

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Hainanese Chicken Rice something that I will always miss when I am away from Singapore, especially when I travel to western country. Remember years back after my trip back from USA, I told my hubby that I want to have chicken rice.

Hainanese chicken rice could be easily found in almost all corners in Singapore. In fact, most of the native Chinese here are able to cook their own family version of chicken rice. The rice is a very important factor. Traditionally, chicken fats, garlic and shallots are used to lightly fried with the rice grains before cooking. Due to health concern, chicken fats had been discarded. Chicken broth (that is used to blanch the chicken) and ginger are then added to cook with the rice. Some will also add in pandan leaves to give the extra aroma to the rice.

In order to ensure that the chicken is not over cooked and to remain its tenderness, most of the chef will soak the chicken in ice water for a while, immediately after removing from the boiling broth. But this procedure somehow will loose part of the original chicken taste.

If you prefer to have that orginal taste of the chicken, you may want to want to try out the chicken at Chicken House. Over there, they serve kampong chicken which is less fatty and they do not soak their chicken in ice water to maintain its original. You will also note that the skin of the chicken there is much yellowish than other places else.

Chicken House

Address: 255 Upper Thomson Road

Contact no.: 6456 0698

Operating hours: 10am to 9.30pm.