Tong Kee Rooster Rice – Queue-Worthy Roast Rooster Stall Reopens at Margaret Drive

Tong Kee Rooster Rice is a well-liked hen rice stall on the previous Margaret Drive Hawker Centre. After the market was demolished, the stall moved to Tanglin Halt hawker centre on Commonwealth Drive.

With the opening of the brand new Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, Tong Kee Rooster Rice has moved again to their previous dwelling. On a busy Saturday afternoon, this stall has the longest queue within the hawker centre.

To be sincere, I’m at all times somebody who loves poached hen. So I wasn’t too to have roast hen for lunch. However boy, was I impressed.

Many could not have guessed however the ‘roasted’ hen is definitely fried! Tong Kee’s roast hen is seasoned with spices and deep fried in oil, leaving the golden brown pores and skin crispy as if I used to be consuming fried hen.

It’s totally different from what’s served at many roast hen stalls the place the pores and skin of the hen is normally easy and doesn’t ship the crunch. I positively love Tong Kee’s model extra as a result of the meat nonetheless retains its juiciness and it’s a scrumptious dish to have. It ticks all of the bins — completely roasted hen that’s bathed in a plate of soy sauce, fluffy seasoned rice, and a compulsory bowl of soup.

For many who desire poached hen, Tong Kee has began promoting poached hen. Its steamed hen was succulent and tender, with simply the correct amount of sunshine soya sauce drenched on prime.

The aromatic rice was cooked with hen oil and many aromatics like ginger and shallots. We appreciated that the rice was not overly oily, but aromatic. The hen parts have been beneficiant. The chilli was additionally potent — spicy and gave kick.

Make sure you pair the dish with their signature braising sauce. It had a stunning steadiness of candy and savoury notes. What’s attention-grabbing was the sunshine smoky flavour which you can’t discover at different hen rice stalls. It’s no marvel I see many diners requesting for extra gravy to pair with their rice.

MissTamChiak.com made nameless go to and paid its personal meal on the stall featured right here.

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