Halal-certified rooster rice at Tanglin Halt by hawker who cooked rooster since he was 16

I by no means understood the hype for rooster rice and have at all times discovered them common. “Aiya, you never eat good chicken rice before one la,” I hear you typing out. You know what, that may be true. Enter Edmond Chicken Rice, situated at 48A Tanglin Halt Road. This is seemingly the most effective and most inexpensive halal rooster rice stalls on the market.

Edmond Chicken Rice began out when 16-years-old Edmond began skipping class to work with a rooster rice uncle below his block. He continued his rooster rice journey by working on the former meals court docket, Banquet. At the age of 26, he determined to open his first stall between 2009 and 2010. 

Do word that Edmond Chicken Rice doesn’t have a hard and fast opening schedule. It’s finest to take a look at their Facebook web page earlier than heading down.

What I attempted at Edmond Chicken Rice

If you’ve been to any rooster rice stall in your life, then the menu at Edmond Chicken Rice needs to be a well-recognized sight. You have your Chicken Rice (S$4) and Chicken Rice Set (S$5.50), each out there in Roast or Steam rooster, although they have been out of steamed rooster. There have been additionally the anticipated Chicken Noodles (S$4) and Chicken Porridge (S$4). I opted for the Chicken Rice and Chicken Noodles.

My order of Chicken Rice got here with a bowl of soup and chilli sauce on the facet. I felt that it had considerably extra meat than what I’m used to seeing from different rooster rice stalls. The complete dish was completed with a splash of sunshine soy sauce.

My first chew left me wanting. Sure, the rice was fluffy and barely overcooked like the way it’s alleged to be, however I simply didn’t get sufficient flavour from it. There wasn’t any anticipated aroma from the ginger and garlic on the rice, as a substitute, it had a barely candy flavour due to the sunshine soya sauce.

The rooster, regardless of being fairly tender, too was crying out for flavour. There simply wasn’t an edge to it. It was like ingesting weight loss plan soda—it might feel and appear proper however you realize rattling nicely one thing is missing.

My favorite a part of a roasted rooster, its shiny pores and skin, was forged the identical destiny as its fleshy counterpart. The sturdy rooster and maltose-infused flavours have been gone. 

Despite all of its shortcomings, I knew the dish nonetheless had a card left to play—its soup. Just slather them over the rice and rooster and it could ace the dish. The card turned out to be a deuce because it too fell quick. It had a really generic rooster inventory flavour regardless of the addition of dried shallots and chopped spring onions.

I used to be so determined for flavours that I even tried their chilli sauce, one thing that I’d by no means executed earlier than. It was surprisingly tangy with a superb quantity of spiciness, and although I may solely muster a chew of it, this was good for individuals who have been accustomed to consuming it with chilli.

I truly get pleasure from consuming rooster noodles and it was at all times my dish of selection at a rooster rice stall. Because of that, I left my let-down of a meal behind and proceeded with a renewed sense of hope. 

And as predicted, it didn’t disappoint. The noodles have been cooked with simply the correct amount of springiness with each chew. The chilli paste used was thick, requiring a few tosses from the bundle of noodles to get all of them smeared. Once you get that out of the way in which, you’ll be handled with a powerful spicy flavour finest described by the phrases “power sia”.

Though it ought to actually be referred to as wanton noodles slightly than rooster noodles, I believed the usage of wanton was a good suggestion, particularly contemplating how the rooster tasted. It had minced rooster inside that was frivolously seasoned with white pepper and salt. 

If I used to be being nitpicky, I’d have appreciated an choice to have your wanton fried because the crispy pores and skin would achieve this a lot as an added texture, however hey, you get 6 items of them they usually style higher than the rooster slices.

Final ideas 

This can be a story of two dishes. While the rooster rice was nothing to write down residence about (and even write), the rooster noodles actually made my lunch with its addicting chilli paste and satisfying wantons. According to most opinions on-line, I’d wish to suppose that the lapse of the rooster rice was purely coincidental however I can solely evaluation what I used to be served.

Having mentioned that, you may simply get each dishes at almost all rooster rice stalls, making Edmond Chicken Rice tough to advocate particularly if you happen to don’t keep across the neighborhood. I’d solely think about coming again if I’m ever close by and just for the Chicken Noodles.

Expected harm: S$4 – S$8 per pax

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