Krys P.
Yelp
I love love love Hainanese chicken rice, and while I know how to cook it and can make it pretty good, it's a major pain to prepare, unless you use the rice cooker hacke, but let's face it, not quite the real thing.
So, when I heard of a new place in Davie selling not much else but Hainanese chicken rice, I had to visit asap.
The restaurant is in the same spot as Mama Tofu. It's a smallish place, but then with a small menu it's not likely a place for a big gathering. My friend is rather disappointed that the menu has pared down to only a few items. Chicken, and chicken, and not much else. Want beef? sorry. Pork? Sorry. Vegan... bad luck.
Now, if the food is in the name, and the only thing on the menu, I'd expect it to be very good, if not excellent. Which sadly it is not. I don't quite know how or why, but the chicken is rather bland and the meat not very tender. Okay, I may understand that if they use free range birds the meat may not be as tender. More exercise, more muscle and less fat. I totally get it. However, flavor is lacking, and that's not nice. The sauces are delicious, but if you cook the food right you shouldn't rely on sauces to flavor it up. Like in the dry pho, the dish overall is delicious because the sauce is yummy. But when I bite into the chicken itself, it's just firm and tasteless.
I do hope they will continue to improve. I do so miss my chicken rice.