Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice

I'm on a mission: to eat at all the offshoots of the storied Sin Kee brand, split off from the motherlode like the horcruxes of Voldemort, to find out which one is the true inheritor of the chicken rice of my childhood. Our first stop is the Sin Kee located at Holland Close. It's a far cry from what I remember - a bustling operation dominating the facade of the kopitiam; now, it occupies a single store amongst many. Doesn't mean it's bad, though - this is quality chicken rice, good enough to be a regular stop for those living nearby, though not so good that I'd give it the crown right this moment. Rice: ***** - Plump, firm grains, every one of which is coated in glistening fragrant chicken oil. Chicken: **** - Very good, though a teeny bit drier than the best I've had. The chicken gravy is very good, and the jellied skin is a guilty pleasure. Chili: **** - Very, very spicy and piquant, though lacking that last mile of umami depth; the spiciness overwhelms the flavors a bit. Soup: ??? - No soup was served, and none was available on request. Quite the shocking lapse - a good bowl of chicken rice stock is essential to round out any good chicken rice meal. We also got the roast pork, which I do not recommend at all - the skin is kind of soggy and chewy, the opposite of what you want. Stick to what you're best at, I say.

Chicken is well cooked with no blood. Meat is smooth and tender. Innards and beansprouts were also crunchy. Lastly, rice is fragrant with unbroken grains. Well done. Only area to be improve, is the chicken quality. Unlike kampung chicken, the meat fall apart when chopped.

This is not the Michelin one. I went wrong as the store name is deceiving. But overall the chicken is very tender, and the rice is fragrance. The chilli ginger and black sauce is abit watery. Price is reasonable.

Flavourful, moist, tender chicken. Good chicken rice. Roast chicken skin is very crispy. Char siew pork unfortunately is tough and isn't very flavourful. Dined in during a weekday lunch, and no queue.

A very good chicken rice. Breast is juicy, rice is cooked on point. The vegetable is delicious. Friendly staff too.

Our family's all-time favourite chicken rice stall. Will always order only chicken breast meat, which is very tender and juicy. The vegetables are great too.

BEWARE. I should have suspected that the standard wouldnt be good seeing that they had zero queue during dinner peak hour, no one else was eating from this stall, and a mainland chinese lady was manning the stall. I ordered lower quarter steamed chicken. Was quoted $13. Ordered a plate of rice and a portion of gizzards too. Paid first using paynow. When they served, it was upper quarter instead. The difference between upper and lower quarter is night and day, anyone who has ate chicken rice will tell you that. I questioned why i was served upper instead of lower quarter, the lady argued that i ordered upper and since she already prepared, i had to accept. Nevermind, i asked for soup, she said they dont serve any. Wow. The first time in decades i’ve eaten chicken rice and it doesnt come with soup. Ok nevermind, on to the taste of the food. Chicken was bland and tough. The sauce was very salty and the rice was one dimensional in fragrance. Chilli and ginger sauce was also flat and lacked robustness. Better to stick to the stalls by the original Leong brothers. One of them is only just across the road. What a mistake. Not coming back here ever again.

Tiny tiny portion. Good for children. Or a diet. No soup, threw the cucumbers onto the plate, no sauce. Really sad experience.