There are these two Hainanese Chicken Rice stalls at the Dover Food Centre, just separated by one stall in-between them, that have been pretty well known and are typically quite crowded. Yes, both of them, in the past. But some time ago, when I was there and patronized the corner stall, I was sorely disappointed with the quality of the serving, apart from also not being told in advance that they had run out of the century egg.
So today, I made a point to order from the other stall. The one not at the corner, the one with stall number #01-133. I was satisfied with a tasty serving of Hainanese Chicken Rice. They did mix up my order though. I ordered white chicken thigh with the century egg, while my friend ordered roast chicken thigh. We didn’t notice the mix up, until some time later. I usually order white, you see, and when I was about to select a piece of the chicken meat to chew on, I was wondering why my chicken looked different. Then only I realized we had swapped plates.
But the roast chicken thigh was just as nice. Usually I find the roast version slightly drier, but this one is juicy and tender. Just like the white one.
The chicken is served on a separate plate from the rice. It’s just $2.50 for chicken thigh (with the rice), and an additional $0.70 for the century egg.
The Dover Food Centre is supposed to be demolished to make way for some kind of hub thingy in the Science Park / NUS / Ayer Rajah area. I’ve no idea when (in fact I thought it was already supposed to be gone). But I suppose it won’t be very long more, so if you’re in the area, try it while you still can.
Here’s the Keropokman’s post on the same stall.
Now that Dover Food center has closed, where did the chicken rice stall moved to?