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 by no means eat good rooster rice earlier than one la,” I hear you typing out. You recognize what, that is perhaps true. Enter Edmond Rooster Rice, situated at 48A Tanglin Halt Street. That is apparently top-of-the-line and most inexpensive halal rooster rice stalls on the market.

Edmond Rooster 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 courtroom, Banquet. On the age of 26, he determined to open his first stall between 2009 and 2010. 

Do word that Edmond Rooster Rice doesn’t have a set opening schedule. It’s greatest to take a look at their Fb web page earlier than heading down.

What I attempted at Edmond Rooster Rice

In case you’ve been to any rooster rice stall in your life, then the menu at Edmond Rooster Rice must be a well-recognized sight. You’ve gotten your Rooster Rice (S$4) and Rooster 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 Rooster Noodles (S$4) and Rooster Porridge (S$4). I opted for the Rooster Rice and Rooster Noodles.

My order of Rooster 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. All the dish was completed with a splash of sunshine soy sauce.

My first chew left me wanting. Certain, 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 moderately tender, too was crying out for flavour. There simply wasn’t an edge to it. It was like ingesting weight-reduction plan soda—it could feel and look proper however you understand rattling effectively one thing is missing.

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

Regardless of all of its shortcomings, I knew the dish nonetheless had a card left to play—its soup. Simply slather them over the rice and rooster and it will ace the dish. The cardboard 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.

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

I really get pleasure from consuming rooster noodles and it was at all times my dish of alternative at a rooster rice stall. Due to 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. When you get that out of the best way, you’ll be handled with a powerful spicy flavour greatest described by the phrases “energy sia”.

Although it ought to actually be referred to as wanton noodles relatively than rooster noodles, I assumed using wanton was a good suggestion, particularly contemplating how the rooster tasted. It had minced rooster inside that was flippantly seasoned with white pepper and salt. 

If I used to be being nitpicky, I might have favored 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 and so they style higher than the rooster slices.

Last ideas 

That is actually a story of two dishes. Whereas the rooster rice was nothing to put in writing dwelling about (and even write), the rooster noodles actually made my lunch with its addicting chilli paste and satisfying wantons. In accordance with most opinions on-line, I’d wish to suppose that the lapse of the rooster rice was purely coincidental however I can solely overview what I used to be served.

Having mentioned that, you possibly can simply get each dishes at almost all rooster rice stalls, making Edmond Rooster Rice troublesome 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 Rooster Noodles.

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