I have been hearing good comments about Boon Tong Kee chicken rice, hence decided to try it out for myself. Headed to one of their branch at MacPherson as I was around that area and decided to order the set meal for 1 person for my lunch.Here's a photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the non-air conditioned area. Although it's non-air conditioned for this section, you get to see the chef preparing your meal.Here's another photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the air-conditioned area. I decided to sit in the air-conditioned area as the weather was simply scorching hot.

I also felt the restaurant concept was interesting as they divided their restaurant into 2 sections, the air-conditioned and the non air-conditioned area. I reckon it is purposely done to cater to their restaurant patrons preference as some may not like to eat in the air conditioned environment.

Here are some more photos to share with you.My yummy chicken rice set meal for 1 person which cost $5 in total, inclusive of 1 can of soft drink. A close up view of the white chicken. Don't you think it looks yummy? This outlet comes with a LCD television. Pity the television wasn't placed in a location where majority of the diners can view it. I believe only those tables that are in front of the television can watch it whereas those who are sat near the entrance or those who sat at the back of the restaurant can't really watch it due to the odd angle. I certainly can't view it properly.There are some nice decorations hung on the wall, which coupled with the nice light balls hanging on the roof, helps to beautify the place and provide a nice dining ambiance for diners.This is a shot of the restaurant interior. Looking at the way this restaurant was being decorated and also the choice of the tablecloth design, my first impression was that this restaurant could be selling western food. You wouldn't guess that it is selling chicken rice. Kudos to the owner who had adopted this design style. I love it. Simple and classy. Look at the wall furnishing. It certainly looks posh and the wall also has a nice colour combination.

Overall, my experience at Boon Tong Kee was great. Although each item in my set meal looks simple enough, such as the bowl of rice, white chicken, chilli sauce & dark soy sauce, but they tasted great. I felt that even though none of the items stood out, they were all equally good and worked well in harmony to provide a satisfying chicken rice experience for me. The bowl of rice was fragrant and cooked just right for my liking. The white chicken was also prepared nicely and the meat tasted tender and goes very well with the light soy sauce. I love the feeling of the mixture of the light soy sauce and the chicken juice when I bite into the chicken meat. The experience was heavenly when you mix a little bit of the chilli and dark soy sauce to the chicken meat. For the chilli sauce, the spiciness was just nice and it has a very traditional "chicken rice" taste to it.

I am sure Boon Tong Kee would have many supporters and detractors but one thing I am sure of is if you have overseas friends who are in Singapore and they want to try out some unique Singapore dishes such as chicken rice, Boon Tong Kee is one good choice to consider as you can get to eat good chicken rice in a modern, clean and classy environment. I forgot to mention that while I was eating, soothing classical music played in the background and made my dining experience pleasant. From the restaurant setting to the soothing music, it almost made me forgot that I am not having a western meal but I am indeed having a uniquely Singapore dish, the chicken rice. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give the overall dining experience as a rating of 9.5.

I have been hearing good comments about Boon Tong Kee chicken rice, hence decided to try it out for myself. Headed to one of their branch at MacPherson as I was around that area and decided to order the set meal for 1 person for my lunch.Here's a photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the non-air conditioned area. Although it's non-air conditioned for this section, you get to see the chef preparing your meal.Here's another photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the air-conditioned area. I decided to sit in the air-conditioned area as the weather was simply scorching hot.

I also felt the restaurant concept was interesting as they divided their restaurant into 2 sections, the air-conditioned and the non air-conditioned area. I reckon it is purposely done to cater to their restaurant patrons preference as some may not like to eat in the air conditioned environment.

Here are some more photos to share with you.My yummy chicken rice set meal for 1 person. A close up view of the white chicken. Don't you think it looks yummy? This outlet comes with a LCD television. Pity the television wasn't placed in a location where majority of the diners can view it. I believe only those tables that are in front of the television can watch it whereas those who are sat near the entrance or those who sat at the back of the restaurant can't really watch it due to the odd angle. I certainly can't view it properly.There are some nice decorations hung on the wall, which coupled with the nice light balls hanging on the roof, helps to beautify the place and provide a nice dining ambiance for diners.This is a shot of the restaurant interior. Looking at the way this restaurant was being decorated and also the choice of the tablecloth design, my first impression was that this restaurant could be selling western food. You wouldn't guess that it is selling chicken rice. Kudos to the owner who had adopted this design style. I love it. Simple and classy. Look at the wall furnishing. It certainly looks posh and the wall also has a nice colour combination.

Overall, my experience at Boon Tong Kee was great. Although each item in my set meal looks simple enough, such as the bowl of rice, white chicken, chilli sauce & dark soy sauce, but they tasted great. I felt that even though none of the items stood out, they were all equally good and worked well in harmony to provide a satisfying chicken rice experience for me. The bowl of rice was fragrant and cooked just right for my liking. The white chicken was also prepared nicely and the meat tasted tender and goes very well with the light soy sauce. I love the feeling of the mixture of the light soy sauce and the chicken juice when I bite into the chicken meat. The experience was heavenly when you mix a little bit of the chilli and dark soy sauce to the chicken meat. For the chilli sauce, the spiciness was just nice and it has a very traditional "chicken rice" taste to it.

I am sure Boon Tong Kee would have many supporters and detractors but one thing I am sure of is if you have overseas friends who are in Singapore and they want to try out some unique Singapore dishes such as chicken rice, Boon Tong Kee is one good choice to consider as you can get to eat good chicken rice in a modern, clean and classy environment. I forgot to mention that while I was eating, soothing classical music played in the background and made my dining experience pleasant. From the restaurant setting to the soothing music, it almost made me forgot that I am not having a western meal but I am indeed having a uniquely Singapore dish, the chicken rice. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give the overall dining experience as a rating of 9.5.

I went with my colleagues to Fish & Co at Orchard ION to have our lunch today. I ordered the Grilled Chicken with Oyster Frites platter for 1 person, and I also took the meal set which adds on a soup of the day and a soft drink which I chose as coke. In total my entire meal cost me $23.45 and here's how it looks like:From what I know, the grilled chicken was topped with peri-peri sauce and served with zinc – rich oysters that were crumbed and fried to a golden brown. It's very yummy! I love the nice combination of both the grilled chicken and fried oysters, especially when the huge oysters melt in my mouth.

For my dish, it also comes with 2 side dishes, which I had chosen as the fries and the salad. Fries were equally crispy and aromatic. The soup of the day was also nice.

Overall, I found the food serving for this dish to be alright for me. I also simply love the peri-peri sauce that were spread onto the grilled chicken. Very yummy! I would definitely recommend my friends to try out this new dish creation from Fish & Co on my next visit.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give this Grilled Chicken with Oyster Frites dish a rating of 8. I would definitely order this dish again on my next visit too.

On a random Saturday afternoon, we decided to head to Ah Loy Thai. My friend had recommended me to try out as they are famous for Thai food, so we decided to head there for our today's lunch. We arrived with an empty stomach, famished and astonished to find ourselves in a queue and all the tables were fully packed in the 2 shops which this restaurant occupied.

While waiting in the queue, I decided to surf OpenRicers reviews to see what are the special or yummy dishes from this restaurant & had shortlisted 4 dishes from the 20 reviews that I had read. They are the glass noodle, Pineapple fried rice, pandan chicken and tom yum soup. Hence we placed order for this 4 dishes while we are still waiting for our seats. Luckily we only waited for 20 minutes as the owner skipped the huge group of 6 people before me and instead ushered the both of us to our seats first.

The restaurant decoration has a very Thai feel to it, with the walls decorated with famous Thai people and also there were a couple of certificates hanging proudly on their wall. I guessed the owner must have received a lot of recognition in the culinary world when he was younger.

Well, a good thing is there is no GST or service charge for this restaurant. But I have to place my order and made payment at the cashier first before they serve your food. I felt that the price of each dish was pretty reasonable. Here's the receipt for my lunch: Here's our drink, Thai Red tea, which cost $2.20. Very smooth and fragrant. Although she found it was too sweet for her liking, but I like. Haha...Here's our first dish, Seafood Tom Yum soup., which cost $7.50.Wow... The Seafood Tom Yum soup was simply awesome and mind-blowing. Very yummy!!! Very aromatic!!! And the taste of the Tom Yum is simply delicious. The soup had a nice balance of sour taste & spiciness. Not forgetting the generous serving of prawns in this dish and also the huge slices of squids & oyster mushrooms. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would personally rate this dish as a 8. Ah Loy Thai tom yum soup tasted much nicer than the Tom Yum soup I tried at Porns. I would definitely order this dish again on my next visit.

Here's our 2nd dish, Fried Glass Noodle, which cost $7.50.This was another very yummy dish. As usual, the restaurant gave a generous serving of prawns and eggs too. The fried glass noodle was very aromatic and very yummy!!! Smooth, silky noodle, coupled with the other ingredients, made me slowly savored this dish. Even my girlfriend liked this dish very much. I would give a rating of 9 for the Fried Glass Noodle. While we are happily tucking into our 2 super yummy dishes, I suddenly spotted something special in my fried glass noodle. I am actually surprised to find that the chef had mixed baby shrimps into it and they are crunchy too. I seldom see chef mix baby shrimp into fried glass noodle and this is my first time seeing it. Here's the photo:Can you see the baby shrimp mixed together with the prawn? Aren't they cute...

My next dish, Pineapple Fried Rice, was a total disappointment. As usual, the chef added a lot of prawns and egg into this dish.I just felt that the Pineapple Fried Rice was not worth the $7. Firstly it doesn't taste like fried rice nor does the pineapple taste stands out distinctly. Instead what I felt for this dish is that it has a wide mixture of taste and I can't really identify it as a fried rice. Both of us had difficulty in finishing this dish but I endured and finished it up, so as not to waste the food. I won't order this dish on my next visit again. Very disappointing...

Luckily, the restaurant "redeemed" its reputation in its next dish, Pandan Chicken, which cost $10.Honestly speaking, I do find that the Pandan Chicken was a bit pricey. $10 for 4 pieces only? That worked out to $2.50 for a small piece of chicken. Expensive... I can get a plate of chicken rice for each piece of pandan chicken. Haha. But nonetheless, I must admit that this dish was yummy too. It was much more aromatic than the Tom Yum soup or the Fried Glass Noodle. Also the chicken was nicely marinated and cooked. The tenderness of the chicken meat was just nice and certain portion of the meat is crispy while certain portion of the meat is tender. I wonder how the chef did this? I guess maybe it's because of the pandan leaves that distribute the heat unevenly throughout the meat. So certain portion that faces the heat became crispy while the top is tender and soft. Amazing skill... Overall I think this dish deserved a 8.

I almost forgot. We almost fainted when the cashier told us to be prepared to wait for 40 minutes before our food is served. Being so famished, we waited in anticipation for our first dish to be served. Luckily it didn't take as long as 40 minutes. I think our first dish arrived around 20 minutes later. So it wasn't so bad but in total we waited for 40 minutes for our first dish (20 minutes in the queue and 20 minutes from placement of order). But both of us felt that this 40 minutes wait was indeed worthwhile, except for the disappointing pineapple fried rice. Both of us will definitely visit this restaurant again. I am looking forward to trying out their other dishes. But for my next visit, I have to be well-prepared for the long wait and not turn up at this restaurant with a famished stomach.

Overall decoration of this restaurant: 7 out of 10. I think they could have done better in their decorations. But I am not too particular over it so long as the food served are yummy.

Accessibility: It was pretty accessible. It was located at Shaw Towers along Beach Road and we walked from Raflles Shopping Centre. But I reckon it will be much nearer if you walk from Suntec City to this restaurant. For people who drive, they can park at Shaw Tower carpark but I am not sure what's the hourly rate.

Service: 7 out of 10. Both the boss and lady boss were very friendly and they even promptly helped to clear the empty plates and also asked us politely whether there are any dishes that wasn't being served yet.

Overall satisfaction: 9 out of 10. I would definitely visit Ah Loy Thai restaurant again. If my friends ever ask me for yummy Thai food recommendation, Ah Loy Thai would definitely be on the top of my list.

I was around the vicinity with my friend when we happened to walk past Steam Sia restaurant and stopped for awhile to take a look. The first thing that caught our attention was the old and antique display items found at the front of the restaurant. What intrigued us further was when we entered to take a peek, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the restaurant was nicely decorated with various antique items that certainly belonged to our parents era.

Here's a photo of some of the antique decorations:Another photo showing their collections of classic cameras:Impressed by the efforts the restaurant spent in decorating their interior and also slightly famished from our long shopping day, we decided to give it a try and have our dinner there. As we looked through their menu, we realised that they served chinese food, western food, starters, salads and dessert. Although some of the food looks really tempting to order, we decided to order 2 sets of Nasi Goreng Istimewa as it was one of the slightly more affordable dish as we do not want to spend too much at a new restaurant until we had ascertain how's the taste of their cooking was like. 1 set of Nasi Goreng Istimewa cost $8.90 and consist of prawn, chicken wing, achar and rice.

Here's how it looks like:When the food was served to us, our first impression was that the serving size seem little, considering that it cost us $8.90 per set. However when I savored my first taste of the rice, what strike me was the strong and yummy fragrance of fried rice that smelled and tasted heavenly. I am not sure if the leaf at the bottom of the plate helps to bring out the fragrance of the fried rice or it is merely a decoration item. I must admit that all my negative feelings that arose from the initial impression of the small serving portion instantly dissipated as I happily tucked into my meal and forgive the restaurant for giving such a small portion to us. To me, if the food taste great although the serving portion is little, I am still able to accept it. I rather eat food that tasted great but in small portions that food that tasted mediocre but in huge portions.

The chicken wing, sitting innocuously at a corner of my plate, seem so "normal". But I was deeply wrong when I sank my teeth and took my first bite at my chicken wing. I am unsure how to describe the taste as it is an intricate mixture of some herb taste with some saltiness with some other taste that I could not recognized at that moment. But all in all, I certainly liked how the chicken wing was cooked.

For the achar, it tasted normal. Besides, I am not a strong fan of achar. The 2 sambal prawns tasted normal too, nothing special about it.

As for the ambiance of the restaurant, other than the nicely decorated vintage items, it could have been better if the restaurant can play some vintage music, to add to the mood.

Would I visit this restaurant to eat for a second time? Maybe yes, maybe no. For yes, it would be because the item we ordered tasted great, so we assumed the rest of the food available in their menu should taste equally as great too. As for no, it would be attributed to their small serving portion. Both my friend and I still felt hungry after we finished our meal but we decided not to order another dish, fearing that the portion size will be small again. Instead, we opted to fill our stomach at another eatery nearby.

For the prices that they charged for normal food like curry chicken, Assam fish, fish and chips, salmon etc, if they increase the serving portion size by a little bit, I will certainly return on another day to try out their other dishes found in the menu. But given the small portion served, this will be a likely factor we will consider if we are looking to have a filling meal. But if we are looking to have a yummy meal that tasted great, this would definitely be one of the places that I will recommend to my friends, if their goal is to enjoy tasting great yummy food.