The search for Chicken Rice @ Ion Orchard

The search for good Chicken Rice in Singapore has always been an ongoing process for me every time I went down south. This time, I was in the island with Wei Mei where both of us booked an air ticket on Jetstar right after we got our confirmation that our last day with Fidani was on 29th of June. So, 30th was the perfect day for shopping in Singapore in conjunction with its Great Singapore Sales!

Since we were trying to maximise the hours that we had, we stopped by at Food Opera for lunch when we were shopping in Ion Orchard. It's located at Basement 4 where it's under the same management as Food Republic. This place here offers 22 stalls and 4 mini restaurants with tasteful interior design and captivating art pieces. It's a feast for the eyes!

Chicken Rice @ SGD$5.00

There's only a few hawker dishes I would eat in Singapore which makes my meal choices easier and Chicken Rice is definitely one of them! So, no prize for guessing what I ordered in Food Opera. I gotta at least try their chicken rice once right?

I felt that for SGD$5, the portion is a tad too small and there's hardly more than 6pcs of chicken and it's actually a very small portion. The chicken no doubt is smooth, but not as smooth as the one I had at Tian Tian Chicken Rice in Maxwell Foodcourt. I think I will use Tian Tian as the benchmark and see if there's any other chicken rice better than that. I think in any stall in Singapore you go to, you'll get 3 types of sauces - chilli, ginger and thick black soya sauce. The rice also not as fragrant as the one in Chatterbox in Mandarin Orchard. All in all, this is not impressive.

However, chicken rice in Singapore is so commercialised that you can't really find bad chicken rice. I mean, what are the chances?

I'm having Chicken Rice while Wei Mei is having her expensive Roti Canai!

Right after our lunch, we waste no time and continue our shopping expedition. Next up was Muji where you can get a lot of nifty stuffs that you probably do not need but you thought that you do. Well, I didn't spend much over there because the things I wanted to buy are just simply too bulky to bring home.

Wei Mei likes this escalator that spans over 3 floors in height.

Parading in front of LV and we didn't go in!

It's a very enjoyable trip! We shopped like crazy but not to the highest level yet as the next round, we should shop all the way until the shop closes!