Wee Nam Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Singapore

The quest for the best chicken rice in Singapore continues...

Recently I was on a working trip to Singapore and the first thing that comes to my mind during lunch time is to eat chicken rice! My colleagues are not a big fan of the Hainanese chicken rice but I managed to convince them to try a new outlet with me. My aim is to try as many chicken rice outlet in Singapore as possible so that I can ascertain my list of the best outlets!

And since Novena ville is just a station away from my office, we decided to take the MRT there during lunch time. I have read many reviews about Wee Nam Kee in the internet and the reviews was a mix of good and bad. Being rather skeptical and curious at the same time, I decided to give it a try.

To be a good chicken rice outlet, they will normally serve 3 types of sauces to go with the chicken rice. The ginger, chilli and thick soya sauce is a must! Actually, I think they do serve these 3 sauces at almost every chicken rice outlet in Singapore.

I was so hungry by then I almost ordered everything I saw!

Dumplings (Sui Kow) - SGD$ 5

The dumplings are quite big and for that price, it's considered very value for money because there were 9 pieces in the bowl. The texture is nice but I feel that they could do better with the skin. I prefer a more silky smooth, thin and translucent skin.

Stir Fried Beansprouts - SGD$ 6.40

Ok, this I feel is a complete rip-off! The portion is small and instead of the usual beansprout served with oil and soya sauce, they have it stir fried with salted fish. To be honest, the taste wasn't that great and the beansprouts weren't juicy enough. I know I shouldn't convert to RM but if you think of it, paying RM15 for a plate of beansprouts is really unbelievable... I could have bought beansprouts for the entire village if I were buying them from a market in Ipoh.

White & Roasted Chicken - SGD$ 14

We told them that we wanted a 3-person-portion and it looked like they served us half the chicken! I think we can easily feed 4 people with that portion. I don't have much complains on the chicken as the meat is smooth but not as smooth as the one at Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Maxwell Foodcourt. The skin is thin and not silky smooth enough. Although the chicken here isn't exceptional but I think the standards are acceptable.

Mix Roast

We ordered a plate of mix roast of pork - "char siew and siew yoke". I don't think I need to elaborate further because this is definitely a miss! Any outlet in KL can do a better roast pork.

Plain Rice - SGD$ 1.50

The rice is fragrant but not as good as the one I had in Chatterbox @ Mandarin Orchard. They are also using a good quality rice as you can see that the grains are whole and perfect.

That's me with all the food! My naughty colleague wanted presence in the photo and thus he purposely invade my photo with his wrist! A hearty meal and then a long meeting / discussion till 7pm.

In conclusion, I wouldn't purposely come here to have a good chicken rice meal but if there's no other choice available, I wouldn't mind coming back. They do serve other dishes like seafood and vegetables. I have actually been here a year ago but have forgotten about it.

This place is located at a row of shophouses in front of Novena church. It's just a 5 minutes walk from the MRT station.

Wee Nam Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice & Seafood Restaurant
275 Thomson Road
#1-05 Novena ville
Tel: +65 - 6255 6396