Wee Nam Kee Chicken Rice (Marina Square)

Monday afternoon, after meeting me at school and helping me carry a ton of stuff back to hall, D wasn't quite sure what he wanted for our extremely late lunch. originally we thought we would go to santouka since I'd a voucher for it, but I randomly mentioned Wee Nam Kee and he suddenly professed a spontaneous craving for some good chicken rice.

so off we headed to our trusty WNK at marina square! this time we knew exactly what to get, having experimented a bit on our previous time here. we are quite the meatlovers, especially him, so we went straight for a half chicken ($16) done in hainanese style, adding chicken liver ($0.50 per portion) and two plates of rice ($0.80 each).

On our previous visit, we also tried soy sauce chicken, which was decent too, but D still prefers the hainanese style (and I have to agree WNK does their hainanese style better than their soy sauce one). That time, we also had their rendition of  sambal kangkong ($8) and I gotta say that was pretty awesome and flavorful too,  so to those of you wanting to get your daily fibre, this is a good pick!

$18+ may seem a tad pricey for chicken rice for two, compared to your hawker centre stalls. but frankly, there is SO much meat to eat if two people share half a chicken (in fact, I think we just ate what would be 4, or possibly 5 portions of the hawker centre chicken rice). So, say you aren't as greedy or carnivorous as us you don't have to get such a big serving! (but hey if you already took the trouble to go to marina square just for WNK, why hold your inner glutton back??).

If you're still unconvinced about paying 4-5x what you normally would for chicken rice, lets reiterate why that mindset could do with some changing: the meat is cooked just right, such that even the breast meat remained fairly moist. Plus, there will be extra chicken soup served at your request and chicken rice condiments are also conveniently placed at every table! And despite the clean environment in addition to serving the dishes to your table, they do not charge an additional service charge or GST, so what you see in the menu is the price you pay. Need I say more?? All in all a very comfortable casual dining experience.

We definitely see ourselves coming here again to satisfy any future chicken rice cravings! Should you want to try WNK too, I'd recommend coming to their Marina Square outlet, which I feel has much better service standards than their Novena Square one, perhaps because it doesn't get quite as crowded here and the wait staff can afford to be more attentive.


WEE NAM KEE CHICKEN RICE
6 Raffles Blvd
#04-102B