Review of Hong Xing Li Hainanese Chicken Rice 宏兴利海南鸡饭

Block 448, Clementi Avenue 3, Clementi Market and Food Centre, #01-25

Nearest Mass Transit Rapid Station: Clementi MRT

Buses to Clementi Market and Food Centre: 14, 52, 78, 96, 105, 106, 147, 154, 1561 165, 166, 175, 183, 185, 189, 201, 285

Opening Hours: 09:00 to 21:00 (Daily)

Queue: 1 to 3 people (Waiting Time: Less than 5 minutes)

Service: Fast but unfriendly

Environment: Clean but crowded hawker centre

Reputation: Traditional Singapore Chicken Rice and Roasted Delicacies

Thoughts after eating: Shiok soup but average tasting chicken meat

Value for money: 79/100

Will I come back again in 6 months' time? No, there are better alternatives

My opinion:

Hong Xing Li means "great arising profits" in Chinese. This stall sells traditional Singapore chicken rice and roasted delicacies. I have tried their $3.00 white cut chicken rice for lunch. There were 8 pieces of chicken meat, 1 bowl of soup and moderate amount of rice in my food portion.

Chicken meat was healthy, lean, moist and small sized. Rice was well cooked and had mild chicken fragrance. Garlic chili was hot and spicy, perfect for meat rice meals. Soup was sweet, tasty and not too oily or salty. As I tasted this addictive soup more, it had chicken, red bean and veggie tastes!

In conclusion, the soup here was refreshing and unique but the lack of chicken meat in the food portion prevented me from visiting this stall in the near future. Therefore, I will only recommend Hong Xing Li's food to hardcore chicken rice fans living in Singapore west.

Ways for the owners to improve their food ratings:

They should add more chicken meat to their food.