Review of Yuan Ji Braised Duck and Kway Chap

Block 51, Old Airport Road, Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall, #01-17

Nearest Mass Rapid Transit Station: Dakota MRT

Buses to Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall: 10, 16, 30, 30e, 31, 32, 33, 401

Opening Hours: 10:00 to 22:00 (Daily)

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

Service: Fast and good

Environment: Clean but crowded hawker centre

Reputation: Traditional Singapore Duck Rice and Kway Chap

Thoughts after eating: Delicious

Value for money: 82/100

Will I come back again in 6 months' time? Yes

My opinion:

Yuan Ji sells traditional Singapore duck rice and kway chap. I have tried their $3.80 duck rice set meal for lunch. The owners were a bit stingy in given out food ingredients. There were 6 pieces of duck meat, 7 pieces of tau kwa, 2 egg slices (half an egg), 1 bowl of soup, peanuts and moderate amount of yam rice. Salted vegetables and yam were considered "missing in action"

Duck meat was addictive, juicy, tender and one of the best in the Dakota region. Tau kwa and egg slices were delicious and well marinated. Brown yam rice was well cooked and could be eaten without chili or meat items. The owners also added a thin layer of braising sauce on the food which prevented any dryness issues (professional).

I would advise my blog readers to be careful with their soup. It was slightly oily and had a thick "Chinese medicine" taste. You would either hate it or love it. The owners were considerate enough to provide 3 types of chili for customer to choose from. You could have the usual duck rice chili, thick char siew chili or the sourish sweet chili (commonly used for fish meals).

In conclusion, the food here was tasty but too few in portions to achieve greatness.

Ways for the owners to improve their food ratings:

Add more duck meat and salted vegetables to their set meals.