Review of Jia Ji Mei Shi 佳记美食

Highly recommended by sgfood365.blogspot.sg

Block 335, Smith Street, Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, #02-166

Nearest Mass Rapid Transit Station: Chinatown MRT

Buses to Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre: 2, 12, 33, 54, 63, 124, 143, 147

Opening Hours: 08:00 to 22:00 (Daily)

Queue: 6 to 15 people (Waiting Time: 12 to 30 minutes)

Service: A bit slow

Environment: Clean hawker centre

Reputation: Traditional Singapore Chee Cheong Fun, Fried Bee Hoon, Porridge, Rice Dumplings, Soon Kuehs and Yam Cakes

Thoughts after eating: Cheap and shiok

Value for money: 90/100

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

My opinion:

Jia Ji stands for "easy to remember" or "excellent stall" in Chinese. This stall has the honor of the longest queue in Chinatown Market and Food Centre. Count yourself lucky if there are only 6 people queuing in front of you. They sell traditional Singapore Chinese food items including chee cheong fun, fried bee hoon, rice dumplings, soon kuehs and yam cakes. My family have tasted their various food items and most of them are average tasting except their signature chee cheong fun and yam cake, which is a "must try" for my mother once every few months.

In this blog review, I ordered chee cheong fun and yam cake for $2.00. Chee cheong fun was silky, smooth and did not have an artificial or pungent taste. However, it could be slightly oily at times. Yam cake was addictive, delicious, simple and mixed well with the chili and sweet sauce. Chili was hot but sweet sauce was slightly salty.

In conclusion, I ranked their chee cheong fun and yam cake as among the top 10 that I have eaten in recent years. This 2 food items are highly recommended by my blog but please be more cautious on their fried bee hoon, porridge and rice dumplings.