Big rain calls for a huge bowl of porridge. And not just any tinpot, rinky dink porridge, god no. Only the best will do, and Sin Heng Kee is definitely at the top of the congee heap. I’ve been having their piquant porridges to go for quite a while now, but it’s only recently that I’ve decided to have a proper sit down there.⠀
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I’ve been more partial to their sliced pork porridge although their sliced fish & chicken porridges are excellent as well, so I ordered it for the meagre custom of four dollars, and got a handful of pork meatballs for only an extra dollar. The reason why I absolutely adore Sin Heng Kee’s porridge is due to the congee being E X T R A T H I C C.⠀
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Yessir, this redolent rice reduction is so dummy thicc you could stand a spoon in it. It’s indulgently carb loaded, and indecently laden with savoury, umami salty goodness. The generous portion of sliced pork is cooked simply but skilfully, with the tender meat bearing no trace of any off-putting pork musk. The meatballs possess a fabulously firm yet sufficiently soft texture, and are also simply yet superbly salted.⠀
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When I was a young boy, I’d dodge porridge like how I dodge my problems these days, but I’ve definitely morphed into a thirty year old boomer with chronic backaches and a predilection for palatable porridges. And almost nobody does it better than Sin Heng Kee.