Sim Lim Square’s Broadway Food Court seems to have been refreshed with a few new stalls of the late, perhaps thanks (or no thanks) to the pandemic — one of them being the new Wok King which had opened in the past few months serving up different variations of fried rice and a smaller variety of fried kway teow.
The chicken cutlet lover in me found myself going for the Chicken Cutlet Egg Fried Rice (because why not?) — fried rice that comes with bits of egg and a slab of fried chicken cutlet over the top. The egg fried rice here is more local than the trendy Din Tai Fung-style variants that had been making their appearance at coffeeshops and Hawker centres around — it’s sufficiently savoury though the wok-hei wasn’t too evident in this one; that being said, it is still definitely pretty flavourful on its own, and relatively well-fried save for just one small clump of rice in a corner that was still stuck together. Otherwise, the short-grain rice is pretty moist and fluffy; a more than decent plate of egg fried rice. The chicken cutlet comes with a crisp batter on the exterior, though seemed to be prepared way ahead and placed on the fried rice when the order is made; topped with crispy fried bits, the fried bits didn’t really add much textural contrast as one may expect — the flesh did carry a pinkish shade though fully cooked, though also seemingly more tender than usual. One can opt for the addition of green chilies; adds a tang for more contrast of flavours and cuts through the heaviness of the carbs.
Whilst the fried rice from Wok King at Broadway Food Court isn’t one that I would make a special trip down to have, it does add up as a pretty decent dining option to go for whilst at the food court here — something that is definitely decent and also a dish I would not mind having again. Perhaps I would be going for the other dishes such as the Signature Fragrant Seafood Fried Rice, which sounds like more of their own take on fried rice that may exude more soul and character as compared to the Chicken Cutlet Egg Fried Rice.
