Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice Restaurant (East Coast Road)

Among the famous names, this brand occupies a curious, middle-of-the-pack range, with seemingly equal numbers of fans and detractors.
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Quality of dishes isn't terrible, but doesn't outshine the top names either, above average and worth a try if in the vicinity.
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The rice borders moist and dry, fluffy but mild grainy sweet flavour. The chicken, poached or roasted, tends toward thin sliced with a tender texture, and good fresh meaty sweet savoury flavour.
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The gravy lends decent savoury salty nutty flavour, but fades from memory. Decent dark sweet soy sauce with salty savoury earthy notes, spicy sour sweet chili, and crushed ginger with earthy spice sweet herbal flavour, completes.
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Chicken Rice
Five Star Kampung Chicken Rice & Kitchen
@ 191 East Coast Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/07/best-of-singapore-hawkers-chicken-rice.html

We heard rave reviews about Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice and we decided to give it a try since we were in the area! :) However, we were sorely disappointed by the chicken - perhaps we did not specifically request for the more yummy parts and we ended up getting mostly chicken breast for our meal. Nonetheless, the meat was surprisingly tough and we did not expect all the pieces to be like that. ☹️

Rice was generous and fragrant, and the homemade chilli sauce was thankfully great as it was concentrated and spicy enough! However, given that you have to pay $5.50 for the chicken and an additional $1 for the rice, we think it's a little expensive given the disappointing chicken. We are unlikely to come here for their chicken rice again. 😐

Taste less oil and more goodness in every bite. This is a healthier version of chicken rice where they use free range kampung chicken cooked in traditional Hainanese style and served with house-made chilli and ginger sauce. The chicken was soft, tender and juicy while the rice was fragrant, not too oily and firm. It is healthier, lesser fats, leaner, lower in cholesterol, contains more fibre and richer in flavour.

The hometown tofu is house-made with fresh soy milk. It was crisp on the outside and silky smooth on the inside, sitting in a savoury minced meat sauce.

Kampung Chicken Rice 》$5.50
Hometown Tofu 》$8 / Small

Chicken 🐓 rice 🍚 at @FiveStarChickenRice for dinner.
Need to request for more soyu gravy. .
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Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice 五星海南雞飯
Address 🏠 : 191 East Coast Road, Singapore 🇸🇬 428 897
Open ⏰ : 10am - 2am
Website 🌐 : https://fivestarchickenrice.com/
MRT 🚇 : Dakota (CC8)
Note 📝 : Wet tissue chargeable

Enjoyed the kampong chicken rice. Meat was springy, succulent and wonderful. I will be back again.

I think Boon Tong Kee still serves better chicken - the meat is more tender, and flavorful.