FIND THE SINGAPORE’s BEST TRADITIONAL HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE IN “ZHENG SWEE KEE” @ BUGIS
October 28, 2016 Singapore Foods
As been famously known by the world, the “Hainan Chicken Rice” which hold more than a decade history among chinese believes that was originated in Singapore which being brought into other neighbour countries as local’s and tourist’s favourites nowadays. In Singapore, we successfully found and being recognised the best traditional hainanese chicken rice specialist “Zheng Swee Kee” which carried by the Oke couple in Bugis who still holding the authentic hainan chicken rice recipe.
The local originated Singaporean Mr. Oke Ah Bang who born in year 1959, together with his wife Ms. Sia Fong Hsia (Xiao Wei) who is Johorean, both were the initial founders and the recent immediate owners of the recommended “Zheng Swee Kee” Hainanese Chicken Rice House serving their in-house authentic hainan boiled chicken and other signature menus to the market under a roof at Bugis, Singapore into the 8th subsequent years.
Oke Ah Bang who at his 57 years old currently, who all the while in Construction Industry nearly to 40 years having great interest in eatery, added foreseen the market opportunity in the f&b industry made him in year 2008 firstly touched the field running a fish head pot food stall at Geylang, Singapore stayed for a year.
Then in year 2009 Mr. Oke fully stepped into the f&b industry, joined by his wife Xiao Wei established their very first and owned restaurant named “Zheng Swee Kee” along Seah Street, been assisted by their main chef who holding the Singapore’s traditional hainanese chicken rice recipe. And Mr. Oke himself all the while with his vision to improve the recipes from time to time, also been exposed into the Johor Bharu market running an outlet after 2 years in 2011.
In this Zheng Swee Kee eating house, the founder’s first top recommended among the best signatures surely will be their most famous “Hainan Chicken Rice”. Imported Kampung Chicken (village chicken) from Malaysia which with at least 100 days feeded being selected, boil-cooked half an hour in their in-house chicken bones soup base then watering with ice water to hold the chicken original collegen before being served in cutted pieces without poured onto any soya sauce will be the authentic traditional way of presenting the Hainanese Chicken Rice, which sided with a plate/bowl of hot oil rice and taken tipping onto their homemade chilli and ginger paste you must try when reached Singapore. Especially the chicken meat’s smothness and bites texture itself into mouth.
Secondly will be their Roasted Chicken, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller recently. Imported feeded chicken commonly selected, marinated half an hour with home recipe which made from few ingredients mixture, then smoke-dried for another 1&half hours before 15 minutes deep fried, finally served in cutted pieces with poured onto their in-house soy sauce mixtures brings exotic sweet & fair salty taste into mouth you cannot aside.
Another will be their regular’s favourites Signature Hainanese Pork Chop, which also among the Hainan’s traditional eatery taken since decade ago. Selected pork chop marinated overnight with their home 6 ingredients mixture recipe, then deep fried 10 minutes with breads shredded coated, finally served poured onto homemade sweet & sour gravy mixed with tomato, carrot & green bean and sided with deep fried potato fries will be a complete set of “Zheng Swee Kee’s Traditional Hainanese Pork Chop” you will never regret after tasted. Neither found better elsewhere in town, must try when reached the lion city.
Nonetheless in vegetable corner, both owners taken the opportunity to introduce their Trio Egg Ceylon Spinach which among the local’s most wanted and believes is good for health. Fresh spinach stir-fried with soup base, then served mixed into with their trio mixtures of chicken egg, century egg and salted egg soup sauce, finally topped with deep fried fine ikan bilis brings exotic eateries you cannot missed when stepped into this “Zheng Swee Kee” hainan chicken rice restaurant at Seah Street (Bugis), Singapore.
ZHENG SWEE KEE (HAINAN CHICKEN RICE)
Address: No. 25,
Seah Street,
#01-01, (Bugis),
Singapore 188381.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 10:00pm (Daily)