Meng Charoen: Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Sathupradit Road, Bangkok

Cuisine: Chinese (Hainanese Chicken Rice)

Map: Meng Charoen: Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Sathupradit Road, Bangkok - เม้งเจริญ โภชนา (ข้าวมันไก่) @ ถนนสาธุประดิษฐ์ กรุงเทพ

Price: THB40 per person (what I paid for)

Visited: 21 August 2011

Food: 7/10

Atmosphere: n.m. (street food)

Value for money: 10/10

Services: n.m. (street food)

This time we, Deadly and Chubby, bring you to one of the best local place that serves great Hainanese Chicken Rice (ข้าวมันไก่). This kind of street food place is called "Meng Charoen" and is located between Soi Sathupradit 53 and 55. Unfortunately for those who can only come during evening as this place opens until afternoon when they usually finish off their chicken. Even order for take away, it still tastes fabulous. If you are thinking of ordering for many people, say for than 4, it may be a good choice to order rice and chicken separately. This way you can enjoy more of tender and flavoured chicken.

Meng Charoen @ Sathupradit Road

Hainanese Chicken Rice here is flavoursome and splendid. Rice was just perfectly cooked such that you can separate grain by grain and it was cooked from good quality rice (not the unbroken one). Chicken was really tender and juicy. When eating with chilli sauce, it was just wonderful. Gourd soup was also nice, though some may find this unpleasant due to hint of preserved lime (มะนาวดอง). We may give this (7/10) as it is just Hainanese Chicken Rice and there is surely nothing creative. If I have to score this among chicken rice, this would surely get 9-10 out of 10. By the way, when ordering you can just ask your preferred part of chicken such as drum stick, breast, or thigh.

Hainanese Chicken Rice

One with Chilli Sauce

Yummy Piece of Drum Stick

Gourd Soup with Preserved Lime

Just in front of this place, Grilled Pork Ball is also offered to those who visit Meng Charoen. It surely was not bad at all. A good one to eat along with chicken rice for personal joy (5/10).

Grilled Pork Ball

Meng Charoen: Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Sathupradit Road, Bangkok

661/14 Sathupradit Road

Bang Phongpang, Yannawa

Bangkok 10120

Thailand

เม้งเจริญ โภชนา (ข้าวมันไก่) @ ถนนสาธุประดิษฐ์ กรุงเทพ

661/14 ถนนสาธุประดิษฐ์

แขวงบางโพงพาง เขตยานนาวา

กรุงเทพ 10120

Open Hours: Early morning until run out in the afternoon daily

Tel: +66 (0) 2294 6036

Chatterbox @ Mandarin Orchard Singapore

Cuisine: Chinese

Map: Chatterbox @ Mandarin Orchard Singapore

Price: SGD32 per person without alcohol (what I paid for)

Visited: 29 May 2011

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 5/10

Value for money: 2/10

Services: 5/10

As we were in Singapore for a short period, we ought to find a place for the best Hainanese Chicken Rice which is famous in Singapore. We had been recommended to try Chatterbox which is situated on 5th floor of Mandarin Orchard Singapore. First of all, I must say that it was pretty hard to find where it is about. Secondly, the price was wow.....SGD27 for a signature set of chicken rice: you must be kidding me. I would have got that for less than THB100 in Thailand for the amount. Ok, let forget about the price and not so friendly services and go straight to the food.

Chatterbox @ Mandarin Orchard Singapore

The Atmosphere

Story of the Legend

Good thing about Mandarin Chicken Rice was well cooked rice. It was jasmine rice and well cooked rice allowed them be identified piece by piece giving good texture and fragrant. Chicken was surely tender. I kind of like the dipping set, especially the ginger one. It was definitely an enjoyable set of chicken rice but how wonderful would you expect from just chicken rice though (6/10).

Mandarin Chicken Rice (top view)

Mandarin Chicken Rice (side view)

Surprisingly, we did see lots of takeaway too. Just wonder how would it taste when this chicken rice has been prepared and stored for sometime, would it still present the taste of legend. Indeed this is a very place for chicken rice, may be just a try but not a return journey.

Takeaway Set

Chatterbox @ Mandarin Orchard Singapore

Mandarin Orchard Singapore

333 Orchard Road

238867 Singapore

Open Hours: 10:00am - 01:00am for Sunday - Thursday and 10:00am - 02:00am for Friday and Saturday

Tel: +65 (0) 6831 6288

Web: http://www.meritushotels.com/en/hotelinformation/mandarin-orchard-singapore/dining-entertainment/chatterbox