Hailed as the world's first and cheapest hawker stall to be awarded one Michelin Star, Liao Fan Hawker Chan's original stall is on the second floor of Chinatown Complex. Liao Fan Hawker Chan has several branches in Singapore and one of its branches is located along Smith Street, right opposite Chinatown Complex.
Unlike the atmosphere in the hawker centre in Chinatown Complex, the setup at Smith Street offers air-conditioning and dedicated space as a restaurant — I will not delve too much into the differences between a restaurant and a hawker stall and the different prices between the two.
The outlet serves similar dishes of soya sauce chicken and roasted delights (char siew, roasted pork, roasted pork ribs) with rice / noodle as the original stall. New on the menu is a Tourist Meal (旅客特餐) with soya sauce chicken, roasted pork, char siew, braised egg, etc, with rice to sample most of their meaty delights. There are more side dishes too.
The signature Soya Sauce Chicken Rice (招牌油鸡饭) is served with soya sauce chicken on plain rice dribbled with braised sauce and soya beans — like the main stall. In addition, there are slices of cucumber and half a braised egg. It is really unique to see braised soya beans on a plate of chicken rice.
The soya sauce chicken is tasty and gives off a nice aroma. The skin is smooth and the meat is tender. The braised sauce on the rice has a slight herbal taste too.
Hawker Chan's main stall will usually close by 3:30pm or after it sold out for the day, and the Smith Street outlet (less than 100 metres away) is the nearest alternative to go for the famous soya sauce chicken. It is also a great place to turn to if there is long queue at the main stall.
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Address:
78 Smith Street, Singapore 058972
Operating Hours:
10:30am to 7:30pm | Daily
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