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Soh Kee Cooked Food ๐Ÿ” Nostalgic Chicken Porridge @ Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre

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Stalking Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre, I stumbled upon Soh Kee Cooked Food which serve an old school chicken porridge, with porridge and poached chicken as the side dish. It's nice, not going to rock you, but if you grew up with this type of chicken porridge, it will warm the cockles of your heart to no end.

Stall name: Soh Kee Cooked Food ่˜“่ฎฐ็†Ÿ้ฃŸ


Address: 505 Jurong West Street 52, stall #01-44, Singapore 640505 (nearest MRT is Lakeside)


Hours: 9:30am - 7:00pm (Close at 1pm on Sun | Mon & Tues off)



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Stalking Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre, I stumbled upon Soh Kee Cooked Food which has a constant queue, not a long line but the stall obviously has its fans.

I was delighted that they serve chicken porridge, the old school kind which I grew up with. They also have a yee sang (salad) but use canned abalone instead of raw fish (which is no longer allowed in Singapore due to salmonella risks).

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They have several options of different cuts for the side dish. I chose the cheapest option which costs $3.50. (The other options are thigh and drumstick.)

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The porridge came piping hot. It was smooth, moderately watery, and the grains were not completely dissolved. Auntie dribbled in some soy sauce and aromatic sesame oil, dash of pepper and scattered a few pieces of spring onion stalk.

Not going to blow anyone's mind but it was nice and tasty.

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For $3.50, we get odd nondescript cuts of poached chicken but they were tender and juicy. The meat had little flavour but the sweet savoury sauce with aromatic oil was nice.

The chicken and porridge were perfect together.

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I scooped in some of the sauce to make the nice porridge even tastier.

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It doesn't take much to feel blissful and blessed. The morning papers, coffee and chicken porridge for the soul. 

For me, Soh Kee's chicken porridge is comfort food at its best.

1960s Bugis Street courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

A long time customer told me that the stall is decades old and originally from the real Bugis Street. The current owners are second generation. Sadly, I don't have enough charm to get enough rapport to chat with uncle or auntie ๐Ÿ˜ฅ The mask we have to wear because of Covid 19 makes it harder. Hopefully, I get to speak with them next time.

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For kopi, get it from Pearl Coffee Hot & Cold Drink, same row and a few stalls from Soh Kee. Their kopi is gao (full bodied), bitter (easily solved with milk) and packs a solid caffeine kick.

Soh Kee's chicken porridge made the Singapore Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand list in Aug 2021. Congratulations.



Written by Tony Boey on 25 Mar 2021 | Updated 13 Aug 2021

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