This is one shop that is silent, but amazing.
Located
at a small corner of Lucky Plaza in busy Orchard, no one would have
guessed that this small small Malay shop has an endless queue the moment it opens
until it closes.
Very tiny shop, it
can house probably about 20 people cramped around 5 tables or so. The queue is
perpetually never ending especially during lunch time when office workers come
to dine. And there are those who would pre-order like 20 over packets of chicken
rice for a feast so the wait can be quite long.
The workers and
cooks are really busy, so you can expect not to be pampered at all. You may
also get scolded by the worker if you take too much space or place your bag on
an unoccupied chair, or take too long to eat, during peak hours - which happen
all the time considering the shop only opens from 11am to 3++pm until they sell out or when they feel
like it.
But… because their
chicken rice is soooo goood. You will end up forgiving them on the other
aspects.
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| As-Shifaa Chicken Rice - worth every penny and effort |
The rice is
fragrant. The chicken is sooo crispy and so juicy. The crumbs are sooo yummy.
The soup is flavourful.. And best of all is the sambal, or chilli paste in English. Feels like home-cooked, you
really can't find it anywhere else.
It is so good, if
you look left and right, everyone has their plates totally clean - every bit of
chicken and rice have been eaten. it is really not your normal chicken rice.
Not many people know about this shop as it is happily surviving on it's own loyal customers. and there is only one as-shifaa and they appear to be so secure about their business, they dont seem to care about expanding. But, for the sake of good food, I urge you to try this, at least once in your life. :D
p.s. They have other food too, but... do you really want to forsake the chicken rice?
p.p.s They are on Facebook too people!
My ratings (visited on 22/9/2014):
- Food / Drinks: 20/10 (yes, totally OFF THE CHARTS, it is that good)
- Ambience: 4/10
- Service: 5/10
Overall: 9.5/10 (yes, biased, because of the yummy chicken rice)
- you got one life, you better TRY THIS.
Read other reviews / information on As-Shifaa at:
- Openrice: As-Shifaa Café - OpenRice Singapore
- The halal food blog: the-chicken-rice-chronicles
Find it at:
- #06-52 Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road Singapore 238863, HP: 9383 0329. Opening hours (based on observation: weekdays 11am to 3pm++, if you are lucky)
Labels:
*Asian,
*Chicken Rice,
*Malay,
*Rice,
$0-$8 per pax,
As-Shifaa Cafe
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