Choy Kee's Kitchen has always been my go-to place when it comes to freshly cooked food. Their specialty is seafood dishes but they also offer other types of dishes that I enjoy. They have an extensive menu that might take me an eternity to try every single one on the list. I'm not sure how they are managing this extensive list but one thing is for sure, their chefs know how to make good quality food at an affordable price.
Among the places that I go to, they are probably the most affordable because they are still offering dishes that are worth around S$6. Considering the quality of the dishes they make, I think they are doing good for the neighborhood by offering the food at such good prices.
Tonight's dinner was Mongolian Chicken rice with egg.
To be very honest, I have no idea about Mongolia as a country, its culture, and especially its food. That's why I got very curious when I saw the name on the menu.
I wanted to try what a Mongolian dish would taste like. What's also interesting (for me) is when they use the name "chicken rice", it gives me the impression that's the typical Singaporean dish that may be fused with Mongolian flavor... it turns out that I was wrong. It's an entirely different dish.
The dish has steamed rice, fried egg, and deep-fried chicken pieces with a generous amount of Mongolian sauce.
Every element in the dish is quite standard, the rice is okay, the chicken was cooked nicely, and the egg yolk is perfectly runny. But there's one item that blew my mind, it's the sauce that made this dish special.
It's so good that I don't know any other sauce that I can compare it to. I guess, the closest comparison to this is the salted egg sauce which is savory, and creamy, and has an umami flavor to it. The noticeable difference is probably the amount of black pepper in this Mongolian sauce, they even come in big half and whole pieces.
The sauce also has the aroma of the "many" curry leaves that were mixed with it. I think this is the kind of sauce that can used in any fried dish to magically level up the quality of the taste.
Once again, Choy Kee's Kitchen has impressed me with its unique take on a simple fried chicken. They elevated the dish with the use of Mongolian-style sauce, which is something that I haven't tasted before. For sure, I will be back to try the different versions of this dish, soon!