Chin Chin Eating House at Purvis Street...

It's one of those rare weeks when Pg Boy does not have to fly out for work.

Ergo, we agreed to have a mid-week date of sorts.

I suggested that we try Saveur in Purvis St., a French cafe that has been receiving a lot of raves lately.

When we got there, there was a looong queue. I don't know how some people can manage to wait for a long time for food. Unfortunately, almost always I don't have the patience for it. Hehe!

Oh well, next time then.

So instead, we walked further down Purvis and decided to have dindin at Chin Chin Eating House.

I thought it must be good because I saw a tip from friend Jane when I checked in on Foursquare previously. Haha!

Apparently, the restaurant has been around since 1950s. It does feel like it. Hehe! It reminds me of those very old Chinese restaus back in Manila that didn't seem to bother to update the interiors. Chinese paintings on the walls, round tables with stools, no AC. One way of looking at this decision is that it gives an authentic feel of how the restau was like when it started. :P

On to the more important part, the food. The menu selection was quite extensive. There was beef, pork, chicken, mutton, soup, rice, and so on. There was a separate listing for Hainanese dishes.

Because I was starving and because both of us were not feeling well, we quickly decided to just get chicken and seafood vegetable soup. The steamed chicken was $13 while the seafood vegetable soup was $6 (we got the medium). We also each got a bowl of rice to go with the dishes. Total bill with drinks came out at $24. Not bad I have to say.

The service was quite fast and the serving was generous. Seriously, the chicken was good enough to be shared by three people. Same goes for the soup. We were really both surprised to see a huge plate of chicken and a huge bowl of soup when the dishes arrived.

There are other tastier chicken rice places around Singapore, that's for sure.

But if you happen to be in the Bugis area and you just want a quick, nice meal, you definitely should head down to Chin Chin Eating House.

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Chin Chin Eating House
19 Purvis Street
Tel: +65 6337 4640
Daily: 7am – 9pm