Hainanese Chicken Rice at Yet Con
Yet Con
Purvis Street
Ratings: 4.0/5.0
I’m beginning to think that I’ve weird eating habits. I have a tendency to eat my dinner really early when I’m outside. I was actually hoping to dine at the Thai Restaurant along Purvis Street, but it wasn’t open when I was there at around 3 or 4pm. Thus I settled my dinner at this eatery “Yet Con”, which sells Hainanese Chicken Rice.
To be frank, there’s no service to be spoken off at this eatery. The old auntie who served us had a lackadaisical attitude, and was definitely not enthusiastic in promoting the menu of the eatery.
I guess this eatery must have been there for quite some time, since the decor of the place looks like it hasn’t changed much over the years. Somehow, this place give me this reminisce feeling of the past, a feeling that is definitely lacking in those eateries these days which attempt too much in trying to bring back that colonial era design of coffeeshops. While I was eating there, there was a big group of elderly uncles sitting a few tables away speaking enthusiastically in Hainanese, and it just added on to the reminisce feeling of the place
The Hainanese Chicken Rice at “Yet Con” has a unique taste as compared to many other Hainanese Chicken Rice stalls. Personally, I feel that the food there tasted very homely, like the sort of food you cook at home. I especially love the rice as it was very fragrant. The cabbage soup that came along with the chicken rice tasted fine but it was too oily. The price range of the place is definitely very reasonable, only slightly more expensive than most hawker fare, and the food came in a very reasonable portion size.
Sadly, the cabbage soup reminded me so much about the kind of soups which my granny used to cook when the family went back for Saturday dinners. I used to grumble a lot about her food and will only take a bit of it out of courtesy and then go off to have my supper after I left her place. She’s now battling with cancer and I miss the days when she used to be healthy. She’s definitely a very determined person. There were so many times when we thought she couldn’t make it, but her determination had seen her through so many “battles” with her diseases. She’s nearing the end of her days now. I guess I only hope that she will suffer as little as possible for her last journey.
