Sam’s Singapore Laksa House

I had a Hainanese chicken rice craving, so I decided to try this place out. I think I chose poorly. Though the flavor of the rice was quite good, the chicken meat was rubbery and the chicken skin and the chicken broth were covered in brown scum – the kind that you get when you poach or boil a chicken, but don’t bother to strain out the little brown flecks that come off the bone in the boiling process. As a result, the dish looked a bit off-​puttingly dirty. The chicken rice also came only with chili sauce and salty soy sauce rather than the thick dark soy sauce and ginger that usually accompanies the dish in Singapore.
Everyone else was having the prawn noodle soup (which looked quite good), and one couple was having the char kway teow, which also looked decent. If I come back, it’ll be for another menu item, not the chicken rice.

Ever had a hangover so bad your brain thobs like a wound, you’ve got chronic DTs and your eyes scratch around in their sockets like marbles in sand?
Only one thing fixes Biblical-​scale dry horrors — spicy Asian food. Sam’s is just around the corner from my house and is cheap, fast, cheerful and jacked full of enough chilli to kill a hangover stone dead. Normally I go for the laksa — huge, rich, steaming bowls of life save — but this last time I tried the fried kway tow, and damn if it won’t be hard to ever switch back to anything else again. Crisp beansprouts, BBQ pork, flat noodles with just the right amount of delicious grease, and the big winner? Loaded up with three different types of chili from the little self-​serve counter near the register — chilli garlic, chilli soy and chilli vinegar. Yep. You heard right. The lady had to stop me from drinking the freaking things.

It is what it is — a small hole-​in-​the-​wall tucked away but great for a quick lunch! Singapore hokkien mee and wonton noodle soup are my favorites

If you’re in need of a little affordable Chinese Malaysan food in Crows Nest then you need only come here. Aluminium top tables, plastic chairs, laminated menus with food special photographs and a small hole in the wall kitchen and counter, befits a summary for a hawker like food experience. Cheap and fast, with laksa, har mee, nasi lemak, rendang, satay, rice noodles or chicken rice, with the obligatory «Koke» refrigerated; you can’t go wrong here. If you’re looking for takeaway after work in Crows Nest, being a resident a long time ago, I can vouch for their consistency and dependability. It’s located in a food court like building, filled with other asian food outlets and specialty stores. So you’ll feel that Chinatown like vibe in the heart of Crows Nest.