SEAH STREET

If you drive up Beach Road, in front of the Raffles Hotel, to the direction of Nicoll Highway there are two 'food streets' on your left. Seah Street is the first and Purvis is next. The two dominant shops on Seah are ; Swee Kee and New Swee Kee, both claim leadership in Hainan Chicken Rice. In order to substantiate my research on this visit I tried both. Locals told me Swee Kee has gone off the map lately and I can see why, even though at lunch it is always full from the office crowd. New Swee Kee is indeed better but neither can challeng the 'Mother of Chicken Rice' Boon Tong Kee. If you only have time for one, it would be BTK per my blog entry.