King of Fried Rice
Hunkered down in the far flung recesses of Golden Mile Tower's mazy basement, pompous sounding King of Fried Rice is anything but. Read: diminutive, sparsely done up eatery with cheap tables and chairs seen splayed across nearly every inch of real estate tenanted. An uncomplicated poster-sized menu stuck out front highlights four fried rice variants (egg, tom yum, X.O, mala) sold; folks may also opt for meaty sides (pork cutlet, shrimp, chicken drumstick), assorted greens (broccoli, asparagus, cabbage, nai bai) or quick nibbles (Shimeji, tobiko, sunny side-up).
Owned/operated by one Lester Li who formerly worked at Jumbo Seafood, King of Fried Rice (sited right opposite DMAX nightclub) opens daily from 11.30am-8.30pm except Sundays. Haul ass though if you desire pursuing its bestselling mala and tom yum flavoured mains cuz these two typically go poof once the ravenous lunch crowd descends.
Shop looking somewhat unkempt aside, what truly matters is whether the food taste good. So shush already and tuck in.
What knocked our socks off:
The Tom Yum Fried Rice With Shrimp & Tobiko lit us up good: a shrill yet most agreeable acidulousness suffused meekly buttered, well tossed short grains, whilst them real solid shrimp just couldn't get any crunchier. The X.O Fried Rice With Pork Cutlet delighted oodles too: lean, ultra tender piggy steak (swathed in a near perfect marinade btw) undergirded granular fluff smoked and spiced with great finesse......sinfully oily affair this was indeed, then again who's complaining?
Tom Yum Fried Rice With Shrimp & Tobiko ($7.80)
X.O Fried Rice With Pork Cutlet ($6.80)
Other item(s) sampled but turned out to be non-event(s):
Egg Fried Rice With Shrimp ($6.50)
Note: Prices subject to change without prior notice. Kindly clarify with eatery before visiting or ordering.
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Score: 8.4/10
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Editor's Note: Thirty-three other outlets subsequently opened (the ones at Chinatown Food Street, Fu Chan Coffee Shop, Tong Lai Eating House, GHK 407 Food House, Kim San Leng Food Centre @ Owen Road, Grains & Hops Bistro, Wisteria Mall, Kimly Coffee Shop @ Telok Blangah Drive and 261 Food House permanently closed in 2021-2024); their addresses are included below as well for convenient reference.
Locations
| Golden Mile Tower | Kopitiam Square | New Century Food House | |
| 6001 Beach Road, | 10 Sengkang Square, | 828 Tampines Street 81, | |
| #B1-56 | #01-48 | #01-254 | |
| Singapore 199589 | Singapore 544829 | Singapore 520828 |
| Tampines Mart | Sin Ming Ville | ||
| 9 Tampines Street 32, | 23 Sin Ming Road, | ||
| #02-01A/E | Stall 7 | |
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| Singapore 529286 | Singapore 570023 |
| FoodHub (Bedok Central) | Happy Hawkers | Hawkers' Street - ION Orchard |
| 209 New Upper Changi Road, | 132 Jurong Gateway Road, | 2 Orchard Turn, |
| #01-633 | #01-271 | #B4-66 |
| Singapore 460209 | Singapore 600132 | Singapore 238801 |
| Chang Cheng Mee Wah | Mei De Coffee Shop | ||
| 166 Woodlands Street 13, | 279 Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, | ||
| Singapore 730166 | Singapore 650279 |
| 151 Coffee & Tea | HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok | One Nanyang Food Court |
| 151 Serangoon North Avenue 2, | 2 Bukit Batok West Avenue 7, | 31 Holland Close, |
| #01-41 | #01-09B | #01-241 |
| Singapore 550151 | Singapore 659003 | Singapore 270031 |
| Kopi Breweries | Food Court @ Keat Hong Pride | Kim San Leng Food Centre |
| 429 Jurong West Avenue 1, | 803 Keat Hong Close, | 511 Bishan street 13, |
| Singapore 640429 | Singapore 680803 | Singapore 570511 |
| Food Loft @ 431 | Kimly Coffee Shop | ||
| 431 Clementi Avenue 3, | 134 Lorong Ah Soo, | ||
| Singapore 120431 | Singapore 530134 |
| Kim San Leng Food Centre | City Food Court | Happy Hawkers | Kimly Coffee Shop |
| 324T Changi Road, | 27 Bendemeer Road, | 201 Kim Tian Road, | 365 Sembawang Crescent, |
| Singapore 419799 | Singapore 330027 | Singapore 160201 | Singapore 751365 |
| Hougang Mall | Happy Hawkers | ||
| 90 Hougang Avenue 10, | 671 Edgefield Plains, | ||
| #04-11 | #01-01 | ||
| Singapore 538766 | Singapore 820671 |
| AMK 347 Food House | Kim San Leng Food Centre | Coffee United @ Elias Mall | Homeground @ 76 |
| 347 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, | 259 Bukit Panjang Ring Road, | 623 Elias Road, | 76 Circuit Road, |
| Singapore 560347 | Singapore 670259 | Singapore 510623 | Singapore 370076 |
| Foodhub 59 | Happy Hawkers | Get Together Coffee Shop |
| 59 New Upper Changi Road, | 433A Sengkang West Way, | 177 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8, |
| Singapore 461059 | Singapore 791433 | Singapore 650177 |
| Hawkers' Street - Tampines 1 | Epic Haus | Get Together Coffee Shop |
| 10 Tampines Central 1, | 177 Toa Payoh Central, | 2 Jalan Bukit Merah, |
| #05-05/06/07 | #01-170 | #01-5134 |
| Singapore 529536 | Singapore 310177 | Singapore 150002 |