$5 Western
For the price of a McDonald's Extra Value Meal, sink your canines into, inter alia, one serious clod of grilled/fried chicken or fish (plus significant sides, even so) at ingenuously named ultra-budget western food hawker chain $5 Western - where no single offering shall set you back by more than a green Yusof Ishak. Hot diggity dog.
The seemingly harum-scarum amigos behind it? Jason Koh and Jeffrey Ang, both in their mid-thirties, eager beaver to exorcise demons of an F&B outing (some Shenton Way-based halal chicken rice dingenskirchen) previously essayed together during COVID-19's peak that, unsurprisingly, came asunder within months. This time around, they are wildcatting on (obviously self-imposed) restricted unit margins per se to attract and perhaps skyrocket turnover. Well, good luck, then.
First began 2 June 2023, $5 Western right now has four locations in Boon Keng, Hougang, Clementi, Woodlands. Forewarning though: neither pork nor beef is sold.
What almost hit the mark:
The Crispy Fish With Rice, Coleslaw & Baked Beans left us a soupçon unconciliated. Granted, the dory fillet itself was quite jake - scrupulously panko'ed outside, fork-tender moist inside, but accompanying massive drumlin of rice.....abjectly, miserably plain. Like, would it kill just to bare minimally scent shit up?
Crispy Fish With Rice, Coleslaw & Baked Beans ($5)
Other item(s) sampled but turned out to be non-event(s):
Chicken Chop With Spaghetti Aglio e Olio ($5)
Note: Prices subject to change without prior notice. Kindly clarify with eatery before visiting or ordering.
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Score: 5.2/10
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Locations
| WuFu Coffee Shop | BGAIN 121 Eating House | Chang Cheng Mee Wah |
| 5 Upper Boon Keng Road, | 121 Hougang Avenue 1, | 354 Clementi Avenue 2, |
| #01-01 | #01-1358 | #01-157 |
| Singapore 380005 | Singapore 530121 | Singapore 120354 |
| Wave 9 |
| 71 Woodlands Industrial Park E9, |
| #01-04 |
| Singapore 757048 |




