Will Travel For Food: Wee Nam Kee in Novenaville

23- 28 October 2010

Lunch on our second day. At long last, I got the chance to savor the hainanese chicken goodness of Wee Nam Kee again.


Wee Nam Kee, Novenaville


Sort of al fresco' dining, no airconditioning systems here.


On the table:


Mixed Soy and Roast Hainanese Roast and Soy Chicken, white meat (breast); good for 4 ($SG16)



a small plate of Cereal Prawns.

This small order comes with 8 hefty pieces of fresh water prawns ($SG16). What got me so excited to eat here again was not the chicken dish, rather the cereal prawns. The dish was a mix of sweet-salty-milky-savory-spicy that explodes in your mouth as you sink your teeth into the juicy prawn-y goodness. It makes you want more :)


Wee Nam Kee (SG)
Novena Ville
275 Thomson Rd, Singapore
Open Daily 10:30am-2am
To get there: take subway to: Novena


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Side note:
Wee Nam Kee in Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati
It's a good thing, a former P&G-er based in Singapore decided to franchise WNK and put up a branch in Ayala Triangle Gardens in Makati. The supposed opening date is on 29 October but I asked the man manning the cash register, I think he is the manager/owner of WNK in SG, and he said that they’ll be moving it on 14 Nov since the construction of the store would not make it on the proposed date.

Ps. 14 Nov is the opening for invited guests and bloggers/foodies; 15 Nov is the official opening for the public, which is tomorrow!!! yey! :)

Wee Nam Kee (Ph)
Ayala Triangle Gardens (behind the Stock Exchange)
corner of Paseo and Makati Avenue
Open to the public on 15 Nov 10 (TODAY!!!)
To get there: take MRT to Ayala station

Sedap Singapore Series: Wee Nam Kee & Tian Tian Chicken Rice

I prefer the white meat. Both kinds were moist and juicy.


Wee Nam Kee!

in NovenaVille, infront of the Novena Church


condiments tray


garlic-ginger, dark soy sauce, sambal chilli sauces


Soy and Roasted Chicken, white meat (SGD8, good for 2). The best tasting chicken rice :) The breast part (white meat) was not dry nor bland, rather it was moist and juicy.



Cereal Prawns (SGD 16) - the smallest serving. Price was quite steep though.
An order has 8 pieces of prawns with the oh-so addicting sweet-spicy-salty-milky crunchy cereal bits of heaven.


Maxwell Food Centre

along Maxwell Rd. (near the Temple)


inside Maxwell FC

Tian Tian

Tian Tian Chicken Rice hawker stall - the stall made even more famous by Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations, Travel & Living)


There was a long queue in this hawker stall. The chicken rice was pegged at SGD4 with soup, which was good for one person. Taste-wise, it kind of lacks that "chicken rice flavor" that I was expecting, I guess Wee Nam Kee is far more better. :)

Though I still have to try Five Star, Sin Kee, Boon Tong Kee, Pow Sing, Heng Ji, and the infamous Chatterbox, for that matter.






Curry Laksa Noodles

laksa noodles (SGD4.20), two stalls away from Tian Tian.


They used various ingredients like cockles, fish cake, prawns, bean sprouts, and rice vermicelli. I might say that this is close to the original (Katong), though it is not the best tasting lemak laksa. :(

Though I still have to try 328 Katong Laksa and Depot Road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa versions



This is the last of the Singapore Food Series :)
More Singapore Food Finds:

Sedap Singapore Series: Lor 8 Geylang
Sedap Singapore Series: Bakery Point & Mr. Bean
Sedap Singapore Series: Street Food Finds
Sedap Singapore Series: Food Opera & Food Republic
Sedap Singapore Series: Geylang Lor 9 Beef Kway Teow