Better off at a hawker centre

So there is this "trend" of putting iconic local dishes into a cafe or restaurant setting. Hainan Kor is one of these places.

Unfortunately, for a place that is supposed to have Hainanese Chicken Rice for its signature dish, the chicken was over-cooked, tough and rather dry, unlike the elusive, but much talked about perfection of tender juicy meat with glistening, slippery skin. While the rice was quite decent and warrants credits to the chef, I have to say the chicken rice dish as a whole is likely to disappoint many here.

Other dishes like the fish maw soup and vegetables with oyster sauce were ok, though nothing much to shout about. Still, I personally liked the soup for being simple, where light taste of the broth from cooking the chicken is clearly recognised.

The marked up pricing here is probably not going to make it a popular choice among the residents here since it is in close proximity to a kopi tiam and a hawker centre, where one can get more variety and better value.