Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice

Updated 13th October 2022

When the food is good, we often make a return despite the distance travelled. No doubt that queuing in line of Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice always cause anxiety (we always afraid that the pax in the front queue wipes up everything), we still make a trip down.

Return Trip to Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice

We tends to order more items for their food is really yummy and the items seems to be slightly different base on the batches and timing they cooked. 

Our Orders

The prawns were also cooked fresh from the wok at the point of my turn in queue. Though it was a tad over brown, these prawns were still succulent and non greasy.

Prawn - $2 - $2.50 / Pax

The Pork Chop is the quintessential item for Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice and I was rather worried that it ran out during my turn. Luckily, the pork chop slices were topped up and I got them fresh from the oil wok. It ended up as being lucky as we were able to grab some freshly cook item. The breaded Pork Chop were thin and crispy, fragrant too.

Pork Chop - $1.50 / Pax

Luncheon Meat was cut into rectangular shapes and cooked in combination of mixed beans as well as yellow onions. The taste reminds us of home cooked dishes.

Luncheon Meat - $1.50 / Pax

The fried eggs were topped up occasionally and these are one of the items that I'm not afraid that it will be run out while I'm in the queue.

Egg - $0.70 Each

Braised vegetables are also another items not to be missed. The soft texture and sweet tasting 

Braised Vegetables - $0.80 / Pax

We had the Curry Chicken too. We were given both wings and drumlets. In fact, it was the same curry gravy we had on our rice. The meat was tender too.

Curry Chicken - $1.50 / Pax

The hawker is not only friendly but generous too. They took the initiative to ask us if the gravy was enough and do not mind drenching more sauce onto the rice. The love language between the duo was cute, the lady will tell the guy "rice wet wet" translated in Chinese to indicate more sauce is needed.

Rice - $0.50 / plate

We will be back again soon. :)

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Last Posted 12 June 2022

This Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice is one of the popular stalls in Telok Blangah Drive that attracts a lengthy queue during peak hours. Many times when I visited the place, we were contemplating if to order their food as many of the dishes were already low on quantity. 

Just this time off, the curious me decided to give it a try even though the dishes left were not of too many choices. To my surprise, the lady who is taking the order was friendly and easy-going, my orders were quickly taken and dishes were placed on individual plates.

Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice

We ordered 5 dishes with 2 plates of rice and were given some Belachan chilli. The texture of the rice was better than the last Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice we had for it was firm and was drenched with a mix of curry as well as braised gravy.

Hainanese Curry Rice - $12.40

The Braised Pork belly was thinly sliced and the flavours were adequate to pair along with our plate of rice.

Braised Meat - $1.50 / Pax

The taste was distinctive and packed with hints of herbal taste.

Meat and Fats

Pork Chop is always my staple dish to order whenever it comes to Hainanese Curry Rice. The pork chop was thin and breaded on both sides.

Pork Chop - $1.50 / Pax

In terms of texture, it was good and it has a little peppery taste which makes this side dish perfect even having this as a snack alone.

Breaded Pork Chop

Another dish that I will not miss out on will be braised vegetables. It was braised to soften and comes with a sweet-tasting gravy. 

Braised Vegetables - $0.80 / Pax

The fried eggs on the shelves were already running low and the lady has to multitask in taking orders and at the same time replenishing the eggs.

Fried Egg - $0.70 Each

We literally order the items that they have on the shelves and we even had these french beans with minced meat. It was not quite common we have this dish from the Hainanese food stall but I would say its pretty tasty too.

French Beans with Minced Meat

For the price that we are paying, this Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice is competitive and worth the amount paid. Even though its from a Hawker, the way that they rendered the service was above average.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Hainanese Scissors Curry Rice
Location: 79 Telok Blangah Dr, #01-03, Singapore 100079