298. Lim Seng Lee (South Buona Vista) Duck Rice

Lim Seng Lee duck rice is more known as South Buona Vista duck rice because there is only one famous duck rice at South Buona Vista road. The so much raved duck rice is very easy to spot for the crowd never ceased. Ask your mum and pop and they will know that is the "gao chap gao wan"(in Hokkien - 99 loops) duck rice you are referring to. I have absolutely no doubts with the word "famous" on their signboard because it is indeed very famous.

"Ai mai spare parts?", the lady asked in Hokkien if we wanted spare parts. "Spare parts?" I was thrown into question marks land. My lunch companion then explained to me that the spare parts meant the other parts of the duck like the gizzards, wings, webs and etc.

Boneless duck. The braised duck laid flat on the plate. Having rid of their bones, they looked like a cooked duck ramped over by heavy wheels.

But Hey! love me tender, love me sweet....the duck meat was soft and the sweet gravy complemented them so well. The difference which I have noticed for Lim Seng Lee's with the other duck rice stalls was the moisture in the duck meat was not lost.

Together with kang kong, tofu, 2 bowls of rice and 2 glasses of barley, 2 of us paid $19.40 for our lunch. There wasn't any other dishes to order. So, it was like a standard set of meal for everyone but I felt about $10/pax was expensive. Frankly speaking, the tofu and kang kong were dispensable dishes. Lim Seng Lee operates like a duck rice express outlet. In order to manage the crowd, the food was served fast and they were not hot. So, if there is a plate of duck rice for $3, would you still go for Lim Seng Lee's?


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Lim Seng Lee Duck Rice

38 South Buona Vista Road

Tel: 6475 9908

199. East Coast Lagoon Food Village

We Singaporeans frequent hawker centres for our daily meals. The hawker centre at East Coast Park is called a food village. Basically, other than the open-concept designed structure, food village or hawker centre, they are both the same. A group of us decided to have our lunch at the food village because it has a variety of food to choose from and we were wrong......

It was past lunch hour by the time we reached the food village. Despite being a school holiday, the food village was not crowded at all. Most of the stalls were closed. I suppose businesses come alive at fall. I was contemplating between the bak cuo mee and the duck rice and I chose the later. The typical Singaporean mentality buzzed in. There was a queue formed at the duck rice stall. Plus, considering that I'm going for a cycle after the meal, I needed some grains.

A big plate of duck meat, 1 beancurd and duck innards for 3 pax @$20The rice which I felt was slightly dry was compensated with the black braised duck gravy.

The oyster omelette @$5

It was quite good. Not oil-laden and I saw generous number of oysters for $5. Thankfully, I didn't just see clusters of starch. I have eaten oyster omelette which I thought should have been called oyster starch clots. Simply eggless. It wasn't crispy and thus lacked the oomph. Overall taste was well-managed.


East Coast Lagoon Food Village

1220 East Coast Parkway

Opens : 11am to 10pm