Maria Virgin Chicken (Chinatown Complex Market & Food Centre)

Located in the same compound, skip the michelin-starred Hawker Chan's absurd queue for this super value $7 half chicken. The tender meat with silky skin well glazed in the aromatic and flavoursome sauce makes it as good as any chicken.

The generous portion of meat was tender, and the sauce is a perfect balance of salty and sweet with herbal undertones. Some parts of the chicken are a bit dry (breast meat) but that’s a minor point. The star of this hawker stall is definitely the #braisedtofu that’s silky smooth while remaining firm, and has soaked up the sweet sauce to make it highly delicious
📍Maria Virgin Chicken, #02-189, Chinatown Complex Food Centre, 335 Smith Street, Singapore 050335
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My go-to for soy sauce chicken in Chinatown; silky smooth and oh-so-tender. Even the breast meat is ridiculously soft and moist, you wonder how they achieve these results without fancy gadgets. Other than the chicken, be sure to grab some of their braised homemade tofu! It’s amazingly smooth and a perfect vehicle for their light, savoury braising liquid. Aunty will often joke, “Maria Virgin’s tofu is the best!” 🙃