Comforting and light-tasting chicken broth paired nicely with the vege and seafood platter. Platter had a wide variety of seafood and meat but they were somewhat on the smaller side. Steamed chicken was nicely flavoured with the light soy sauce, but the meat could be more tender. Chicken rice was great though! Special mention to the pork satay which was tender and fatty in the right places, and was so good with the peanut sauce.
Decent food, hotpot broth was flavorful after putting in all the meat, overall it’s a unique combination of chicken rice pairing w steamboat.
The best on a rainy Sunday evening. Nothing more comforting than this traditional steamboat with Zichar dishes!
This place is famous for its traditional steamboat and chicken rice. The standard set comes with cockles, eggs, fish balls, fish maw, pig liver, prawns, sea cucumber, sliced pork, sliced fish, squid, vegetables and clear chicken soup.
The soup was clear and bland at the start but it will get better after adding and cooking the seafood, meats and vegetables. Individual portions of ingredients are also available for ala-carte order. Don't forget to get their chicken rice to go along with the steamboat.
We arrived past 8pm and they were left with the last few plates of chicken breast meat. Even though I don't really order breast meat because they are usually tough and dry, I am glad that we proceed with our order. The meat was tender and juicy. The rice was equally good without being too oily and comes with a firm bite to each grain, packed with fragrance from the chicken stock and ginger 》$8
Chicken was v slightly grainy and meaty. Not in a bad way. The sauce was v savoury, more than it was sweet. V intense sauce so they were calculated in drizzling it, do ask for more by the side.
Chili was hot
While there’s not much reason to head to Golden Mile, Thien Kee Steamboat has probably crossed paths with your life at some point with friends or family. It is perpetually packed, even if it means bad service and mediocre ingredients. The saving grace is really the Hainanese chicken rice, and if it is a draw, the retro dining vibes in a building stuck in time.
This was basically a perfectly done cutlet drenched in the classic sauce, which in other words means the former wasn't reliant on the latter. Possibly the best Hainanese pork chop I've eaten.
Always a great idea to have a homely steamboat for a dinner gathering with relatives!
Ordered a large steamboat set, large omelette, large Hainanese pork chop, half a steamed chicken, 30 pork and chicken satays and it totaled up to $160 for 9 pax!
In 7 out of 10 discussions with my parents on where to eat, the name of this eatery is brought up.
Sprawling across a few units in the basement of the Golden Mile Tower, “Golden Mile Thien Kee Steamboat” is the perfect place to tackle cravings for Hainanese chicken rice, steamboat, “zi char” and freshly-grilled satay in one fell swoop. A family-run establishment, the friendly and vigilant bosses can always be seen hovering, ready to lend a hand where needed.
The chicken of their chicken rice is decent but it is the rice that I really like. It is on the oily side but it sure is tasty. In fact, I’m happy to spam it with their lip-smacking, slightly salty chilli sauce and have it just like that.
They do their steamboat the traditional way. So forget about selecting a broth because there is only a standard clear one. As for the ingredients, there is no choice involved. Only elimination. Unless you tell them what to leave out, the standard mixed plate of prawns, sliced fish, sea cucumber, fish maw, sliced pork, pig’s liver and cockles will land on your table. Ditto a plate piled with Chinese cabbage and a small bowl with a raw egg still in its shell. One such set is suitable for two, so a party of four should double it. Of course, nothing complements the ingredients cooked in the steamboat better than the chicken rice chilli dip.
We like to supplement our meal by getting on a stirfried vegetable from the “zi char” menu. Sometimes, an omelette too.
Although we didn’t order on our recent visit, this eatery also serves satay that we find tasty. Their grilled meats are consistently well-marinated and tender.
PRICE: $126 (5 adults)
Inclusive of medium steamboat $43, half chicken $19
*No prices on menu, yikessss*
WAITING TIME: What waiting time? Everything came within 5 minutes. Even the cooked dishes. We were seriously amazed.
REMARKS:
- Soup was totally bland at the start, I had to add soya sauce into my own bowl of soup
- Soup became really pretty salty towards the end
- Standard old-school steamboat ingredients. None of that fancy fish glue, prawn glue and whatnot.
- The youngsters at our table liked the Hainanese pork chop, the older folks not so
- Loved the chicken rice
- The omelette reminds me of pancake in a good way. Hated the bittergourd though.
- HOT AND SWEATY cos we were seated near the kitchen. There was no fan nor aircon near us. NEED to pick our own tables next time instead of getting assigned to such a bad table.
Most people go to Golden Mile Thien Kee Steamboat for their Hainanese steamboat, chicken rice or pork chop, but my favourite dish is the lesser-known wet bee hoon. The ingredients are way more generous than your usual zichar bee hoon as it comes with pork slices, pork liver, sliced fish, prawns and sotong - how do you beat that variety! What’s more, it is thoroughly infused with wok hei and very delicious. Love it👍🏻!
The name of this dish is pretty much a no-brainer. Definitely recommended for anyone who loves fish maw and sea cucumber. But the proportion was a bit off, with a lot more sea cucumber than fish maw
Tucked away in Golden Mile Tower, this no-frills spot offers a unique experience of pairing steamboat with chicken rice. The Chicken Rice Steamboat ($52.50, inclusive of $10 half Hainanese steamed chicken) sees tender chicken and super fragrant rice, alongside a generous variety of ingredients, including sliced beef, pork, prawns, squid, sea cucumber and cockles.
Photo by Burppler The choyalicious :)
The broth is rather bland in the beginning, but the more you cook and the more it evaporates, the more flavourful it becomes.
The beauty of this is that while you wait for ingredients to cook in the hot pot, you can tuck into the fragrant rice and tender, tasty Hainanese chicken! Simple, no-frills but comforting fare.
Light broth which is dependent of the ingredients added in. And it gets really thick and flavourful towards the end. Well, the hainanese chicken is additional and no included in the platter. Comfort food especially for the past several rainy days. And this is constantly packed with people but thankfully the turnover is pretty quick. And it sort of make me feel out of sg or timetravelled to the past.
It has one of the best #hainanesechicken around. It’s so flavourful and tender and juicy! 😋
A very unfamiliar combination for me, but when it was pitched to me as a lunch idea I thought that it would work and it does. I love the chicken rice and even had two bowls! While it’s not the best chicken rice you’ll have, or steamboat for that matter, it’s nice to find hidden gems like these places and it’s another location to add variety to our lunch plans.
This weather is just begging us to have steamboat! Luckily for us, there’s Thien Kee nearby – no frills and oh-so-satisfying with their chicken rice. It’s no Hai Di Lao, but there’s comfort in the simplicity of the soup that gets better and better as ingredients are piled in. 😋
