The Dead Cockroach: Eleven Fingers (Eu Kee) Scissors Curry Rice @ Blk 269B Queen Street

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Eleven Fingers (Eu Kee) Scissors Curry Rice is located within the same coffee shop as New Rong Liang Ge Cantonese Duck Double Boiled Soup at Blk 269B Queen Street.

While this may not be the most aesthetically pleasing looking plate of curry rice, the taste is anything but. You can tell how immensely popular they are by the number of people that thronged the stall daily.

I decided to beat the crowd by coming early but in the end, I still have a queue to join. A lady stationed outside the stall takes your order and collect payment while the man inside scoops and cuts everything you wanted onto a plate of rice with a pair of scissors. Everything is then smothered under curry and braising sauce as a finishing touch.

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While the lady is still serving the customer before me, she turned towards me and asked what I wanted. I panic a little because I do not even know what dishes they have. I inched forward to take a look.

Unlike a typical economical rice stall, this curry rice stall have a very limited number of dishes available. I picked the braised pork belly, curry chicken and stewed cabbage which added up to $4.50.

The only reason why I picked these is because I could not recognize what the other dishes were.

The pork belly is well braised. Despite being covered by a coat of curry, the braising flavor still come through as I bit down on the tender meat.

I read that they only serve chicken wings here which is exactly what I received when I requested for "curry chicken". The large sized chicken wing did not taste like it had been marinated but the tender flesh still tasted good with the flavorful curry.

I thought the stewed cabbage would be very mushy but no, they still retained that refreshing crunch which provides an alternate texture to the rice.

I find the usual Chinese curry too runny, not spicy enough and had too much coconut milk for my liking. For me, curry should be thick, spicy and a little sticky.

The curry here ticks all the boxes for me.