geylang serai's nasi briyani




i had thought yusoff's briyani was the one that dr leslie tay (ieatishootipost) raved so much about until i did a check by revisiting his blog. found out that there was more than one outstanding nasi briyani stall housed at the geylang serai's temporary market & food centre. victor had taken me to his old-time favourite - the one run by three sisters.

today, i finally got to taste the supposedly better tasting nasi briyani at geylang serai. i did not read the notices in malay well enough and ended up at the wrong queue - the queue for customers who were buying takeaways (tar pau).

the $3.50 chicken briyani was better than the nearly $7 briyani that i pay for at karu's. to be fair, the portions of rice and chicken at karu's were bigger but i do not need a bigger serving of rice, i do not mind a chunkier piece of chicken though.

however, i cannot say if hamid's is better tasting than yusoff's because i do not have such a fine enough discerning taste bud. that is why i always like to have a companion along to help me in the judging. the problem is my companion today has not eaten yusoff's briyani.

but each of them seems to have his or her own loyal fans. if you go by the length of the queue, hamid's appears to be the winner.