Dan Zhi Jia 蛋之家 (Amoy Street Food Centre)

Thought the trend for scrambled egg rice has pretty much died down now that new outlets of DanLao 蛋佬 / Sungai Besi Scrambled Egg Rice / Egg Talk / Kawan Bowl hadn’t been sprouting up around the island like how they used to — that being said, it does seem like there is no stopping of other brands in the opening of such establishments by themselves. 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice is a fairly new addition to the ground floor of Amoy Street Food Centre; these folks are situated right beside B Salad Kitchen which is one of the few stalls set in up salad within the food centre that typically sees a long queue during weekday lunch hours — 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice should be a stall that is relatively easy to spot considering how its signboard mainly comprises of Chinese characters; all that whilst mentioning “Scrambled Egg Rice” on the right side of the signboard to give patrons a rough idea of what to expect for its offerings. Much like the various scrambled egg concepts introduced by DanLao 蛋佬, 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice only serves up scrambled egg rice dishes with various meat options; think the usual such as Luncheon Meat, Prawn and Fried Chicken, while other interesting variations would include the Chinese Sausage, Hunan Stir-Fried Pork (also their signature offering), Sliced Beef and Hakka Pork Scrambled Egg Rice.

The Hunan Stir-Fried Pork is a dish that seems to have popularised in Singapore only in very recent times with the uprising of Hunan-style mainland Chinese cuisine dining establishments such as that of Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine 湘香湖南菜 which now has multiple outlets across the entire island. The Hunan Stir-Fried Pork Scrambled Egg Rice from 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice is exactly that dish but coming with scrambled eggs above a bed of rice — the same way as how DanLao 蛋佬 / Sungai Besi Scrambled Egg Rice / Egg Talk / Kawan Bowl would serve up their scrambled eggs rice. 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice does not describe the elements that comes with their various dishes on its menu, but the Hunan stir-fried pork does come with pork slices that is stir-fried with the usual suspects such as green chilli peppers, fermented black beans and chili padi. It does seem that the pork slices served with the Hunan Stir-Fried Pork Scrambled Egg Rice at 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice does come fatty but does come with a lighter shade of brown that suggests the lack of soy sauce — perhaps deliberately done so to not overwhelm the dish. That being said, the green chili peppers does exude the fragrance of bell peppers and provides a crunch to the dish whilst also giving the dish a mild hint of spiciness that might tickle the tastebuds for those whom are not too tolerable to lower levels of spiciness; further enhanced by the chili padi. The white rice here comes fluffy with the grains pretty much being distinguishable from one another; drenched with a little bit of soy sauce for flavour but there was definitely sufficient gravy from the Hunan stir-fried pork to provide flavour and moisture to the rice. The scrambled egg that came atop the bed of rice was all silky smooth and still runny — execution definitely on-point for a scrambled egg rice dish. Considering the price point of their Scrambled Egg Rice offerings being from $5 to $7.50 (the lowest-priced dish being the Luncheon Meat Scrambled Egg Rice, and priciest being the Hunan Stir-Fried Pork Scrambled Egg Rice), 蛋之家 Scrambled Egg Rice definitely works as a wallet-friendly, comforting and hearty lunch eat at Amoy Street Food Centre.