Sam Leong St Chicken Rice sells a plate of Hainanese chicken rice for S$3.50, around 24 hours a day, at a Farrer Park coffeeshop. The stall is halal-certified, a fact worth stating plainly rather than burying, since Little India and Farrer Park’s supper options skew heavily towards non-halal Chinese fare, unlike the halal Western and Thai plates at Citrus Kitchen further out at Science Park.
How is a plate of chicken rice S$3.50 in 2026
The family-run stall has been running since 1992, which matters more than the price itself: a 30-plus-year operation at a fixed coffeeshop stall carries lower fixed costs than a mall unit or a newer shop that has to price in higher rent and renovation debt. S$3.50 sits below the S$4 to S$5 that most hawker chicken rice now costs across Singapore, and well below the S$6 to S$8 range at food court or mall versions of the same dish, including several stalls in the revamped City Square Mall a short walk away.
The set is poached chicken rice with a house-made chilli sauce and freshly ground ginger paste. Add-ons are priced separately: braised bean curd and braised egg at S$1.20 each, and a Signature Ginseng Chicken Soup at S$3.80 that runs the samgyetang format at a fraction of what a dedicated Korean restaurant charges for the same idea.
Is the halal certification solid
Yes, on the evidence available. The stall’s own listing states it is halal-certified, and the Singapore halal-focused account @thehalalfoodblog separately confirmed the certification in February 2025. That is two independent confirmations rather than an inference from the menu or the name, which is the standard this kind of claim should clear before a reader plans a trip around it, the same standard behind the entries in LBRD’s halal buffet deals roundup.
Who it suits
Good for solo supper after a late shift, since it is a walk-in coffeeshop stall with no booking system and a 24-hour clock. Good for anyone in the Farrer Park or Little India area who wants a halal option that is not the usual mamak or fast-food default at 2am. Reasonable for a quick office lunch if you already work within a short walk of Verdun Road.
Not the pick for a group wanting to sit and linger: it is a coffeeshop counter, not a restaurant, and the draw is the price and the hour rather than the room.
What is not yet known
The exact seat count and whether the stall gets a queue at typical supper hours (11pm to 1am) are not published anywhere checkable. Delivery platform availability and whether platform pricing matches the in-store S$3.50 are also unconfirmed.
Details
Sam Leong St Chicken Rice,
12 Verdun Road, Singapore 207278.
Open daily, 24 hours.
Halal-certified. About a seven-minute walk from Farrer Park MRT Station.
Poached Chicken Rice from S$3.50, add-ons from S$1.20, Ginseng Chicken Soup S$3.80.
Three dollars fifty is a genuinely low price for chicken rice in 2026, and the 24-hour clock and halal certification are the real reasons to remember this address, not the novelty of the number. We will update this if the stall’s hours or certification status change.
