Ipoh Lau Yau Bean Sprouts Chicken

A guest from abroad wanted to try local food and I went there based on the positive review in ladyironchef. I think sponsored content ought to be tagged as such…
The hor fun were abysmal. They had a metallic smell to them, with a hint of «bin left out in the summer». They looked like they had been left out in the air for at least an hour, and were cooked to mushiness (or perhaps absorbed the sauce during that time). Think bad hotel buffet or airplane meal — in economy, on one of the worse airlines. Neither my guest nor I could eat another bite after the first. The noodles are the reason I’m writing this review — I’m pissed off.
The chicken was OK. It was food court chicken by taste. It was yellower. It was actually edible, which is a step up from the noodles. Nevertheless, at any Food Republic or Kopitiam you can get the same amount of chicken, and same taste, for half as much; and most people in Singapore will know a hawker with bigger and tastier portions (especially the rice) for ¹⁄₃ as much (mine is Selera in Bencoolen). I don’t know how kampung chicken is supposed to taste like, but I’ve had Label Rouge chicken and chicken just taken from the farm where it grew up on worms pecked from the ground, and I know what chicken has the potential to taste like, this was far from anything like it.
The rice had strands of ginger in it. Maybe it was meant for flavour, but it overpowered the other flavours. Food court or hawker definitely wins there.
The sprouts tasted like steamed sprouts. Nothing to say there. If you really like sprouts, maybe they redeem the rest.
I can’t one-​star a place where I ate all the chicken (after a 10 km walk, you’re hungry), so it’s going to be two. It’s unlikely this chain will get my money again.

I had the ipoh hor fun (soup version) and it was really quite lackluster. Compared to the version at Old Town White Coffee, this was tasteless. The broth lacked flavor, the rice noodle was not silky smooth and the only saving grace was the shredded chicken was not dried out. The prawns were so-​so, at least they were not mushy or overcooked.
The only chili available was for the chicken rice and it just did not go well with this dish. There should be cut chilies or other type available.
I would have to remember to skip this place in future and not be taken in by the pictures in their advertisement in VivoCity.
P. S. I forgot I tried another outlet in Bishan Junction 8 before and was not impressed by its chicken rice too. Too oily.