Krispi Chinese Roti • Dumpling (Bagus Food Hall @ Northpoint City)

Mon Chinese Beef Roti might have entered the Singaporean F&B scene for a while when they had first opened their Food Republic VivoCity location not too long ago; whilst they had just opened a second outlet at the Food Junction food court at Westgate not too long ago, it does seem that there are establishments that are jumping onto the bandwagon to serve something similar as well. Enter Krispi Chinese Roti • Dumplings; these folks had recently opened its doors at the newly-revamped Bagus Food Hall at Northpoint City which also sees other interesting tenants such as that of Cha Mulan X joining up the line-up of stalls that are operating there. Whilst the namesake of the stall does suggest that there are dumpling offerings, it seems that Krispi Chinese Roti • Dumplings is solely putting its efforts into their Chinese Roti items — they do claim that their Chinese Roti offerings are handmade daily by Chinese Muslims, promising authenticity and heritage with their Chinese Roti which has also garnered quite a fair bit of attention on social media as well.

Krispi Chinese Roti • Dumplings only offers their Chinese Roti in two (2) variants; the Beef and the Chicken Chinese Roti — we went for the latter during our visit made on a weekday dinner service. One can observe the chef preparing the Chinese Roti by hand behind the counter; the surge of demand caused by social media hype also meant that a waiting time of up to around an hour was required for our order as well. We collected our order slightly before the one-hour mark from the time that we made our order; whilst the stall does use electronic buzzers to page its patrons when the order is ready for collection, they had also ran out of electronic buzzers to issue on the day of our visit — as such, we are unable to ascertain the exact time our order was made and sitting at the counter for us to collect, though we did note that the Chicken Chinese Roti was still pretty hot when we collected our order. Sinking our teeth into the Chicken Roti, the pastry did feel crispy in some parts though it wasn’t quite light and flaky like it should have been — there are also some areas in which it did feel a little wet and also a little doughy as well. With that being said, the chicken filling within was patty-like and was tender and juicy; seasoned with a bit of pepper for a slight fragrance whilst coming with a level of spiciness that should do just fine for those whom are tolerable to lower than moderate levels of spiciness. There are also bits of red onions found within the Chicken Roti that helps to keep things refreshing whilst adding a dimension of crunch for a variance of textures as well.