Rice and spice at The Coconut Club

The popular nasi lemak eatery reinvents itself with a larger space and menu.

Jaime Ee

Published Thu, Jun 23, 2022 · 06:54 PM

Dining

NEW RESTAURANT

The Coconut Club 269 Beach Road Singapore 199546 Tel: 8725-3315 Open Tues to Fri: 11am to 10.30pm; Sat to Sun: 8.30am to 10.30pm. Closed on Mon.

THE Coconut Club (TCC) is the kind of place that would give a pineapple a major existential crisis if it stepped into its palm tree-themed premises. Anything that’s not green, round and white-fleshed need not apply to this house of lemak, which has coconut water on tap and milk flowing through its pipes. From rice to curry washed down with a coconut shake or mai tai, to going in for the cholesterol kill with chendol and assorted kueh, TCC spins many tales of rich creaminess — but the real ending we want is the one with the chicken.

Specifically, the ayam goreng berempah, in our mind the real star of TCC and around which everything revolves in this newest rendition of the popular nasi lemak eat…