10 interesting facts of the famous Chicken Rice Singapore and a restaurant review of delights. This restaurant, Hainanese Delights, specializes in Malaysian Hainanese food. We uncovered it in our travels in Penang.
The
dish “Hainanese Chicken Rice” has a very interesting story. Here are some
snippets. Hainanese Chicken Rice has been claimed by 2 countries to be their
national dish. Although the dish is called Hainanese Chicken Rice, it is not
found in Hainan in its current form. The taste of the chicken is so bland that
it requires the whole ensemble of accompanying dishes and condiments to bring
it to life.
It is
listed at number 13 in the World’s 50 best food by CNN travel readers. The dish
is the central theme in a feature length motion picture – “Chicken Rice War”.
It is an ensemble of 4 parts - Poached chicken,
Rice cooked with the chicken stock, Soup based on the chicken stock and a
variety of dipping sauces including minced chilli, garlic, ginger, thick soy
sauce or “ketchup manis”.
As
Singapore developed economically in the latter half of the 20th Century, stalls
in coffee shops and food courts started to serve east coast chicken
rice. It has become an icon of Singapore Food. It is often served in
international or global events as the national dish.
A
feature length motion picture “Chicken Rice War” was released in Singapore in
2000. It is a romantic comedy loosely based on “Romeo and Juliet” but in a
Singapore Setting. The 2 families run
Chicken rice stalls and the conflict is about secret family recipes.
For
more details on this, please browse www.boontongkee.com.sg.
