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Famous Singapore Chicken Rice - Roasted Chicken VS. Boiled Chicken?

Famous Singapore Chicken Rice - Roasted Chicken VS. Boiled Chicken?

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Chicken rice is one of the national dishes of Singapore. Get more details here: The dish of chicken rice, is really just that - chicken thats cooked in a certain way, served with rice thats often cooked in chicken broth and some light seasoning, paired together, and served with both a sauce and soup on the side. Its not typically an overly flavorful dish, but its one of the ultimate comfort food combinations. In this video I met up with Daniel who is a Singaporean who loves chicken rice. We started off at Yuhua Village Market & Food Centre to go to a place called Hup Hong to specifically eat their version of roasted chicken rice. The roasted chicken, Im not sure if it was deep fried? was sliced up on top of a plate of rice and served with a red chili garlic sauce. Overall, it was quite a tasty plate, the chicken was smooth but not mushy, and it was salted perfectly. I also liked the sauce at Hup Hong, which was heavy on the chilies and garlic, with a faint taste of ginger, and nicely salted. After Hup Hong we took a drive across Singapore to a legendary boiled chicken rice restaurant, and a place that serves an original pretty old fashioned Hainanese boiled chicken style. The restaurant itself was pretty cool, very authentic and looked like it had remained pretty much the same since it was open the last 60 years. We had a plate of boiled chicken and each had our own bowl of rice. What I really liked about Yet Con was that the chicken really tasted like chicken, it was a natural tasting boiled chicken with a very firm texture. I also enjoyed how they had two different sauces, one just pureed ginger, and the other a chili vinegar sauce. I thought the roasted chicken was really going to win for me, but after testing both, I was pretty pleased and impressed how good the boiled chicken also was. Overall, I think Id prefer roasted chicken on a whole, as Im not a big fan of boiled chicken skin. But that being said, I highly enjoyed the Yet Con atmosphere and shop. Both were good. Which version of Singapore chicken rice would you prefer? Roasted or boiled? Hup Hong Chicken Rice Address: Yuhua Village Market & Food Centre, 254 Jurong East Street 24 Open hours: Morning Prices: 3 SGD per plate of chicken rice with extra gizzard How to get there: Its about a 10 minute walk from Chinese Garden MRT station Yet Con Chicken Rice Address: 25 Purvis Street, Singapore Open hours: 11 am 9: 30 pm daily Prices: 18 SGD for a chicken How to get there: You can easily walk from either City Hall or Bugis MRT station
Date: 2019-08-19

Comments and reviews: 10


Here's a challenge to all Chicken Rice lovers - try one where the chef expertly de-bone the chicken parts before chopping it into bite sizes. Its not commonly done nowadays either due to time constraints or simply lack of skill, but chicken thigh bones are notoriously brittle and tend to shatter causing little shards of bone in the meat. The de-boned version, in my humble opinion is an experience in itself.
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I lived in Singapore for a year. IMO chicken rice is basic and bland. Steamed/boiledchicken and plain white rice with chili to add flavor. If you go there do yourself a favor and get the chili crab and a beer (my favorite) or beef and onion with ikan bilis with kimchi on a sizzling skillet. The fried dori with fries and chili sauce (basically a spicy katchup) is also a great lunch.
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Dear Mark and Yin. I really enjoy and appreciate your videos. I love the positivity that comes across, and I thank you both for all your efforts. We lost our son, Jordan, aged 20, five years ago from suicide, and your videos really help me remain positive. It's difficult, but people travelling and expericing wonderful food is incredibly healing. Thank you so, so much. Errol.
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To me eating chicken rice is all about the rice. The chicken is nothing special, but you can tell whether it is authentic or not by the rice. Some people put butter and ginger into it and only the really good ones have the taste of stock, ginger and garlic in it. Dumping so much chili onto that was just so sad to watch. Do you even taste the rice at all?
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In Indonesia we usually eat Hainan rice with roast pork, duck(sometimes, chasiu, and other roast meat. For me the soup is the worst (our hainan rice soup) but you can make your own anyway (not in restaurant) and basically for me you can also add any meat you want. We use kampung chicken or any other free range chicken and other than that people wont buy it
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In the main, Asian food in the UK is expensive and it is crap. Tampopo no thank you etc etc. Please realise many of us have been to Asia and know what good Asian food is like and how much it should cost. Australia has good cheap food in shopping malls. UK shopping malls have rubbish fast food which is expensive.
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the head tilt is not natural, it is an act thats been used for dramatic purposes. and it is used too much it become stale and boring. you even forgot to tilt on one video and the tilt come too late since it is not your natural reaction. 8: 05 and 9: 15 both showed your natural reaction. not this 'head tilt' BS
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Daniel you are the tru gem to the world of Chicken rice. I just love chicken rice. But Daniel we must not forget the best Chicken Rice comes from Ipoh with the Towgay. I have to make a detour to Ipoh just to have my fix of Cowan Street Chicken Rice. Now the owner tells me he closes from Monday to Wednesday
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Our family lived in Singapore for 25 years. My husband perfected Hainanese Chicken Rice (boiled) with all the fixings. It took many efforts to get it right. Your facial expression when tasting the boiled chicken rice is just what my Husband looks for when our guests eat his. loke your show
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Mark, you ain't seen nothin yet. Just chicken rice alone, we've got tons of beautiful chicken n rice here. Combinations that you couldn't even think of Chilies of all sorts Next time in Singapore. Let's go on a Chicken Rice hunt; )
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