When you can’t get hold of real Hainanese Chicken Rice, something close should be fine. Or is it?
We had chicken rice at two different Vietnamese restaurants in the capital of Canada and the plainer looking one shown above from “Huong’s Vietnamese Bistro” turned out to be the better rendition.
More fragrant and tender, the meat was from a medium-sized chicken, and arrived on a mound of aromatic ginger-flavoured rice accompanied by a mouthwatering ginger dip as well as a bowl of hot chicken soup.
Despite the absence of our beloved Singapore style chicken rice chilli sauce, we enjoyed it a lot.