Why is the national dish of Singapore China's Hainan chicken rice?

With the immigration tide in the early 20th century, this way of eating also spread to Southeast Asia with Hainan people. According to Mr. Lin Jincheng's textual research ("Looking for the Origin of Hainan Chicken Rice"), in cities with more Hainan immigrants such as Singapore and Malaysia, such as Malacca, Penang, Singapore and even Kuala Lumpur, there are Hainan vendors selling chicken rice along the street. Although both countries have it, Singapore's tourism industry, especially for the China market, is far more developed than Malaysia's. As soon as the publicity came out, everyone associated "Hainan Chicken Rice" with Singapore.

Both Singapore and Malaysia choose lime as Chili sauce, which is somewhat different from the lime used in Hainan. In addition, the ginger paste boiled with chicken oil is also very charming. Dipping in black soy sauce, the traditional Cantonese soy sauce, is also common in Singapore. Unfortunately, most of the black soy sauce used for local chicken rice is not fragrant enough, and some even have caramel flavor.

In fact, Hainan chicken rice is not called Hainan chicken rice in Hainan, but Wenchang chicken, one of the four famous dishes in Hainan. Rice is topped with chicken soup, commonly known as Wenchang chicken rice. But in distant Singapore, Hainan chicken rice exists as a local specialty that everyone knows and loves to eat. In the last century, Hainanese went to Nanyang to make a living. In order to make a living, a number of vendors selling Wenchang chicken have sprung up in Singapore. They mainly sell rice balls and Wenchang boiled chicken with chicken juice on their shoulders, with black soy sauce and Chili sauce, which are cheap and very popular with people.

What could be the source? Not many diners will go into it, but now Hainan chicken rice has become Singapore's "national dish" and spread all over the world, from small tea restaurants to star-rated hotels. This Hainan chicken rice can be eaten in many places.