SOYA SAUCE CHICKEN
A MICHELIN STAR WORTHY DISH In 2016, Singapore’s Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle created a stir when it grew to become world’s first Michelin starred hawker. Often touted because the world’s least expensive Michelin starred meal, its signature Soya Sauce Chicken dish fees a mere $3. But earlier than Liao Fan, there was Chew Kee – a 70 yr vintage establishment nonetheless observed at Upper Cross Street. At one time, Chew Kee was probably essentially the foremost noted soya sauce bird stall in Singapore, so familiar that a few copy-cat stalls later sprung up and sparked off a soya sauce bird war within the area. SO WHAT IS SOYA SAUCE CHICKEN? Unlike Hainanese bird rice (the different noted bird dish in Singapore), Soya Sauce Chicken (or Si Yau Kai in Cantonese) is a Hong Kong variety bird dish that's sluggish braised over low fire in an fragrant stew of spices and darkish soy sauce. It is usually served with noodles or rice. Thanks to the sluggish bra...