油鸡 叉烧 饭 ($3)!
A plate of Cantonese roast meat rice: soya sauce chicken and char siu over rice with cucumber, dark soy and a bowl of soup. $3.
A satisfying Cantonese hawker lunch, 油鸡 叉烧 饭 (soya sauce chicken and char siu rice) for just $3. 😋
What we had:
- Soya chicken + char siu rice: soya sauce chicken and slices of char siu over rice, with cucumber, dark soy and a bowl of soup on the side
Getting two roast meats on one plate of rice is the smart move, and at $3 it is a steal. The soya sauce chicken (you ji) had that glossy, dark caramelised skin and tender meat, slow-braised in a soy master stock so it is savoury and faintly sweet right through.
The char siu brought the other half: slices with a lacquered, slightly charred edge, sweet and smoky against the savoury chicken. Both were draped over the rice and drizzled with a sweet dark soy that ties everything together, with slivers of cucumber for freshness and a little chilli on the side for a kick.
A bowl of clear soup came alongside to round it out. The rice soaked up the soy and the meat juices beautifully, and between the sweet-smoky char siu and the soft soy chicken there was plenty going on. Honest, comforting, two-meat rice for three dollars, hard to beat.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Glossy soya sauce chicken and sweet char siu over soy-drizzled rice. Would re-order.
