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Hainanese curry rice at a hawker stall ($4)!
Hawker Hainanese curry rice — sweet and sour pork, braised cabbage, stir-fried long beans, fried egg, all drenched in mild Hainanese curry gravy. $4.
Comfort lunch — Hainanese curry rice at a hawker stall, $4. The kind of plate that ruins your shirt and you don’t care. 😋
What was on the plate ($4):
- A bed of white rice drowned in the signature orange-red Hainanese curry gravy — mild, slightly sweet, savoury, not coconut-heavy.
- A pile of sweet and sour pork — crispy battered chunks soaking up the gravy.
- A scoop of braised cabbage with carrot strips — soft, sweet, the curry gravy’s best friend.
- A side of stir-fried long beans for the green and crunch.
- A fried egg with crispy lacy edges hidden under the gravy.
Mixed everything together — the rice turns sauce-orange and every spoonful has a bit of each component. Old-school comfort food.
Total: $4. Hawker lunch pricing.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. Gravy was the right consistency — pourable but not watery — and the sweet and sour pork stayed slightly crispy under the gravy. Old-school done right. 😍👍🏼
