Hao Sheng Yin — popcorn chicken + chicken cutlet braised pork rice bentos ($8.80 each)!
Taiwanese chain Hao Sheng Yin (好聲音) — twin bentos of popcorn chicken and chicken cutlet over braised pork rice with tea egg, plus cooling jelly drinks. $8.80 each.
Lunch with BB — twin bentos from Hao Sheng Yin (好聲音) Taiwanese chain. Popcorn chicken + chicken cutlet versions, both over braised pork rice base. $17.60 total + drinks. 😋
What was on the tray ($8.80 + $8.80):
- Popcorn chicken + braised pork rice bento ($8.80, BB’s bowl, bottom) — kraft cardboard bowl with white rice topped with minced braised pork (lu rou fan style), a generous pile of golden popcorn chicken cubes with the signature Taiwanese basil + pepper seasoning, half a tea egg (braised soya egg), and a side of pickled mustard greens.
- Chicken cutlet + braised pork rice bento ($8.80, my bowl, top) — same braised pork rice base + tea egg, but with a large panko chicken cutlet slab cut into chunks instead of popcorn chicken.
- Two cups of Hao Sheng Yin’s signature cooling jelly drink (冰涼涼) — herbal grass jelly drink in branded yellow cups.
Hao Sheng Yin is the Taiwanese street food chain that came to SG riding the night-market food trend — their xianshujie (鹹酥雞 popcorn chicken) is the flagship, the Taiwanese fried chicken cubes seasoned with white pepper + chopped basil, fried to order so the basil oil scents the chicken.
The popcorn chicken seasoning is the whole point — without that fragrant basil + pepper hit it’s just generic fried chicken nuggets. The Taiwanese standard requires both ingredients on every single piece. This version delivered.
The braised pork rice (lu rou fan) base is the Taiwanese comfort food classic — minced pork belly braised with dark soya + five-spice + rock sugar + shallots until it forms a fragrant savoury-sweet meat gravy that coats every rice grain. Half a tea egg (braised soya egg) sits on top.
Chicken cutlet version is the more substantial protein — large panko-coated chicken thigh slab, the standard Taiwanese ji pai (雞排) style.
Cooling jelly drinks at the side are the Hao Sheng Yin signature — grass jelly + herbal cooling tea, served chilled in their branded cups. Balances the fried-savoury mains.
Total: $17.60 for two bentos + drinks (drinks bundled in).
Overall: 4.3 / 5. Popcorn chicken had proper basil + pepper aroma, chicken cutlet was crispy panko slab, braised pork rice base + tea egg was Taiwanese comfort. Will alternate the two versions. 😍👍🏼
