Roast chicken rice + kaya bun + donut ($6.90)!
Lunch loaded — roast chicken rice with cucumber and clear broth, plus a kaya bun and a donut for the sweet side. $6.90 total.
Lunch loaded with roast chicken rice + kaya bun + donut. $6.90 total. Mains + two sweet sides for under $7. 😋
What was on the tray ($6.90):
- A plate of fragrant chicken rice — the proper pale-yellow tinted rice cooked in chicken stock.
- A small plate of sliced roast chicken topped with cucumber slices — the chicken skin showing the dark caramelised soya glaze, the meat a mix of pinkish breast slices + darker thigh pieces.
- A small dish of bright orange chilli sauce for the dipping.
- A bowl of clear chicken broth with floating scallions on the side.
- A kaya bun in a small plate at the back — pull-apart style square with golden caramelised crust, kaya filling visible in the gap.
- A donut in plastic wrap on the right — round, golden, looks like a glazed style.
Roast chicken rice + heritage SG bakery items combo is the classic kopitiam lunch pairing — get the rice meal, grab pre-made buns + donuts from the kopitiam counter on the way out. Sweet side helps you finish strong.
Kaya bun is the SG-Hainanese heritage bakery item — yeast bread bun filled with kaya (coconut-pandan jam), often slightly caramelised on top. The donut is the Western influence creeping in.
Both sweet sides cost less than $2 each at heritage kopitiam — the kopitiam combo deal at $6.90 covers everything.
Total: $6.90 for the full set.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. Chicken rice was the proper Hainanese style (fragrant rice + tender chicken + clear broth), kaya bun + donut were the sweet sides done at heritage standard. Old-school SG lunch. 😍👍🏼
