Chicken Rice

Whenever I am required to recommend a Singapore delicacy to anyone, the first thing that appears on my mind is the mouth-watering, tender and juicy chicken rice! Chicken rice is one of the most famous local dishes in Singapore, priced from a range of a cheap SGD3.00 to an expensive SGD27.00. This dish is not only found in our various hawker centres but also in many prestigious restaurants.

A reason why chicken rice is favourable to many is due to its fragrant and distinctively different rice. The chicken rice contains pandan leaves, chicken stock and sometimes even coconut milk, this is to create its great tasting aromatic rice instead of the usual white rice consumed.

After talking about how delicious it is, you must be wondering where you can get one. One of my personal favourite stalls is “The Big Bird”.

This stall is not very well-known as it is located at Balmoral Plaza which is not visited by many. Why do I recommend such a stall instead of the famous Boon Tong Kee? This is so as The Big Bird has so many unique points to offer! After 10 years of experimenting chicken rice and its chilli, Mr Derek Chen and his wife established The Big Bird in 1998. 10 years of hard work paid off as Big Bird’s selling point is their famous chicken rice chilli, many customers even make their way down to their shop just to purchase the chilli. Chilli is an essential condiment in the Singapore dish, Singaporeans enjoy spicy food and since it is our culture, visitors definitely have to try their fantastic chilli to display the unique Singapore spirit!

Of course not only do they have chicken rice and chilli, they serve many other dishes such as lotus root soup, popiah and lala, these are all other famous local delicacies. The lotus root soup quenches your thirst while the popiah contains many ingredients such as vegetables and peanut powder wrapped up in popiah skin. The lala is a dish of clams which are cooked and served in spicy sauce with garlic. Fragrant rice, spicy chilli and other various local dishes as add-ons are the reasons why one should eat chicken rice, especially Big Bird’s as it is Singapore’s best!

I am very grateful for chicken rice as this dish is always able to satisfy my tummy and it is a famous local delicacy here in Singapore! What are you waiting for? Make a trip down today!

The Big Bird
271 Bukit Timah Road
#01-07 Balmoral Plaza
Singapore 259708