The Chicken Rice in Santa Ana Specializes in Hainan Chicken Rice

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 15, 2019
The most authentic Hainan chicken rice in OC. Photo by Cynthia Rebolledo The best meal I had in Singapore was a dish called Hainan chicken rice. And as with all great food found in Singapore, I had it inside an unbearably hot-and-humid hawker...
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