With the immigration tide at the beginning of the 20th century, this way of eating also spread to Southeast Asia with Hainan people. According to Mr. Lin Jincheng's textual research ("Looking for the Origin of Hainan Chicken Rice"), there were Hainan hawkers selling chicken rice along the street in cities with more Hainan immigrants in Singapore and Malaysia, such as Malacca, Penang, Singapore and even Kuala Lumpur. Although both countries have it, Singapore's tourism industry, especially for the China market, is far more developed than Malaysia's. As soon as the publicity goes out, everyone associates "Hainan Chicken Rice" with Singapore.

Both Singapore and Malaysia choose sour oranges to make Chili sauce, which is somewhat different from the lime used in Hainan. In addition, the ginger paste boiled with chicken oil is also very charming. Dipping in black soy sauce, that is, traditional Cantonese soy sauce, is also very common in Singapore. Unfortunately, most of the black soy sauce used in local chicken rice is not fragrant enough, and some even have the taste of caramel.

In fact, Hainan chicken rice is not called Hainan chicken rice in Hainan, but Wenchang chicken, one of the four famous dishes in Hainan, with rice topped with chicken soup, commonly known as Wenchang chicken rice. But in distant Singapore, Hainan chicken rice exists as a local specialty that everyone knows and loves to eat. In the last century, Hainanese went to Nanyang to make a living. In order to make a living, a number of vendors selling Wenchang boiled chicken emerged in Singapore. They mainly sold rice balls and Wenchang boiled chicken with chicken juice on their shoulders, and they were served with black soy sauce and Chili sauce, which were inexpensive and very popular among people.

What may be the source? Not many diners will go into it, but now Hainan chicken rice has become a "national dish" in Singapore, and it has spread to all parts of the world, from small tea restaurants to star-rated hotels. You can eat this Hainan chicken rice in many places.