Can’t get to Taiwan for some 火雞肉飯? How about getting something similar here in Singapore! This bowl of shredded chicken rice might look unassuming, but trust me, this is probably the closest to the one you can get in Taiwan’s famous chicken rice city, Chiayi. Traditionally, turkey was used but it has gradually been replaced by chicken nowadays. Having tried all the different chicken rice shops in Chiayi within 2 days back in 2019, I am confident to say @eat3bowls has done a pretty splendid job in replicating the taste.

Especially flavorful, the bed of fluffy pearl rice was almost covered entirely by the shredded chicken. But what I really adored was the shallot oil and the fragrant oily chicken gravy which really reminded me of chicken fat. Sounds sinful but the strong savoury flavour that came through was worth spending calories on. There were also caramelized onions but perhaps a little more and some fried shallots would probably have me felt as though I was transported to Taiwan.