Chicken Rice War: Who's Serving The Original Swee Kee Chicken Rice In Singapore? | On The Red Dot

Hainanese chicken rice, one of Singapore’s national dishes, was popularised by the famous Swee Kee Chicken Rice at Middle Road in the 1950s and 1960s. Since Swee Kee’s closure in 1997, several stalls bearing similar names—such as Moh Swee Kee, Zheng Swee Kee, Traditional Rui Ji, and Sing Swee Kee—have sprung up, leaving customers confused about which one carries the legacy of the original.

Food Feud uncovers which of these brands is truly connected to the original Swee Kee or simply capitalising on its name, and conducts a taste test to determine which stall’s chicken rice comes closest to the original’s iconic flavour.

00:00 Opening title
00:11 Many different Swee Kee brand offshoots
00:59 Why Swee Kee Chicken Rice was so famous
04:48 Is the most popular stall using the original recipe?
10:10 Has the Swee Kee brand lost its appeal?
13:35 Tweaks to the original Swee Kee recipe
15:17 Disagreement between two "siblings"
18:39 Taste test: Which tastes most like the original?

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