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新加坡的海南雞飯
我可有最好的祕方
用沸水把雞浸熟
在異鄉重造故鄉的鮮嫩
安慰飄洋過海的父母？

我可有最好的祕方
調製最美味的醬油和薑茸
調節食物和語言裏的禁忌
適應新的餐桌的規矩？

我可有最好的祕方
把雞湯煮出軟硬適中的熱飯
測試油膩的分寸在異地睦鄰
黏合一個城市裡多元的胃口？

Singapore's Hainanese chicken rice
Do I have the best secret formula
To cook the chicken with boiling water
In a foreign land recreate the tenderness from home
To comfort parents who travelled across the ocean?

Do I have the best secret formula
To make the most delicious soya sauce and mashed ginger
To regulate the taboo in the language and food
To adapt to the new dining table's rule?

Do I have the best secret formula
To cook the hot rice with the right texture with chicken soup
Testing the limit of oil for the neighbours in a foreign place
To stick a city's multicultural appetite together?