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Chicken rice among top choices for Singapore's heritage item on Unesco list
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Some Singaporeans The Sunday Times spoke to said hawker fare should be chosen, given Singapore's reputation as a food paradise. Most voted for chicken rice.
PHOTO: DIOS VINCOY JR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
Melody Zaccheus, Calvin Yang
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Chicken rice could become the next Singapore entry on a Unesco heritage list, if this was decided purely based on public sentiment.
Most of the 30 people asked by The Sunday Times chose the popular dish, followed by rojak and chilli crab, similar to a National Heritage Board poll of 3,000 people which found that food heritage resonated the most with respondents, when asked about Singapore's intangible cultural heritage.
