Thai chicken rice, or khao man gai, is similar to Hainan chicken rice in that it's a complete meal: when you order it, you get chicken, rice and a clear broth made from the bones of the bird.

Khao man gai (roughly translating to 'fatty rice') is the specialty of this snug Hardware Lane joint of the same name, with queues of people lining up during both the lunch and dinner rushes to ...