Sometimes you don’t follow the hype. You just follow your stomach and a bit of curiosity. That’s exactly how we ended up at Canton Claypot Cuisine in VivoCity, giving their claypot tomato salt baked chicken a go. This place used to go by Riverside Grilled Fish, but it has since reinvented itself with a bubbling claypot identity.
The name alone—claypot tomato salt baked chicken—sounded dramatic enough to deserve a try. For $23.90, we were hoping for something satisfying, warm, and packed with flavour. What we got instead was a crash course in “how much tomato is too much tomato?”
Trying the Claypot Tomato Salt Baked Chicken at VivoCity
The dish arrived sizzling, claypot doing what claypots do best—looking rustic and hearty. But looks can be deceiving. Digging in, we discovered what amounted to one lonely chicken thigh, chopped into pieces and swimming in a thick, tangy red sea of tomato sauce.
Scrambled eggs floated around like they’d wandered into the wrong pot, and tomato chunks competed for space like overenthusiastic extras in a tomato-based soap opera.
Is This Claypot Chicken Worth the Price?
Let’s talk numbers. At $23.90, this dish doesn’t scream value. The portion of chicken is shockingly small for the price—enough to make you do a double take and start stirring the pot like you’re panning for hidden meat. Spoiler: you won’t find much.
This claypot chicken might warm your hands, but it won’t fill your belly unless you’re on a very polite diet.
Tomato Takes Over in the Salt Baked Chicken Dish
You’d think “salt baked” means a savoury, slightly smoky flavour infused into juicy chicken, right? Not here. This dish is tomato-forward to the extreme. It's got the richness of a pasta sauce, the sharpness of raw tomato chunks, and the subtlety of a brick to the face.
The chicken itself was tender-ish, but any potential flavour got completely buried under the acidic dominance of the tomato. Salt-baking? We assume that happened off-screen.
VivoCity’s Claypot Cuisine – Portion Size vs Price
We love a good claypot dish—comforting, rich, usually worth the price. Unfortunately, this one felt like a side dish trying to pass as a main. The egg was a nice touch, albeit a strange one. And while the dish did arrive piping hot and well-presented, it just didn’t deliver the satisfaction you'd expect at nearly $24.
There’s a fine line between minimalist and just underwhelming. This dish strolled right across it.
Final Thoughts on the Claypot Tomato Salt Baked Chicken
If you're a die-hard tomato fan, maybe this is your dream meal. But for everyone else, the claypot tomato salt baked chicken at Canton Claypot Cuisine is a one-time curiosity. It’s not offensive, but it’s not impressive either.
We left more amused than satisfied—like we’d just paid premium price for a saucy magic trick: now you see the chicken… now you don't.
Riverside Canton Claypot Cuisine 江边广东砂锅菜 Opening Hours and Location
Address: 1 HarbourFront Walk, #02-150 VivoCity, Singapore 098585
11 am - 10 pm Daily
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