Claypot Rice - Sans Claypot!

Is this equivalent to having chicken rice without chicken, or prawn noodles without prawns, or - better yet - seafood steamboat without the steamboat?! (That's 20 points deducted, boss.) Otherwise, this claypot rice served every Wednesday at Thano Café (Level 4 of Olid...I mean, Orchard Towers) is somewhat sapid. And it only costs $3.00. (Good thing, then, it doesn't come with the pot!)