Chicken rice is a deceptively simple dish but it’s one of those things that’s hard to do right. I’ve had horrendous chicken rice – rubbery and tasteless – and really orgasmic chicken rice.
Kee Kee Bentong Chicken Rice is one of the latter.
It’s been dubbed the best chicken rice in Petaling Jaya, and while I will not make that claim, it certainly is the best chicken rice in Kelana Jaya. It’s located near SS6 just after the KJ LRT station.
It’s quite famous in its own right; I’ve visited this place numerous times since I used to work really close.
I had cravings for chicken rice during the long weekend so I went to revisit this wonderful chicken rice place…twice in two days. I ate ½ a chicken and two plates of rice on the first day. That was how much I missed it. I was STUFFED but satiated, until I woke up the next day and felt like going again. >.<
This time I ordered ½ a chicken and a plate of rice. The best thing about the chicken here is the melt-in-your-mouth texture and exquisite taste. It’s so tender the breast meat (almost) passes off as thigh and drumsticks!
The juiciness of the chicken is preserved so every bite you take squirts the essence of chicken into your taste buds, saturating it as you chew on the soft and slippery chicken meat.
The rice is fragrant and the chilli sauce + ginger they serve with the chicken is mouth-watering.
However, the proper way to eat it (well, the way I eat it anyway) is to salvage the sauce mixed with chicken essence that pools at the bottom of the plate and drizzle it on a prime, tender piece of chicken before eating it with some spring onions.
Heavenly!
Oh, and we saw a stray chicken running around the place. What are the chances of that? Heh!
Wahhh.. evil post !!
Starving at home ler.. Now you make me feel like hunting for Aladin Chicken Rice 😀
ahlost: Heh! I just ate but I’m still feeling hungry…and craving for this chicken rice.
Go eat Aladin! 🙂
oooo.. chicken rice! it really looks tender and soft.
hmmm, the next time you find yourself in ipoh. dont forget to try the chicken rice at this shop called ‘Rasa Sanyang’. the shop name is not Rasa Sayang but we call it that, dont know why. haha!
Dylan: Yeah, this place is amazing! It’s REALLY tender and juicy, seriously melt-in-your-mouth stuff. My favorite chicken rice in Kelana Jaya. 🙂
Okay, will look out for that next time I’m in Ipoh. Thanks bro! 🙂
really evil.. with the detailed description some more.. The chili looks very nice, with so much garlic! Can’t kiss anyone after the chili lor
Thank gawd I’ve eaten dinner. Or else this entry will just torture me. LOL! I probably give it a try whenever I am near SS6. =)
Naomi: Heh! It’s really good. You notice how the chicken is yellower than most steamed chicken? I heard from Jon it’s coz they use ginger during the cooking process. 🙂
You can still kiss if you both ate the same thing. 😉
gypsy-on-the-move: Yeah, do check this stall out, it’s awesome stuff indeed! Their chicken is so tender I wonder how they manage that sort of texture. 🙂
Omg!I’m salivating! Looks so good! Ahhhhh the chicken sure looks juicy from the pictures! Oh, the trick to get the breast meat as tender as the drum is in the way they cut it. 😛
chefmel: It’s SUPER JUICY! It’s also amazingly tender, do remind me to bring you here when you come to KL. This chicken rice is seriously melt in your mouth chicken. Amazing stock and sauce too. 🙂
That was indeed a fat fat chicken. By de way..is it in this shop lot that has a lot of bak kut teh ?
Charles: Yeah, that’s the best thing about Kee Kee, their chickens are really fat with nice, slippery skin. Mmm…
Yup, this is at the same place which has good bak kut teh too. 🙂
It’s just two shoplots down.
by the pic of the chicks i knew its sure gv good result…duno y smts by the display i knew the chicks taste nice… 😉
ahhh yessss…by the chili sure gv xtra kicks…sexret lies in the chili used the chicken oil xtract… 🙂
btw how cum nowadaes ur pic more to act kiut when took foto as so the not u…*just wondering not complaining* :p
bro, try the one in PJU5 . . .
ah nel: Yup, the chicken looks delicious right? Fat, yellow and tender! 🙂
I love the sauce at the bottom of the plate though, that’s the best condiment to the chicken rice.
Okay, less act cute, more myself. Eh, but I iz cute what. :p Haha!
I was with a friend who took photos of me in various asianposes styles. 😉
foodcrazee: PJU5? What’s the name of the place? Sounds promising. 🙂
Half a chicken and two plates of rice?! Wah …
that IS something.
Okay, noted. Luckily NOT in Bentong.
OMG! Drooooollllzzzzzz i want a piece of that!
Oh, some foodies told me abt the non-stop refills of awesome soup!
I havent tried it here cos it’s supposedly “kampung chic’? I dont like kampung chic cos they are normally tough meat.
But since u said its tender..I’m gonna go for it!
The chicken looks tempting..>Drroolsss..
ok, your choice of words and your posted images totally makes me swallow my saliva for about 4 times while going through your post. argh, have to grab something to eat now! =__=
Hi Huai Bing, I came across your webpage a week back when I was searching the net for something (I can’t really remember what it is now) and have been reading since.
I’ll just like to say that IMHO, you write really well and take very good pictures. Take this post on chicken rice for example – it makes me want to go try out this stall the next time I go to KL, no matter how far it is. (I am a Sporean living in SG).
I’m dating a guy from Sibu now and your posts about where to eat and go in Sibu, Kuching and Miri have been very informative.
Wishing you a great 2010.
J2Kfm: Yeah, that’s how much I can it. I scare myself sometimes. 🙁
Cheryl: Come down to KL and check it out. I don’t know if there’s any better chicken rice in Penang, but this is the best I’ve had in PJ. 🙂
thenomadGourmand: I’m not sure about the kampung chicken bit, but I can ENSURE you this is not tough at all. The meat is so tender you wonder if you’re eating jelly or meat. Mmm…
Yup, the soup is unlimited refills, you can go get it yourself. 🙂
Do try it, it’s very, very tender chicken rice which is why I crave for it so much. Heh!
jfook: It tastes good too! Tender, succulent meat. Best thing ever. 🙂
cindy khor: Heh! I’ll bring you to this one when you come back, it’s seriously good! 🙂
Hi Huai Bin, I came across your blog a week back while searching the net (can’t rem what it was for now) and have been reading since.
I just wanted to say I think you take very good pictures and write very well. Take this chicken rice post for example – the picture of the chicken meat and the gravy below makes me want to try out this stall the next time I go to KL.
Wishing you a great 2010.
The Slog: Hey, thanks for the kind comments! Much appreciated. 🙂
Dating a Sibu guy eh, I hear they’re the best *cough*
😉
All the best to you and have a great festive season!
Cheers for reading and Happy New Year! 🙂
didn’t try the chicken intestines? so crunchy! i’ve had a good chicken rice that beats tian tian flat in sg last week too 🙂
don’t forget about the free soup 😀
Holy shit! Looks fierce! Especially when I haven’t had my lunch, salivating already!
Its been awhile since I had chicken rice…. shitttttt. damn hungry now.
omg! stray chicken in city? heh!
Definetely will try….
The pictures looks good but will the taste as good…..
Cheers!
I think that stray chicken must the ‘spare’. You know? 😉 When they run out of chicken meat or something.
kampungboycitygal: Oh, I usually just order the chicken when I’m there. I’ll check out the intestines next time! 🙂
Where’s the place? I’ll drop by next time I’m in Singapore. 🙂
KY: Yeah, the free, refill yourself soup. 🙂
Marlboro Guy: I always have this craving for either chicken rice or pork. Strangely enough. I’m a very meat person. 🙂
jg: Ya, I wonder whose it was, the chicken was running around with the owner trying to chase it out of the coffee shop. Haha!
CY: This ranks up there with all the chicken rice I’ve had. Go and check it out, you won’t be disappointed. It’s amazingly good. Cheers! 🙂
Cheers: Haha! It’s too small to be the chicken they’re serving. It’s positively anorexic compared with the huge ones at the stall. 🙂
just had yesterday…whole chicken for 3 guys…so full…
xSean: It’s awesome stuff right? How I wish I had a plate in front of me right now, 🙂
Yo dude ! From Sibu here. Jealous of the female competition cause they will never grow fat and stay as pretty and Ah Moyish as can be. Nice food. Delicious food. Nice big bubbly fat cells. sob ! sob ! Why can’t I be pretty and not gain weight ? Why can’t I be pretty and fat ? So unfair. So so unfair.
Kaki Lan: Hello there! Haha! Don’t be so hard on yourself, I’m sure you have a lot of good qualities. You probably are pretty, you just don’t know it. 🙂
Thanks for that small piece of humour
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