Xi Yue Happiness Asia Chicken Rice @ Taman Connaught, Cheras
I am extremely happy with the Cheras neighbourhood here. There are getting more and more and more restaurants to check out at this area, all queuing up in my list.
Besides the Chinese restaurants that dish up amazing zi char dishes and usual kopitiam for pan mee, pork noodles, CKT and all, there is this viral Chicken Rice restaurant pops up here in Connaught! Yay! There is no need to travel till Kepong and queue for this chicken rice!
Xi Yue Happiness Asia Chicken Rice 喜悦亚洲滑鸡
I believe there is no one dunno about this viral chicken rice in Kepong. Best of all, it has now expanded with a new outlet here in Taman Connaught, with a retro vintage décor inside out.
With a mural on the wall, featuring their specialty – chicken.
Smooth Whole Leg Rice 滑鸡饭 – 鸡腿+鸡二度 (Rm 16)
Price can be slightly steep but you get what you paid. The chicken is deboned prior to serving, drizzled with house’s special soy sauce, topped with crispy garlic bits and served with a bowl of fragrant rice. The chicken leg was pretty smooth and silky in its nice drizzles of savoury sweet soy sauce. However, the fragrant rice was too soft to my liking (personal preference, cos I always like pearl grains) and not as aromatic as I thought.
Ginger scallion, Chili sauce, pickled cucumber
Condiments to go with your chicken rice and I personally love their chili sauce with its real aromatic spicy kick while my mum found it too spicy! Pickled cucumber is available at unlimited refills, that’s a huge plus point! Quite addictive too as it was very tangy though not enough crunches but it helped to cut down the greasy over the meal. However, my mum found the pickled cucumber was way too sour to her gums. Perhaps there is some need to alter one for the elderly.
Today’s soup 老火靓汤 (Rm 5)
Very flavourful, sweet, creamy thick and rich and very nourishing. I could really see that lots of ingredients have been added in to create this soup with such sweetness. Very hearty sweetness. Must order if you are here.
Braised Toufu 卤豆腐 (Rm 5)
Braised tofu (skin?) was lightly sweetened and it was best to go with the chili sauce!
China Fried Cabbage 手撕包菜 (Rm 16)
Quite a decent stir-fried cabbage with lots of aroma and crunch.
Lemon Tea 冷柠茶 (Rm 6.5)
Xi Yue Happiness Asia Chicken Rice 喜悦亚洲滑鸡
16-G, Jalan Waras 1, Taman Connaught,
56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
Opens from 10am to 3.30pm
Closed on Mondays
