Chicken Rice is a common lovable dish in Malaysia. Comes in
multiple variations, it is a dish that is enjoyable by most if not all. But the
usual chicken rice is so common that you can find it anywhere and can get a bit
boring. Which is why Huang
Chang Chicken Rice Restaurant decided to throw
something new into the mix and served chicken rice, only the rice are shaped into balls. It is popular for a Chinese restaurant
serving Hainanese Chicken Rice, to serve steamed chicken instead of the usual
roast. The serving comes in the form of steamed chicken with some vegetables
with soy sauce poured over, a number of rice balls and Huang Chang own homemade
chilli sauce.
Located
in Taman Melaka Baru, the people of Malacca like to have their chicken rice for
breakfast. And what is rumoured to be the locals favourite Chicken Rice Ball
restaurant (there are other restaurant selling a similar dish), the queue here
can get long and last well until the restaurant closes. Of course, the line is
a lot worse come weekends and holidays where the whole family would come out
and savour Huang Chang rice balls with steamed chicken. To make things easier for this
very busy restaurant, the owners have come up with a system to order and pay
before getting a seat and wait for the food to arrive. During busy days, it is
pretty much a continuous cycle; order, pay, eat and leave. Because of the
amount of people waiting to sit in your seat there isn’t much time for lounging
around. Priced lower than similar dishes on Jonker Walk, it
is no wonder customers are willing to travel outside of the main city.
