The Chicken Rice Shop is one of those restaurants that piqued my interest one Sunday morning. I decided to drag my companions into it for us to get a chance to try something new. Well, it didn't disappoint.
Location: 1st level, Padre Faura wing, Robinsons Place Ermita
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The Chicken Rice Shop
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The restaurant actually has its roots in Malaysia and has branches in other countries as well (check out their website). Upon entering the place, you'll feel cozy and the atmosphere, at least every time I go there, is not hectic like in other neighboring fast food joints. May be this is due to the fact that people are naturally hesitant to stray from what they know already like Greenwich and Jollibee.
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| A view of the inside of their restaurant |
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| A look at their menu..... |
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| ....and what's in it, it's very visual :-) |
You'll also find that it has a warm atmosphere, may be partly due to the lighting. Now on to the food. For it's price, it's actually quite good. I recommend you start with their Nyon Pai Tee. This dish would remind you of the Taclings you see now in the malls. It's sort of like the chinese siomai but instead of the soft wrapping you'll get a crunchy taco-like wrap. Once you bite into it, you'll be greeted by the fresh taste of vegetables (forgot if it was beansprouts, but you get the geist). Put some of that sauce on top of it and you're good to go. I actually could not get enough of this appetizer and sometimes barter with whoever I'm with to trade this for some of my chicken later on. I would warn you though, that sauce is chili and it's quite hot.
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Utterly scrumptious Nyon Pai Tee.
The perfect start to an amazing meal! |
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The beautiful chicken, this is where they serve you the
silverware and the tissues, nifty! :-) |
I would recommend any of their rice dishes from Hainanese chicken rice to the roasted chicken rice. They won't disappoint. And they do mean chicken rice, the rice even tastes like chicken since they seem to be cooking it using chicken broth. Just wonderful!. Of course, I'd recommend it over the usual order of just plain rice, if like me you like extra rice. The soup that comes with the rice meals is also good and I recommend you try all the spices that they serve even with the extra rice. You'll definitely find a mix that you like.
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| The Hainanese Chicken Rice |
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| The Roasted Chicken Rice |
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| This is the actual chicken rice with all the condiments and free soup |
That's it! Be sure to visit the Chicken Rice Shop. See you on the next post!
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