Chicken Rice (Kai Fun)

Chicken rice is a dish of Chinese origin. This dish can be found in most food courts, street hawker stalls and coffee shops. There are also restaurants and chain restaurants that sells chicken rice as it's speciality.

Roast Chicken

There are many variations to chicken rice; Hainanese chicken (also known as steamed "white chicken"), stock or braised chicken and roasted chicken. Hainanese chicken is prepared by boiling the entire chicken in pork or chicken stock and dipping the chicken in ice after cooking to give it a jelly-like skin finishing. Stock or braised chicken as it's named, is braised in soy sauce whereas roasted chicken is chicken seasoned with soy sauce and spices, cooked in boiling oil. Other variations include a BBQ version or also a honey-roasted choice. The chicken is usually served with sliced cucumber and spring onions. The rice is usually oily or fragrant rice, cooked in chicken stock with garlics, sliced ginger or pine screw leaves. The dish is usually served with several dips, including chilli sauce and pounded ginger.

In Malacca, chicken rice is commonly known as chicken rice balls as the rice is served in golf ball sized orbs alongside with chopped white chicken. In Ipoh, it's bean sprout chicken rice (Ngah Choi Kai Fan), steamed chicken served with boiled bean sprouts and with white rice rather than flavoured or oily rice.

BBQ and Roast Pork Mix

Braise Pork, Tofu and Eggs

Some hawkers also sell a variety of chicken innards (gizzard, liver, intestines) which are also equally popular for chicken rice lovers. Some also sells BBQ pork, roast pork and braised pork, tofu and eggs alongside the usual variation of chickens. Pork ball soup and sour vegetable (Suen Lat Choi) are also popular side dishes.

 Nasi Ayam Hai Nan Asli Suki is located in Cheras. It is a stand-alone shed on a hill slope off Taman Yulek.

The business is run by a husband and wife team and a couple of Indonesian worker. They served only steam chicken and they uses Bukit Mertajam chicken which is meatier compared to farm or kampong chicken. What makes their chicken rice special is the chilli sauce. You can also order stir fried "nga choy" (bean sprout) to go with the chicken rice.