Thursday, October 15, 2020

Lao Ren Jia Roasted (老人家燒臘), Chinatown Food Centre

Lao Ren Jia Roasted (老人家燒臘), soya sauce chicken char siew rice

We happened by this stall (#02-003 Chinatown Food Centre, 335 Smith Street) the last time we were around. It was the name that caught our attention. So we ordered their soya sauce chicken thigh (鸡尾) and char siew on rice.

Not bad. The thigh meat was slurp off the bone tender. Flavour from the soya sauce on the skin was savoury without the sweetness that Hawker Chan has. Not a bad thing, just different. I added char siew because it was intrigued by their redness and the lack of char. And that it looked like it was all belly meat. It's not bad too. Just doesn't have the char that added a level of smokiness.

Rice was lightly flavoured but sufficient to the point I could eat them on their own. Chilli was slightly ginger-y but also had quite a bit of lime.

tender meat and non carcinogenic, maybe that's why it's for 老人家

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