Xiang Ai Kopi Tiam Chicken Rice Stall

Xiang Ai Kopi Tiam Chicken Rice Stall 

Xiang Ai is a Corner Kopi Tiam, Hidden behind SE hotel from those that pass by the Main Road of Jalan New Ferry. Its easy to find as the Residential Towers of Harbour Place will point the way for you.  Just opposite the Main Entrance to Harbour Place, You will see SE Hotel, the Kopi Tiam is right behind. 

Open for Lunch,  this Deliciously Smooth and Perfectly cook Poach Chicken is available together with Chinese Style Roasted Chicken, Roasted Pork & BBQ Pork is serve with Chicken Rice, spicy chili sauce and a bowl of delightful soup.   

Do go early as the Poached Chicken Tend to sell out early. 

Poached Chicken / Pak Cham Kai in Butterworth

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Poached Chicken / Pak Cham Kai in Butterworth.  

Poached Chicken 

A very surprising find for me food wise, in Butterworth is beautifully prepared Poached Chicken in a Number of Stalls / Restaurant all around town for Lunch and Dinner.  As this is also my favorite food I am definitely in Hog heaven.  Listed down below are the Stalls and Restaurant with their specialty / variation.  Kindly note this is a work in progress. 

Open For Lunch  Only

1.  May Fong Restaurant, Jalan Kampong Banggali,  Old Town Butterworth

Poached Chicken serve with your choice of Ipoh Style Koey Teow, or Chicken Rice with Special Side Dish of Shrimp Wan Tan    Review & Location Map Here   (Pending) 

2.  Xiang Ai Kopi Tiam Chicken Rice Stall,  Jalan Mewah, Off Jalan New Ferry.  (Located Behind SE Hotel)

Typical Chicken Rice Stall that sell Poached Chicken, Roast Chicken, Roasted n BBQ Pork with Chicken Rice,  Do watch out the chili sauce is spicy …..    Review & Location Map Here 

Open For Dinner Only 

1.  No Name Shack, Jalan Kampong Banggali, (next to Tennis Court, Old Town Butterworth

Poached Chicken serve with rice or porridge, with a verity of Home Cook Food,  Highlight : Spicy and Sour Vegetable Stew.  Review & Location Map Here   

2.  Lucky Restaurant Food Court Chicken Rice Stall,  Jalan Bagan Luar, Old Town Butterworth 

Landmark (Beside Venai Hotel, Opposite OUB Bank / TM Building)

Poached Chicken serve with rice or porridge with choice of bean sprouts or vegetable, serve with a fiery chilli sauce :   Due to the Crowd and as the Chicken is prepared on the spot, please be prepared to wait.    Review & Location Map Here

 3.  Stall in Kuan Nann Kopi Tiam, Leboh Kurau 3, Chai Leng Park, Prai, Seberang Prai Tengah

Poached Chicken serve with koey teow or rice with beansprouts.  Review & Location Map Here 

Its a Branch of Sinn Tatt Alley Stall Poached Chicken @ Raja Uda 

4. Sinn Tatt Food Court Alley Stall Poached Chicken, Northern End of Raja Uda 

Hidden Pak Cham Kai

One food items that Butterworth folks seems to do very well is Poach Chicken / Pak Cham Kai, That certainly suites me as it’s my favourite food item.

Along Jalan Kampong Banggali also know as Electronic Street, for all the Electronic Shops is a No Name Shack that serve up an excellent Poach Chicken, with other type of Home Cook Food.  Delicious, smooth, tasty! 

This the place to go to, for poach chicken topped with oyster sauce, with stew chicken feet, Stew Spicy & Sour Vegetables, among others items that change daily    This road side under a tree Shack open early, from 5pm and finish selling at times by 8pm.    Kindly note this is an open but covered shack.  

Location :  Jalan Kampong Bangalli,  (Southern End) beside some Tennis Court.    

Parking  :  Is not a problem  Plenty in the Evening 

Pricing:  Reasonable   

Supper (Pak Chai Kai) at Kuan Nam Kopi Tiam, Chai Leng Park, Prai, Seberang Prai Selatan

This stall at Kuan Nam Kopi Tiam serve one finger licking good chicken, except it is not fried, its poached!

Located at the corner of Leboh Kurau 3 & Jalan Kuran (a stone throw away from Pearl View Hotel) this stall only open from 6pm evenings,  (for Lunch another Chicken Rice Vendor will operate there)  this stall served poach chicken only with beansprouts and choice of flat rice noodles or rice.

Parking is usually "findable", u may have to walk a bit , as in the next lane is Prai "Wai Siek Kai", glutton street.

I rate this stall one of the top 5 in Penang for Poach Chicken.     

Town Center Pak Cham Kai Chicken Rice for Dinner

Lucky Restaurant @ Butterworth Town Center

Pak Cham Kai or White Cut Chicken, serve either with Chicken Flavored Rice or Koew Teow Soup seems to a staple in the Butterworth area, and Most Places over here do it very well, resulting in a deliciously smooth chicken from which ever part of the chicken. 

Lucky Restaurant Version of this is covered with a dark sauce which gives an impression of the sauce being Oyster Sauce, which I personally don’t think it is.  The Green Chili sauce serve with the chicken is fiery even to someone brought up to consume tons and tons of chili.    

I normally drop by early around 7pm (note open for dinner only), as any time after this will result in a long wait due to a) high number of patrons b) chicken is cook in batches.  Do Note that you order the chicken according to the number of person or by quarter, half or the whole chicken,  You can request any particular part of the chicken, however it’s up to the cook if he will comply.

Lucky Restaurant is located along Jalan Bagan Luar, opposite the TM Building, right in the Heart of Butterworth Town,  approx. 100 meters north of the MPSP Padang. 

Notes Parking :  Street Parking, Hygiene : Food Court,  Pricing :  Higher Butterworth Food Court 

Standard .    Note :  Dinner Only

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