Who else loves claypot chicken rice!
On the search for nice claypot chicken rice in the west. Today, our search brought us to Bao Fa Traditional Food 宝发传统小食 at Bukit Batok!
We called 45mins in advance to place our order for takeaway, so there was no waiting time required! This was the medium size portion ($16) which is enough for 2 -3 pax! The chicken meat was tender and well seasoned! However, as it was a takeaway order, the rice seemed to lack some charcoal claypot wok hei taste. The chilli used here reminds me of those used for chicken rice chilli, spicy and with kick!
📍 283 Bukit Batok East Ave 3, Singapore 650283
I wasn’t a huge fan when we first tried Bao Fa’s Claypot Rice, but it really grew on me over time and now I will have random cravings for this hearty bowl 😂
Chicken drumstick chunks are tender albeit a bit bony, with lap cheong, salted fish and spring onions in well-cooked rice. The queue can get quite long during meal times - but call them 20 min in advance (both takeaway and dine-in) and you won’t have to wait long when you arrive!
Their Sesame Oil Chicken was decent, but we felt the characteristic sesame oil aroma was too subtle for our liking. 😅 The boneless chicken chunks were tender and savoury - saucy enough to pair with the generous amount of scorched rice crispies (锅巴) from the claypot rice towards the end!
Raise your virtual hand if you enjoy a yummy CRACKLY CLAYPOT RICE like we do! 🙌🏻 Chanced upon this pretty solid Claypot Rice from Bao Fa Traditional Food 宝发传统小食 at Bukit Batok while running errands. Noticed that only drumstick meat was used here, so the chicken meat was tender and well-seasoned whilst mostly deboned (aside from some slight bony pieces). The rice was well-cooked, neither too dry nor too lumpy, punctuated with the smoky umami from the salted mackerel bits and sizable lup cheong slices. The chilli reminds me of chicken rice chilli, but it's punchy and spicy enough.👍🏻 There's a notice on their signboard saying that the waiting time can take up to 20 minutes, but good things are worth waiting for, right?
Estimated waiting time: over 30mins
Quite a solid claypot chicken rice.
Only chicken Drumsticks are used here, so meat was tender. Generous amount of sausages.
Chilli was also damn shiok.
If I was staying at Bukit Batok, I will definitely eat this regularly.
otherwise known as 煲仔饭, this dish requires both the right techniques and equipment to reach its full potential. i like how their claypot rice tasted the same 10 years ago and in fact, improved, since most of their tender chicken pieces are deboned now. aside from that, you’ll find yourself relishing in every single grain of fragrance topped with umami flavour of the good quality salted fish bits and chinese sausage slices.
the only noticeable difference i noticed was that the 锅巴 (scorched rice) portion are lesser than last time’s! if you enjoy them, leave the rice for a little longer before you stir.
This one wasn't so impressive, quite normal. It's very very oily and an absolute trouble to Dabao, not very deep flavours. Purely savoury style tho
Call in advance, 30mins cooking time
First time having it in house in a few years, the crisp was alright, I've always had it taken away with no crisp. everything else was great as usual
Can't comment on the crunch cos takeaway but PSA ask for the socarrat, it's normally not included for takeaway
Their sauce was good and very generous, u can barely see any white part. Salted fish came in chunks, do mash it up into small pieces if u don't want intense bursts of funk. The chili is v similar to ckn rice chili. Their success lies in the multilayered flavour, from the sauce to the herbs to the chili. Ofc ckn was pretty tender too
Grew up in the area and ate it a few times, but didn't like it back then. Now that I grew to appreciate claypot rice, I can confirm this is a damn good bowl and quite unique too. Call in early to book!
Recommendation from those who live in the area. :)
it's good, but I would prefer more salted fish in it to spice up the taste. However their chili sauce is dayum 👍 one that I won't get sick of after eating it for weeks!
Expect a good 30-45mins of waiting time for this goodness. & they only open from 5-830pm(last order)
#lunch Sliced Fish Bee Hoon. how would you want your fish bee hoon to be cooked? with milk? thick rice noodles or yee mian? this stall's noodles is a little pricey $4, but it's quite yummy though! worth the try! #fish #noodles #chinesefood #chinese #fishnoodles
hello its #lunch time. off to lesson after eating. #chinese minced meat #noodles
how nice is this? try it and you know why i eat this almost everyday (: ask for extra chili and vinegar. $3.50 for a large bowl, $3 for a small bowl.
#nofilter trying out overHD instead of Phoster this time round. #chinese #noodles
apologies for the late post! yesterday's #dinner w @eemonpark 2pax #claypotrice $10. taste not bad at all!
today's paper, im so disappointed, so disappointed that i never cover every topic, its 12 chapters tho. the one that was least sought after came out, good for those who know, bad for guys like myself. hoping the theory part can pull me up from this hole. sigh. #dinner #chinese #claypotrice
i have no idea why this looks blurry to me. anyways, #bahchormee is back after exams. lol. #lunch #chinese #noodles had this w/o chili, and omg it tastes uber bland :/ @daphnmond @eemonpark
sunlight is the best and natural spot light, i hate those in-house yellow lightings for some shops, makes their food looked like crap. today's #lunch #bakchormee been 2-3 months since i last ate. $3.50ea for a big bowl, $3 for a small one. my order got kinda screwed, ordered extra vinegar less chili but it came the direct opposite, BUT still as nice just that it was super spicy lol. best w a cup of kopi-o, $.90ea, was actually $.60 few years back. inflation yo.
finally im posting something 'on-time' lol. Bao Fa Traditional Bak Chor Mee. this is a $3.50 portion. i specially asked for some spring onions lol cos it doesnt look nice w just noodles and meat haha. the sad news is that they are closing shop next week on the 25th Sept, boss said he's tired yea can understand that. ask for mee kia, extra chili and vinegar and you might like it, it blends well, shiok! $3, $3.50 portion. #bakchormee lovers might wanna try this before the stall closes! business ends usually around 1330hrs btw, be there early to avoid long waiting time! #lunch #singaporefood #noodles #chinese
wednesday's #lunch last day to patron boss's speciality Bak Chor Mee. he gave extra #meatballs and piggy liver. yums. good day begin the midweek. $3.50ea. there will be a new guy taking over, and it actually his shifu or sinseh or teacher. gonna try that next week.
