Proud to acclaim ourselves as regular customer of Choon Yien, this place never fails to serve us with some above average cha siu (sweet bbq pork), siu yoke (roasted pork) and crispy skin chicken. I suppose that Choon Yien is an open secret among KLites because it is so hard to secure a table or seat during lunch hour.
The serving staff, James can get real snobbish and impatient during weekdays but he’ll greet you as “Brother” or “Man” after peak hours. Funny character.
A perfect prelude to the hearty meal would be the complementary soup of the day. It varies from day to day where sometimes we get lotus root soup, chicken feet with peanut soup or the Chinese watercress soup, being our favourite. It is good cooling soup, nutritious and satisfying and always reminded me of mum.
A special mention to the chicken stock base rice, fluffy, fragrant with some garlic and ginger residue.
Unlike Meng Kee’s version with a few layers of sweet and sticky glazing applied, Choon Yien’s version is simmered with some soy based gravy and sprinkled with the perfect amount of garlic crust.
“Boon Fei Sao” (half fat and half lean) is our default order because too much fat is gross while the leanest pieces are not always tender. Boon Fei Sao is wonderfully tender and so, so succulent.
The siu yoke that looks promisingly good. Distinctive layer of crispy skin, fats and meats are felt in our mouth. Even though they are not reputable as the best siu yoke in town, but I love the fact that it is not too oily and I feel less sinful to indulge on these goodies.
The crispy skin chicken is not your average roasted chicken that we found at anywhere else. It does require some skill to keep the chicken moist and the skin crispy because the chicken has to be air dried for hours so the skin becomes crispy when it is being deep fried. If I were to rank among the three, it would be crispy skin chicken, cha siu and finally roasted pork. Pricing is quite reasonable, it ranges from RM 5 (plain cha siu rice) to RM 10 per person (cha siu+siu yoke+chicken with rice).
Restoran Choon Yien
CG-1, Happy Mansion Apartments
Jalan 17/13
Section 17
46400 Petaling Jaya
11 am to 1 pm
(Please refer to the Food Foundry’s map)
Mr. James – 016-2809043
Posted by ai wei on October 29, 2007 at 4:01 pm
read ur post from Sunday Metro, Congrates congrates!~
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Posted by Dangerous Variable on October 29, 2007 at 4:12 pm
This chicken rice is damn good la… I love the siew yok! It is shiok!
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Posted by mama bok on October 29, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Yummy..! and good prices too…
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Posted by Wai Sik Mui on October 29, 2007 at 11:54 pm
their chicken rice is pretty inconsistent these days…started eating there before they were famous..mind you, in those days,if you tah pau one box of chicken rice home, the whole house will smell like it. The rice used to be damn good.
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Posted by Big Boys Oven on October 30, 2007 at 7:00 am
Congratulation!!!!!!!! Well done babe!
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Posted by jason on October 30, 2007 at 9:01 am
Congrats! You guys did a good job on the donut review
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Posted by MeiyeN on October 30, 2007 at 9:09 am
congrats sweetie!!!!!
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Posted by babe_kl on October 31, 2007 at 10:01 am
congrats!!!
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Posted by KampungboyCitygal on November 2, 2007 at 3:38 pm
ai wei: terima kasih dear
dangerous variable: hahaha yeah something decent around the flat
mama bok: yeah hehe cheap n nice
waisukmui: really? but so fat i went there 4 times and its good all the time..whoa it must be a torture for ur neighbour
bbo: thanks for ur invatation le
jason: thanks, bday boy
meiyen: thanks dear!
babe: thank u very much
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Posted by Anonymous on November 3, 2007 at 3:27 am
The boss showed bad attitude. I would never visit again.
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Biile Reply:
November 16th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
the uncle is damn rude. he shouts and growls at customers and pushes them if they’re in his way — and he even scolded a little toddler for not eating. when confronted, he scoffs, saying “If you want better service, go to a hotel lar”.
seriously, tsk tsk tsk…!
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Posted by Feimao on October 7, 2010 at 6:32 pm
What is so good about it? I was curious about it since i read so many good reviews about it. I asked the tauke to give me all the best dishes he can give me since i love good food. I waited for my dish to arrive and was awed at 1st by the dish. Then when i tried it i realized something.
This place is to over rated.
There is nothing so great about all the dishes, even this review seems weird, and me as a food lover of all things Chinese or Malaysian i find nothing special about it. Honestly, i gave the tauke a look that says “errrr…ok….so what?”
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Posted by Kk on September 3, 2011 at 1:33 am
Stupid boss with bad attitude and chicken rice is just normal
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Posted by Haha on November 2, 2011 at 5:07 pm
I got a plain chicken breast rice for RM6.50 today, so damn expensive! The soup is so damn salty which is bad for health. Over rated. nuu~
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