THE FAMOUS AUTHENTIC BOILED & ROASTED CHICKEN RICE SPECIALIST “TIAN TIAN LAI” @ RESTORAN TANG YIT ON
“Chicken Rice” either prepared in boiled or roasted since years being among the local’s favourite throughout the nation, practised everywhere presenting on respective recipes. Here in Labis, Johor we found and successfully recognised the leading well-known chicken rice specialised eating house “Tian Tian Lai” carried by the Tang family into 2-generations since year 2003 in Restoran Tang Yit On for the past 15 years, still on-going in manner.
The Labis local originated Mr. Tang Yit On (born 1974), together with his wife Ms. Lee Giok Pin (born in Bahau, 1976) both were the founders & still the current owners of this best recommended chicken rice restaurant “Tian Tian Lai Chicken Rice” (Restoran Tang Yit On) introducing their home recipe boiled & roasted chicken and other signature menus to the locals and visitors along Jalan Segamat, Labis into their 15th years. Being assisted by their elder son Tang Yeow Fatt (born 1995) who helping in the restaurant since kids, then fully stepped into the career at his 17th after education as the next generation.
Tang Yit On, who at his age of only 44 years old recently, initially stepped into the f&b industry in year 2003 at his 29th of age helping elder brother in their chicken rice shop at Tangkak, Johor enabled Yit On experienced the field. With great supports from parents, added with his vision to have his own eating house and on recipes passed onto from family allowed Yit On and wife Giok Pin at the end of same year (2003) successfully established their couple’s very first and owned chicken rice shop at Taman Bintang Jaya, Labis named “Tian Tian Lai Chicken Rice” & registered under Restoran Tang Yit On serving their home recipe chicken rice selections to the public.
In this Tian Tian Lai (Labis), the owner’s very first top recommended in menus surely will be their “Boiled Chicken Rice” which favourite by most of their regular customers. Local feeded chicken with weight of around 1.8-2kg selected, boil-cooked for about 45 minutes in their few hours boiled soup base, then served in fine cutted pieces with poured onto home-mixed soy sauce & sesame oil. Taken sided with either a plate of hot boiled white rice or oil rice, tipping onto in-house prepared chilli paste will be a wonderful complete set of Tian Tian Lai Boiled Chicken Rice you must try when reached Labis, Johor.
Secondly will be their “Roasted Chicken Rice”, which also among the eating house’s daily top seller most wanted by the visitors. Same feeded chicken selected, marinated and roasted for about 15 minutes to half cooked, then followed by another 15 minutes deep fried to lock the chicken meat’s juicy itself, finally served in cutted pieces also poured onto their homemade soy sauce mixture sided with hot boiled rice brings excellent local’s roasted chicken rice selection you cannot aside here.
Other than chicken rice, Yit On also introduced their famous “Claypot Oyster Sauce Chicken Feets” which is the best side dish choices. Chicken feets selected & well-cleaned, followed by deep fried then wok-fried 20 minutes mixed into ginger shredded & oyster sauce, then boiled an hour finally served in claypot brings creamy sauce broth with fair salty & sweet taste and the chicken feet’s bites texture itself into mouth you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their “Signature Claypot Braised Pork Belly”, also among the recommended in menus. Pork belly prepared in cutted rectangular cubes, marinated for few hours on their home recipes, then braised for about 2 hours and finally served boiled in claypot brings a very traditional authentic home-cooked exotic eatery neither found the same elsewhere in town.
Nonetheless, the owners also taken this opportunity to introduce their very “Traditional Indian Curry Chicken” with no coconut milk (santan) mixed into. Homemade curry paste from 7 ingredient spices mixture, added into curry leafs & garlic, stir-fried with chicken for about 15 minutes then boil-cooked with potatoes brings unbelievable obvious curry tasty eatery you really cannot missed when stepped towards this Tian Tian Lai Chicken Rice in “Restoran Tang Yit On” along Jalan Segamat, Labis (Johor).
RESTORAN TANG YIT ON
(TIAN TIAN LAI CHICKEN RICE)
Address: No. 130A,
Jalan Segamat,
Taman Bintang Jaya,
85300 Labis,
Johor.
Business Hours: 7:30am to 3:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Sunday)