FIND THE EAST COAST’s BEST RECOGNISED HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE IN “BAO BEI” INTO THEIR 3RD GENERATION
“Hainanese Chicken Rice” is an eatery adapted from early Chinese immigrants originally from Hainan province in southern China. Also been considered as one of the national dishes of Singapore, and among the local’s favourite delicacy eatery on our nation Malaysia since decade. Here in East Coast, we found and finally successfully recognised the best recommended 3-generations authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice specialist “Bao Bei” in Mentakab, Pahang running by the 2nd & 3rd generation still having great positive response from the locals recently.
The Mentakab (Pahang) local originated Mr. Lai Kok Pin (born 1960), was the restaurant’s founder, together with his wife Ms. Kiung Muk Li (born 1976) and son Mr. Daniel Lai Leong Soon (born 1992) are the immediate recent owners of this recognised Hainanese Chicken Rice Shop “Restoran Bao Bei” along Jalan Zabidin, Mentakab presenting their very traditional authentic family’s generations hainanese chicken rice recipes to the locals and visitors in better manner since year 2017 (new location).
Lai Kok Pin, the 2nd generation who at his age of 58 years old currently, since teenage been touched the field helping parents in their roadside foodstall selling Sotong Kangkong in the 1970s. Then fully stepped into the f&b industry in year 1992 at his 32nd of age after parents’ career moved into shoplot began their family’s home recipe hainanese chicken rice recipes which brought into by Kok Pin’s sister-in-law running under a roof reached year 2017 in the Mentakab township, where his wife Muk Li joined the field.
With the vision to have his very owned eating house, wishing further exposed in the career added with the family’s generations home recipes hold and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry allowed Kok Pin in year 2017 bodied-up with wife Muk Li and eldest son Daniel Lai successfully established their very first owned Hainanese Chicken Rice eating house officially named “Restoran Bao Bei” right in the middle of Mentakab town continue serving their family’s authentic hainanese chicken rice and other signature menus to the public in better condition/environment. Finally being recognised among the East Coast’s best Hainanese Chicken Rice Specialist year 2018.
In this Restoran Bao Bei, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their home-cooked “Boiled White Chicken” which most wanted by locals. Local feeded fresh meat-chicken with weight of about 2.2-2.4kg commonly selected, boiled in plain water for about half an hour, followed by soaked in ice-water then served in cutted pieces accordingly with cucumber slices and poured onto their home-mixed soy sauce (from 4 ingredients mixtures), finally served topped onto deep fried onion & slight sesame oil will brings wonderful authentic delicious hainanese boiled chicken that you must try when reached Mentakab, Pahang. Especially the nice exotic salty taste and chicken meat’s bites texture into mouth.
Secondly of course will be their signature “Roasted Chicken”, which among the restaurant’s daily top seller all the while. Same local feeded fresh chicken firstly boiled minutes in rock sugar broth mixed with vinegar & some chinese herbals mixture, then followed with about 15 minutes deep fried to cooked, finally served in cutted pieces on cucumber slices and poured onto their home recipe soy sauce will brings excellent roasted chicken that you will never regret after tasted here. Tipping onto their “Homemade Chilli Paste/Sauce” prepared in-house in mixtures of red chillis, gingers, garlics, onions, salt & white vinegar with exciting sour & spicy taste that favourite by their regular customers.
To complete a set of their Hainanese Chicken Rice, surely cannot aside their home-cooked “Hot Boiled Rice” which prepared in their family’s generations recipes. Mixtures of 2 different quality rice, boiled half an hour with their in-house chicken soup base mixed into eating salt, chicken stock, garlic, ginger, onion, pandan leaf & butter will brings amazing rice smoothness and tasty ‘Chicken Rice’ (oil rice) that neither found the same nor better in town. Also a bowl of their hot “Chicken Feets Soup” to be served sided here.
Nonetheless, other than hainanese chicken rice, the owners also introduced some of their side signature selection eateries to various the options such crunchy “Boiled Beansprouts”, crispy “Deep Fried Beancurd Sheets” and long hours boiled “Chicken Shredded Porridge” which on limited serves daily that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Authentic Hainanese Chicken Rice eating house “Restoran Bao Bei” at Mentakab, Pahang.
RESTORAN BAO BEI
(HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE)
Address: No. 21,
Jalan Zabidin,
28400 Mentakab,
Pahang Darul Makmur.
Business Hours: 10:00am to 3:00pm
5:00pm to 9:00pm (Daily)
(Closed On Monday)