THE RECOGNISED “ZHAI HONG” GOLDEN CHICKEN RICE RUNNING BY THE CHEW FAMILY ON THE MIDDLE SOUTHERN @ NEGERI SEMBILAN
March 27, 2024 Negeri Sembilan
“Chicken Rice” is all the while among the Malaysian local’s favourite kind of eatery, also to be one of the local delicacy selection being practised since decades on our nations can be easily found everywhere carrying with their respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the middle southern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chicken Rice Eating House “Zhai Hong Restaurant” (Golden Chicken Rice) running by the Chew family at Seremban, Negeri Sembilan having great positive response from the market recently.
The Seremban, Negeri Sembilan local originated Mr. Chew Nyek Hong (born 1961), together with his wife Madam Fun Lai Choo (born 1969) were the initial founders and daughters Desmine Chew Zhi Xin (born 1993), Beatrice Chew Zhi Ying (born 1995) and Chew Zhi Chen & couple Seow Wui Chun (both born 1998) all are the recent families owners of this best recognised Chicken Rice Eating House “Zhai Hong Restaurant” (Golden Chicken Rice) right in the Seremban township presenting their very home-cooked chicken rice with other signature selections to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on the middle southern ground at Negeri Sembilan.
The founder cum first owner Chew Nyek Hong, who at his age of 63 years old currently, been initially stepped into the f&b industry at his late teenage began as a kitchen trainee in a chinese cuisine restaurant at Kuala Lumpur for few years. Then touched the chicken rice field in the year 1983 at his 22nd of age being inspired by his master started his very first chicken rice foodstall at Pudu, Kuala Lumpur exposed for another few years along his journey. Later-on returned to his hometown Seremban in the year 1987 continued running his chicken rice stall career stayed nearly 30 years (1987-2015) along the city with his patience.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added with vision to have his very own chicken rice eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry (especially the chicken rice) enabled Nyek Hong decided then successfully established their (with wife Lai Choo) very owned Chicken Rice Eating House officially named the “Zhai Hong Restaurant” (Golden Chicken Rice) in the year of 2020 along the Jalan Kapitan Tam Yeong running in a families team with their daughters serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the middle southern nation at Negeri Sembilan.
In this Zhai Hong (Golden Chicken Rice) Eating House, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their famous “Poached Chicken” (Boiled Chicken) which most wanted by their regulars. Local fresh free-range chicken on weight of about 2.5kg commonly selected, cleaned then slow-boiled for an hour in their home chicken soup base (prepared in 3 hours), soaked in ice water then served in fine cutted pieces sides of cucumber slices poured into their home-mixed exotic salted sweet soy sauce broth with their homemade seasoning oil mixture, finally toppings of fresh celery leaves will brings the best smooth chicken meat’s freshness texturing bites kind of their Poached/Boiled Chicken eatery into mouth that you must have a try when reached Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
Taken their wonderful smooth swallowed chicken sided with a hot plate of home-cooked fragrance oil rice (cooked with pandan leaf, garlic, matured ginger & home seasonings), and dipping onto their special homemade fair spicy ginger chili paste sauce will always the best matching here. Complete also with their side-order selection “Boiled Ipoh Beansprouts” always the perfect combination in taking their Golden Chicken Rice eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Moreover, their signature “Braised Chicken Feets with Beancurd Sheets” also among the restaurant’s daily side selections wanted by their visitors from the beginning. Local fresh chicken feets cleaned then followed by deep fried, braised at least an hour with herbs mixture into garlic, dried chili & ginger, and finally served with beancurd sheets will brings the excellent salty sweet chicken feet’s soft bites with nice natural collagen (from the long braised itself) into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, their “Braised Chicken Egg with Beancurd Sheets” too always the cannot aside ala carte menu like by most of the customers here in taking their golden chicken rice meal from the first day. And their “Boiled Chicken Offal Mixture” (Chicken Liver & Gizzard) among the restaurant’s daily selection that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chicken Rice Eating House “Zhai Hong Restaurant” (Golden Chicken Rice) at Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
ZHAI HONG RESTAURANT
(GOLDEN CHICKEN RICE)
Address: No. 50,
Jalan Kapitan Tam Yeong,
70000 Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 4:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Thursday)