Date: 11 Sep 2007 Comments: 3 so far

One of the famous delicacy in Malacca that I’ve not quite accustomed to eating is their beloved chicken rice balls. Having grown up eating chicken rice where the rice is literally fluffy and and the grains could be seen separately, rice balls and chicken seems quite alien. With some exception - when they actually taste very good.

The one of only chicken rice ball shop that I frequent has to be Heng Kee’s Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls. Located along Melaka Raya and a little bit further from Tangkak Beef Soup Noodles, this shop serves decent chicken rice balls along with succulent white cut chicken or roast chicken, nutritious black bean soup and lotus root soup, Shanghai cabbages and assam fish.

The secret to delicious chicken rice lies within the strength of its chilli sauce, and needless to say, their chilli sauce is real good. I bet the layer of fat comes from the boiled chicken soup.

Of course, what is chicken rice without my favourite tender, succulent white cut chicken?

Very aromatic rice balls. I thought it was fishballs the first time I saw them. Still not so used to it though. I always order fluffy rice instead. :p

They also serve assam fish along with their chicken rice fare. My advice is, don’t order unless you are really curious about it though.

I’ve been passing through Melaka Raya more often lately and chanced upon having them as lunch. Hence I digged out these old pictures from the archive to make a post of it. From what I’ve seen plastered on their wall, Heng Kee has been voted by Guang Ming Daily as “King of Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls”. Way to go!