We finally went to Payar Lebar to try the all famous creamy salted egg chicken rice at Jia Yuen Eating House given the so many wonderful reviews online. The place is little hard to access to as it is hidden at the junction among the private houses. Takes about 20mins walk from Payar Lebar MRT station.
There weren't many customers around and the cooks were busy preparing for catering. They had a huge order from NUS. We were rather limited in ordering as was told to keep to their all popular creamy salted egg to cut down the waiting time. Each plate of rice isn't cheap as it is priced from $8 per plate.
There aren't much many other dishes to choose from. Only some vegetable dishes priced minimumly at $10.
There aren't much many other dishes to choose from. Only some vegetable dishes priced minimumly at $10.
We waited for 10mins before food was served. Frankly, I was a little disappointed with my plate. There wasn't much salted egg taste and it was too creamy to my liking. Pure milky and the chunks of chicken were like fried skins than chicken. Kevin's plate was slightly better. It had more salted egg taste and less creamy. The sunny side-up was overcooked as well with the egg yolk hard. The xiao bai cai has a homecooked taste but not very worth it for its price.
Guess the standard of their dish isn't very uniformed as it was done by 2 different cooks. Maybe we should drop by another time when they have less order to see if their salted egg dish was really that good.
A summary of what we had:
Creamy Salted Egg Chicken
Stir Fried Xiao Bai Cai
Creamy Salted Egg Chicken
Stir Fried Xiao Bai Cai
My overall ratings:
Food: 3.5/5
Price: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Ambience: 3/5
You can locate them here:
13 Crane Rd, Singapore 429359
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