Yi Lin Lap Mei Clay pot chicken with lap cheong

Today I needed to go to EkoCheras Mall to grab a catalogue book for the upcoming auction. So I have my lunch at Yi Lin Lap Mei, a Chinese restaurant known for lap cheong. lap cheong is a generic term referring to the many different types of sausages originating in China which you can see them selling at their shop.

After looking at their menu, I decided to order the set B that have claypot chicken rice with a cup of drink. I upgrade it to include lap cheong in it. It cost RM18.60 after including the service tax.

For those first time seeing Claypot rice, it is a traditional dinner dish from Southern China. It is very popular in Southeast Asia like Malaysia, and Singapore due to many Chinese here. The rice is presoaked, or in some cases, par-cooked, and finished in the claypot with other ingredients which then flavour the rice.

Traditionally, the cooking is done over a charcoal stove, giving the dish a distinctive flavour. Some places serve it with thick, sweetened soy sauce and sometimes dried salted fish.

The food inside the pot loses little to no moisture because it is surrounded by steam, creating a tender, flavorful dish. Water absorbed within the walls of the pot prevents burning.