Claypot Rice - The Biggest Hawker Centre in Singapore
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2016
- Chinatown Complex Food Centre is one of the biggest and I think one of the best hawker centers in Singapore. Get more details here: migrationology.com/2016/02/chi...
If you’re looking for a hawker centre in Singapore that has everything (mostly on the Chinese side) of Singaporean food you can think of, you’ve got to check out Chinatown Complex Food Centre. It’s one of the biggest and busiest hawker food courts in all of Singapore, and when you arrive there you’ll be in a food paradise. The main reason I went there when I was in Singapore was to eat at Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice, a legendary hawker stall that specializes in rice and chicken cooked in a claypot. It took me about 15 minutes to find the stall, and when I found it, I tried to order, only to find out there was a 1 hour long wait to get the food. So I decided to wait it out. I happen to come on a very busy evening, so it was extremely busy, probably much busier than if you were to come on an off peak time.
While I was waiting for my claypot rice to cook, my wife and I samples a few other things in the hawker centre, including some Singapore style fresh poh pia. The poh pia included a thin crepe that was filled with an assortment of vegetables and seasonings, then wrapped up into an egg roll shape, but it wasn’t deep fried. Poh pia is one of those snacks that falls somewhere in between a savory snack and a dessert - it’s both sweet and salty all at the same time. I enjoyed it, but it was a little on the sweet side for me to eat often. Next, we decided to get a plate of chicken wings, which in Singapore are often available at food courts, and they make a delicious pre-meal snack. These chicken wings were excellent. Finally, we also got a bowl of ice kacang, the Singapore version of a shaved ice. The ice kacang was also very sweet, but very refreshing.
Finally, after an hour and a half, our claypot chicken rice from Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice was ready. The claypot arrived to our table, steaming hot, and right off the fire. I really enjoyed watching them make the claypot rice. One of the reasons it took so long to make was because they cook it from start to finish, including the rice, as you order it. A mixture of raw rice and water are added to the claypot, then after cooking for sometime, a mixture of chicken, vegetables, Chinese sausage, and some seasonings gets added to the rice, then cooked for a precise amount of time until everything melts together in a harmony of flavors and a crust of rice on the bottom that has a smoky charred flavor. It was excellent, pure comfort food for me.
Chinatown Complex Food Centre was one of my favorite Chinese food courts in Singapore for the variety of food available and for the crazy hectic atmosphere. When you go, definitely try out Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice, but also, there are a few hundred other things to choose from.
Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice
Address: 335 Smith St, Chinatown Complex Food Centre
Open hours: 4 pm - 11 pm (closed on Thursday)
Prices: Depending on the size of claypot you get, I had the $12 pot
How get there: Just a short walk from Chinatown MRT
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Mark , you are a wonderful person with a charming smile and a very positive attitude. I love your videos. Wish you the best. Great going, son !
mark inspires people to eat,and enjoy what you eat,br willing to try new things,step out of the norm, and be willing to travel for food! i love it
I m addicted to ur videos bcoz u explain every bite u take instead of eating peacefully👍
Thank you very much for your recommendations with the joy you have while trying out the dishes. Your videos are awesomely done and makes one desire to eat at the outlets. Appreciate all the information you have added in for easy location as well as your comments. Thanks again! Hope to see more of your productions!
Loved it Mark! As always love that you highlight the hawker fare and off the beat places for us!
this thing is so addictive i just cant stop watching and getting hungry at the same time...the happiest man on earth for sure
Ouuu yeaa. My mom made these all the time when i was younger. I always loved the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot xD The best part
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Honestly, I feel that the salted fish is the best part of claypot rice. :)
Ohhhh my god that looks SO GOOD!!!! I've been to Singapore a couple times but I've never had this. I must try this one day. Looks absolutely phenomenal
All your videos just bring back all those wonderful memories i had in Singapore last year. Thanks so much!
+FangCooks Thanks!
Mark you make me miss my home Singapore but I am happy you and ying enjoyed this hawker centre and the experience. Cheers!
+Veloster 1337 Thanks!
Greetings from Singapore 🇸🇬 this is my favourite Claypot Rice @Chinatown 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Mark! So this claypot dish has been made by my parents quite often because of its simplicity. The easiest way to eat this dish is to scoop out all the rice into a bowl and then use the spoon to slowly etch out all the crunchy rice. The best part is the crunchy rice and is TOTALLY worth the effort.
darn, that claypot is fit for two!! Can't wait to try it when I visit Singapore!!
That clay pot rice looks amazing....
It looks delicious!! Thanks for your videos Mark! Best wishes from Barcelona!
That looks soo good.
Man I miss Singapore so much.
OMG Chicken feet! Also the Clayton chicken!! Boy those really bring back childhood!! Thank you for posting this!
That one hour is a long wait, but is a reasonable time since they have to make that claypot rice from scratch instead of pre-made.
1 and a half in the end…
food looks amazing mark
Nothing beats the fragrance of a steaming hot claypot of chicken sausage rice! Great video Mark! You never fail to make me hungry with every video you make!(:
+QingHui Er Thank you very much!
Yep. It's 1am and now I'm hungry.
hahaha literally the same situation here
3 am in France, and nothing to eat :'(
+Pilc LeNinja ah toi aussi? ^^'
+Mohd Naufal ... What do you mean by 'literally'?
+ProductionSktT ... How Lian. Takut orang tak tahu engkau tak tahu French. 惊人嘸知影你 ㄟ 暁French 。
Everything looks amazing :)
Wow i am dying of hunger here, i always feel better, when i see your reaction to the food, you always make me happy.
Amazing video, all of the food looked delicious! I think Singapore is going on my list of places to visit this year :-)
+Spoon Fork Heart Thank you, yah you should definitely visit!
I'm hooked on your videos mark , well done and love food.
Thanks for showing me the location! I will be going back next year to have my first clay pot in China Town.
awesome video mark,that clay pot dish looked yummy.
Rice is one of my favorite foods.
That claypot chicken looks so good!
Selamat pagi Ying and Mark. I can not wait for the Jakarta videos. Your videos are absolutely entertaining and unique.
Love all this foods in China town we go there when ever we viste the family.s love it they doing some shopping. Most the time is shopping for Chinese food to bring home to Spain. Very good for you both to be in Singapore ,thank you good video .
I'm glad you enjoyed food in Singapore mark! We love our hawker centres very much too!!
+unfailinglove23 Thanks!
love all your videos keep them coming always make me hungry huge fan and greetings to you from New Zealand!
+Naomi Hita Thank you Naomi!
You can't get away from the 711!! 555😊 looks fantastic the clay pot rice!
Ever since Tony Bourdain ate that stuff I've wanted to try it. Thanks for another great video Mark.....
Yeah, was there in 2017 and love the Hawker food courts. Price are very reasonable..and cheap...good foods
I have eaten there many time love shopping in China town with my sister she love it there she go there almost every day. Thank you for your beautiful video and show me lots of foods you eat make me home sick in Singapore..
Happy to see you enjoy eating everything
Aww dang! I missed that place when I was in Singapore!!! T_T I wish I came back in time so that I can taste the claypot rice.
Yummmmm! Perfect dish for the winter, Mark, although it must have been really hot to eat that in Singapore. Just made clay pot rice (only with sausages) during Chinese New Year ... did so by building a makeshift charcoal pit in the backyard. So much fun and flavor. Yours looks great too. Next time, pour in the soy sauce and immediately cover back up to "steam" rice with sauce for a couple more minutes before devouring the goodness. That's how we usually do it.
+allmyjm Thank you for the tips. Yah, this would be perfect in cold weather.
Fabulous video Mark and Ying🙌🙌🙌
+Tuah Idzwan R Thanks Tuah
I get soooooo hungry watching your videos!!
you make me wanna go to Singapore as soon as possible :p looks delicious!
love your videos Mark! cannot wait to travel to Asia and eat these delicious dishes
+Bonnie Ea Thank you Bonnie!
For the popiah is made with chinese style rice paper. And for the ingredients in it is prawn paste, sambal chilli, slow cooked turnip, any type of vegetable and roasted peanuts bits.
Great to see someone outside of Singapore source out our great tasting dishes.Love your positive reviews and eagerness to explore all over Asia. Thanks for another great review. Does Ying enjoy the food like yourself?
+TheEvoluti0n Thank you very much. Yes, Ying loves it too.
Dont start your day with broken pieces of yesterday.Every day is a fresh start.Each day is a new beginning.Every morning we wake up is the first day of our new life.
My beautiful and god food in Singapore!:)
Incredible! Sat in that same seat last trip to Singapore! That is one Incredible Place just to walk around and look at every stall takes u 3 Hrs! Gr8t Vid and that Clay Pot Stall is Something Else! Good Eating! back in April!...335 Smith Street!
always enjoing watching your video mark you are the best 😃 your friends from sudan
It looked delicious. You do know how to pick them!
Awesome place to eat, awesome city. The black sauce is the BOMB!!!
awesome.. you had one of the best claypot rice in Sg.. good choice...
Wonderful! I am drooling!
One of my fav stall
Awesome foods to eat, love love it, from BC Canada
you make every food tasty!
excellent blogger, fabulous information!
just wonder what camera you are using to film the doc.
or you're having film production team?
Whoah I've been there. Place is awesome
Delicious Food👍 Thank you Mark & Ying 👍
You HAVE to try Fried Oyster Omelette/Fried Eggs with oyster. They have mixed tapioca flour in it! It taste SOOOOO GOOOD
Can you recommend which stall to try that fried oyster omelette in singapore?
ha ha, this time i'm prepared, i have a wonderful dish that i prepared myself so i'm not starving form hunger before i wach the vdeo
+Dumy Jobby Haha, good to hear that!
Mmm chicken feet is very yummy ... my tummy is growling
Thank you Mark! Another great video
+mikemv3 Thanks for watching!
Another fine video!
Oh that looks amazing, I cannot wait to do a South East asia food tour.
Always support u mark wiens!! Missed ur " delicious reaction face " 😄😁😅
+mohd minim Thank you!
Mark I love your every vedio .
U r too good awesome guy
Look good enough to eat it make me hungry too I love food travel thanks mark wein
+Sitim Ouk Thank you!
I really love watching you.. im also a food lover and wants to taste other food around the world. Keep it up buddy.👍👍.watching frm Queens NYC, US.
when you eat claypot rice next time, you should take out the topping first and then add soya sauce and mix the rice and scoop into the bowl and add whatever topping you like to your bowl
Enjoyed it with you. 😘❤️
This is really delicious treat !
Felix Tsung-Hsien Lim
Oh wow, does all that food look good. i would certainly wanna try that Claypot Rice. Thanks for another amazing video! Thumbs up!
+blossomlikearose Thank you for watching!
it is my pleasure. Looking forward to watching more. it's so exciting!
hi mark, this Claypot Rice if i'm not wong they oper more than 40yrs and is a must eat Claypot Rice at singapore Chinatown Complex Food Centre.👍👍👍👍👍
I tried my hardest to find this place when I was at Chinatown Complex, but couldn't due to how spread out all the stalls were! Had an amazing claypot chicken rice at Satay By The Bay the next day =)
Hey Mark! Jakarta, Indonesia is just 1.5 hours flight from Singapore. Please come by! Try nasi padang, empek-empek (fish cake), satay, chicken noodle (we have plenty different versions of it), oxtail soup, various kinds of super spicy sambal, seafood, soto, street style chicken porridge, and many more. Don't forget to add kecap manis whenever you want to! :)
+sherwitme26 I'm in Jakarta now!
+Mark Wiens OMG! Please let me know if I can offer you any recommendations or help!
+Mark Wiens cant wait for your Jakarta - series video! try Ayam Penyet, you must be liking it a looootttt
yeeeeees!cleypotrice there is amazing! I still miss geylang cleypotrice. Landloard treated me before goin` back to JPN. Especially fermented/salted fish on top while cooking!
I think I screamed a little when he didn't mix the rice thoroughly with the sauce. It is dark sauce with oil, some stalls will have bottles of this placed on the counter, you can just take them to your table and bring it back after you've poured them into the claypot. You're supposed to pour the oil and sauce into the claypot and mix thoroughly until the rice and ingredients are all coated with it. It's like frying the rice in the claypot once more and you'll get a much nicer burnt bottom on the claypot.
you know the food aint good if he aint doing his face. his face doesnt lie
Same for Malaysian food. He didn't have the "wow" expression for every dish that he tasted. Looks like he prefers food that has plenty of curries and chillies.
He is rarely like the sweet food btw
@@javascriptenthusiast1877 u mean all Singaporean food are sweet? Do u know that thai pp use a lot of sugar in their cooking?
He never liked non-spicy foods in general. Look at one of his shirts, he ain't eating anything that has no chili in it.
He doesn't like it don't mean its no good. Get a life dude. He is not your dad.
I was looking for food on youtube and I found Mark Wiens. ❤ I see food 😍 good food
Yes mark everytime I saw your face while eating wow ! I feel like I want to eat again and again...
I was waiting for you to go sideways it’s funny!🤣
Nice video Mark! As singaporean myself, i didn't even know about some of the stalls that you featured! Thx!
+desmorado Thanks for watching!
Loved the video your an inspiration
+rose petal Thank you
For the clay pot rice sauce is a combination of dark soy sauce and vegetable oil. Some of the stall will add in a little bit of a fish sauce.
OMG, i want some of that. I love one pot dishes.
I’d love to eat here one day❤️
I miss this dish yum
Mark I can see why those nice ladies told you that you must try this dish. The clay pot dish looked wonderful. Thanks for your hard work.
+Lek Buzzy Thank you watching Lek. Those ladies were right!
Delicious!
Very nice Mark! This remind me of the Korean dish 'bibimbap' which I highly recommend! :-)
we live our dreams through you!!!!! :)
Wow! Really? why not go to Singapore and experience yourself? We did the 7 country trip in 2017 and Singapore was one of our destination. We first flew to Australia, Bali, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Twain, South Korea then to New York and back home to Minnesota. Once you're in the central hub in south east Asian, flying between those country is very cheap under $150 USAD one way.
Spring rolls! No sauce?? Nice sweet ice dessert! You eat a whole pot?Wow! Big feast! Delicious! Really good to watch video! Bon appetite!
Hey Mark wow thanku for sharing this amazing video with us, this got me so curious about this particular dish i think im going to hunt it down around my local area here downtown seattle again thanku
+Darith Tuy Hey Darith, cool to hear that, hope you can find some. It's a great dish.
Wow. Cooking with all those claywoks are interesting!
Awesome, Mark.
I love Claypot dish , but it's too hot.
I never knew that this place even existed is wonderful you found it I am just so amazed I wish you were able to translate the Chinese signs to English
+Michael Federman Thanks Michael - luckily the lady taking order spoke English.
hey mark, you should definitely try the clay pot chicken rice in Jalan Pudu, Malaysia. its one of the best ones around so far and its pack like crazy.
Yes I'm Cambodian and I've only gone there once. I wanted to go there again soon! (: I would love to see what places you go to so that when I do go, I can try out those places too.