Banting's Beggar Chicken

Somewhere in mid November 2012, we planned a trip to Banting on a Sunday late morning to eat at the famous Restaurant Bukit Jugra. The restaurant has been around for decades as I used to come here with my school friends 30 years ago. The last time I was here was more than 10 years ago and I was excited to see whether the food is still as good or not.

One thing for sure, the journey there is much faster and the roads are in much better conditions and in the past. The surrounding area of the restaurant has changed so much and looks much more suburban than years ago as it was on the verge of a swampy land.

However, there was not much change to the actual restaurant building, still the same Chinese village look.

 

One of the highlights to the restaurant is also to see how the beggar chickens were made. Not much has changed in the way they cook the dishes.

Now back to the food. The restaurant is famous for it's Beggar Chicken but apart from that, there are also a few other dishes that are popular. We ordered the glutinous rice and pork leg, both cooked in the clay and baked. A chicken herbal soup, oyster omelette and a fried fish (deboned and meat reconstructed).

Glutinous rice

The beggar chicken after breaking off the clay

The chicken ready for eating

 "Oh jien" or fried oyster omelette

Pork leg

Fried deboned fish

Herbal soup

All of us agreed that the pork leg is better than the chicken (not than it's not good) and surprisingly the glutinous rice was very good. The herbal chicken soup is also very good. However, the fish and oyster was just average.

Together with drinks and some vegetable, the bill came to about RM 250. There were 7 adults and 1 kid and while we were not stuffed, the food was enough.

The details of the restaurant are as follows. Please note that it is advisable to book and order your food at least a day before going. When we were there, all table were booked and a number of cars arriving without reservations and to be turned away. However, you can "ta pau" home the food.

Restaurant Bukit Jugra (Banting)
03-31202525
Bukit Jugra (Permatang Pasir),
42700 Banting,
Selangor.
Opens from 1 pm to 8 pm.

Until the next time, cheers.