Huang Chang Chicken Rice

Chicken rice ball, a MUST-EAT whenever you come to Malacca! It is also one of the trademark for Malacca. As most of us know there are many chicken rice ball restaurants around, so you must know which one to go, else you will end up eating something that is not nice and had a burnt on your wallet. Yes! Although food in Malacca is consider as cheap, but there are still some restaurant owners who miss used trademark name like “chicken rice ball” , “nyonya”, “original nyonya” etc. to attract customers. And believe me, there is a chicken rice ball shop in town that actually charge more than they should. Hint: They name themselve after the chicken rice ball and the A Famosa.

The one that I am going to introduce to you is not those that you can find in the town. This one is called Huang Chang Chicken Rice and it is in Melaka Baru, about 20 mins drive form the town.

Their chicken are nicely cooked, no trace of blood, very soft and easy to chew. It is normally serve with cucumbers, strips of ginger, light soya sauce and sesame oil. The rice ball is at its right size, slightly smaller than a ping pong ball. So, it is very easy to pop it into your mouth. To add more taste to the rice ball, you can dip it into the chili sauce and thick black soya sauce. Yum! Yum!

Pricing… let see, a meal for one person (8 rice ball + quarter chicken) is only RM2.80, in town it will be about RM3+. A meal for a family of 4 (half chicken + 20 rice ball + drinks) cost less than RM20. Once I brought a group of friends, there were 16 of us, we ordered 4 chickens, 110 rice ball, drinks (Chinese tea, can drinks, herbal tea) it only cost about RM64. Cheap eh? So don’t miss it if you ever come to Malacca.


How to get there? As you exit the Ayer Keroh toll, go straight, you will come to the first traffic lights (landmark: World Youth Foundation Building on the left), go straight, keep right, you will see a turning on your right. Turn right into the road, go straight, (landmark: mosque on the right, houses on the left), go straight, follow the road curving left and right until you come to a traffic light (landmark: Police station and quarters on the left, row of shops and Multimedia University infront of you), wait for the traffic lights and turn right. Go straight (landmark: Chinese cemetery on the right, SMK Munshi Abdullah & Petronas on the left) Turn left at the Petronas and continue going straight. You will come to a traffic light, go straight, keep right. You will come to another traffic light (landmark: Perodua on the right, Public Bank on the left), Turn right at the traffic lights, then take the first turning on your right and then immediately turn left again, you will see the shop right there. :) Hope you can find the place and enjoy the food!


The owner.