Review of Sin Nam Huat Roasted Chicken & Duck Rice (新南發燒臘雞鴨飯店)

Despite the abundance of tasty local foods and delicacies in Penang, I always encounter the same problem, at least three times a day, and that would be: WHAT SHOULD I EAT????!!! Most of the time, with or without a brainstorming, I just cannot figure out the answer. Lucky for me, I have a backup plan. Precisely speaking, it is a list a comfort food of mine, which I could eat them over and over again without getting fed up. And today, the winner of my lunch goes to…..the Hainanese chicken rice!!!

不知道各位有沒有像我一樣每天每一餐都在煩惱吃什麼，當進食的目的從維持生命演化成享受人生，無法滿足當下口慾的食物還真的放不進口，曾試過因為找不到想吃的美食，寧願進入禁食模式當瘦身（不良示範請勿學習），也不肯將就把這些我不喜歡的卡路里吃進肚裡。可人長大了也不能如此任性，更何況小弟從醫的，更應該吃得規律一點，找一些比較難吃膩的食物，問題不就解決了嗎。想到這裡，腦海中自然浮現的就是這家喻戶曉，簡單而不平凡的海南雞飯。

Seriously, this SIN NAM HUAT roasted chicken rice shop has grown its reputation in Penang over the past few years. This restaurant has quite many branches in Penang, theirs food flavor are quite alike, but this specific branch of them which I visit today is the best so far, in terms of the food quality.

越簡單的食物要弄得好吃越不容易，老實說，這間“新南發燒臘雞飯店”在檳城的知名度還真的不低，多年下來分店約開越多間，味道來說是頗受大眾喜愛的，只是價錢就比一般的燒臘店貴了一點點。眾多分店中，其雞飯的味道都差不多，但是講到燒烤的功力，不同的分店，不同的師傅烤出來的還是有差。我今天去的這間，可以說是精挑細選後，味道較為優勝的一間。

I have ordered a set of Hainanese roasted chicken rice, served with a plate of deboned chicken thigh and extra-added Chinese BBQ pork (Char Siew) with a pool of sweet sauce underneath these proteins. So, what is so special about this comfort food?

1. The rice is cooked with chicken fat and a lot of spices. Just imagine every grain of rice is covered with those good stuff, not only it smells aromatic, the taste itself is so yummy that you can literally eat it alone without any other side dish.
2. The roasted chicken is well-marinated. The BBQ pork is perfectly roasted, the meat is tender and juicy inside, yet crispy outside. Not to mention if you got the “half lean, half fat” pork, which serves the golden ratio of lean meat and fat, definitely the best cut of pork.
3. The mixed soy sauce is salty, in a delicious and complicated way; the chili sauce adds a little kick to the chicken rice, makes it even more appetizing.
4. That little bowl of vegetable soup is quite bland honestly, I always take a little sip of it every now and then to cleanse my palate so that whenever I take a new bite, I always taste the food at the optimal level. It is like drinking water in the interval of every course of Japanese food so that you can taste the sushi better.

我點了一碟燒雞腿肉，外加半肥瘦叉燒，還有一碗油飯。海南雞飯來說，應該是吃白斬雞比較正宗，但這燒臘店的白斬雞比較普通，所以就算了。以下就為這一碗飯、這一隻燒雞腿、和這一塊叉燒，憑什麼可以如此美味做說明：

1. 每一粒飯吸收了雞湯以及各種香料的精華，並且均勻的裹上了油亮亮的雞油。每一口飯，都是滿滿的雞香味，就算沒雞肉沒其它配菜，單吃這一碗飯就已經很滿足。
2. 這去骨的燒雞腿和叉燒，醃製的味道真的沒話說，一個偏咸一個偏甜，尤其是那叉燒，真的是豈有此理，外面烤得微焦脆脆的，裡面竟然如此軟嫩。雖然說這燒臘店是以賣雞飯或鴨飯為主，但更受民眾喜愛的其實是它的叉燒啊。
3. 特調的醬油和辣椒醬：這兩種醬汁如果淋在飯上與肉類一同服用，絕對可以讓味道更加昇華，又咸又酸又辣的，能不美味嗎。
4. 一碗菜湯，這有點像跑龍套的角色，味道非常清淡，感覺有點像在吃日本餐每道菜之間喝一口水以確保能品嚐到食物最佳口味的功能。

Overall, it costs me RM 10 (including drinks), it is slightly expensive compared to the other chicken rice shop, but the food quality totally worth it.

這一餐下來RM10（包括一杯冰咖啡），折合人民幣17元，這價錢比起其它燒臘店真的稍微再貴一點點，但食物的味道是有品質保證的，而且分量非常足夠，不吃飽哪有力氣減肥呢。不說了，我先去想想晚餐要吃什麼。

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Restaurant Name	Sin Nam Huat Roasted Chicken & Duck Rice (新南發燒臘雞鴨飯店)
Address	2A, Lorong Delima 6, Taman Island Glades, 11700 Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Location	5.3899797, 100.308803
Type of Food	Local
Occasion	Lunch
Time of Day	Morning
Price Range	Low
Rating	4

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