Foong Lian Claypot Chicken Rice 📍 Pudu • KL Michelin Listed 丰年瓦煲美食馆 ☎ +603 9287 2294

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Three days in Kuala Lumpur, I decided to go in-depth on food in the Pudu neighborhood. As Pudu has a sizable Cantonese population, so claypot chicken rice is a popular dish here.

There are three well known claypot chicken rice places in Pudu. Yan Kee, 168, and this - Foong Lian 丰年.

All are veterans with Foong Lian being the youngest 🤭 at 40 years old since 1986. Foong Lian made it into the KL Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand list in 2025 and 2026.

I stumbled upon Foong Lian Claypot Chicken Rice by chance. It is actually the neighbour of Yan Kee and just 50 paces away along Jalan Yew.

Foong Lian is also "under the Pudu bridge" but is never called that - Heun Kee / Yan Kee took that name.

Foong Lian is very well kept, clean and well ventilated even though it is not air conditioned.

Foong Lian's dishes are priced very slightly higher than Yan Kee and 168.

RM18 for the smallest serving of claypot chicken rice. Prices start at RM16 for Yan Kee and 168.

I was the first customer of the day and waited around 20 minutes for my food. This is expected as everything was cooked from scratch 👍 I won't recommend any claypot chicken rice place that takes shortcuts 😬

In the claypot, it was chunks of chicken, Cantonese waxed sausage, salted fish and a sprinkle of chopped scallion over rice.

Toss, fold, scrape, mix everything thoroughly. Mash the salted fish and spread its saltiness throughout the dish.

The chicken was mildly marinated, tender, moist, almost juicy, gently savoury sweet. Tasty though there were fewer pieces than at Yan Kee and 168. There are options for add-on.

Good quality lup cheong.

Every mouthful was a balanced blend of mildly savoury and slight sweetness. Textures was a combo of tender, nutty and crunchy bits from browned crust. But, there was little if any charred grains.

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