RICE with a stellar texture and flavour, smooth and sweet poached chicken, a punchy chilli dip – Xin Cuisine’s Hainanese Chicken Rice is a notch above the rest.

It’s among the nine one-dish rice meals offered for lunch and dinner on the Ready, Set, Eat (Takeaway/Delivery) menu at this Chinese restaurant at Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

All the items are RM15 each, and you can add a dessert for RM5 or enjoy it for free if you’re a member of the Concorde Cash Card or Priority Plus programme.

The Minced Pork and Pickle Omelette is a home favourite given the restaurant treatment.

Plenty of minced pork and pickled radish, or choy poh, speckle the large omelette. Besides rice, white porridge would also pair superbly with this.

Chunks of tender, meaty ribs glistening with a sticky sweet-sour sauce await in the BBQ Spare Ribs, or Keng Tou Kuat.

I’m certain that this popular item is available a la carte, too.

Then, there’s the Roast Pork with Hong Kong Kai Lan, a much-loved weekly special that looks to have secured a permanent place on the menu.

The pork comes in an ample portion, and the vegetable retains a good crunch.

The Stewed Chicken with Chinese Wine has boneless chicken, black fungus and ginger braised in the heady liquid.

I would’ve loved more wine in this, but then again, you might be having it for lunch on a workday! There’s a generous amount of healthy black fungus in the dish, which gets the thumbs up from me.

Those who prefer seafood can opt for the Sweet Corn Puree and Fish Fillet, where slices of deep-fried fish are doused with a creamy sauce of mayo and corn. Curry leaves give a fragrant boost.

The other dishes on the Ready, Set, Eat menu, which will be reviewed and changed every fortnight, are the Sichuan Spicy Tofu and Minced Pork, Sliced Pork and Veggies, and Lemon Chicken.

Each order comes with a free soup, and we had the Seaweed and Cabbage Soup during our tasting.

There are three types of dessert to choose from daily, such as the Barley with Bean Curd Skin, Honeydew Sago, and Snow Fungus with Water Chestnut, all great picks in the current hot spell.

Also in rotation are the Black Glutinous Rice, Wheat Porridge with Coconut, Black Sesame Seed Puree, and Peanut Puree.

Xin Cuisine offers two set menus, priced at RM148 nett and RM188 nett, that feed four people as well. The RM148 four-course menu features the Wok-Fried Shimeji Mushrooms with Bean Curd Skin and Tofu Puffs, Stir-Fried Seasonal Vegetables with Black Fungus and Dace Fish, Sauteed Freshwater Prawns with Garlic and Soy Sauce, and Master Chef Signature Poached Chicken Rice.

Orders can be placed via WhatsApp at 012-399-5007 or 016-906-3220. The lunch window is open from 10.30am to 2.30pm, and dinner, from 4pm to 8.30pm.

Delivery is free for purchases of RM150 and above in a single receipt. – August 8, 2020.

* Eu Hooi-Khaw has been writing about food for the longest time, covering all aspects, from restaurant reviews to cooking and recipes, as well as the healthy side of it. She has written for major newspapers and magazines, published the cookbook Fresh Ingredients, and also writes for her website hooikhawandsu.com.

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