Was invited to a tasting session at Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang at its new outlet at 206 Jalan Besar. The brand originated from Chong Qing China with about 500 outlets and is renowned for its delicious skewers (串串) and hotpot. Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang flagship restaurant is in Chinatown Singapore since 2017.
For the uninitiated, its Jalan Besar outlet is just across the road of the famed pig's organ soup shop, and around the corner of the kopitiam with the well-known Amy Yip's buns.
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| interior |
Was delighted to find out that one could enjoy private dining signature dishes by Chef Ng Sen Tio (黄胜潮) here. Now we can pair our comfort food with specialty Cantonese (粵) cuisine. Am liking this variety already!
If you prefer to dine in the comfort of a private room to celebrate special occasions, Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang at Jalan Besar has it.
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| hotpot with soup bases setup |
At Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang, one could do a single ($10), double ($13) or four flavours ($18) soup base. Looking at the price points, I'd say go for the four flavours soup base!
Ahhh, but I need to tell you this first. My favourite is their 'Green Pepper Chilli Mala' (李记独特青一色锅底) soup base. Must order. However, need to top up $5, $3 and $2 respectively to the single, double and four flavours pricing to enjoy this.
For our hotpot's four flavours soup base, we had the following (arranged in the order of my preference~)
- 李记独特青一色锅底 Green Pepper Chilli Mala
- 三鲜鸡汤锅底 Chicken
- 番茄锅底 Tomato
- 麻辣锅底 （清油）Mala
Recommend to try the soup individually first before cooking and see which one you like the most. Let me know ya!
Let's take a look at the ingredients shall we? Starting with plates after plates of fresh looking produce.
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| 梅花肉 Pork Collar @$8 |
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| 玲玲卷 Ring Roll @$4 |
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| 五花肉 Pork Belly @$8 |
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| 油麥菜 Lettuce @$3 |
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| 神仙牛肉 Signature Beef Slices @$8 |
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| 肥牛片Fatty Beef Slices @$8 |
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| 山药 Chinese Yam @$6 |
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| 新鲜虾滑 Fresh Prawn Paste @$10 |
Of course, one can't leave without trying the skewers. Only 50cents per stick! Let's grab bunches of them!
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| 香菜牛/猪肉 Beef/Pork with Coriander Skewer |
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| 土豆,海带,莲藕,冬瓜,西兰花 potato, seaweed, lotus root, winter melon, broccoli |
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| 秘制鸡肉 Special Recipe Chicken |
Enough of the photo taking, and let's start cooking!
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| so hungry! |
While waiting for the things to be cooked, let's fill our tummies with one of Chef Ng's Private Dining Dishes (私房菜) of Lobster Noodles. Impressive looking plate!
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| 龙虾伊面 Lobster Noodle @$120 (1kg) |
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| mine! |
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| let's eat! |
The friendly staff would enquire if you need any help with the sauces or if you prefer to concoct one on your own.
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| what would be your favourite hotpot dipping sauce? |
For me, I asked for the shop's specialty and was presented with this bowl that seemed to have everything! I liked that the sauce wasn't too spicy.
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| shop's specialty dipping sauce @$2 |
I enjoyed in particularly the Signature Beef Slices (神仙牛肉) or should it be called heavenly beef instead? Haha! It is of a thicker cut, well marinated (spicy yes!) and gives a nice chew after cooking. Plenty of flavours. So good!
My favourite skewers would be the Corriander Skewer of Pork and Beef. Deceptively spicy too!
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| 香菜猪肉 Pork with Coriander Skewer |
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| 香菜牛肉 Beef with Coriander Skewer |
The best time to taste the Chicken (三鲜鸡汤锅底) and the Tomato (番茄锅底) soup again, was after all the cooking was done. Wahhhh... intense!
For dessert, we tried the 3 Treasures Dessert Platter which consists of a puff pastry, perched elegantly ontop a slice of watermelon and followed by a bowl of refreshing iced jelly topped with sweet hawthorn flakes.
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| 三宝金典甜品 3 Treasures Dessert Platter @$8 |
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| delicious red bean and banana paste wrapped in pastry |
Chef's recommendation is to have the pastry first, the fruit and lastly the iced bingfen jelly.
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| iced jelly 冰粉 with hawthorn flakes |
Overall, I enjoyed the variety and flavours offered at Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang plus there is now an option to order specialty Cantonese cuisine for celebrations and special occasions. Best of both worlds!
Thank you Jennifer of Jennifer Yeo Consultancy for the invite and Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang for hosting the dinner. Special thanks to William and Chef Ng for the delicious meal.
Li Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang 李记串串香
Operation Hours: 12pm to 12am
For reservations, call 6221 9629.
NEW Outlet： 206 Jalan Besar Singapore 208892
Operation Hours: 12pm to 12am
For reservations, call 6291 2289.
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