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Kuang Heng Chicken Rice

Opening Hours: 6am–2pm, 5pm–12am
Address: 30 Phetchaburi Rd, Makkasan, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Phone: +66 2 251 8768



Kuang Heng chicken rice restaurant which is located on the same row (facing Berkeley Hotel Pratunam). Kuang Heng Chicken Rice Restaurant is opened since 1934 and this around 75 years ago.

We visited Kuang Heng chicken rice restaurant in the late afternoon, they just cooked their rice and the restaurant was busy as many tourists wanted to taste the famous chicken rice.

The chicken rice set is 50 Baht and we ordered the ‘boiled’ chicken only. For unknown reason, we forgot to order the deep fried chicken as we wanted to make direct comparison of this boiled chicken with the pink shop Go Ang boiled chicken.

It is the methodology of boiling the chicken as Singapore version is dipping the chicken into cold water to create the smooth skin and the collagen texture while Malaysia version is you get more texture of the meat and also the flavour from the chicken. In Malaysia, they usually glazes some oil to add flavour to the chicken but they use local rice which is less fragrant.

To be honest, you will enjoy Thailand version boiled chicken rice but you won’t be super impressed. The Pratunam green shop Kuang Heng Chicken Rice is not as bad as we thought. After we tasted the chicken rice, some of my friends went to taste it and they didn’t enjoy it. We are not sure whether this is the issue of consistency or the bad chef day situation. This is as honest we can say about Pratunam green shop Kuang Heng Chicken Rice.