Restoran Gafan – 10 Varieties of Claypot Rice, Paramount Garden, PJ (Moved to New Location, See address below)

Drunken Claypot Chicken Rice.............................and Salted Fish Claypot Chicken Rice

Lotus Roots soup............................................................Nice green spinach!

Crispy fried tofu with special homemade sauce

Simple menu with photo..........................................Simple, nice and clean restaurant!

Mr. Tham, my buddy is always on the lookout for any new restaurant around PJ area. Knowing that I am Foodie and into blogging about food, he would invite me to try out any good food around here. He told me that the famous Taman Connaught Clay pot Chicken rice has opened a branch in Taman Paramount and we set an appointment to meet up for lunch. When I arrived at the place around 11.40am, Tham and his wife were already there waiting for me. Actually, Restoran Gafan owners have set up this branch around seven months ago and it is managed by a husband wife team, Coco Chia and Vincent Leong. The place is brightly lit, need and clean. It is nice to have a good meal in such an ambient environment away from the afternoon heat! We ordered a pot of Salted Fish Chicken Rice, a pot of Drunken Chicken Rice, Deep Fried Bean curd, Green Spinach, Lotus Roots with Peanut soup and 3 glasses of Herbal Tea. The mui heong (mergui) salted fish is fresh and nice. Vincent told me that it is bought from their regular supplier in Kuantan and they would personally drive all the way there to select the mui heong salted fish. Nothing beats the nice aroma and flavour of salted fish mixed with perfectly cooked clay pot chicken rice. Restoran Gafan uses free range chicken to cook the chicken rice. The free range chicken meat is tender and quite lean. Free range chicken is a healthier choice than mass commercially farmed chicken in cages. We finished the first pot of Salted Fish Chicken Rice rather fast. The next dish was the Drunken Chicken Rice, Mrs. Tham’s favourite. The nice aroma of Chinese Cooking wine (Shou Sing Chiew) permeates the air when this dish arrives. The crunchy onions blends well with the wine and well marinated chicken. Thumbs up for this dish! I was told that the chicken rice is cooked using good quality non-stick claypot. It is easier to clean than conventional claypot. It is good know that I am eating out from a well cleaned claypot! The crispy fried tofu taste good with the homemade chilly sauce. The outer skin of the tofu is crispy but soft in the inside. It is made from blending a few ingredients and compressed before they are cut and deep fried. The double boiled Lotus roots with peanut soup have lots of natural sweetness in it. I noticed that there is a generous amount of chicken breast meat in it! The Green Spinach has a nice texture because only young leaves and shoots are used. The saltiness of this dish is just nice and I ate most of the vegetables! It tastes good with the crispy fried garlic garnish.

As we were eating our lunch we can hear the friendly and generous boss, Vincent asking his wife who was taking order from a table next to us to add more salted fish for a customer that just ordered his food. He seems to be able to remember what his regular customer preference is! Restoran Gafan signature dish is the Mutton Claypot Rice (RM10 for small claypot and RM19 for large) , Sausage Chicken Rice (RM8 for Small, RM14 for large), Salted Fish Chicken Rice (RM7 for small and RM13 for large) and Drunken Chicken Rice (RM9 for small and RM16 for large). I will be back here again soon to try out the Mutton Claypot Rice and Sausage Chicken Rice!

Prices : Small Chicken Rice Claypot, Range from RM7 to RM10 Large Chicken Rice Claypot, Range from RM13 to RM19 Small Plate Vegetable, Range from RM4 to RM6 Large Plate Vegetable, Range from RM6 to RM10 Soup, RM4 per serving

Address: No Longer in this Location (Restoran Gafan, PJ Branch No. 11 Jalan 20/13, Paramount Garden, 463, PJ, Selangor)

New Location : Taman Segar, Perdana Cheras (Near Quepec, beside Econsave) Tel : 017 6083228, 019 4358999 (Ms. Coco Chia, Mr.Vincent Leong) Business Hours: 11am to 3 pm, 5.30pm to 10 pm,

 Latitude 3° 6'22.07"N Longitude 101°37'30.98"E Map to Restoran Gafan, Paramount Garden, PJ