MUST TASTE THE 40 YEARS “BENG HUAT” CHICKEN RICE & ASSAM SOUP/FISH BY LEE’s FAMILY IN THE NORTHERN @ PULAU PINANG
“Chicken Rice & Assam Soup/Fish” is all the while among the northern nation’s local delicacy eateries favourite by the locals, and being famously practised by carriers since decades presented on respective home recipes & mixtures, also most wanted by the visitors when reached Penang. Here in the upper northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended 40 years history “215 Beng Huat Chicken Rice Assam Fish” running by the Lee family into their 3rd generation on the ground since 1970s.
The Penang local originated Madam Leow Boey Tee, together with her son Mr. Lee Seng Aun (born 1964) both were the initial families founders of this best recommended Chicken Rice & Assam Fish Restaurant “215 Beng Huat Chicken Rice” in Pulau Pinang. And recent fully assisted by Seng Aun’s wife Madam Hng Guet Yong (born 1972) and daughters Ms. Zenith Lee Xing Ni (born 1994) & Ms. Grizelda Lee Xing Wen (born 1997) all are the familes owners serving their family’s authentic home recipe chicken rice and assam soup/fish all under a roof. Having great positive response from the public all the while.
The founders cum first owners Mr. Lee Seng Aun, together with mother Leow Boey Tee whose initially stepped into the f&b industry in year 1979 began their very first mobile stall serving local chinese mix rice eateries along Perai, Pulau Pinang. Then started their foodstall in a chinese coffee shop (kopitiam) at Butterworth in the early 1980s, where introducing their family’s home-cooked assam soup/fish. Later-on continued their exposure in the career along the Chai Leng Park’s eatery street in the end-1980s named “Beng Huat” started their chicken rice with assam soup eateries stayed to year 1996.
With vision to have their very own eating house locally, added with recipes & experiences on-hand enabled the mother & son (Boey Tee & Seng Aun) finally established their very first owned Chicken Rice & Assam House officially named the “215 Beng Huat Chicken Rice” along Jalan Gan Chai Leng, Perai in year 1997, where Seng Aun’s wife Guet Yong joined and fully stepped into their family’s career. Assisted by daughters Zenith Lee and Grizelda Lee since kids helping in family’s restaurant. Then another outlet at Simpang Ampat in the year 2016. Finally took-up the responsibility to continue family’s career as 3rd generation in year 2018, fully stepped into the industry. And also being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2020 in the upper northern nation.
In this 215 Beng Huat Chicken Rice Assam House, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their home recipe northern local’s authentic “Chicken Rice” which most wanted by all the visitors. Local daily fresh feeded meat chicken on weight of about 1.5kg commonly selected, marinated few hours in home recipes mixture, then followed by 20 minutes deep fried to cooked, and finally served in fine cutted pieces poured onto with their home-mixed soy sauce mixture sided of beansprouts & chopped spring onions, taken with plate of their hot boiled chicken rice or commonly also with bowl of their assam soup will be the best matching that you must try when reached Pulau Pinang.
Secondly will be their famous home-cooked “Assam Fish”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by the regulars that cannot aside taken with their chicken rice eatery here. Homemade assam paste then boiled into assam soup broth in-house, cooked with local fresh kampung fish, and finally served hot on table will always bring the exotic appertising sour sweet & spicy taste into mouth that you neither found better elsewhere in town, only by Lee family’s Beng Huat here.
In order to perfect your chicken rice & assam soup meals here, the owners also introduced their all time recommended side orders such “Teochew Dried Beancurd” served in deep fried, mixed with beansprouts poured onto their home-mixed soy sauce will brings crispy bites and smooth inner swallowed. And their tasty deep fried “Chicken Roll” (lobak), which prepared with texturing chicken meats rolled in dried beancurd sheets that you never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, their “Deep Fried Seafood Wantan” too among the customer’s wanted in the side order corner which prepared in hand-wrapped of prawns & sweet corns mixture that brings crispy and texturing bites into mouth that you really cannot missed when stepped towards this best recognised 40 years Lee Family’s “215 Beng Huat Chicken Rice” &Assam House when reached Pulau Pinang. To meet the market recent trendy demands, they have also introducing their Frozen Assam Soup Paste & Fragrant Chicken Rice packs made available in the restaurant today.
215 BENG HUAT CHICKEN RICE
(ASSAM SOUP/FISH)
Address: (Taman Chai Leng)
No. 215,
Jalan Gan Chai Leng,
Taman Chai Leng,
13700 Perai,
Pulau Pinang.
(Simpang Ampat)
No. 10,
Jalan Perniagaan Tambun Permai,
Pusat Perniagaan Tambun Permai,
14100 Simpang Ampat,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 10:30am to 4:00pm (Daily)