Uncle Lim's Kitchen

Located in Croydon, it isn't the most convenient of places to go and eat. However, I've always wanted to go after hearing about their Hainanese chicken rice.

Uncle Lim's Kitchen is located within the shopping mall and it did take a bit of time to find it. The place isn't fancy or anything but the most important thing is really how good is the food right?

So we ordered the Hainanese Chicken Rice and Wan Tan Hor.

Getting the not as positive out of the way, the chicken rice is seriously not Hainanese chicken rice as advertised but is regular chicken rice. Other than that, both were seriously awesome.

It tasted exactly like those that I would eat at any stalls in Malaysia and more-ish! I cannot believe that I had to go all the way to Croydon to eat dishes of this standard. Ooh, you locals don't know how lucky you are.

We ended with a dessert that I don't see often here which is bubur cha cha. This is a yam soup based dessert. We were struggling to finish but I can see myself travelling that distance to come back here again.
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Chopstix2Steaknives - View all reviews by this user
7 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Sunday, December 04, 2011

Disappointment. Poor Malaysian food.

Had curry laksa, it was more like a poor version of curry mee.

My husband had the nasi goreng- which was full of cayenne pepper.

I wouldn't recommend it to my friends for malaysian food.
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Abby KAUR-FORDE
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Sunday, October 16, 2011

maybe the best place in london for chicken rice? if you are from malaysia and missing home you must make the trip and come to try a taste of home here. ok so it is in a shopping centre so you cannot expect much for the atmosphere but you will not regret when you experience the flavours. i was so disappointed with food at rasa sayang and other place in chinatown but it was so good here. sad i cannot more often make the trip to croydon.
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jin
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 8
Monday, January 04, 2010