Restoran Bukit Jugra

Direction to Restoran Bukit Jugra ( Beggar's Chicken)

From Banting town , at Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad ( The Store at your right hand side) go towards Morib beach direction. After 6km you reach a junction just turn right, turning left will be to Jalan Kelanang ( leading to Kelanang and Morib beach). Then go straight , 3km later you see a mosque ( below is the pic) in front of you, just turn left.

Then drive  another 2.5km you will see a Datuk Temple (pic below) on your right hand side. Left hand is a shack which is the Restoran Bukit Jugra.

This shack actually is the restaurant itself.

No walk-in is entertain, pre-arrangement is requires, so please call +603-3120 2515 for reservations, at least one (1) day in advance.

Address: Restaurant Bukit Jugra (Banting)
GPS Location: N 2.82831 E101.41690
Contact: 03-3120 2515
Dishes Serving Hour: 1pm to 8pm

Recipe for beggar's chicken -

1. Marinate the chicken in lots of Chinese herbs and seasoning
2. Wrap chicken with silver foil and grease paper (those that we use for baking cakes)
3. Cover the package with mud and few layers of brown paper
4. Place the package in underneath layers of soil in the ground, with glowing ashes all done in a special hut (see pix below)
5. Wait for 3 – 4 hours
6. Break away the mud
7. Tear off the brown paper and silver foil
8. Ready to eat!!! Yum yum

 Hera is the story of beggar’s chicken: During the federal dynasty with the imposed heavy tax on civilians, people were deprived of everything. There were beggars everywhere. One day, a beggar was floating in Changsu of Jiangsu Province, cold and hungry. Little by little, he couldn’t stand up and fainted. His fellow sufferers were trying to save him. They collected wood and burned it to warm him up. One fellow sufferer took out the only remained chicken and prepared to cook for him. But without any tools to cooking, they were very worried. Suddenly, one of them got an idea, by wrapping the chicken with slush then put it in the mud pie into fire to bake. They continuously collected wood and baked mud pie. Finally, when the chicken was fully cooked, they began to knock open mud. To everyone’s surprise, the feather was also falling off with mud, and the chicken smelled very nice. The aroma attracted all neighbors and they couldn’t stop praising the unique cooking style and the unique taste.

ANOTHER VERSION-

It happened long long ago. The federal dynasty imposed heavy tax on civilians, and people were deprived of everything. Family broken up, they strayed everywhere as beggars. One day, a beggar was floating in Changsu of Jiangsu Province, cold and hungry. Little by little, he couldn’t stand up and fainted. His fellow sufferers were trying to save him. They collected wood and burned it to warm him up. One fellow sufferer took out the only remained chicken and prepared to cook for him. But without any tools to cooking, they were very worried. Suddenly, one of them got an idea. He suggested wrapping up the chicken with slush, and putting the mud pie into fire to bake. They continuously collected wood and baked mud pie. Finally, when the chicken was fully cooked, they began to knock open mud. To everyone’s surprise, the feather was also falling off with mud, and the chicken smelled very nice. The aroma attracted all neighbors around. They came and couldn’t stop praising the unique cooking style and the unique taste.
Later, Louwailou absorbs this cooking experience and makes some improvement. They takes “Yue Chicken”, Shaoxing’s Wine and the lotus leaf in West Lake as the material. First, they kill a fresh “Yue Chicken” and clean it, add all kinds of spices, stuff condiment in chicken’s stomach, then bind it with West Lake lotus leaf, wrap it with a kind of mixture made by Shaoxing wine, salt water and mud from wine jar, finally bake it in steady fire for three to four hours. The mud pile is opened in front of guests. Because the chicken is cooked in a sealed envelope, the original taste is perfectly kept, and with the flavor of wine penetrating into chicken, you will feel a fragrance coming when opening the mud. Thus this dish is full of not only nutrition but also sentiment. That’s why when tourists come to Hangzhou, they all want to taste this traditional and famous dish.


Beside Beggar Chicken (叫化鸡), the restaurant menu includes Beggar's Duck, Beggar's Pig Leg, Beggar's Stomach, Beggar's Mutton Beggar's Glutinous rice, fried boneless fish, and Longevity soup. Below is their menu-