Taishi Hainan Chicken

Carl Wong 2 months ago

The fried Hainanese chicken rice is really good. There're chunks of cooked ginger in the rice, the chicken is crispy outside and juicy inside. The sauces are not as good as before, the red sauce is rather sweet and not garlicky enough, the white sauce tastes like aioli but not lemony enough. The 9 tea is not good, the boba pearls are soggy. It's so hard to find parking along a busy street.

LG O 3 months ago

Food was flavorful and tasty and came Out quick. Don’t like that they serve salad with no Type of dressing. The traditional chicken rice no longer Comes with the soup. The Zep chicken was tasty. Rice with crispy chicken was nice. Must be under new ownership since We last came.

Danny Torres (DannyEricTorres) 7 months ago

Seriously... Chicken & Rice. I can't believe how simple this place is but also how delicious it is. I've been coming here for over a year now and I can't seem to get enough. I always get the same order every time whether I dine in or take out which is the Hainan Chicken Rice with a Taro Milk Tea w/BoBa. I can say this dish is such a great portion for one. A cup size of their garlic rice, lots of chicken with cucumbers & cilantro, also two of their house sauces on the side. The two sauces on the side are very flavorful, one is the House spicy Giga sauce & the other Sesame Soy. I will say the spicy Giga is not that spicy... coming from someone who doesn't do spicy anything. The service is always great and extremely fast. I don't think I have ever waited more than 15min for my order. The restaurant is very demur, has lovely eye catching paintings and decor. Taisha is located on 4th street off a busy street but there is plenty of street parking out front and around the block in the residential. If you're in the Long Beach area and looking for a good lunch or dinner...stop by. Enjoy!

Justin Fan 7 months ago

Original Hainan Chicken: 3.75/5 I was so excited to eat here but I was simultaneously pleasantly surprised and disappointed. The portions were great, the chicken was moist, and the sauces were good. The 2 things that shocked me were the temperature of my food and the quality of the soup. My food was lukewarm at best, it made it taste old, like it’s been sitting out all day. Also the soup was at the perfect temperature to grow some sort of bacteria, warm but not hot enough to fight against microbes. It also tasted shockingly similar to Swansons low-sodium broth. It definitely feels like a possibly excellent dish, but they seemed to have given up along the way. Zabb Chicken: 4/5 Again, great flavor, crispy chicken, a possible banger but the chicken was cold and the rice even colder. The flavor was so good I couldn’t give it less than a 4, but an easy 5/5 with a little TLC. When it was taken home and warmed up, it was a world of difference. Ambiance: The restaurant is really cute and has that sort of late 2010s weeb charm, but it does feel like they gave up. It’s clean but looks old, the lighting is dingy, and there was no music. They had a good stream of to-go orders and I can understand why. Service: Super quick. Maybe not the most personable, but I get it. Parking: Small parking lot but I can’t imagine it being too busy. Be prepared to park elsewhere though.

Katelyn Caillouet 2 months ago

I used love this place. But evidently, they don't love me. I regularly order from here. They forgot my sauce on the classic Hainanese chicken. If you've ever had it, you know this dish is nothing without the dipping sauce. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. Otherwise, you're eating plain rice and steamed chicken. Anyone can make that. Well, they refused to fix the problem even after I spent a lot of money with them and tipped well. I'll be taking my business elsewhere now.