We ordered a claypot rice with chicken, chinese sausage and salted fish ($7.80), hotplate beancurd ($6) and also a coffee pork ribs ($10). Pricing is quite alright. Slightly more expensive than normal Kopitiam Zi Char.

The highlight was suppose to be the claypot rice. However I was slightly disappointed as I have tasted better ones else where. The rice was rather hard and dry. A bit hard for disgestion. I prefer my rice a bit moist and not so hard. Hence, I prefer the one sold at ABC hawker center (Around alexandra area). The ingredients were alright. Chicken was boneless with alot of fats and skin. I think the chicken skin and fats are suppose to serve as natural oil so that they do not have to add the artificial ones.

The hotplate tofu was a pleasant surprise. The gravy was sweet and the ingredients (mushroom, minced prawn and big prawns) used were all my favorite. Unlike those sold elsewhere, you will not have those peas, mini corn and carrots that are often used by other hawkers when they sell this dish.

The coffee pork ribs was abit of a mistake. The gravy was over powering and there was too much of the sauce. Coffee smell was not too strong. The meat was soft and I suspect they use alot of tenderlisa. This make it easy to eat.

On the whole, this place is not too bad if u are in need for a quick and not too expensive zi char fix.

So for the longest time SCdreamer suggested that we meet up for a good claypot rice (since we are claypot soulmates) and he suggested this place (thanks to the heads up from Contrarian's review). I was immediately intrigued and excited - how will claypot rice at a French sounding restaurant turn out (Babelfish tells me Chasseur means "hunter" in English. Like, heh??), and I was still hunting for a joint that serves good no-BS claypot rice. I thought I found it in Yuan Yuan (after shelling out $50++ for one at Jade Palace at Forum), but now can I just say Bonjour Le Chasseur!

This is a fuss-free no-frills kind of restaurant (no AC, just good ol reliable ceiling fans) who still uses old-school plates/bowls/coffee cups (you know the ones with the rooster painted on white ceramic). By no means mistake Le Chasseur to be a claypot rice-only joint - there is plenty of choices for other items. The first thing that strikes you is the picture collage of all their dishes on their wall. Now if you are the kind who takes the entire morning trying to decide what to wear for the day (oh wait, that's me) you're going to have a bit of a tough time deciding whether to go for dish #205, #104, #410 or #303. You catch my drift.

Let's cut to the chase. There are basically 2 choices for the claypot rice (#101 - the perennial favourite with chicken, salted fish, sausages etc at $7.80 or #102 at $7.50 - only sausages which includes my ultimate all time favourite liver sausages). I say if you're not dining alone please order both of them. Le Chasseur's claypot rice scores high on the rice (long-grained and loose) which is marinated with just the right amount of black sauce (you're not going to find the wet overly moist and clumpy with black sauce), chicken is moist and tender, and most of all - the true test of a good claypot rice - cooked long enough in seasoned claypots such that the rice is imbued with a delicious smokiness and the sides of the pot are lined with the just-burnt rice which leads you to do the dishwasher's job of scraping the sides of the pot to get to the burnt bits.

Strangely enough #102 came served with a raw egg which the server then proceeds to mix in the rice, but safe to say it doesn't do anything to affect the overall taste of the dish.

We also tried their yam rice (#106, $5.80) which surprisingly did not come served in a claypot but folks this one was an unexpected winner. Same long-grained white rice used with generous cubes of yam rice marinated slightly with black sauce. Can I just say yum - even though I'm not usually one to order this dish.

The watercress soup (#201, $5) had a slight herbal taste to it and was a great complement to our carbs.

Overall, well chuffed at this find. This is The Place for me whenever the craving for claypot rice kicks in again.

This will be a quick short preview of an expected detail review from CW or CRM with heaps of photos (I hope). Thks to Con's recommendation a mini lunch gathering was held here for the usual suspects.

I would never have stepped into this place for a meal if not for Con's recommendation that I read awhile back. This place decor is quite tacky with heaps of food photos plastered on the shop front and interior wall (though quite functional if u do not get overwhelmed).

We ordered quite abit and the main star was the claypot rice. The claypot rice is the "loose" long grain type, it was not sticky ,competently cooked and not over charred, or overly oily. The server will mix the rice in front of you when served. My personal favourite was the mix sausage claypot rice, while the chicken type was normally nice. I love salted fish so I would also have preferred more salted fish in the claypot rice (a personal thing, normal souls should fing this claypot ok).

The pig's trotter seems a tad weak but then again I am not a BIG fan of it so I may be wrong. The watercress soup was light and moderately herbal which I like, very different from others that I had. My homemade aloe vera drink was too sweet though, I had better ones in a farm near yishun which was cut fresh and prepared onsite...oooohhh yummy (so no comparison to this one)

The coffee that they served seems very nice too, hopefully CRM / CW will review this too, as I am not a coffee person.

Anyway a yummy meal and I will probably be back to eat the claypot again and to try the other zhicha dishes. As it is just opposite Central, this mountain turtle took the chance to explore and found a "hidden basement" known as Central Market.

The claypot rice here keeps me coming back. I like the mix of good ingredients and skillful cooking. I've been eating at Le Chasseur 乐食轩 since it was at Purvis Street a few years ago and followed it to the junction of New Bridge Road and Carpenter Street. It faces Central at Clarke Quay across New Bridge Road and is just below its overhead bridge.

The claypot rice is now $7.80, uses high-grade basmati long-grained rice, and is cooked to the level that I like - with just enough burnt texture on the sides of the claypot. The whole grains make the rice quite unlike the boiled-till-soft grains you find at the other claypot rice stalls. The lap cheong sausages with the claypot rice are pleasant too. The chicken that goes into it is done moist and soft, unlike most other ordinary cooked chicken. This to me is a hallmark of skill.

They have another option for claypot rice, with different types of lap cheong only. If you like your waxed meats, this might be good for you; I prefer the item 101 claypot rice. Besides these, they have a whole menu of other items such as various soups (I like the watercress, lotus root...), vegetables, local specialties such as curry chicken, mee goreng, the works.

For the claypot rice, be prepared to wait. Your other dishes will come first as it takes time to cook the claypot rice - but my take is that it's worth the wait.

One other item I always order here is their Arabica coffee - nice and robust, much cheaper than your expensive coffee joints too at $2 a cup, served with raw sugar!

Signs on the walls say no service charge, no GST, no MSG, no pigment.

Service staff have changed from the old days, now they are mainly PRC nationals. The one who served me had quite good attitude and decent service. I was impressed with the way he prepared the claypot at my table - better than the previous staff he replaced. Despite little publicity, customer traffic is now pretty good in the evenings, unlike its earlier days. I was surprised to encounter a full house at 7.30pm on Thursday in this quiet location.