Kedai Kopi Hing Lee @ Tawau

I am not sure if I had been to this outlet before as it has close to two years since my last trip over to Tawau. This has got to be the must visit shop for foodie like me over at Tawau. Well according to our family friend information that is. I had tried their branch outlet the day earlier and it's not that bad either. So this should be better I guess. Don't really but remember where is it exactly located but it's within the city. 

The place was crowded when we arrive that afternoon. Luckily we managed to get a table in minutes and quickly made our order. The shop is handled by mostly young ones which surprises me. I thought the cook should be at least in his 50s or so. Anyway, I'd learnt from experience to not judge by the cover or in this case the age of the cook. 

Since I don't read Chinese, I am not sure what the pricing on the wall said. But by all means those who can can at least make some sense out of it. 

The sauce available are very standard. We have soy sauce, pepper and their home made chili sauce.  They do have this additional fish oil sauce for you to add on your noodle. 

I was hungry so I'd ordered a large portion of the noodle.  The noodle looked similar to the one over here but actually it's not. The main different would be the missing taste of "kan sui" or the preservative they added to the noodle which most of the people hate over here. The noodle over there are made fresh so they won't need the additional preservative as I was told. 

The preparation of the noodle was simple. But as they, simple food are the hardest to prepare. As you can see above, there are only a bit of thick soy sauce and some bit of onions and spring onions to top it off. But trust me when I saw, this has got to be one of the best noodle I had in years. The oil they used to mix with the onions are cook together with pork so you can taste bit of onions and also pork in it. Damn delicious. My only comment would be the cooking time of the noodle. A bit hard for me although I like mine that way but then again I didn't told him how I wanted my noodle to be cook. 

I am not sure if the noodle is the main or the soup with the pork is. But I trust it would be the latter since the name is "Sang Yuk" or fresh pork.  The pork are sliced just nicely not too thin and not too thick and being cook in boiling water. It's tender and it's soft. I was really surprised that it was pork and not fish. I heard that their soup will be cook for the whole day long so trust me when I said that the soup is sweet.

The combination of a good bowl of noodle and pork soup by the side. Both a simple dish but make a  heck of a combination together. 

I totally love Tawau. When you ordered ice lemon tea any where, and I do mean any where. They really are putting in slice lemon for you. Not like our side, where you can only get this in kopitiams and not stalls outside.  

Food are served fresh and fast although the place are pack with customers. But it doesn't affect the quality of the food served. You got to love this place. Definitely one of the best food I had over at Tawau during my trip. 

Rating: 

Food: 4.0 out of 5.0 

Ambiance: 3.5 out of 5.0

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0

Kung Fu Pan Mee @ Puchong

We had Kung Fu Panda and now we have Kung Fu Pan Mee. I was driving around Puchong area during the weekend looking for food and babe wanted pan mee. So happened we come across this restaurant which their name captured our attention and decided to stop our search and try it out. The place is located at Pusat Bandar Puchong opposite IOI Boulevard. When we arrived, there wasn't much customers but as we leave, the place was half full. There were so many type of pan mee in their menu. They are not being cocky when they put their name as Kung Fu pan mee.

Hong Kong Siu Ji Pan Mee (Sauce) - RM5.90

We wanted to try something special and different, so we went for this plate of pan mee. It's filled with minced pork, sliced mushroom and fried onions. This seemed simple but when you add their chilly flakes on top, it's really something else. It's salty and spicy at the same time. Not bad.

Jiu Pai Jiong Fei Pan Mee (Braised Gravy Sauce) RM7.90

I had decided to not order their spicy pan mee and try this braised beef pan mee. As you can see the pan mee is all covered by the thick braised beef sauce on top. There's mushrooms and also broccoli which I really like. I had added their chilly flakes on it and it becomes spicy and trust me it's really nice. The portion of braised beef is really generous. I am so full after this bowl of pan mee.

Fried Salted Tofu - RM4.00

I ordered this side dish as it seemed interesting and simple at the same time. It's actually white tofu fried to crisp with some salt on top of it. Word of caution, don't put the whole piece of tofu into your mouth as it's damn HOT. Simple and nothing special. 

This is just two type of pan mee in their menu. I am definitely going back with friends maybe to try more of their pan mee. It's not the best pan mee I had but definitely something different. One think I found out is that their drinks are so cheap. Most of their drinks are below RM3. Even their white coffee or lemon ice. This is definitely a plus point for me, how bout you? Do let me know what you think. (Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0)

Ah Or Pork Noodle @ Sunway Mentari

Just found a new pork noodle house at Sunway Mentari few days back. It was recommended to me by my ex-colleague. The shop is called Ah Or Chu Yuk Fun (a.k.a pork noodle). If you are familiar with the famous pork noodle stall opposite Careffour few years back, then this stall is no stranger to you. It's handled by the sisters from the same stall. The restaurant started operation not too long ago and already there were a lot of loyal customers visiting them.

The two sisters, comprising of the elder one handling the cashier and taking order while the other will be cooking the pork noodle. I had just realized that day that they do have dry pork noodle this time around. Other than pork noodle they also served Bak Kut Teh, stewed pork leg and chicken rice.

But mostly people would come ordering their famous Soup Pork Noodle. I had ordered a large portion for my lunch that day with fresh egg. You can opt for spare parts if you are into it. I had asked for extra fried lard too. Yummy~! Well it isn't as good as the brother who cook the noodle last time but it's close to it. The soup is sweet and nice with the scent of pork in them. Definitely worth a try if you haven't try it before. Although I am not a big fan of soup noodle but for this, I will make an exception. (Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0)

Weng Hing Pork Noodle @ Imbi

This has got to be one of my favorite pork noodle house. It's located at Jalan Imbi opposite the Honda showroom. Decided to pay the place a visit as I was going to Pavilion for shopping today. The place was packed when I arrived around 11am.

As usual, ordered myself a loh shi fun pork noodle with extra lard. When I say extra they really covered the whole noodle with pork. Believe me, underneath all those lard are some noodles too.

This is the sliced pork (Sum Kang Chong). I am not so fancy on these but nevertheless, I finished it up without any complaint.

Other then the pork noodle stall, other stall worth mentioning is the Char Keoy Teow and Egg Tart in front. At night, there is a Hokkien noodle stall outside which is really famous. So do come over in the morning for their pork noodle or Hokkien noodle at night if you're craving for some nice local food. (Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0)

Restaurant Hong Cha - OUG Garden

Arrived in KL around 5 and sent my niece back to the nanny and we're off to Kinrara. But not before having our dinner. So I had decided to eat some where nearby. We had decided to tried out this place which my SIL heard from one of her friend. It's a place called Restaurant Hong Cha. It's located behind Steven's Corner in OUG Garden.

So what's so famous bout this place? It's their pork noodle. Well I had ordered their Dried Kuey Teow mixed with Yellow Noodle. As I am not that hungry, I had ordered a small portion. But with extra minced pork. I was really surprised when it arrived. The noodle wasn't the surprised but where's the extra minced pork I asked myself? The noodle was nice as it had fried lard in it. Yummy~!!!

Then came the soup that come together with the noodle. Damn~! Now I realized that the place don't sell Sam Kang Chong but normal pork noodle. So when we said extra minced pork it means in the soup and not on the noodle itself. So the soup was filled with a lot of minced pork, prawns, pork's liver and squid. Yes, there was even squid in the soup. The soup was really tasty maybe from the excessive amount of pork and seafood in it.

There were a lot of people already sitting down eating their noodle when we arrived. The women used a PDA type gadget to take our order. So high tech~!! I am guessing that the owner of this place is the same as the one opposite Steven's Corner. So how much did we paid for the whole dinner? You will be surprised that I paid RM38 for the whole dinner. Yes~! It's around RM7 or RM8 per bowl. And we had only ordered a small portion. So you judge if it worth your bowl of noodle. (Rating: 3.5 out of 5.0)

Weng Hing Kedai Kopi - Off Jalan Bukit Bintang

It was Sunday afternoon after leaving PC Fair in KLCC, Romiko, Bingy and me decided to have a late lunch and I had decided to go Weng Hing near Jalan Bukit Bintang. It's opposite the Honda Showroom. I had previously brought a few of my ex-colleagues and MD over to this place. You can park opposite the restaurant which is a open car park, which is normally fully park during weekdays.

Romiko had ordered Char Kuey Teow from one of the stall. It's not bad but the price is a bit pricey. Small for RM5.00 and big for RM6.00.

Bingy and me had ordered Dried Pork Noodle with Extra Minced Pork. The place is famous this dish. You can see a lot of people queueing up to order from this stall. One of the best Pork Noodle I ate in KL. (RM7.00)

The Sam Kang Chong which comes together with the noodle is really tasty. The soup is really nice too. There isn't much MSG in the soup so Bingy and I finished it up to the last drop. Nice~!

The place is also famous for their Chang Jiang White Coffee. So 3 of us had ordered their white coffee. And it's truly a thirst cleansing drink. The coffee taste and milk is just nice. Not too sweet and not too coffee taste. Well maybe just a tit sweet at the last sip. (RM2.00)

During weekdays, you can also find the place selling Egg Tarts at one of the stall. Their egg tart is also very famous around the KL area. It's small and freshly bake. So you can see a lot of people buying a dozen or two (like me) after their meal over here. During night time, there is a stall which sell Hokkien Mee which is very famous also. The price for the food over here might be quite expensive but it's located at Bukit Bintang, what do you expect? At least it taste good. (Rating : 4.0 out of 5.0)