Penang Prawn Mee @ O & S Restaurant, Taman Paramount
November 14, 2008
After posting Ho Yee Kee’s prawn mee, I have received numerous recommendations about O & S Restaurant’s Penang Prawn Mee in Petaling Jaya. Coincidentally, while chatting with my buddies (also from Penang) not too long ago they mentioned about a very good prawn mee in PJ area too. According to them it was so good it exceeds Penang’s standards.
And yeah you guessed it, they were all talking about the same restaurant - O & S. Being unfamiliar with PJ area, I bugged them to bring me there so I could try the noodles for myself.
A normal prawn mee cost RM4 per bowl and you can opt for extra toppings like squid, big whole shelled prawns and pork ribs. Shown here is a bowl with extra pork ribs (3 pieces) at RM7, meaning each pork rib is RM1. The ribs were soft and tasty, I felt they were well worth the extra bucks I paid.
Taste wise, it is awesome! The soup is really cooked faithfully according to Penang’s style, a bit sweet and full of prawny flavor. Just a sip of the soup immediately brought back memories of another good prawn mee I used to have when I was small.
It was during primary school when I used to attend tuition classes at night. Father would then fetch me home on his motorbike and we would go pass this prawn mee stall. The smell alone was so good I always ask my father to stop and tarpao a packet for supper. The taste, is at least 90% similar. If you were born in the 80s like me, you would know that a packet of noodles cost only RM1.20 that time.
Although it’s Penang prawn mee they’re selling, you won’t find any pork meat and fish cakes in the noodle. Not even kangkung. These are some common ingredients you’d find in our Hokkien Mee (our way of calling Prawn Mee)
Anyway, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Because they do give more fresh prawns that come in whole and half an egg. I have seen some hawkers really stinge on the prawns.. where an already very small prawn can be sliced into 4 portions, lol.
If there’s anything to be improved, I guess it would be their attention towards customer’s requests. Because I think the boss is being a bit arrogant here, he doesn’t really bother unless you’re asking for extra toppings (too famous maybe?)
Just for your information I hate fried onions, I never eat them unless it’s for chee cheong fun. So, I always tell the boss to exclude it. Well, you should be able to tell whether my request was entertained looking at the photos, lol. Not trying to be fussy here, but it has happened twice.
Despite having my nemesis swimming in my tasty bowl of prawn soup, I still finished the whole thing happily lol. And the fact that I have to drive 40 minutes to reach here does not bother me at all. Because, the prawn mee is that good.
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What a delicious Penang Prawn Mee!! It looks similar with the prawn mee sell in Penang, just that pork ribs ‘lead role’ and the ‘important’ ingredients are ‘missing’ haha…
By the way, I’ll still look forward to have a try of this ‘Penang Prawn Mee’ at Petaling Jaya ( Although I stay in Penang..) at the next visit to there.. Anyway thanks for recommend this.
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vk: Yaloh.. I also feel weird there’s no fish cake and vegetable.. if those were added the Prawn mee sure will look nicer and more appetizing.. more colors ma right
Not only prawn mee, the lor mee is good as well!
Other stalls that sell chee cheong fun, asam laksa and char kuay teow are also my fave at O&S.
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vk: Seems many recommend the CCF, loh mee and laksa.. I think I gotta return for a second round of testing haha. I was there just to try the Prawn Mee only
Hey vkeong, their chee cheong fun @ O&S restaurant taste good, I mean taste like penang chee cheong fun.. Urrghh.. I miss penang food..
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vk: Penang Chee Chong Fun? Means using dark shrimp paste? Hmm..
Looks like they are quite generous with the prawns unlike those in Penang where they mostly give you slices of prawns rather than the whole piece.
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vk: Yeah.. one prawn sliced into pieces.. pathetic
Yes, Penang Prawn mee is the best! I’m living at Penang~ So I can eat it anytime~
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Hey, notice the word wholesale on their board? What do they mean heh? Imported from Penang?
vk: Whole sale means they sell the soup base to other hawkers too? So, some other hawkers’ Prawn Mee may taste the same as this one.. I guess
I hate fried onions too. But most of the time my request is just being ignored except the stall has very less customer at that time.
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vk: LOL I finally found someone who hates the same thing as me!!
ah.. the one where you can ask for pig tail and pig intenstine.. love it! how to go wrong with so much pork and prawn?!
vk: Oh yeah pig’s tail too! I forgot about that
Wah, so coincident…i just had this Har Mee days ago!
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May I ask, where are you actually? ~lol~ Can I request more discoveries at Bayan Lepas, pls??
Ahhh…am going there for work purposes….hehehehe…..
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vk: I am in Selangor actually hehehehe. So, I won’t be blogging about Penang food anymore. For Bayan Lepas food, you may refer to PenangTuaPui lah
wow, that’s very near my place.
arrogant boss? in that case, i’d rather hold back my cravings until i return to Penang.
vk: Not really arrogant lah.. just a bit only.. because he doesn’t really bother about special requests. Trust me it’s a lot better than Penang Hokkien Mee. Try it.
OMG vkeong i always go there for their prawn mee….
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vk: Really? Then you should blog about it too mah
this prawn mee is so rich and vibrant looking, like nothing I have ever seen before in pj. Must visit this place on my next visit!!
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additional RM3 for just 3 pieces of pork ribs? expensive wor….. but it looks yummy la!
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Cool… Got pork ribs. Does Penang have this kind of extra addon ah?
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I really miss this stall now that I’m in Singapore. When I was staying in KL we would drop by almost every Sunday after church services.
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O&S is quite famous for having good hawker food and it’s always pretty crowded… but I always end up having something else (like the YTF which is also very popular). Must try this the next time. I hate fried shallots too and yes, very few hawkers layan the request to forgo it.
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That looks like an excellent Hokkien Prawn Mee. I like the big pieces of pork rib. Plus the broth looks very tasty. But do you think RM 7 is a bit much?
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vk: It certainly is. RM3 for three pieces of pork ribs is expensive. But, I just added it for the sake of trying and blogging.. probably won’t order extra again in future
Yeah.. That’s the best prawn mee I had ever try.
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Found a photo of the prawn mee and updated my blog ^_^
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This is my regular spot if I crave for hokkien mee in PJ. Another location you can try is the far end corner coffee shop at Sunrise Roast Duck. That aunty also from Penang and sell much cheaper compared to this stall. Taste wise OK la …. still preserve the Penang taste.
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Ow.. this.. My favourite prawn mee!! It’s really tasty.. and I think the boss is quite friendly arr..not really arrogant..
Did you try the Chee cheong fun in this shop? It’s awesome as well…
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this is a legend. i was staying just right opposite this restaurant was then called ‘tuck seng’ restaurant back in the 80’s. breakfast is always there…and for me this is my forever prawn mee!… got very addicted to it since then. this stall was then ran by the current boss ’sifu’. the current boss was just a helper then at the stall, recalled when he served me the prawn mee that time. i m one very particular when come to food and till now, this is still the best ever prawn mee i love too much. i’ve moved from paramount garden for 20 years and i m still a regular customer and …. i know the boss for 30 over years now and we are friends. friend is another thing. but the prawn mee is bomb fantastic. my friends and my relatives are all his regular customers till now….salute to his prawn mee @@@