Sentul Ah Yap Hokkien Mee @ Damansara Utama, FAIL
This was quite possibly one of my worst dinner experiences ever. As soon as I came back from Taiwan I immediately craved for Nasi Lemak. Many suggestions led me to Village Park at Damansara Utama but too bad it was already closed when we reached there.
So, we decided to give one of the two Hokkien Mee restaurants a try, both located at the same row with Village Park. Both restaurants’ business were equally good too, so good they had their tables stretched to two of their neighboring shop lots. Looking at the huge crowd of customers we thought to ourselves, we must give them a try!
We chose Sentul Ah Yap Hokkien Mee, which had the oldest cook who impressed us with high flames while frying his Hokkien Mee. How wrong we were to think that his experience would be an added advantage. Sometimes, even large number of customers at a restaurant isn’t an indication of good food. It was really a rare and unlucky thing to happen on us that night.
Hokkien Mee @ RM6, ok-ok at best. The HUGE amount of lard didn’t do any good to save the dish. What I had in Kota Kinabalu at a random seafood restaurant was wayyyyy better than this. And the irony is, the seafood restaurant is not specialized in Hokkien Mee at all.
Their Special Hokkien Mee @ RM7, said to use self made tapioca noodles. Fail, because it was too chewy and didn’t taste like Hokkien mee, at all.
One of their signature dishes, Deep Fried Mantis Prawns with Western Wheat @ RM15. Fail, because it was rock hard and caused me toothache.
Fried Beef Koay Teow (干炒牛河) @ RM7. Fail, because it was bland tasting and no wok hei was present at all. I felt like eating economy fried koay teow, or worse.
Kangkung Sambal Belacan @ RM7. Fail, because it was too salty.
Besides the fails mentioned above, even the drinks and waiter failed. My order of fresh cucumber juice with sour plum didn’t come with any sour plum. LOL fail. The waitress who picked our order and sent our food was coughing like mad in the restaurant with her mouth wide open. Free virus? Fail. I pray hard she was H1N1 free lol.
So, I guess you should know the word I am going to use to describe Sentul Ah Yap Hokkien Mee at Damansara Utama. Nope, no prize for guessing the word correctly.
July 9, 2009 - 4:53 am
Wah, too bad. The pics made it look yummy. I guess we’ll have to avoid this place.
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July 9, 2009 - 6:30 am
Haha, as nice as the picture looks, it can be deceiving.
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July 9, 2009 - 7:55 am
but they’re several branches everywhere …. probably commercialized.
made me feel glad i didnt step in the one in Sunway Mas. there’s one right?
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July 9, 2009 - 10:07 am
Tried once, have no lard in my Hokkien Mee, disappointed~~
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July 9, 2009 - 10:56 am
Was told about this place dishing out disappointing stuff. I guess you have now SURELY confirm it! hahaha…
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July 9, 2009 - 11:37 am
oh no! what a shame.. goes to show u cannot judge a hokkien mee by its color! hehe
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July 9, 2009 - 1:36 pm
I usually go to Damansara Hokkien Mee. I thought Sentul Ah Yap should be quite good…because the place was quite full whenever I drive pass the shop at night. T_T
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July 9, 2009 - 3:19 pm
I have tried the one in sunway mas and DU uptown…both failed the max! nothing compared to the Damansara Hokkien Mee, fast service and consistent taste!!
July 9, 2009 - 5:21 pm
hahhahahha …….
FAIL ! FAIL !!!!
July 9, 2009 - 5:28 pm
OMG… all failed??? can’t believe it. er… nvm lar, choose some other nice place next time
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July 9, 2009 - 7:36 pm
Their Kota Damansara outlet fail too =.=||
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July 11, 2009 - 12:54 pm
omg they have more branches? lol
July 9, 2009 - 7:43 pm
Haha! You didn’t mention the total damage we had to fork out that night! LOL!
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July 9, 2009 - 11:38 pm
First time I see the tai chow cook wearing such uniform. Hehe.
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July 10, 2009 - 9:15 am
Went there for lunch a few months ago. It was horrible. Very salty. I complained when I paid the bill. Horrible
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July 10, 2009 - 9:31 am
Everything also failed a. So bad! But the pictures really make them looks good
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July 10, 2009 - 6:05 pm
Haha… Your photos made those foods look delicious…. My saliva are dropping….
July 10, 2009 - 9:00 pm
definitely crappy choice.
July 10, 2009 - 9:05 pm
Yeah, this shop serves really bad Hokkien Mee. Their Wah Tan Hor is even worse with texture like phlegm. Notice how slow the uncle cook? I think that’s why the place was so crowded.
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July 11, 2009 - 12:52 pm
lol. I noticed the uncle only dishes out hokkien mee while the rest of the food comes from the kitchen at the back. but maybe you’re right, crowded because people are waiting for the hokkien mee…
July 10, 2009 - 10:48 pm
Kota Damansara failed lah. Go back to the HQ in Sentul where the mum’s cooking.
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July 11, 2009 - 2:32 am
YEs, fail!! Tried it 2 times, taste very bad. Kota Damansara branch tastes better but still not good. I would still go back to 222 Ah Hwa Hokkien Meee, beside the SHELL petrol station, still the best. Their Loh Mee is good.
July 11, 2009 - 12:51 pm
oh, thanks for recommending that. I didn’t know it was famous too. I love the Prawn Mee sold over there
July 11, 2009 - 12:16 pm
iya ka….iyooo….my bos is new in kl, anybody know where to get good and the best hokkien food in kl or selangor…offcause cheap cheap one la…???? i mention hokkien cause my bos is hokkien looooo….pitty him had to eat ayam goreng mamak everytime…sampai sakit perut hooo….if possible recomment the halal hokkien restorant laaa…so i can joint him…im half chinese only bahhh…..thank you .
July 11, 2009 - 12:24 pm
I don’t think that too bad lah. I try the hokkien mee last week, even I Take a way one pack for my parent they so love the hokkien mee. Ask me bring them to this restaurant this weekend. haha!
July 11, 2009 - 12:49 pm
The Hokkien Mee wasn’t too bad, but not spectacular to me too
July 11, 2009 - 12:30 pm
Good food, enjoy with good air-con enviroment, clean, all staff are politely, good hokkien mee. will recommend more friend to try.
July 11, 2009 - 12:48 pm
Glad to know you enjoyed it….
July 11, 2009 - 1:31 pm
I try so many hokkien mee in KL and PJ, but the original taste was SENTUL AH YAP HOKKIEN MEE, Do you think so?they use charcoal to fried hokkien mee more “” wok he ” IF NOT how can ” CHUI LENG ” “ONE DAY FIVE MEAL ” reconmended. Thanks
July 11, 2009 - 1:07 pm
I been there 4 times for hokkien mee, the hokkien mee was taste original. better than Damansara Hokkien mee and other nearby. Is my choices forever. The only thing have to wait sometime due to good hokkien mee need time to cook, hope everyone can understand. GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE FOR BUSINESS, NO ONE WILL MAKE PERFECT FOREVER,
July 11, 2009 - 5:36 pm
Really that bad meh??
From the picture looks good !!!
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July 13, 2009 - 8:10 am
Yea been there, it’s sooooo… HORRIBLE . Mr. Ah Yap learn to eat pls ^.^
Uncle heng still serves the best hokkien mee in PJ when ur desperate and must have a good 1. Cause he’s less commercialized compare to ah wah’s which can dish out something below par at peak hrs.
July 13, 2009 - 10:14 am
Yaya, from picture looks ok to me, but hey, some girls looks so pretty on picture (thanks to photographer and make-up), when in real, OMG!!
So pic looks good can say photographer got good skill. Wakakaka. But thats all, looks good. Hehe
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July 14, 2009 - 9:58 pm
Everyone have a free voice, MY OPINION = THIS SENTUL AH YAP HOKKIEN MEE VERY TASTY. I HAD BRING ALOT OF FREN & RELATIVE THERE, THEY ALSO SAYING IS A THE GREATEST HOKKIAN MEE THEY HAD B4. It’s not as worst as other ppl describe here.
July 16, 2009 - 12:51 am
you seriously need to bring your friends to more places for Hokkien Mee
July 16, 2009 - 10:24 am
the yap hokkien mee i oso feel very delicious. the photographer oso can take this nice photo out…
somemore “chui ling” oso go there eat the food.. n take for “1 day 5 meals”… when i went there really got alot of people..
if not nice how come.. almost everyday oso got a lot people…
July 16, 2009 - 6:11 pm
hi, i think I gotta stress out that I didn’t mention the Hokkien Mee was bad, it was just so-so, it was below the standard I expected from a restaurant specializing in Hokkien Mee. only the rest of the dishes were bad
July 16, 2009 - 7:25 pm
The fried kuay teow does not look good at all. Thanks for the thumbs up
July 18, 2009 - 11:46 pm
Trust me..the best hokkien mee i have ever had and still having is located opposite Petaling Street. To be precise, after u drive passed Central Market (on ur left) for about 200 meters, on your left u can see a stall in a lorong. The appearance of this stall may not very appealing but their Hokkien Mee is godness. It is also fried using charcoal. Definately can feel its ‘Wok Hei”.Recommend to order their fried “mee sin’ and ‘loh mee’.
Pls visit this place and do a review on it.
July 25, 2009 - 6:12 pm
Place crowded with people who all left their tastebud at home.
Ah Yap is AVERAGE hokkien mee only.
Who think it taste fantastic, please take a look outside of the coconut shell you live in.
August 2, 2009 - 3:25 pm
try the one behind uptown public bank, called Damansara Hokkien Mee ( hopefully i don get d name correct).
August 14, 2009 - 5:25 pm
Strongly agree with you, Keong. The first time i visited, their food is so-so, not to say very “Fail”. But after the second time visit, I marked “No entry” for the shop. For my second visit, we ordered Hokkien Mee, Squid in Butter Milk Gravy, & Foo Yu Lettuce. The Hokkien Mee, came with lots of black-dark color carbon, extra “mineral” for us,OMG! I guess they didnt waste the Wok properly.. Haha. Abt Squid in Butter Milk Gravy, it was served exactly like Deep Fried Mantis Prawns with Western Wheat that keong published above. I asked the Waiter to come over & start our below conversation
“I ordered Butter Milk Gravy Sotong right?”,, “Yes”,,”then I think this is not our order”,, “no, this is ur order”,,”but we ordered butter milk gravy sotong”,,”Yes, this is Sotong!!’,, “Then Where is the BUTTER MILK GRAVY??!!”,,” This is Sotong What!!!”
GOSH~~~~ *Vomitted Blood….. Finally I got them, they wrongly translated the Squid dishes in english by pandai pandai add on the “GRAVY” word.. TPity us to finish the “Rocky” Deep Fried Squid without any butter milk.. Foo Yu Lettuce, salty salty salty… Sigh..
October 22, 2009 - 2:24 pm
walao~cannot eat la~ oil is so much~fail~
October 22, 2009 - 2:27 pm
but the kangkung sambal balacan is ok la~so nothing can say already ~~ haha
December 28, 2009 - 4:13 pm
the best hokkien mee in pj is in this order:
1) Ah Wah Hokkien Mee @ Restoran Millenium, Seapark (near the post office)
2) Damansara Hokkien Mee @ Uptown & Kota Damansara branch
3) Ah Hwa Hokkien Mee @Jln 222 (beside Shell)
January 5, 2010 - 1:25 pm
fail