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Wantan Mee
Ah Di Flying Wantan Mee @ Kedai Kopi Peng Kee Baru, Taman Usahawan Kepong
Nov 3rd
This has got to be the nicest Wantan Mee I have had in a long time. It is a small stall in an inconspicuous coffee shop at Kepong, operated by a husband and wife team. Well if you remember, I blogged about the Flying Wantan Mee in Seapark where the cook would literally airborne the noodles after he runs it over cold water. That is also somewhat practiced here. I have to admit that is the main reason I went to check this out, to see the stunt for myself. But never would I have expected the Wantan Mee to taste so good, in fact even better than the Seapark one.
- Basically, it has fulfilled all my criterias of being a good Wantan Mee:
- The noodle is thin, crisp with a QQ texture and doesn’t stick together. Nice for slurping.
- No funny alkaline taste.
- Uses lard so got that nice fragrance.
- Not oily at all.
- Each shrimp wonton has a whole succulent and fresh shrimp inside. Soup does not taste heavy of MSG, really has the sweet shrimp flavor.
Now I can’t say much about the Char Siew since I didn’t try theirs but as far as noodles and wanton go this is definitely better than Seapark’s.
Wonton Noodle – Mak’s Noodle & Tsim Chai Kee Noodle @ Central, Hong Kong
Sep 11th
It is a no brainer really, Wonton Noodles is one of the must eats in Hong Kong. So after we touched down and checked in our stuff into our hostel, we had Wonton Noodle as our first meal. 麥奀雲吞麵世家 – Mak’s Noodle (first two Chinese words pronounced as ‘Mak Ngan’, loosely translated to mean stingy and skinny) at Central is one of the more popular ones in town along with a few others like Mak Man Kee, Tsim Chai Kee, Ho Hung Kee and etc.
Wonton noodles in Hong Kong generally come in small bowls, noodle on top with dumplings at the bottom. Looking at the light serving size it feels more like a snack and or for supper. In fact, having just a bowl won’t be filling enough for the average men.
There is actually a reason behind this serving style, it is to prevent the noodles from becoming soggy by keeping them ‘afloat’ on top of the soup. Then customers will soak the noodles in the hot soup (made of powdered dried flounder, dried shrimp roe and pork bones) as long as necessary to get their preferred noodle texture.
There are four wontons in a typical serving.
Flying Char Siew Wantan Mee @ Seapark, PJ
Mar 18th
When I am alone or out of ideas on where to have dinner, I would usually patronize this Wantan Mee stall next to Seapark‘s wet market. Besides being merely minutes away from my office, their noodles are also not bad, above average I would say. And they also have a trick up in their sleeves to be able to stand out from the rest of the Wantan Mee in the vicinity. The noodles are actually tossed high up in the air during preparation which is said could improve the noodles’ texture. Hence they are sometimes referred as the “mee baling baling”, a term coined by a friend.
It could just be a marketing gimmick to pull in the customers but you could actually taste the noodles’ difference. The noodles actually feel smoother that makes a slurping sound (this is a roadside eatery, so slurp all you want) but the downside is it is not that springy. The char siew is also delicious, strong in honey flavor and goes well with the noodles but they really stinge on it. And by the way did you notice there isn’t even any greens given? lol. RM5 for a medium sized order.
Brilliant Nasi Lemak House – Nice and Cheap Nasi Lemak @ Kepong
Oct 11th
I am pleased to announce there is a new place for nice and cheap nasi lemak. Cheap if you come during weekdays after 3:15pm; affordable if you come any other time. I use the word cheap because for a plate of nasi lemak with meat or seafood and a huge glass of drink, it’s only RM5.80 and best of all, the price is nett! No annoying service charge or government tax are added.
The place is called Brilliant Nasi Lemak House located at the shop lots next to Carrefour Kepong. The shop is quite new with a cafe like environment, clean and simple suited for a quick satisfying meal. Actually I only got to know this place after SL had her lunch here once. Her feedback about their nasi lemak was positive hence our second visit.
I actually aimed for their Nasi Lemak with Nyonya Curry Chicken but I guess my luck ran out, they had everything else but this since it was near their closing time. So I had their Brilliant Nasi Lemak set instead at a much higher price @ RM16.80 that comes with a Brilliant Dessert (something like Leng Chee Kang)
