Seng Kee ‘Loh Shu Fan’

this is one of my i-should-have-posted-this-3-weeks-ago-but-procrastination-got-the-better-of-me.

anyway, for my Petaling Street food hunt a few weeks ago, i was not alone. hooked up with a forum friend of mine, Gavin, to sample this :

Seng Kee’s claypot ‘loh shu fan’. literally translated as ‘rat’s tail noodle’. this restaurant is famous for this claypot noodle dish.

i got a chance to sample this a few years ago, and i’ve never tasted other claypot loh shu fan better than this

served on a claypot with lots of minced pork, with liver and topped with a raw egg, this dish is a heaven when everything is mixed together. my bad for ‘destroying’ the egg before the photo was taken.

the slight aroma of sesame oil is just nice. not overpowering the whole dish!

price is quite reasonable with 3 different pricing (RM6 for a small, RM12 for medium and RM18 for large portion).

apparently Seng Kee is also famous for other dish, one of it that i know is ‘sang har yee mee’ (fresh prawn egg noodles) but we did not order it as we were already full just on the loh shu fan alone. plus, i’m not a fan of egg noodles anyway…

unlike the usual restaurant where kitchens are hidden at the back of the restaurants, this is totally opposite of it! the kitchen is located right in front of the restaurant, in full view of passer-by. maybe the kitchen behind is too cramped and hot,  guess? can i say than open kitchen is started by Malaysians instead of the Westerners? haha!

Seng Kee is located along the end of Jalan Sultan. just a bit further from the Bah Kut Teh stall in my previous post. i think people will not miss it from it’s open air kitchen.

*a big credit to Gavin for providing the photos taken from his DSLR. this post is without my usual crappy handphone photos. haha!

Bak Kut Teh Stall in Jalan Sultan

it’s one of the friday nights when no one in the house is cooking. which usually mean a walk down to Petaling Street for my fix.

i was thinking whether to have a yummy ‘lou shu fan’ for my dinner in Jalan Sultan or to have Bak Kut Teh located along the same road which i had never tried before.

alas, i had decided to take the road less taken…

yes. bak kut teh conquered my mind this time.

i had walked pass this stall for so many times and noticed that there are quite a number of customers patronizing here. so i decided to pop in.

there were a number of choice in the stall too. but i guess BKT is their main dish as that is the largest word. haha!

my bad for the lousy photo that did not show much of the BKT.

at first sip, there is something that is vastly different from other BKT. the main thing is, instead of the intensity of ‘dong kwai’, this BKT is a bit heavy on star anise. yes. star anise. it may take some time to get used to, but the taste is still similar to the usual BKT. but the good thing is, you won’t get the heaty feeling associated with ‘dong kwai’ after eating it.

there are two type of serving, either in claypot (RM9.00) or in bowl (RM7.00). servings in bowl will be for those who want to order other dishes also.

as with most of food stall, there are no name for it. but as you walk along Jalan Sultan, you will definitely notice this stall.

will definitely come again to try other dishes that they offer!

Hokkien Mee and Air Mata Kucing

ok. it’s Mid-Autumn Festival and i have nothing much to do after work. and… i’m all alone for dinner.

what better place to go than Petaling Street, right?

nah, that’s not the 1st place that i wanted to go initially but since today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, some shops are not open.

hence, this is where i ended up to.

from such an extreme angle, it’s hard to see the name of this shop. but anyone who frequented Petaling Street will know that it is ‘Kam Lin Kee’ just by looking at the background – the ever busy cook with the non-stop ‘clik-clak’ stir-fry sound, the large quantities of yellow noodles and the large numbers of Myanmar workers (with walkie-talkies) in red uniform taking orders…

for the uninitiated, ‘Kam Lin Kee’ is very famous for this :

Hokkien Mee. or some of you may address it as Hokkien Char (Hokkien Fry).

The portion is quite big. but of course, it is proportionate with the price (RM6 for a single portion). i remember it used to be RM4.50 for the same portion though.

the noodles may look oily but it is a bit dry when i had ate it earlier. but it is still acceptable. surprisingly, for a portion this big, there is only one prawn in a plate and not much pork. luckily they are not stingy with the sotong, lard and liver.

it’s hard to find Hokkien Mee with pig liver nowadays as i guess due to the health conscious society. i’m not a big fan of offal, but for those who are into ‘spare parts’, this is a good news!

one thing that i like about their Hokkien Mee is something that most of the ‘dai chow’ failed miserably – to get rid of the alkaline taste of the noodles.

‘Kam Lin Kee’ excels in this part. there’s not even a hint of the alkaline taste. instead, you are rewarded with a flavourful taste complemented with the crunchiness of lard.

with another stall just a few metres from where i am seated, i’m tempted to head to my new destination :

yes, the famous Air Mata Kucing in the intersection of Petaling Street. i have no idea what made it so famous it taste just like any other Air Mata Kucing.

my guess?

1. most of the tourist/local got tired and hot after a long walk in Petaling Street and the moment they tasted the cooling drink, it must have been the greatest drink that they ever had.

2. Or it must be plain good Feng Shui considering that it is located in an intersection.

3. or maybe both???

here’s my bounty. RM1.80 for a hot one or RM1.20 for a cold one. and yes, it seems like the best drink that i ever had (after a long walk from Jalan Masjid India to Petaling Street earlier. haha!).

they are generous with the ‘Longans’ but you would have to dig deeper if you ordered a cold one as they are ‘generous’ with the ice as well. haha!

but then again, it is a good drink to end my food journey on a lonely Mid-Autumn Festival…

As I was alone…

since i will be alone for dinner tonight, i ended up walking around Petaling Street to get something for my dinner.

something that will be served to me fast,

something that is cheap and affordable.

something that gives me a lot of memories.

 

yeah, this is the place that GF and i used to frequent a lot when we were doing part time jobs in Sogo.

 

this is the place that serve the kick-ass asam laksa in KL. it’s quite popular in Petaling Street too. one of the best (but then again, the one in Penang is still the best. check out my previous post).

it’s been some time since we came here for the asam laksa. not much changes to place except

1. the kangkung sotong is gone and had since  been replaced by some peddlers selling lighters…

2. The rude auntie in the asam laksa stall is gone! woo hoo!

3. the price. need i say more?

but as long as the taste does not change, i don’t really mind bout other changes.

this place also reminds me of a funny conversation between the staff and a customer. it goes something like this :

 

Customer : ni dou yao meh sik? (what do you serve here?)

Staff : yao asam laksa, ching tong meen, gah li meen (we have asam laksa, clears soup noodle, curry noodles)

Customer : gam, yao mou ching tong gah li meen ah? (then do you have clear soup curry noodle?)

Staff : *Sweat*

it’s obvious that the customer is not a local as such noodles doesn’t exist. i don’t think i will ever forget this. haha!

Asam Laksa in Petaling Street FTW!!!