Koon Kee Wantan Mee 2/21

Koon Kee Wantan Mee February 20, 2011 at 10:07 PM

it's been some time since i last ate here. i guess it's been more than 2 years.

after thinking what to eat on friday night, we decided to head to Koon Kee for a wantan mee since we are in Petaling Street

i don't remember it was so expensive man… a glass of mostly diluted sugar cane drink is RM3, a plate of wantan mee is RM4 and a bowl of Sui Gao (6 pieces) cost us RM5. all in all, it cost us RM19.

if you asked me, i would say the noodles is good. but not to the extend of heavenly good. in fast, i can get a good wantan mee + sui gao + drinks for two at a cheaper price.

well, i guess that's what happens when you get famous. but then again, the rentals on the shop may have gone up too.

anyway, we might go there again if we crave for wantan mee in Petaling street and have extra cash. it's ok to splurge once in a while in good (but not spectacular) food once in a blue moon, right? haha!

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Seng Kee ‘Loh Shu Fan’ 11/17

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!

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Bak Kut Teh Stall in Jalan Sultan 11/8

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 (BKT) 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!

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