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Restoran Yu Ai 友爱海鲜面之家
Yu Ai's tawny curry is deep and complex, with layers of warm spices like cinammon and cloves and ground coriander, a hint of sweetness from the coconut milk, and a hit of chili that sneaks up from the back of your tongue after about the fifth spoonful.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsAll Fired Up
New Lay Sin Coffee Shop
Rice, curries, and side dishes are "plated" on a large piece of banana leaf.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsLunch on a Leaf
Restoran Seng Lee 胜利茶餐室
The coffee shop was packed out and at least one customer at every table (and quite often the entire table) was waiting for a plate of Wang's workmanship. The backlog was about 40 minutes. It is behind Hock Lee Supermarket.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsChar'd to Perfection
Ah Koong Eating House
Ah Koong specializes in things fishy. The fish porridge is a wonderful, soul-satisfying dish, the simplest of elements (rice, water or broth, and a few other ingredients) elevated to heavenly heights. The fish cake is very tasty and springy.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsCatch of the Day
Nam Chuan Coffee Shop 南泉茶餐室
The Sarawak laksa served here is a family recipe, and that many of her ingredients are flown in from Sarawak. I believe this laksa is the coconut-less variety, but what make it special is the flavour which is fragrant yet isn't too hot. The garnishing done by this Aunty is truly special, 'hotel quality'
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsReason Enough to Catch the Next Flight to Kuching
Padi Prada
Padi Prada's is home style fare. Key ingredients, like spice mixes, betel leaf, kuay teow, and bean curd skin, are flown in from Penang.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsPeranakan Pleasures
Chun Heong Coffee Shop
Satisfyingly slippery noodles topped with green and white scallion slices, nubbins of chewy, crispy pork and a couple of thick slices of succulent, mildly spiced Chinese sausage.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsNot Chef Boyardee's Meatballs
New Restaurant Ipoh Chicken Rice 新怡保滑鸡芽菜
Hainan chicken ricce ipoh-style. The bean sprouts are a bit blanched but not limp, crispy but not snappish enough to shower your shirt with soy goo en route to your mouth. Topped with shreds of scallion, Chinese celery, and a smidge of fresh chili, they're utterly delicious.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsHainan Chicken, by Way of Ipoh, in PJ
Ampang Food House
A bowl brimming over with deep-fried chunks of fish head, beehoon (thin rice noodles), pieces of tomato, soft tofu, and tender napa cabbage, all in a subtle fish (and pork?) broth flavored with spring onion, thick slices of ginger, and deep-fried shallots, and mellowed with milk. A saucer of fresh chili slices was served on the side.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 Reviews"Waiter, there's a fish head in my noodle soup!"
Restoran Kin Kin 建记辣椒板面
A mound of thick round noodles topped with ikan bilis, chopped scallion, a wee bit of table sugar, pork sliced and chopped, and tiny cubes of cracklin', all crowned by a snow-white poached egg. Kin Kin's pan mee delivers on its promise -- ultra chewy noodles and a la jiao light on oil and heavy on slow-roasted chili flavor that elicits a sharp tingle, rather than the sort of tongue-searing burn that might overpower the dish's other tasty ingredients.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsKL Board Noodles, Two Ways
New Lay Sin Coffee Shop 新丽星茶餐室
This pork mee (pork noodle) vendor occupies the front right corner of a Brickields coffee shop. A number of noodle types are on offer, both rice (kuayteow, loh see fun, bee hoon) and wheat (mee and mee sua). Noodles can be had in soup or konlo (dry-mixed), and egg is optional. Piled atop a gently poached egg and swathed in dark soy and oil-fried garlic, they were accompanied by a tiny saucer of fresh chilies in soy sauce and a small bowl of soup.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsBreakfast Pig
Restoran Ulu Yam
A steaming hot concoction of thick yellow noodles and Chinese greens in a thickish (but not gloppy) fish-based gravy flecked with silky threads of egg.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsUlu Yum
Hakka Pork Mee Stall
Lard, of course, is the key, but it's more than fat that draws the crowds to this spot (we drove by at 8am on a Sunday - packed. We returned to eat three hours later - packed).
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsAppropriately Lardy
Kedai Makanan May King 美景茶餐室
Cool, relatively quiet, and squeaky-clean respite from the exhaust and grime outside.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsI'm Lumin' It
Restoran Yong Len 永年茶餐室
This kopitiam has started their business for more than 25 years and the stall owners have much or less remained the same.
EatingAsia posted eatingasia.typepad.com 23 ReviewsPrawnville