Restoran Yu Ai 友爱海鲜面之家

8
Top 500 Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 11:00 am – 9:30 pm

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.

All Fired Up

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New Lay Sin Coffee Shop

Cuisines Indian

Rice, curries, and side dishes are "plated" on a large piece of banana leaf.

Lunch on a Leaf

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Restoran Seng Lee 胜利茶餐室

7
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Open from 11 am onwards and during lunchtime. Close on Sunday

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.

Char'd to Perfection

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Ah Koong Eating House

2
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 9.00am – 9.00pm

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.

Catch of the Day

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Nam Chuan Coffee Shop 南泉茶餐室

6
Cuisines Sarawak Chinese
Business Hour Opens for breakfast and lunch only, closed on certain Wednesdays

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'

Reason Enough to Catch the Next Flight to Kuching

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Padi Prada

2
Cuisines Nyonya
Business Hour 8am - 2:30pm (Penang breakfasts served until 12:30) and 5:30-9:30pm. Closed on Mondays.

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.

Peranakan Pleasures

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Chun Heong Coffee Shop

1
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Early morning to mid-afternoon.

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.

Not Chef Boyardee's Meatballs

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New Restaurant Ipoh Chicken Rice 新怡保滑鸡芽菜

4
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Open early till 9-ish.

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.

Hainan Chicken, by Way of Ipoh, in PJ

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Ampang Food House

4
Cuisines Chinese

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.

"Waiter, there's a fish head in my noodle soup!"

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Restoran Kin Kin 建记辣椒板面

17
Top 100 Restaurants in Malaysia
Top 50 Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour weekdays 7:30am - 9:00 pm weekends 7:30am - 4:30pm closed on the last Sunday of the month

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.

KL Board Noodles, Two Ways

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New Lay Sin Coffee Shop 新丽星茶餐室

Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Early morning to mid-afternoon except alternate Tuesdays

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.

Breakfast Pig

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Restoran Ulu Yam

5
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 10am-10pm. Closed on Tuesdays.

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.

Ulu Yum

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Hakka Pork Mee Stall

1
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 630am-200pm, Closed Mondays and the 1st and 15th of every month.

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).

Appropriately Lardy

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Kedai Makanan May King 美景茶餐室

7
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour 9.30am-6pm, closed Mondays.

Cool, relatively quiet, and squeaky-clean respite from the exhaust and grime outside.

I'm Lumin' It

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Restoran Yong Len 永年茶餐室

6
Top 500 Restaurants in Malaysia
Top 500 Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur
Cuisines Chinese
Business Hour Closes on Monday

This kopitiam has started their business for more than 25 years and the stall owners have much or less remained the same.

Prawnville

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