Lai Foong Beef Noodles, KL

One of the oldest hawker in down town KL and one of the best. I rarely take beef but this was recommended by someone and I decided to give it a go and boy that was one of the best decision I ever made.

Located along the bustling street in KL, it is located in one of the corner coffeeshop on Jalan Tun HS Lee. This hawker has been around for quite a while and the place will be jammed pack with office employees, so if you want to have a taste of it - better be prepare to sweat and get sticky! Well, I went in the morning, so the coffeeshop was literally empty.

I bet you are already drooling because I am! What's so special about this bowl of beef noodles? EVERYTHING! The noodles are known as "lai mien" meaning pulled noodles - it is a traditional way of making the noodles by hand. Not many people make their own noodles these days and you can taste the difference so badly! The noodles was really chewy and there was a type of taste to it, a very homely delicious taste that makes you go back for more!

The soup was W.O.W. Thick, rich, aromatic and flavorful. It was rich in beef taste that I could just drink the whole bowl of soup alone. The beef balls were decent but the beef loin was so ohmygod. It was prepared, marinated and cooked till tenderness. Each bite of the beef was a burst of flavor and juiciness - so tender that it just falls apart after a bite. That's how good it was.

It is a pretty big bowl and for about RM 7, I think it is so worth it. 

Ratings : 5/5

Price : 5/5

Lai Foong Beef Noodles

138, Jalan Tun HS Lee 
Kuala Lumpur  (right next to KotaRaya)

Tel : 03 2072 8123

Operating hours : Early morning till lunch time

-thevanillapudding-

Coffeeshop in Jalan Batai, Pusat Bandar Damansara

This coffeeshop is quite popular among office workers, especially for the Chinese since they served pork loaded dishes. It is located behind the row of Hock Lee Restaurant, it is quite a distance from the offices located in Menara Millenium. 

The guys loved the pork noodles and urged us to give it a try. Hey, I'm always up for good food even it means walking across the busy road in stilettoes. Hahaha. The place is scorching hot and you'll be sweating even before you ordered your food! During lunch hour, it is so packed that you would have to wait for a table, so if possible, head out from your office by 11.30a.m. to get a seat.

I'm unsure about the name of the coffeeshop since I never took notice of it, but it is the last shop behind Hock Lee Restaurant. You wouldn't miss it since the other end is a mamak stall.

They served a variety of dishes but what was claimed to be really good, finger smacking good was the duck wanton mee, wanton mee, fish head noodles and pork noodles.

The pork noodles that looks utterly good which I regretted not ordering!! The girls loved this better.

I ordered the wanton mee since I'm a huge fan of it. But to be honest, it wasn't that good, I've tasted better. The aunty selling wanton mee in TTDI did a better job at it. Maybe its a choice of personal preference - this was more chewy and the pork was generous in amount.

Ratings : 3.5/5

Price : 4.5/5

-thevanillapudding-

Peter's Pork Noodles, Money Corner, Brickfields

Hands up pork noodles lover! This was deemed as one of the most popular pork noodles around Brickfields, we became jaywalkers just to cross the main road to tryout this pork noodles! This place was hard to find, well if you're coming from KL Sentral direction, it was rather hard to be notice since its located across a small alley. If not, it is located opposite the YMCA building.

The coffeeshop was hot and stuffy, but this don't deter so many office employee to sit in the heat and enjoy their meal. There are a variety of hawkers in the coffee shop, the popular one would be the banana leaf rice stall (malay), the chinese mixed rice, the western hawker and the pork noodles stall. 

You can order either the dry or the soup version of the pork noodles. The more popular one was definitely the soup pork noodles. There was a variety of kueyteow or beehoon and you could request for extra egg at RM 0.50 if I'm not mistaken. 

The Dry Pork Noodles with Soup

So I had the dry noodles for RM 5.50 (small bowl), the large bowl was RM 6.50. The noodles were tossed in a rich amount of soy sauce and topped off with a generoud amount of pork lard, though I never take pork lard. But the best way to have the dry noodles is to douse it with some soup, if not you will find it difficult to enjoy your noodles since it was so dry!

The soup was overloaded with minced pork and pork chunks. It was juicy and succulent. Each bite was a burst of flavors, well burst of minced pork that was well marinated. I wouldn't say it was the best, but it certainly was good.

Banana Leaf Rice

Looks pretty good too. My senior chose to have something different instead.

Earth calling to all pork noodles lover, this is the one place that you should give it a shot. 

Price : 4.5/5

Ratings : 4/5

Peter’s Pork Noodle
Money’s Corner
No. 144A, Jalan Vivekananda
Off Jalan Brickfields
50470 Kuala Lumpur

-thevanillapudding-

Restaurant Yap Hup Kee, Kuala Lumpur

This has to got to be my dad's favorite yongtaufoo restaurant, well mine too. They have one of the best yongtaufoo and cheecheongfun. Their varieties are limited but it is so good that you call for more than 1 bowl. Well, at least we did.

Located in a very small quiet alley of KL, it is terribly hard to find if you're a newbie and GPS can be unhelpful at times. Till this very day, we still have problem searching for the restaurant! But the food is so damn good till we go back everytime, getting lost just doesn't matter!

Usually, we order the second till last dish, except for the fried prawn dumpling. I have pictures of some only since we were so hungry that I had to forego taking some pictures!

Among the varieties they have for the yongtaufoo. 

The curry cheecheongfun is good and so delicious that we ordered two bowls. Their cheecheongfun was chewy and thinly shredded that allows easy consumption. The soup was especially delicious and mouthwatering. Their plain cheecheongfun (which I don't have a picture of it) is equally good. Soft, smooth and chewy cheecheongfun topped with fried onions and shrimp is heavenly! Definitely a must try!

Their wantanmee is very different from the one you have at the usual hawker stalls. This was good and delicious. The egg noodles was chewy and springy, while their sauce was two thumbs up. The minced meat was an added bonus since it was so well marinated.

Dry curry chicken noodles - one of my favorite. The noodles was so chewy and springy, but what set it apart was the curry sauce itself. Thick, spicy, rich and wonderfully tasting - yeap. that's how I describe the sauce. The chicken was well cooked too, soft and tender. Again, I would recommend this!

The fried version of yongtaufu. Their condiments are generous in portion, you don't have to worry of thick flour coated delicacies with little fillings. These were super generous and each bite filled with satisfaction!

This soup prawn dumpling was GOOD! Generous, thick and rich with fillings. Well marinated and nothing lacking. This is what I call food worth our money. Juicy succulent prawns.

Well, I'm an avid fan of greens - there couldn't be no greens in my meal. Fret not, there's a whole range of greens for you to pick so that you can have a balanced diet.

This place is two thumbs up for me. I always loved the food, no qualms about it. The price too since its super cheap for whatever we ordered. All I can say that I really recommend this place. The only downside would be the MSG in the food, but whatever, apart from that, its GOOOOOOOD.

Ratings : 4.5/5

Price : Depends

Restaurant Yap Hup Kee

45 Jalan Brunei Barat (off Pudu), Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 03 2148 9220

Operations : 

9.00am-5.00pm and 5.30pm-11.00pm 

Off on every alternate Tuesday.

-thevanillapudding-