Restoran Meng Kee Char Siew

My second visit to this almost perpectually packed place saw the char siew (BBQ pork) sold off at 1pm, with a few pieces still hooked up, which were already booked by diners. Good thing the five of us ordered two portions of the meat that got us all salivating. Amazingly packed especially during lunch, Meng Kee Char Siew Restoran buzzed with white and blue collar workers, mainly from the Hicom Glenmarie area.

Yummy char siew with fragrant, sweetish, chargrilled and crispy outer layer, soft inside with fats that melted in the mouth. My friend, Jason and I dislike the taste and texture of fats to the extent of feeling nauseous and sick in the stomach, yet we both are able to vouch that these wonderful char siew came with fats that did not elicit those uncomfortable effects. :) Haha, I supposed we both could be 'char siew tasters' . Any char siew that pass our QC would be superb char siew!

These dark looking pork sausages were fragrant and really good, with slight sweetish taste. Skeptical at first because they looked like liver sausages, I took a small slice and placed it into my mouth with fingers crossed. Anticipated to spit it out as soon as I find the funky liver taste, it was surprising to actually find myself chewing it delightfully.

The roast chicken was also good with tender, smooth-textured flesh. Now this is what we call good chicken rice :)

Fresh and crunchy bean sprouts served with light soy sauce, oil and fragrant crispy fried onions was a common item on most of the tables at the restaurant.

Items on most tables


Packed during lunch


Char siew station

Restoran Meng Kee Char Siew King (明记叉烧王)

20, Jalan Pekedai U1/36 (Ground)

Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park

Shah Alam

Tel No: 019 - 379 3629

Business Hrs: Mon-Sat

Closed on Sundays

(Non Halal)

Restoran Famous Seremban Favourites

It was after my chiropractic session in Sunwaymas Commercial Centre in Dataran Prima, and we decided for lunch at this kopitiam (coffeeshop) further down the road from the clinic. The restaurant name was kind of lengthy, the place looked bare and cluttered at the same time.

Only one stall located at the main entrance. That was where one can order its famous char siew (BBQ pork). It was almost two in the afternoon, and char siew was running out. We managed to order some of that and siew yuk for two. Adrian had them with rice whilst I had Hakka Mee.

The char siew, available in quantity of small, medium, large and extra large for the price of RM5, RM10, RM15 and RM20 respectively, was good. Bit crispy on the outside, it was sweet and fragrant, with fats melted in our mouth. Too bad we could not order more. We would make it a point to go early the next round.

The siew yuk was not that good as they were bland and fragrantless. Then again, the restaurant is famous for the former and not the latter. I would say it's the best in PJ that I had, not considering the Meng Kee restaurant in Glenmarie Shah Alam.

Priced at RM3.50 for small and RM4.00 for large, the Hakka Mee was plain looking noodles topped with minced pork and some spring onions. This version was without the dark soy sauce, hence it was light but tasty.

Restoran Famous Seremban Favourites
80-1, Ground Floor
Jalan PJU 1/3B
Sunwaymas Commercial Centre (Aman Suria)
47301 Petaling Jaya
Business Hrs: 7.30am-4.30pm daily
Call 017-279 8582 (to check if still got stock)
Closed on Tuesdays

Taiping Ho Chiak Restaurant

Cham ping (iced tea-coffee)

We came across this place when we were actually looking out for Yu Ai restaurant in Cheow Yang area in SS2, PJ. My better half got 'diverted' when he saw this place and thought we should give this place a try. Well, perhaps it was because he married a Taiping girl, and Taiping is well known for good food. So I guess I can't really blame him for changing his mind ...haha :P

We ordered top hats, a.k.a pie tees which was priced at RM4.80 for six pieces. Whilst the filling was quite tasty, the pie tee cups weren't up to our expectations. Not crispy and were bit pale in fragrance for our liking.

Pie tee

Nyonya curry was mediocre for the price of RM5.90, but definitely not Taiping style nor as good as the ones in the Land of Peace, which soup is fragrant with curry leaves, smooth and rich with coconut milk.

The dry curry noodles was a disappointment as it turned out to be something skewed from, and below our expectations. At RM 6.90, the oily fried mee was served with chicken curry gravy and generous sprinkle of fried shallots. The curry was well flavoured and fragrant but the noodles should not had been pre-fried.

Roti babi, rather geniusly (or carelessly to perhaps some other race) named, was really good. Minced pork and crab meat sandwiched by two pieces of bread, dipped in egg and deep-fried. This dish is also found in some Hainanese restaurants, and would taste a little different as the filling would be at the creativity of chefs.

The restaurant adopted a traditional chinese theme with red ceiling, walls painted with windows and doors of olden chinese houses, as well as marble top tables and wooden chairs. The wall on the left inside the restaurant was mural with paintings of famous spots in Taiping, particularly the lake gardens. Outside, a wooden signage with chinese calligraphy hung atop the main entrance. On the left, there were glass shelves with kuih and other desserts such as curry puffs, kuih talam, yam cakes, ang ku and tong shui.

Taiping Ho Chiak

28, Jalan SS2/10

47300 Petaling Jaya

Tel/Fax: 603-7876 6648

(in Cheow Yang area, row behind the corner Cheow Yang restaurant)

Bao Bao Restaurant

Situated at the other end from the Sedap mamak in Aman Suria (Dataran Prima) that faces the main road, Bao Bao Restaurant is a basic looking restaurant with hawker-style sitting; low wooden tables and stools and serving a single product - Pan Mee.

The restaurant was quite packed when Adrian and I walked in. It was already off lunch hours. Just before that I was wondering if it was opened as I missed taking a good look when we drove past. "Not open or not, more like if we could find a table," he said, obviously amazed at his wife's naiveness.

I ordered luk mei suet (a cold dessert with six different ingredients - dried longan, winter melon, barley, cincau, and two jelly-like ingredients which I had no idea what they were made from). Not overly sweet, it was very freshing and thirst quenching and priced at RM2.30.

Three choices of noodle preparation

There were four varieties of pan mee available - two with soup (traditional and special) and two dry (with garlic, and special) - with any of the three choices of noodle preparation (thin, flat or peel-slice). Adrian had the flat with special soup and I went for its specialty, special dry and peel-slice.

Special dry, peel-slice pan mee

The special soup pan mee came with soup that was light, both in taste and texture. Adrian added the Boa chillies and it tasted a whole lot better. The dry version was quite good, served with dark brown, sweetish sauce. Whilst the soup version came with vege mani and small chunks of crispy pork, the dry pan mee also came with both the former and sliced BBQ pork (char siew), which were just so so.

Special soup with flat noodles

The staffs were all well coordinated with one working on the noodle preparation, one cooking them, one serving the ready orders, one taking orders from customers, two working in the back cleaning up. Orders were served up reasonably quick despite running almost a full house.

Though price a little weighty on the wallet for pan mee as small portion was priced at RM4.80 and Iarge at RM5.50, I would defintely re-visit this place for a treat of dry pan mee :)

Preparing the noodles and cooking them

Staff refilling the different chillies in the stainless steel containers

Four different varieties of chillies - chopped red-green bird's eye chillies; chopped red-green bird's eye chillies with light soy sauce, grinded bird's eye chillies with sambal belacan (Bao Chillie) and dried chillie flakes.

Boa chillie for sale

Jalan PJU 1/43

(few shoplots away from Sedap in Aman Suria/Dataran Prima, facing the main road/NKVE)

47301 Petaling Jaya

Kopitiam SFS 747

Recommended by another patient at the chiropractic clinic that I am currently seeking treatment at, I decided to try it out. This was also after my hubby and a few friends tried it out after his round-the-clock support at client's data centre.

Kon loh (Dry) wan tan noodles served with BBQ pork (char siew) from a stall in an ordinary nextdoor chinese coffeeshop in Sunwaymas Commercial Centre in Aman Suria. It was a long wait of 45 minutes as practically all tables were waiting for their servings. "This must be good," I thought. I almost finished my glass of 100 plus drink during the wait. Then the lady, presumably the hawker's wife, asked if we'd like to have the char siew with fats or lean. I askedfor one with lean meat and another with fats. Finally, the helper carried two plates in a tray headed for our table.

I dugged into the noodles having tossed them abit to get them evenly flavoured with the dark soy sauce. Chewing the first piece of char siew, I was not impressed. Came recommended and even my hubby, a pork lover, thought it was good. By the second piece, I was disappointed. I turned to tell him that he has to try the char siew at Meng Kee in Tengkat Tong Shin, or its branch in Glenmarie Shah Alam. That char siew was REALLY good. I am one that hardly take fatty part of any meat. The Meng Kee char siew were roasted to perfection, tasty flavourful on the outside, the inside was tender and the fats melted in the mouth. The other place is at Choon Yin coffeeshop, front corner lot of the same block of Happy Mansion flats as My Elephant in Section 17, Petaling Jaya.

Restoran 747
31-1, Jalan PJU 1/3D
Sunwaymas Commercial Centre
47301 Petaling Jaya

Lorong Seratus

Lorong Seratus in SS2, same row as the Kew Brothers, came highly recommended by a colleague of my hubby's. We decided to check it out one Saturday morning for brunch. Whilst my hubby was more forgiving, I was sorely disappointed of two main things, i.e. food were ridiculously pricey for hawker items, and the portions were flabbergastedly small for the price we paid although I don't remember the exact prices now. The assam laksa and rojak buah were more than RM5 per bowl, that's for sure! The saving grace laid in the rojak buah as the prawn paste was as I have expected it to be - good, but not deserving enough for a second or third visit.

Penang cendol


Penang ABC (shaved ice with red beans, jellies, atap seeds, peanut gruelle and brown sugar)


Penang Rojak (Buah)


Penang Assam Laksa