PeteFormation Foodie Adventure: Fried Hokkien Mee

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Fried Chili Balitong (Siput Sedut) and Fried Hokkien Mee (no pork), Steven’s Wok, Damansara Utama Uptown.

Last week, I went back to Steven’s Wok with three lovely ladies (Amy, Shirleen & Kath) to try out the Balitong (Siput Sedut, a type of longish shellfish, scientific name is Cerithidea obtusa) Dish. I ate Steven's ee mee on my last visit. (see the links below) After attending a conference at downtown KL, on the way back home, we decided to stop by Uptown Food Court for our dinner. I wanted Amy and Kath to try out Ah Keong Yong Tau Fu. The whole Damansara area was jammed up and I made a U turn in to the inner Damansara Utama inner roads to avoid the heavy traffic. When we reached there, we found that Ah Keong Stall was still closed. I called Ah Keong’s hand phone and his wife answered in Hokkien, ‘Wa lang tua Balai’ (we are at the police station). I had thought that Ah Keong and his wife got nabbed by the police. Then his wife said that they should reach the food court in around 20minutes time. Ha Ha, I was mistaken; they were actually stuck in the traffic jam outside the Damansara Utama Police Station. Since Ah Keong stall was not open yet, we ordered Fried Chili Balitong from Steven’s Wok. The price per plate is RM10. The Balitong was fried to perfection and I can taste the sweetness of the spicy sauce with bits of ginger in it. Thumb up for the Balitong!

Fried Balitong with Chilli..........................................Steven's Wok (Stall number 1908) Then we proceeded to order the yong tau fu from Ah Keong’s stall.

My friends queuing up for Yong Tau Foo at Ah Keong's stall

Amy's YTF...................Shirleen's YTF...............Kath's YTF........................and mine After finishing our yong tau fu, I ‘tar pau’ (take away) a packet of Fried Hokkien Mee (RM5) from Steven’s Wok (no pork is served here) for my kids. The mee had generous amount of vegetable, squid and prawn in it. The black soya sauce sweetness and saltiness of the mee are just nice. Another thumb up for the Steven’s Fried Hokkien Mee without lard!

Steven's Fried Hokkien Mee

1) Location : Steven's Wok Stall 1098, Damansara Uptown Food Court GPS : latitude 3°08’05.07” N, Longitude 101°37’19.17 E

2) Address: Ah Keong Yong Tau Foo, Stall Number 1097, Uptown Food Court, Jln SS21/39,Damansara Utama, PJ GPS : latitude 3°08’05.07” N, Longitude 101°37’19.17 E Opening Hours: 12 noon to 2 pm6.30 pm to 2am Map To Steven's Wok and Ah Keong's Yong Tau Foo

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Assam Laksa, Hokkien Mee and Chendol at Raja Uda, Butterworth

The Assam Laksa and Hokkien Mee stall are located side by side on the main road of Jln Raja Uda, Butterworth. They start their business around lunch time and the laksa is normally sold out by 4pm. I love the taste of the laksa from this stall. It has been a while since I had a good laksa. The combination of sourness and sweetness is just perfect. The Hokkien mee next to this laksa stall is also very tasty and full of natural prawn taste. It is normal to see many customers stopping by to have a quick meal or stop their car by the road site for take away. After finishing my laksa I hop over a few stalls away to have my chendol. Actually you can request them to bring the chendol to the laksa stall. Great laksa and nice hokkien mee, then wash down with chendol; will be back for some more!

Nice Assam Laksa......drooling...........................Yummy Hokkien Mee.........stomach rumbling!

The Hokkien Mee Stall. Laksa on the right...........Sweet and cold dessert after all the hot food! Location: Roadside makeshift stalls Along Jalan Raja Uda,(After Kwong Hwa School, near Wombly Book store) GPS Latitude 5°25'56.07"N Longitude 100°23'5.14"E (Coordinates might not be very accurate because it was my estimation from Google Earth, not actual site reading) RAJA UDA MAP