PeteFormation Foodie Adventure: Tua Pan

Friday, June 5, 2009

Penang Style Tuapan (Wat Tan Hor, Braised Wide Rice Noodles) at Kedai Kopi (Coffee Shop) Yat Ka, Manjalara, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur

Unfortunately this restaurant has already closed down (1/7/2010)

Yin Yong (Kueh Teow with Bihun) and Wat Tan Hor (Penang Tuapan)

The hawker food that I missed the most ever since I moved to KL is Penang Tuapan. Most of the KL type of Tuapan aka Wat Tan Hor noodle do not have the aromatic ‘wok hei’ smell like Penang type of Tuapan. There used to be a restaurant, Nibong Tebal Porridge (branch) in Manjalara, Kepong that served Penang Tuapan, nice sambal belacan and also the famous Nibong Tebal Crab/Fried/etc porridge. This restaurant has since closed down due to shortage of manpower and the boss actually relocated to a stall in Kedai Kopi Yat Ka around 300 metres away from the original place. Since this is just a small hawker stall, the items in the original menu has been drastically cut down to around 6 to 7 type of dishes. Kedai Kopi Yat Ka is located just before Wisma Fiamma, on the ground floor of a multi storey building. The parking at the basement is free for one hour, so make sure you get your ticket stamped at the coffee shop counter before you leave the place. The noodle they used is a wide variety of kueh tiaw (rice noodle) which is similar to the one in Penang. The noodle has a nice aroma and the starchy gravy is rich in flavours. It is served with fish cake, fried slices of fish, pork, liver and sawi. Yummy.....just like the Tuapan in Penang! GPS : Latitude 3°11'43.44"N, Longitude 101°37'59.66"E Map to Kedai Kopi (Coffee Shop) Yat Ka, Manjalara, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Three of my Favourite Hawker Stalls at Great Wellesley Food Court, Taman Chai Leng, Prai

This food court is located at the former Chai Leng Park Great Wellesley cinema. It is actually an extension of the cinema building. The three stalls that serve my favourite food are the curry mee, tua pan (wat tan hor in Cantonese, braised fried kueh teow) and char kueh teow. I ‘tar pau’ these for my late night supper when I was back in Butterworth recently. Curry Mee I have been eating the curry mee from this stall for the last 28 years. The owner of the stall has since passed away and his wife took over the business. I have acquired the taste of the curry mee from this stall and it is a must have whenever I go back to Butterworth! It is the best I had so far!

Tua Pan This is hor fun Cantonese style and in Penang we call it tua pan because the kueh teow that we used are wider than the normal hor fun. The tua pan in Penang is real tasty because the hor fun is fried to perfection in hot iron wok and the starchy soup is yummy

Char Kueh Teow This is Mr. Eng’s Char Kueh Teow that I featured in my post http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/kim-sun-great-wellesley-foodcourt-chai.html.

Great Wellesley (Used to be a cinema) Food court Jalan Kurau,13700, Taman Chai LengPeraiPenang. GPS Latitude 5°23'5.66"N Longitude 100°23'33.28"EOpen : 7pm to 12 midnight. Map To Great Wellesley Food Court, Chai Leng Park, Prai