So much food, so little time

Colin and I went back to KL a couple of weekends ago for my cousin Kenny’s wedding. It was a short trip – arrived Friday, left on Sunday – but we still managed to cram in a few good meals.

Of course, mum had my Penang laksa waiting for me when I got home. Mmmm. Love. Love my momma too. Colin managed to get his char kway teow fix too.

Friday night, we went to eat bak kut teh at Heng Kee’s in PJ Old Town. It’s an old bungalow that’s been converted into a restaurant and they only serve bak kut teh. It’s been there ever since I can remember. I don’t know the name of the road, sorry. It’s in one of the lanes, on the side that’s across the road from the Old Town market, and there’s a shop that sells hideous ceramic vases just around the corner. Parking is a bit of a nightmare, as it is almost anywhere in Old Town, so you probably have to drive around for a bit. Between me, Colin, and mum, we had two orders of ribs, one order of meat, braised mushrooms, and some veggies. Including rice and drinks, it was about RM20 per person, which is pretty standard. The ribs are better than the meat. Colin really loves the stuff though Brian says that there’s a stall in Klang that’s better (the Klang one serves it claypot style). Next time.

     

COLIN WAS SO HAPPY HE ALMOST PASSED OUT

On Saturday, after the church wedding, Brian took us to eat some fantabulous roasted pork. It’s the best damn roasted pork I’ve ever eaten. And I’ve eaten a lot of roasted pork! The tender meat has lovely layers of fat and the crackling is crispy but not hard. Not too salty, and it’s not smothered in that nasty sweet sauce the way it is in Singapore. I have the name of the road this time – Lorong Brunei Selatan – but I can’t give you directions because I don’t know how to get there myself (I’m sure Google Maps can help). The restaurant is called Wong Kee, and besides the roasted pork they also have char siew and roasted chicken. Didn’t get to taste the char siew as it was sold out by the time we got there at 1:30 pm, but the chicken is pretty good. You can help yourself to the soup, which is simmering in a big pot with lots of leftover roasted bits. Apparently, the bossman only starts serving at 12:30 pm sharp, not a minute earlier. If you show up early, you’ll find him sipping his kopi and reading the paper, keeping a keen eye on the clock. When he’s done, he’ll change his shirt, and only at 12:30 pm will you hear the glorious sound of his knife slicing through the crackling. By about 2:00 pm, it’s all gone. 

THE BOSSMAN. NOBODY MESSES WITH HIS MEAT.

Oh, it’s not cheap – for the four of us, we ordered four strips of roasted pork (RM12 per strip, each strip is about half an inch thick and six inches long), chicken for three people, plus three plates of rice, and drinks. It’s actually quite a lot, and I didn’t think we’d finish it all (but of course we did). Bill came up to RM83, so about RM21 per person which is pretty pricey considering you can get a plate of chicken rice with roasted pork and drinks at a coffee shop for about RM6 per person. But man, if I ever want to eat roasted pork when I’m in KL, it’ll be at Wong Kee! And next time, we’ll have to get there early and try the char siew as well.

HEAVEN

 

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