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| Ho Seng Kee Wanton Mee 📍36 Jalan Harimau Tarum, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru ☎ +6012 710 7140 ⏰ 8am - 9pm |
✍ 14 Dec 2025. Been following Ho Seng Kee since 2012 from Century Garden to City Square Mall and now back at Century Garden (Taman Abad).
JB wanton mee lovers know Ho Seng Kee. It's an old name founded in 1939 and now in the third generation.
Japanese soldiers fighting in Johor Bahru in 1941. Ho Seng Kee was already in business before this happened. This bowl of humble wanton mee has been through and seen much through the years.
Back in a shop lot after several years in City Square Mall. It's like homecoming for me as I first tasted Ho Seng Kee's wanton mee in Taman Century (near KSL Mall, beside the Caltex petrol station).
This Century Garden shop is very comfortable. Aircon, clean, bright, spacious enough, service is efficient and friendly.
Now Ho Seng Kee is just off the Terbrau Highway, opposite Plaza Pelangi.
I just ordered a small serving this time. There's choice of white 原味 (lard and aromatic oil), red (chili) and black (dark soy sauce). I opted for black i.e. dark soy sauce.
Lots of sauce, more than enough to coat every strand dark, with a bit of slick from lard.
Biting into the strands, my mind's reasons for loving Ho Seng Kee's wanton mee rush back.
It's the unique crunchy texture of the slightly flatten chicken & duck egg noodles. I mean, there are several top band wanton mee brands in Johor Bahru and they all have nice textures (e.g. Chin Chin, Ah B, Grandpapatee, Uncle Koh, HW, and many more). They are all different and Ho Seng Kee stood out with its own unique mouth feel.
The savoury dark sauce was nice, if a little flat, and the lard didn't make its presence felt strongly.
The char siew was the usual Johor way, lean, slightly dry, a bit of toasty, savoury flavours.
Three solid wantons (pork dumpling) packed tightly with savoury sweet tender minced pork.
Nice traditional umami savoury soup (with dried sole fish).
A nice, old school, competitively priced wanton mee at RM8 something for this serving.
Restaurant name: Ho Seng Kee Wanton Mee
Address: 36, Jalan Harimau Tarum, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru
Public Bus: J10, J11, J20, J22,
Tel: +6012 710 7140
Hours: 8am - 9pm
Written by Tony Boey on 14 Dec 2025
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✍ 8 Jan 2012. Ho Seng Kee in Taman Century is one of the most established wanton mee shops in JB.
At Ho Seng Kee, the noodles, wanton and char siew are served in one bowl. A small bowl of clear soup is also provided. The set costs RM4.50 (2012 price).
Ho Seng Kee’s noodles which are made daily at their own factory are fresh, soft, springy and crunchy – as top class wanton noodles should be. The sauce is excellent – it is light, fragrant and just subtly spicy. The amount of sauce provided is just enough to coat the noodles with a thin film of flavour.
The resulting wanton mee which is relatively dry provides a delightful taste experience that has earned Ho Seng Kee a large following of regular customers.
Ho Seng Kee’s wantons are large and filled with generous portions of lightly marinated minced marbled pork. Each bite of the meaty wantons releases the natural sweetness of fresh pork and the fragrance of sesame oil.
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Restaurant name: Ho Seng Kee Wanton Noodles
Address: Jalan Kancil, Century Gardens
Tel: +6012 710 7140
Hours: Daily
Non Halal
Date visited: 6 Jan 2012, 20 Dec 2012
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This has to be the best Wanton Noodle in JB. Growing up here I've tried many of them. Some taste close to Ho Seng Kee, but none others, especially mostly manned by their 2nd Gen now, come close to this one. Ho Seng Kee definitely produces the most consistent Wanton Noodle. The quality, dryness, taste, everything, is almost the same everytime you visit. The noodle doesn't give you the "gan sui mei" like many other stalls. I'd be turned off by that.
ReplyDeleteThe others can be good sometime, but if you are someone who suddenly crave for good noodle out of the blue moon, you may be lucky getting good ones from other stalls, but running into a subpar bowl of noodle is really depressing.
That's why people I know in KL come all the way down for them, and they usually close quite early. The only cons is it may be pricier than some others (some only).
My 2 cents.
Thank you cy for sharing your interesting insights :)
DeleteTried the wantan mee today at lunchtime. The large crowd resulted in a 30 minute wait. The verdict - nice tasting wantan mee, but the accompanying small bowl of soup was tasteless, and they charged RM2.50 for a can of Coke, which is pretty exorbitant
ReplyDeletewant to try this soon
ReplyDeleteAte there at Jalan Kancil recently and introduced this place to 3 friends.
ReplyDeleteThey all liked the noodles.
I ate at his old stall at the small coffeeshop in Jalan Meldrum area. At that time after you clear the JB immigration, you usually pass through that area and the hawkers there had booming business.
It is quieter now in Jalan Meldrum.
Nothing very amazing. Char Siew is thinly sliced and noodles portion is pathetic. Service is bad(asked to wait for 30mins, after 40 mins I checked and she said that already told that it will be more than 30mins)
ReplyDeleteWorst service ever..waited for 1 hour for the meal..crazy..taste was so so only..there are far more nicer shop than this one..how come JB people like to eat here..im puzzled..give 2/10
ReplyDeleteSome people are masochistic - why would people eat at the Lorong Selamat char kway teow with the arrogant proprietress or at the abusive Wong Kei Restaurant in London's Chinatown...you get my drift. As they say, the abuse is free...
DeleteOne of the best WTM in JB. For the long wait, it is still worth it. - Singaporean here.
ReplyDeleteThey'll be moving to 6th floor of City Square in August 2015. Saw this notice at their shop 2 weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteWe must have just missed you then! My aunty who grew up in jb and moved to Canada over 30 years ago, says that this is the taste she grew up with.
ReplyDelete#hosengkee
Enjoy eating this noodle since the 80s. Still patronizing the shop and will continue to do so because my whole family loves their noodles 😊😋🥰
ReplyDeleteis it same pricing with their outlet at city square?
ReplyDeleteI’m with you. I’ve been back twice since they’ve moved to this location. Prices have dropped a fair bit.
ReplyDeleteThe only issue is parking problem, need to park at food court parking lot
ReplyDeletePhillip Low No change. Basically the shop unit is at the town fringe and more compact. I believe rental is much more manageable. Standard is fabulous. Elton the owner still personally helms the operations when I was there
ReplyDeleteWill be there this Wednesday! Yummy
ReplyDeleteI belong another party who root for grandpapa Tee or ah B tampoi wtm to be the best 2 wtm of JB. Not this.
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