I am a fan of curry pork and also of pork ribs, especially that part with the cartilage. So when Mdm Chan, the lady boss of Fourstorey 四楼小吃 told me that their signature curry pork ribs is made with that part with the cartilage on, I didn't wait long to return to the stall. Actually, I was back the next day.
Old Bukit Indah stall.
Fourstorey 四楼小吃 used to be the very popular curry rice stall in Taman Bukit Indah. At the Bukit Indah stall, they used to sell the whole range of curry meat and vegetable dishes to go with their fragrant rice.
Old Bukit Indah stall.
Recently, the stall moved to the 4 storey flats at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah. The lady boss told me that they decided to move because their previous stall was a mobile road side stall. Though business was good, whenever it rains, it would wash out the day's business. So, they decided to move indoors into this stall in a kopitiam.
It's been nearly four months since they started business here and Fourstorey is gradually getting their old clientele back and building their new customer support.
The two pieces of chunky pork ribs came smothered by a layer of smooth, almost creamy curry. The "cream" came from santan and potatoes, so the curry had a pleasant natural sweetness blended with both hot and fragrant spices. The curry was a blend of sweet, mild spiciness, savouriness from the pork and aromas from the ground spices such as star anise. The spiciness of the curry was just right - it did not overpower but instead complement the subtle, natural flavour of the pork.
Ah.. that tender and delicious curry pork rib. That piece of cartilage between the flesh gave the tender, perfumed meat an interesting crunchiness.
I plopped a couple of dollops of the curry onto the rice. The rice was cooked with pandan leaves, lemon grass and fried shallot oil. The rice had a nice fragrance and subtle oiliness that made it an additive pleasure.
The curry pork rib rice is served with this tangy, sweet and savoury archar (crunchy vegetable pickles). I found that the archar went very well together with the fragrant rice at Fourstorey 四楼小吃 .
This curry pork ribs is definitely a Must Try (curry pork ribs is available only during the weekends).
Restaurant name: Fourstorey Kway Teow Kia 四楼小吃
Address: No 0118, Blok 20, Jalan Pendekar 1, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Johor Bahru
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/SDfka
GPS: 1.513217,103.651789
Hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm (Mon & Tues off)
Non Halal
Date visited: 10 Apr 2013, 12 Apr 2013
Have you tried the curry pork ribs at Restoran Jin Seng in Jalan Harmonium, Taman Desa Tebrau? Would like to hear your comparison of the curry pork ribs from these two places. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have not :P and have been talking to my kakis about trying that very famous one. Hope to try it soon :))
ReplyDeleteHello Tony Johor kaki, Can please check again where did the Curry Pork Rib at Four Storey shifted as of 20/06/2013 visited the place but was nowhere and other stall told me that they had packed up due to not much business. No luck today to try their Curry Pork Rib.
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Michael
If you can... Could you obtain the recipe for this curry? Please=D=D=D=D=D
ReplyDeleteTony is sad to tell you , this shop is close ,Do remind fans of yours , i've been there 3 months ago , the next door hawker told me they had move to no where to be trace ,
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