Kue Teow Meng is one of the most famous Traditional Teochew kway teow soup stalls in JB.
Nearly
Besides the crowd at the kopitiam, there is always an endless stream of takeaway orders.
At Kue Teow Meng, only Ah Meng the master does the cooking.
(But, recently Ah Meng has an assistant cooking with another stove to speed things up especially during peak hours.)
Even turning out bowls of kway teow at the rate of one per minute, customers still have to wait, especially during lunch. But, everyone waits patiently as they all love Ah Meng's special touch with the kway teow.
I ordered the basic RM5 set (2013 price) which consists of a bowl of kway teow noodles with sauce, and thin slices of pork plus a bowl of soup with liver slices.
The kway teow and sauce were good but didn't really blew me over as there are other kway teow stalls in JB that serve a similar standard of kway teow.
To me, Ah Meng's artistry is in how well he cooked the ingredients like this pork liver. The liver was expertly cooked so that it has bouncy mouth feel, and inside, it is smooth with a fine powdery texture. Ah Meng's humble pork liver tasted like some of the foie gras I have tried.
The tiny and thin pork slices were sweet and soaked up some of the sauce when I tossed the kway teow in the bowl. This turned the tender pork slices sweet, savoury and slightly spicy - I like this.
I look for stalls that make their soup in huge drums with all the bone stock goodness simmering inside. Kue Teow Meng's pork broth is light yet full flavoured, infused with layers of savouriness, clean tasting and have very little oil. There's also the subtle green taste from lettuce and savoury saltiness from preserved vegetable (tong cai).
At additional cost, customers can have fresh oysters, pork kidney, fish and other choice ingredients.
This is another customer's well endowed bowl with shellfish and fish slices.
Even turning out bowls of kway teow at the rate of one per minute, customers still have to wait, especially during lunch. But, everyone waits patiently as they all love Ah Meng's special touch with the kway teow.
I ordered the basic RM5 set (2013 price) which consists of a bowl of kway teow noodles with sauce, and thin slices of pork plus a bowl of soup with liver slices.
The kway teow and sauce were good but didn't really blew me over as there are other kway teow stalls in JB that serve a similar standard of kway teow.
To me, Ah Meng's artistry is in how well he cooked the ingredients like this pork liver. The liver was expertly cooked so that it has bouncy mouth feel, and inside, it is smooth with a fine powdery texture. Ah Meng's humble pork liver tasted like some of the foie gras I have tried.
The tiny and thin pork slices were sweet and soaked up some of the sauce when I tossed the kway teow in the bowl. This turned the tender pork slices sweet, savoury and slightly spicy - I like this.
I look for stalls that make their soup in huge drums with all the bone stock goodness simmering inside. Kue Teow Meng's pork broth is light yet full flavoured, infused with layers of savouriness, clean tasting and have very little oil. There's also the subtle green taste from lettuce and savoury saltiness from preserved vegetable (tong cai).
At additional cost, customers can have fresh oysters, pork kidney, fish and other choice ingredients.
This is another customer's well endowed bowl with shellfish and fish slices.
Restaurant name: Kue Teow Meng 果条明
Address: 112, Jalan Meranti, Taman Melodies, Johor Bahru
GPS: 1.495344,103.765429
Tel: +60 10 669 9931
Hours: 7:30am to 8:00pm (closed on Monday)
Non Halal
Date visited: 13 Nov 2013 | Reviewed 5 Apr 2022 | Updated 29 Apr 2023
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Kue Teow Meng - Formerly known as "Ah Meng Kway Teow"(previously located at the corner coffeeshop next to "The Store" in Taman Sentosa, JB.
ReplyDeleteKue Teow Meng - Ah Meng(the big brother cooking the kway teow) is the discipler of Ah Hwa
Ah Hwa Kway Teow(at Plentong) - Operated by the elder son of Ah Hwa
Ah Hwa Kway Teow(at Taman Century, opp. KSL City) - Operated by the younger son "Steven" of Ah Hwa Kway Teow(at Sekee Restaurant) - Operated by the ex-wife of the younger son "Steven" of Ah Hwa.
Thank you for the info
DeleteAh Hwa (Plentong) - uses Tang-Oh 茼蒿 , no fishballs or fish cakes
ReplyDeleteAh Hwa(the other 2 branches) and Ah meng - uses romaine lettuce
Soup wise, I prefer the one in Plentong.
Thanks. Appreciate your comment.
DeleteTried this stall this morning. Good. I like it. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi John, glad your enjoyed it too.
DeleteNot bad but they are charging a lot nowadays. I would rather go Tua Tow for old school JB teochew Kuey Teow soup.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to both for a while. Time to revisit :-D
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