✍️ 3 Aug 2024. Back at Ah Wha kway teow soup noodle in Plentong, which is a top favourite of locals.
It was full house as usual at the old but bright coffee shop. Plentong isn't exactly the heart of JB city but Ah Wha packs regulars in from all over Johor, and even Singapore and KL, etc., for over two decades.
Hello towkay!!
陈少峰 has been working at his father Ah Hua's stall since he was 15 years old. In 1957, his father 陈悦华 Ah Hua founded the stall as a pushcart plying along Jalan Tan Hiok Nee.
In 2000, 陈少峰 opened this shop in Plentong and has been here ever since.
Three of us on a full day food trail, we just ordered the RM25 everything in serving. We opted for the dry noodle version with sauce today.
Towkay put the chili sauce, soy sauce, lard oil and vinegar gaw gaw (laying it on thick).
A good toss coated the soft tender rice noodles with quite robust complex savoury zesty spicy tangy sweet lardy flavours.
The pork soup clear and savoury porcine sweet.
Fully loaded, the kidney was expertly blanched to just the right doneness. Soft crunchy, subtly creamy, with a good natural taste.
Plump, succulent, soft creamy oysters.
I like these tender fresh lean pork strips with a bit of attached soft crunchy tendon. Tasted naturally porcine sweet 👍
Definitely good. Traditional flavours. Fresh ingredients. Expertly prepared and executed. Authentic nostalgic taste and atmosphere. Value for money.
Restaurant name: Ah Wha Eating House
Address: 45, Jalan Rotan Bakau, Taman Ria, 81750 Masai, Johor
Tel: +6013 778 8303
Hours: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm (Weds)
✍ 14 Jan 2014. Most people who grew up in Malaysia and Singapore have seen teh tarik, but what about soup tarik?
This is one of Johor Bahru's best known Teochew kway teow soup boss at work.
Most Chinese residents of Johor Bahru would have heard of Ah Hwa kway teow thng 亚华粿條汤. The original push cart stall was opened in 1957 at the Jalan Tan Hiok Nee area by the present boss' father 陈悅华 (阿华). The present boss (Tan Seaw Hong 陈少峰) has been working with his dad at Ah Hwa since he was 15 years old. Tan Seaw Hong moved here in Plentong in 2000 and is still running the shop named Ah Wha.
Over fifty years in the business, Mr Tan has a following of loyal regulars. This is the crowd on a Monday morning at 10:00am. There was a constant stream of regulars bringing their friends to this a little out of the way, somewhat dingy, gritty old coffee shop. There were many out of town visitors coming in car and van loads to visit Ah Wha.
I like this type of no frills, feed-people-not-camera place even though it is hot and humid as this type of dining culture is disappearing fast.
The humble boss was always friendly and cheerful when meeting hiscustomers guests. He is like a local celebrity :D
Our order arrived in about 15 minutes on a Monday morning. Weekend orders take at least 30 minutes.
At kway teow thng shops, I always order the "dry" version so that I can enjoy the best of both worlds, the sauce and also the soup. (Edit 2024: Actually, my taste has changed. Nowadays, I unconsciously opt for kway teow soup noodle instead of dry 😀 )
The soft kway teow noodles were topped with fresh pork slices, pork liver, minced pork and pieces of fried shallots. All the pork were cooked to just right doneness. I loved all the toppings, especially the crunchy and flavourful freshly fried shallots. The boss said they fry the shallots everyday at 4:00am in the morning. (No tasteless, factory fried "wood chips" here.)
The kway teow after tossing in the gooey tangy, sweet, spicy and savoury sauce. The sauce was a blend of mainly vinegar, dark soy, shallot oil, lard! and chili paste.
This is the bowl of light savoury broth (made with pork bone stock) that came with the kway teow.
In the soup, there were a few pieces of this wet, spongy fried fish maw 鱼螵.
There were a couple of this shell fish slices. We can upgrade to sliced abalone at additional cost. There's also succulent oysters, if you like to indulge in it.
We like the sauce so much that we ordered a small low she fun or rat tail noodles 老鼠粉 version totry satisfy our sudden craving.
The low she fun or mouse noodles 老鼠粉 tossed with the same tangy, sweet, spicy and savoury sauce. Love the aromatic and uniquely delightful sauce.
Even small details like this cut chili is done well. They were so fresh, juicy and crunchy!
Another customer's luxury edition with kidney and oysters, etc :P Will try this next round :D
I am so glad that I finally visited the legendary Ah Wha Eating House 亚华粿條汤 today, after missing it so many times. If you are a foodie, you need to drop by Ah Wha at least once to try it for yourself.
->> Long time favourite of JB people.
Restaurant name: Ah Wha Eating House 亚华粿條汤
Address:43 45, Jalan Rotan Bakau, Taman Ria (off Jalan Masai), Plentong, Johor Bahru
GPS: 1.520467,103.823406
Non Halal
The humble boss was always friendly and cheerful when meeting his
Our order arrived in about 15 minutes on a Monday morning. Weekend orders take at least 30 minutes.
At kway teow thng shops, I always order the "dry" version so that I can enjoy the best of both worlds, the sauce and also the soup. (Edit 2024: Actually, my taste has changed. Nowadays, I unconsciously opt for kway teow soup noodle instead of dry 😀 )
The soft kway teow noodles were topped with fresh pork slices, pork liver, minced pork and pieces of fried shallots. All the pork were cooked to just right doneness. I loved all the toppings, especially the crunchy and flavourful freshly fried shallots. The boss said they fry the shallots everyday at 4:00am in the morning. (No tasteless, factory fried "wood chips" here.)
The kway teow after tossing in the gooey tangy, sweet, spicy and savoury sauce. The sauce was a blend of mainly vinegar, dark soy, shallot oil, lard! and chili paste.
This is the bowl of light savoury broth (made with pork bone stock) that came with the kway teow.
In the soup, there were a few pieces of this wet, spongy fried fish maw 鱼螵.
There were a couple of this shell fish slices. We can upgrade to sliced abalone at additional cost. There's also succulent oysters, if you like to indulge in it.
We like the sauce so much that we ordered a small low she fun or rat tail noodles 老鼠粉 version to
The low she fun or mouse noodles 老鼠粉 tossed with the same tangy, sweet, spicy and savoury sauce. Love the aromatic and uniquely delightful sauce.
Even small details like this cut chili is done well. They were so fresh, juicy and crunchy!
Another customer's luxury edition with kidney and oysters, etc :P Will try this next round :D
I am so glad that I finally visited the legendary Ah Wha Eating House 亚华粿條汤 today, after missing it so many times. If you are a foodie, you need to drop by Ah Wha at least once to try it for yourself.
->> Long time favourite of JB people.
Other stalls from the Ah Hua kway teow soup noodle 陈悅华 family.
Restaurant name: Ah Wha Eating House 亚华粿條汤
Address:
GPS: 1.520467,103.823406
Tel: +6013 778 8303
Hours: 8:30am to 3:00pm (closed on Wednesday)
Non Halal
Date visited: 13 Jan 2014
Introduced Ah Wha to a wider Malaysian audience on NTV7 Foodie Blogger TV series in 2014. That time, my hair was black and I struggled more with speaking in Mandarin Chinese 😅
the add is Taman Ria.. not Raman Ria.. :P
ReplyDeleteAh yes, Thanks for pointing out.
DeleteOh yes. The food is very nice and the price is reasonable. I typically like their 'dry' version of koay teow.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. The food is very nice and the price is reasonable. I typically like their 'dry' version of koay teow.
ReplyDeleteYes, very nice. One of my favourite. always pack with customer. Hard to find seats😅
ReplyDeleteWah, if luv luv read this, tmr chiong JB again 😂
ReplyDeletePersonally prefer this Plentong 亚华 than the one at Jalan Segget.
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite!
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