✍️16 Dec 2024. Revisited Senai town this morning. Lady boss at Min Kee still remembers me even though my hair had turned to snow since I was last here in 2016 😅
Rediscovering Senai, tried a couple of new stalls, noted down a few stalls to check out for next trip.
This part of Senai changed but not by much during the past 8 years. Some of my favourites are gone while some new shops / stalls have came up which I need to try over time.
Truth be told, I am already full by the time I returned to Min Kee after my rounds (which didn't turned up anything new that was mind blowing 🤷, but that's life lah).
I didn't want to try their popular laksa again this time as I had already reviewed it. You can read the review by scrolling down to the archive section of this article.
So I ordered their kway teow soup, more to keep my promise that I will be back. Price RM9.
It's a very basic rendition of blanched rice noodles soaking in pork soup with liver and lean pork slices. That's all but it met my need for the moment and I didn't have any high expectations.
But, the first mouthful of pork soup made me sit up. It had a moderate smooth body (i.e. not watery) and full savoury porcine sweet flavours with a subtle lardy overlay from lard croutons and a bit of lard oil.
Nice.
The rice noodles though generic were blanched just right, soft tender. The soup clinging to the broad strands imparted its savoury sweet lardy flavours to the noodles, so they were slurpingly delicious.
The thin pork liver slices were cooked through and right. Fresh, tender crunchy, and tasty.
Likewise, the thin tender lean pork slices were fresh and sweet.
It's just a no frills, no dress up, basic kway teow soup but it was so comforting good, the type you trust and can't get bored with. If I live near here, I can have it every week for sure.
Oh.. I like my kopi C kosong here too. Full body, robust bitter sweet taste, not too sweet.
Restaurant name: Restoran Min Kee (coffee shop)
Address: 11-2, Jalan Senai 10, Lorong, 1, Kampung Baru Senai, 81400 Senai, Johor Darul Ta'zim
Tel: +607 598 2612
Hours: 5am - 2pm (Weds off)
Written by Tony Boey on 16 Dec 2024
✍ 29 Jan 2016. So glad to find Min Kee 明记茶室 as it is a good place for breakfast before boarding that early morning flight out of Senai International Airport.
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Min Kee is off busy Jalan Senai 10 which is at the overhead pedestrian bridge along Lebuhraya Senai (Senai Highway).
Restoran Min Kee and Restoran Evon is side by side. (I am not sure what Restoran Evon serves as it was closed when I was there.)
Five foot way eating outside Restoran Min Kee. I love small town eating like this.
Inside Min Kee coffee shop, a breakfast scene repeated all over Malaysia.
Ms Chen's family runs this stall in Min Kee for over thirty years. The little coffee shop serves pork noodle soup and also curry laksa.
This morning we tried only the curry laksa as we have a lunch appointment. RM5.50 for the largest serving. (Shall be back for the pork noodle soup.)
This curry laksa is good!
The curry is solidly packed with well balanced sweet, savoury and spicy flavours. The curry is thick and creamy - so heavy, I think it will help us sleep on that flight out of Senai 🤭
The sambal chili that comes with the curry laksa is good too. Freshly made, has a distinct crustacean taste, mildly spicy.
The curry laksa is garnished with generic, unremarkable fish ball, pork ball, tau pok and roughly chopped pieces of char siew. There is no see hum (cockles).
Ms Chen said that this style is tuned to the preference of the local residents in Senai.
Min Kee's curry laksa broth makes everything tastes good.
We have a lunch appointment but couldn't resist another bowl of Min Kee's laksa.
This time we tried curry laksa with loh see fun ("rat tail" noodles 老鼠粉). This is my first time having curry laksa with loh see fun.
It's fun :-D
Look Ma, no chopsticks.
Reminds me of curry laksa in Singapore, where the thick bee hoon is cut into stubby short strands so that it can be scooped up with a Chinese style soup spoon.
Min Kee's curry laksa broth makes anything tastes good :-D
While you are here, get a coffee. It's got body, nice aroma and tastes good too.
->> If you are in the Senai area, Min Kee is a place for a solid laksa and good coffee. The laksa is creamy with coconut milk and loaded with aromatic spices.
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Restaurant name: Restoran Min Kee 明记茶室
Address: Lorong 1, 81400 Senai, Johor, Malaysia (off Jalan Senai 10)
GPS: 1.601425, 103.643705 | 1°36'05.1"N 103°38'37.3"E
Hours: 5:30am to 2:00pm (Closed on Weds)
Non Halal
Date visited: 29 Jan 2016
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The curry laksa is garnished with generic, unremarkable fish ball, pork ball, tau pok and roughly chopped pieces of char siew. There is no see hum (cockles).
Ms Chen said that this style is tuned to the preference of the local residents in Senai.
Min Kee's curry laksa broth makes everything tastes good.
We have a lunch appointment but couldn't resist another bowl of Min Kee's laksa.
This time we tried curry laksa with loh see fun ("rat tail" noodles 老鼠粉). This is my first time having curry laksa with loh see fun.
It's fun :-D
Look Ma, no chopsticks.
Reminds me of curry laksa in Singapore, where the thick bee hoon is cut into stubby short strands so that it can be scooped up with a Chinese style soup spoon.
Min Kee's curry laksa broth makes anything tastes good :-D
While you are here, get a coffee. It's got body, nice aroma and tastes good too.
->> If you are in the Senai area, Min Kee is a place for a solid laksa and good coffee. The laksa is creamy with coconut milk and loaded with aromatic spices.
What to eat in Senai town (on the way to the airport) 👈 click
Restaurant name: Restoran Min Kee 明记茶室
Address: Lorong 1, 81400 Senai, Johor, Malaysia (off Jalan Senai 10)
GPS: 1.601425, 103.643705 | 1°36'05.1"N 103°38'37.3"E
Hours: 5:30am to 2:00pm (Closed on Weds)
Non Halal
Date visited: 29 Jan 2016
Delicious combination of sweetish laksa with good bitter coffee.
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