Went to Restoran Oktober coffee shop for brekky and tried the wanton mee here.
港記云吞面 Kong Kee Wanton Mee is a popular stall at Restoran Oktober coffee shop. (Wanton mee seems more widespread in JB than in Singapore.)
Boss Ah Ping gets his noodles from a supplier but mixes his own sauces.
港記云吞面 serves old school Johor Bahru style wanton mee. Mound of egg noodles set on a shallow pool of sauce and topped with pale anaemic looking char siew. The accompanying small bowl of wantons in soup complete the RM5 set.
I am won over by Kong Kee's wanton mee because I like the eggy noodles and old school sauce.
The noodles are tender but have a firmer core which together gave the strands a nice crunchy bite. I can hear in my inner ears, the soft popping sound of noodles breaking between my chewing teeth. I always eat my wanton mee with old school lardy, savoury sweet sauce spiked with chili sauce for a slightly spicy kick.
Shiok.
The thing is, I still haven't gotten used to the JB style of wanton mee char siew. They're too lean for my liking, and have neither caramelisation nor char outside. I also can't appreciate the reddish food colour fringe. But, taste wise its savoury sweetness is quite likable actually, except that I am already spoilt by KL style char siew lah 😂
But, at Restoran Oktober, this "problem" is easily fixed. I'll tell you how later, once we settled the wantons 😄
Nice old school wantons with smooth skin wrapping savoury sweet thumbnail size knob of soft minced fatty pork. The simple clear savoury sweet soup was nice too.
Pro tip: Eat your crunchy, lardy Kong Kee wanton mee with one the best sio bak (roast pork) in JB from the roasts stall at Oktober coffee shop. 洪记烧腊鸡饭 roasts stall also has good char siew, but I like their sio bak better 👈 click
Wash it all down with excellent sweet soups like cheng thng from the dessert stall at the coffee shop.
Information for you 👌 I think Kong Kee's crunchy noodles pairs well with 洪记's roast pork to make a great meal at Restoran Oktober coffee shop. Don't forget the sweet soup from the dessert stall which would make your meal perfect 😋 Life can be so good, thanks to such simple affordable pleasures.
Restaurant name: 港記云吞面 (stall in Restoran Oktober)
Address: Junction of Jalan Bakawali 39 and 48, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru, Malaysia (stone's throw from Jusco Tebrau mall)
GPS: 1.542981, 103.793918 / 1°32'34.7"N 103°47'38.1"E
Hours: 7:00am to 3:00pm (Closed on alternate Weds)
Non Halal
Date visited: 28 May 2019
many thanks for your hard work and effort to share such food findings. truly appreciate your passion.
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