If bak chor mee is the comfort food of most Singaporean Chinese, then over in Johor Bahru, it is Teochew kuey teow thng 潮州粿条汤.
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Lao Tee Kue Teow in Taman Sentosa, Johor Bahru 大丰老弟潮州粿条汤
If bak chor mee is the comfort food of most Singaporean Chinese, then over in Johor Bahru, it is Teochew kuey teow thng 潮州粿条汤.
Poh Kee 宝记 Teochew Noodle Soup in Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru
When people ask me what is my favourite food, mee pok doesn't come to mind. But whenever I am at a food centre, after going around a couple of times looking, more often than not, it is the mee pok stall that I settled for. When I am far from home and miss home food, it is mee pok that I think of, not char kway teow, and certainly not chili crab.
So when my friend Jeff shared on Johor Yummy group about his favourite mee pok shop in JB, I wasted no time to check it out. You can trust Jeff's word on mee pok - his brother runs the famous mee pok shop in Permas Jaya, JB.
When I saw that customers were spilling over the side walks at 11:00am at Poh Kee 宝记, I knew this has to be something special. Somehow, popular old style noodle shops in JB look similar in the way the people gather :)
I approached the lady boss hesitantly and mumbled half audibly something to the effect of "老板娘 (lady boss), your food is very nice. May I take some photos of you at work?" The lady boss's spontaneous response immediately put me at ease :)
Soon the friendly boss, Mr. Tan, joined us at our table to chat. Mr. Tan was in the logging industry in Indonesia before retiring and returning to Johor Bahru. Since returning to JB, Mr. Tan sold wanton mee for a while in Taman Pelangi and when the opportunity arose about a year ago, he moved here to start this Teochew kway teow stall.
Mr. Tan and his wife are food lovers and have been making and enjoying old style Teochew kway teow soup all these years. So, when the time came to make it a business, it was almost second nature for the Tans. Furthermore, the Tans already had a following from their wanton mee stall and friends from their logging business. Within a year, Poh Kee Teochew noodles stall became a famous name in JB.
My friend Euginn's RM5 bowl of mee pok comes with 3 pork balls, a fish ball, a few slices of fish cake, some small prawns and a small handful of minced lean pork. There was also a small bowl of prawn and pork soup.
My RM7.00 bowl had the same ingredients except for a larger mound of mee pok noodles.
The broad mee pok noodles were gently crunchy, pleasingly al dente. The sauce was subtly spicy from the home made chili sauce and had savoury hints from lard and soy sauce.
This prawn is not big but it is a wild sea prawn. Mr. Tan said that only this species of wild sea prawn can produce that distinctive prawny umami (savoury) flavour in the soup.
To me, Poh Kee's handmade fish ball set it apart from the rest. Poh Kee's fish balls are 100% fish meat with no starch added. They are bouncy but in a nicer way than those perfectly round "ping pong" starch/fish balls.
Mr. Tan gets up at 5:00am each business day to make these fish balls using Ikan Parang. Only a small quantity is made each day - just enough for the day's business. So, everything is fresh.
The thin slice of fish cake. Same flavour as the fish ball but a different mouth feel.
Each bowl comes with three pork balls. Bought from supplier so they were average, though good enough.
The pork bone and prawn soup was savoury and the prawny umami flavour was distinct.
The pot of lard at Poh Kee 宝记. For some people, just a dollop of this potent liquid makes
Another customer's RM5 mee kia. I like Poh Kee's style of minced pork - Lau Tee another famous mee pok stall in JB has the same style of minced lean pork. Finely ground pork with little fat, blanched in the savoury prawn broth. At average stalls, the minced pork is coarser and has more fat.
Poh Kee is another excellent Teochew noodle stall in JB worth trying.
Restaurant name: Poh Kee 宝记 Teochew Noodle Soup
Address: Junction of Jalan Biru and Jalan Merah, Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru (stall inside San Low seafood restaurant)
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/5Qb11
GPS: 1.472161,103.774784
Hours: 7:30am to 3:00pm
Non Halal
Date visited: 12 Aug 2013
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Ah Hua Kway Teow Thng📍Taman Century (near KSL Resort) Johor Bahru, Malaysia 亚华粿條汤
✍ 7 Nov 2012. Johor Bahru is sometimes known as the "小汕头 Little Swatow" as most Chinese here are Teochews. Stalls and shops selling the Teochew style of kway teow thng 粿條汤 are therefore found in nearly every corner of JB.
Ah Hua Kway Teow Thng 亚华粿條汤 is one of the oldest and most famous of JB's Teochew kway teow thng. Founded in 1957, the original shop used to be in
Teochew Kway Teow Soup @ Restoran Ah Huang in Johor Jaya, JB, Malaysia 亞方餐室 ☏ +6012 787 0511
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| Restoran Ah Huang 亞方 | 16, Jalan Teratai 8, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru ☏ +6012 787 0511 ⏰7am to 3pm (Weds off) |
Yong Hwa Kway Teow @ Taman Perling in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Kway teow soup, which is a Teochew staple, can be found everywhere in Johor Bahru. Among the more popular ones, Yong Hwa is the local favourite in Taman Perling.
The design of the shop is a blend of the modern and traditional. The bright contemporary sign board stands out among the shop lots along Jalan Persisiran Perling 1. Yong Hwa has a cool comfortable air conditioned section like many modern cafés. It is very popular with customers who welcome a respite from the searing afternoon sun and stifling tropical humidity.
At the front of the shop, the cooking area and the ingredients are laid out like a traditional push cart stall – charming and attractive.
At the front of the shop, the cooking area and the ingredients are laid out like a traditional push cart stall – charming and attractive.
The wide range of super fresh ingredients sits colourfully on a bed of cold ice cubes. Customers can pick any additional ingredients that they want at extra cost. There are prawns, fish slices, abalone slices, fish cakes and many more.
The kway teow with the fresh rice fragrance is soft, thin, and melts in your mouth. In fact, it will start to "melt" as you stir it with the fragrant chili and dark sauce.
For RM4, we get a load of different ingredients with the soup like handmade pork ball, tofu, fish ball, lean pork slices, and liver. All are skillfully done just right by the stall holder.
The clear soup is naturally sweet as it is made by boiling fresh pork bones and also seafood.
Definitely a worthy favourite among kway teow soup shops.
The clear soup is naturally sweet as it is made by boiling fresh pork bones and also seafood.
Definitely a worthy favourite among kway teow soup shops.
Restaurant name: Yong Hwa Huey Teow
Address: 501, Jalan Persisiran Perling 1, Taman Perling, Johor Bahru
Hours: (closed on Monday)
Non Halal
Date visited: 6 Mar 2012
No Lard Fish Ball Kway Teow Soup @ Ah Hua 亚华 along Jalan Stulang Darat, Johor Bahru
I pass this Ah Hua 亚华 fish ball noodle shop a few times before but never stopped to try it as I somehow do not fancy franchises. I did notice that this corner shop is quite popular even though it is along, rather out of the way, Jalan Stulang Darat. I finally gave it a try on a day when all my favourites in the area were closed.
It turned out to be a surprise find ☻
First, this Ah Hua 亚华 has no relations with its famous namesakes sprinkled around JB. I found that out after asking the owner, if they are related. The owner told me they have no relations at all and their shop started as a push cart stall at the beach (facing Woodlands, Singapore
So, what is so special about this fish ball kway teow shop? After all, even handmade fish balls are everywhere in JB.
The first thing that struck me was the fragrant sauce. Its aroma was subtle and coated the kway teow with a light, fresh flavour. When I asked the owner did he use lard to make the sauce since it was so flavourful, he surprised me by replying, no.
The soft kway teow coated with a fine film of soy sauce and shallot oil blend was lip smacking delicious. The bean sprouts (tau geh) stirred into the kway teow were crunchy and fun to bite. The tau geh made a rather loud gashing sound in my ear bones as I chewed on it.
The unevenly shaped, homemade, handmade fish balls were bouncy, tender yet firm, and had a delightful fresh fish fragrance. These were one of the best fish balls that I have ever tasted.
Look, they take a lot of trouble to keep the fish balls fresh. The fresh fish balls are kept under a constant stream of cool running water.
The clear soup has that old time 古早 taste and aroma, triggering memories of my primary school tuckshop’s kway teow soup stall.
I took a look at their steaming big pot of soup and saw lots of soy beans and anchovies tumbling around crazily inside the furiously boiling, bubbling broth.
I love this Ah Hua 亚华 kway teow soup shop. This will be my kway teow soup of the day whenever I am on cholesterol quota preservation mode.
Restaurant name: Ah Hua 亚华 Handmade Fish Ball Kway Teow Noodles
Address: G-08, Jalan Pandan 1, Pangsarpuri Impian Stulang, Johor Bahru
GPS: 1.472768,103.77802
Hours: 12:00 Noon to 4:00pm (Closed on Monday)
Hours: 12:00 Noon to 4:00pm (Closed on Monday)
Non Halal
Date visited: 22 Feb 2012
Kway Teow Soup @ Soon Yee Restaurant in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah
Soon Yee is an old style noodle shop in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah with its following of regulars consisting mainly of residents in the nearby housing estate. Soon Yee's main selling point is its mackerel fish balls, freshly hand made at the shop everyday.
I had a dry kway teow which comes with a bowl of soup with fish and pork balls.
The kway teow is outstanding. I love it. The kway teow is thin, tastes clear and fresh. It is smooth and has the flavour of freshly ground rice - an aroma that I have not experienced for a long time.
The sauce made mainly of soy sauce and lard is simple but superb. The kway teow and the sauce is like a Chinese ink brush painting - the delicate flavour of the sauce is like ink subtly brushed on thin white rice paper.
The clear soup made from pork and fish bones has a strong fragrance and distinctive taste of fresh mackerel. I love this but am not sure if such a robust fish flavour would appeal to everyone.
The pork balls look more like irregular lumps of meat than balls as they are made by hand. It is naturally sweet and fresh. Tendon tissue is ground and mixed into the pork ball - the bits of tendon add to its chewy texture.
This is the deep fried version of the same pork ball. Same taste, different texture.
The mackerel fish ball or lump. Again sweet, fresh and flavourful.
The same mackerel fish ball, deep fried version.
I need to mention their chili sauce. This sauce made from fresh red chili and garlic is top quality. For those who like a little more kick on their taste buds, this will spice up the subtle taste and flavour of the fish and pork balls.
This green chili in white vinegar is crunchy and fresh. The chili has spring and is tenderly crispy to the bite. It goes very well with the fish and meat balls - gives it a spicy bite while retaining the meat's subtleties.
I love the kway teow here and the fish and pork balls are great accompaniments. The homely atmosphere and coffee shop chatter here also make me feel very comfortable.
Restaurant name: Soon Yee Restaurant
Address: 29 Jalan Perkasa 4, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai, Johor
Hours: 7:00am to 1:00pm (closed on Tuesdays)
Non Halal
Date visited: 30 Jan 2012
Sang Heng 甡兴 Kway Teow Soup in Johor Bahru Old Town - Heritage Trail Edition
Johor Bahru, 23 Jan 1966. I was downtown to do some business at the bank today. By the time I was done, it was already lunch time and I was starving.
Teochew Abalone Kway Teow Soup @ Yong Xin in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah
Yong Xin’s fare is typical of traditional Teochew style kway teow soup.
Teochews make up the majority of Chinese in Johor Bahru, so it is no
surprise that kway teow soup shops selling this Teochew comfort food is
ubiquitous here
Teochew Kway Teow Soup @ Sang Heng 甡兴 in Johor Bahru Old Town
To say that Sang Heng 甡兴 Teochew kway teow soup stall is an institution in Johor Bahru is neither a cliché nor an exaggeration.
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