Kedai Kopi Yik Chan - Bidor

Besides Melaka, my family also made a trip to Penang when my eldest sister Annie came back from UK with her two sons for holiday. On the way from KL to Penang, we stopped over in Bidor for lunch. Fed up with the usual 'Pun Chun Restaurant', my Dad took us to this place called Kedai Kopi Yik Chan. It is located behind Pun Chun, that is the first right turn after the traffic light at the KFC. It is in one of the pre war building. Remember to place your parking ticket on your dashboard. You can buy the parking ticket at a shop just a few doors away from this Kedai Kopi Yik Chan.
Hand written menu on the board.
As there are about 10 of us, my Dad decides to order dishes to go with rice. They have fried noodles and rice too.

The restaurant is quite old and not very clean and the people managing the shop are old aunties and uncles. I guess the shop has been around for about half a century old. Hope the old 'sifu' is still around or has passed down his culinary skill to his younger generation for us to taste good food.

Look at the 'aging table' !
These are what we ordered :

I was quite disappointed with the Stir Fried Choy Sum, they looked so big and old but to my surprise they are so fresh, sweet and crispy. Lesson learned : don't judge the food by its look.

The children favourite : Fried Prawn Wantan with Sweet and Sour Sauce. There are well marinated prawn wrapped with wantan sheet. The prawn is juicy and fresh. The Sweet and Sour Sauce is served in a separated bowl and I find it is quite spicy and sour. The children did not dip the sauce.

This is Braised Ginger Duck which I find not very good and oily. It lacks of ginger and tauchu (sweet bean paste) taste.

Steamed Fish (Soon Hock) with Soy Sauce is good. The fish is fresh and the aroma of the soy sauce is just right.

My sister favourite, Yam Basket is very good. The yam is soft and creamy and the filling is very tasty too.

Total bill come up to about RM150 inclusive of 4cans of 100plus and Chinese tea. Next time if I pass by Bidor and think of 吃饭 ( eat rice) I will come back again.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!

Teo Soon Leong Chan Teo Chew Seafood Restaurant-Melaka

I was told that Goh Chok Tong (S'pore PM) ate at this little Teochew Restaurant in Melaka and I added this restaurant in my 'must eat list' in my recent Melaka trip. The restaurant is located at No.55, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 75200 Melaka and the contact number is 012-6066503. They even have a website at http://www.tslcmalaysia.com/ .



From this well designed name card, you may be impressed and think this is a fine dining place but..........

This is it.....the interior of the restaurant, very small 70s looking restaurant in one of the horizontal alley in Jonker Street. The kitchen is at the front portion of the restaurant. The restaurant reminds me of some of the small back alley Chinese restaurants in Macau.



The boss will bring you to a seafood and vegetables display counter and take down orders of what you choose from the counter. You may choose from cheap to expensive stuff depending on your budget.



The first dish we had was Fried Noodles with Oyster. The Boss told us that the noodles taste better if we mix vinegar and chopped garlic into it and he was right, the noodles tasted really good. The noodles texture was springy and full of aroma.



Next was Steamed Pomfret (Tau Dai) in Teochew style. I prefer it to be a bit sourish but overall it tasted good. The fish was fresh and the meat was firm.



We ordered this Roasted Suckling Pig (RSP) upon recommendation of the Boss and we did not regret it. The RSP was very crispy and there was only a very fine and thin layer of fat between the meat and the roasted skin. Really yummy!







The Stir Fried Baby Kailan was full of 'wok hei' and fresh.





We had Braised Teochew Duck too but I did not take any picture of it because everyone was too quick with the dish. The Braised Teochew Duck was not very fat, the meat was lean and the 'weird duck smell' was well covered with herb and spices.



As for dessert, we have Mangoes and this all time favourite of my family, Or Nee (Sweet Yam Paste) come with pumpkin and ginkgo nuts.





In our individual bowl ; the yam paste was very smooth and not too sweet but I find it lacked of yam taste. But overall it still tasted good to go with the mashed pumpkin and sweetened ginkgo nuts. The total bill costs about RM400 for 9 persons plus inclusive of 4 soft drinks, Chinese tea and a bottle of red wine. Please be reminded that they don't accept any credit card. For parking, you can park your car at Kota Laksamana behind Heeren House and walk about 5minutes to the restaurant. Book table earlier to avoid disappointment.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!

HAKKA YONG TAU FOO - KEPONG , KL

Yong Tau Foo is one of my favourite food. Besides the famous Ampang Yong Tau Foo, there are many other places that sell good and tasty Yong Tau Foo. My friend recommended this place to me a few months ago and now I like to frequent this place whenever I crave for Yong Tau Foo. The location of the place is one of the reasons and also because Yong Tau Foo is a low-carb food with many variety of vegetable, so it is not that fattening.

This place is in Kepong Baru, if you drive along Jalan Kepong main road, pass the Jaya Jusco on your left , go straight pass the Shell petrol station, a mosque and another petrol station Caltex again, turn left immediately after the Caltex, go straight pass two rows of 2 storey shoplots until you see a row of single storey terrace house and a road sign: Jalan Development, turn left again, go straight and you will see the Yong Tau Foo shop below :

Besides Yong Tau Foo, they also have Chee Cheong Fun and Nasi Lemak, but I had CCF to go with my Yong Tau Foo.

My selection of Yong Tau Foo consists of : Brinjal, Tau Pok, FuChuk, Chili, Bittergourd, Lady's Finger @ RM.080 per piece.

Hubby and my breakfast:

The Yong Tau Foo stuffing is generous and fresh, can taste a lot of pure fish meat and they serve with tasty soup instead of starchy gravy. Besides Yong Tau Foo, they have Curry Fish Head and Vinegar Pig Trotter on certain days. Opened for Breakfast and Lunch only. Closed on Sunday. Parking is easy and free.

P/S : All views and opinions expressed here are based on my own personal opinion. Nobody pay or threaten me to say good or bad things about the food I eat!!