ST and her family have been patronising this particular establishment for many years and I've heard a little history about them. It might not be too accurate but here goes. The stall started off with the Grandfather who retired some years ago and he let his sons take over. Some of the sons started their own restaurants but the best one remained in Jalan Ipoh.
Before we go on let's give the son of the Grandfather a handle; we'll call him the Father. The Father now operates the stall with his family and one of his sons is his co-cook. His younger son is usually responsible for taking orders and aside from the steamed fishes he never cooks. However I remember once when they were absolutely swarmed with customers his younger son was forced to actually cook Hokkien Mee. Surprisingly he wasn't half bad. Easily as good or better than the older brother.
The best Hokkien Mee is cooked by the Father. Since they have 2 cooks you may sometimes end up with Hokkien Mee from the older brother which is still good but not great. He's getting better though and I don't doubt that he will be a formidable cook in the future.
Steaming hot greasy goodness. Sure it's bad for health but aren't all other indulgances? There's nothing special about the ingredients that come along with the noodles but the taste is out of this world. Do order a mixture of meehoon (rice vermicelli) and mee because too much mee tends to make the dish 'jelak'.
This is called 'char pek keh' which is a noodle that's very similiar to pan mee and is fried the same way as the Hokkien Mee. This is highly recommended.
You can find Ming Hoe along Jalan Ipoh in between
A little warning: I know I praised this place quite a bit but I need to warn you that they are not consistently good. They can quite bad when there is a crowd and they rush to deliver the noodles.
A little tip: You can expect a massive crowd at this restaurant on most days (except Monday which is their rest day). If you do not fancy waiting an hour for your food either you go there really early (6.00pm) or really late (11.00pm).
Update (24 January 2006): This post was featured in blogsmalaysia.com.
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fatboybakes
salivating oridi. what do you mean between jalan ipoh and hsbc???? its on jln ipoh right? same side as klpac? there's also quite a good curry mee on jln ipoh, and good char siew pau. have u reviewed them?
i presume this hokkien mee comes with the requisite copious amounts of chee yow char?
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wyejon
fatboybakes: oh damn... i gotta stop writing posts while i'm half asleep. It's located in between the indian temple and HSBC along Jalan Ipoh on the opposite side of the road from KLPAC. Will update the article when I get home.
Yup there's good curry mee in Jalan Ipoh though we may not be talking about the same store. Will do that review in due time :)
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Joan Chew
wow!!! nice blog u have!! lotsa food pictures!!! GOOD JOB!!!
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wyejon
joan: thanks... visit often :)
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Joan Chew
hahaha!!! yeah i will!! drop by at mine too!!! =)
cheerrs!
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Nine3 Nine 3
There few more good Hokkien mee in KL such as Jalan Imbi, Jalan Mahajelena and Jalan Pudu.IMHO I thinks Jalan Pudu(beside Pudu jail)consider the best of the best.Sometime got to wait almost an hour
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Paul Tan
i've tried the jalan maharajalela one, pretty good as well.
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wyejon
9394: ohh... thanks for the recommmendation... gotta try one day
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minishorts
PJ near jalan 222. Restoran New Greenland (or Ah Hwa Hokkien Mee) bestest bestest eva!
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Anonymous
Big fan of Hokkien mee. All those that was quoted are merely pretender. The best are located around pahang roundabout.
Jln Ipoh as quoted not bad.
Ah Hwa Hokkien Mee- so ordinary n inconsistent
jalan maharajalela one -taste like shit