Ooi Noodle house, SS15 Subang Jaya

As the name depicts, Noodle house. But they do serve chicken rice, economy rice, Chee Cheong Fun and what I am gonna write about...touted the best pork noodle in Subang Jaya is this place - Ooi Noodle house. 

A few years ago, they were at a corner shop in SS15/1a where Subang Park hotel is situated now. Since then, they have moved to :

78 Jalan SS15/4B
Operating hours 8am - 4pm

It is situated behind Taylor's Business School and across Subang Square.

Beware! Waiting period can be exhausting if you are in a rush. My friends and I have once waited 55 minutes just to savour a bowl of pork noodles!! Silly, go to another venue to eat-lah. AHA....it would be SILLY to go some place else when the best is here, right? No? Well, to each its own.

The main man behind the awesome delicious mouth watering noodle is this guy :

I have stopped taking sugar in my beverages some 20 years ago and Rocker57 followed-suit about a decade ago. So, we will order our usual sugarless coffee. The coffee served here is thick, full bodied and leaves a little bit of bitter after taste in the mouth. Just the way we like it.

For the benefit of my foreign readers, in Malaysia, if you want to order sugarless black coffee - ask for Kopi (pronounced as Co - Pee meaning coffee) 'O' ( pronounced as 'oh' meaning 'neat') Kosong ( pronounced as Core-Song) meaning empty literally. So, kopi-O-kosong means black sugarless coffee. If you want coffee with sugar it is just "kopi O". If u want coffee with condensed milk, it is 'Kopi". And if you want a your black coffee with sugar to be thick, just say "kopi O kaw" (kaw meaning thick in Cantonese which sounds like cow with a 'k' tone to it). If you want iced coffee...well ice is widely recognized here or "ais" in our national language but enunciated as ice as well.

Well, back to the main topic....best pork noodles in this neighbourhood.

 

The man painstakingly cooks each bowl separately, hence the long wait. The minced meat is well marinated and cooked just right. While the sliced pork is succulent and doesn't reek of the 'porky' smell. The touch of greens adds colour and taste to the otherwise plain looking bowl of pork noodle. 

The special touch to each bowl of pork noodle is the few tiny pieces of lard!!! The whole dish is aromatic and the noodles soak in the flavours, hence making each bite oh so delectable. The soup is tasty, savoury and rich. You get a rich taste of the well marinated minced pork that has simmered in the soup, a slight taste of the greens and the mouthful of tasty noodles that has soaked in all the goodness while it was cooking. Verdict : Numero Uno. 

Don't believe me? Drop by the place one of these days. Stop and ask one of the endless streams of 'patient' patrons why they eat there...then, order a bowl and tell me if I am wrong. But then, you have got to tell me where in Subang is better, and I will gladly treat you on proviso that outlet is better :)

While writing this, I am stopping myself from drooling. Serious! 

Eons ago, Rocker57 and I have refrained ourselves from eating innards. So, I 'borrowed' some pictures with eggs and innards from another blogger whom I can't remember the name (apology!) who had also written about this... my best pork noodle thus far. Here you go...go on...drool if you please.

  
WOW...it's time for lunch...what a coincidence...well, as you head out for lunch, remember to check in on Ooi noodle house someday, ya.

I live to eat, how about you?

Harley Group Ride & Restaurant Kuan Hwa, K.Selangor, 5 Nov 2013

Have you seen clams or in our local lingo 'la la' this huge? I haven't. If you have, then you could be a glutton like me too...hehehehe. But first, I need to introduce some choppers & Harley Davidson (H-D) bikes to you.

Recently, we met up a group of H-D bikers through one of Rocker57's biker friend. We congregated at Beautiful Machine ( this is where H-D & chopper bikes get their steel machine oiled, squeeked, "chopped" and recharged the Vroom-vroom power).

One by one the steel machines roared in. Check them out :

If I remember correctly, Kawasaki Vulcan 600 custom or something like that

Sportster 1200

Titan 1200cc

  Harley Davidson Road King, folks.

Altogether there were 12 bikers and 5 lady pillion riders. A solo biker joined us during lunch at Kuala Selangor. If only you could hear the 'thunder' when the bikers revved their engines simultaneously...it was like a dozen of T-Rexes running home!!! OK, OK, I could have exaggerated a teeny bit but the sound was seriously thunderous! Sent goose pimples throughout my entire body. I love the 'ROAR' of H-D...simply awesome!

But once on the road, the H-D purrs...cruising, mah! Hehehehe. 

First stop, breakfast opposite the Old Town market in PJ. Apparently the coffee shop sells the best half boiled or soft boiled egg (whichever you want to call it) in town. This, I gotta try. Sorry no pictures but the shop is just directly opposite the market and one of the shop proprietor rides a Kawasaki Z1000 (if I recall correctly). I couldn't get hold of the name of the shop too despite earnestly looking for the signboard.

 Here it is...the 'taufu fah' or soya bean egg! It really is smooth and boiled to perfection. Apparently, the eggs are boiled in hot water to a certain timing, then blanched in cold water and re-emersed into hot water again for a short time and viola!!! Soya bean egg. Hence the silkyness of the egg. A delightful eat, if you must ask. However, parking is a major problem :(

 The coffe was thick, aromatic and full bodied. Traditionally brewed goodness.

 I liked that the toast had generous heaps of butter and "kaya" aka coconut egg jam. This is a local spread made from sugar, eggs, coconut milk or 'santan" infused in the fragrant aroma of pandan leaf or screwpine. Most eateries are stingy with the spread, but this had the butter and kaya oozing out. Or perhaps, it was because the proprietor and the bikers are friends. Either way, it was a good toast. Period.

 Well done bikers! This is only part of the group. You should have seen all the drinks, bowls and plates of noodles on top of a few tables. Hehehe...Anyway, let's get back to the highlight of this post...LUNCH!

Before that, if you are having the burning desire to know if bikers do have tattoos....the answer is yes! As Rocker57 and I are new to the group and I was 'warned' not to say I'm a blogger, I had to go incognito. 

I slyly and quickly asked permission to have the tattoo picture taken for my blog. This nice chap willingly posed for me his new tattoo which was in the midst of peeling off...Ewww. I touched it and it sent chills down my spine. It took 2.5 hours to have it etched permanently onto his right arm. He said the first 2 hours was a breeze but the balance half hour was a torture! The design is special that only he can relate too. Ok...OK...gluttons, getting to the food soon.

We used the PLUS highway to get into Kuala Selangor. Easy peasy, just follow the signage. Once there, I am kinda lost to describe to you but I am able to get there given a few missed turns. Anyway, here is the address :

Restaurant Kuan Hwa
1A Jalan Bagan Sg Yu
Pasir Penambang, Kuala Selangor
Tel : +603 - 3289 6719

 Live crayfish!

swimming crabs!

 Please be seated...spoilt for choice...this is only 1 small section of the huge restaurant standing on stilts just next to the river.

Helmets! Helmets! Pick one, please. 
We chose to sit next to the river. As I have no permission from this new group to post in my blog, their silhouettes should suffice for now.

 And here is the surroundings.

And now the highlight...FOOD!!!. First, the osyter omelet or what Malaysians call "Or Chien". Sadly, the oyster was over cooked. It would have been better to have it scrambled. The oysters would retain its freshness and one can get to taste the oyster. This way, my opinion that is... a sheer waste of good seafood but it was tasty nonetheless.

 

Next, we had the '4 heavenly king' named after the 4 famed Hong Kong cantopop singers back in the early 1990's. Consists of 4 vegetables - brinjal or eggplant, lady's finger or okra, long beans and four angled beans cooked in sambal belacan sauce with prawns. It was 'heavenly'. Despite different texture, the dish was superb, both texture and taste.

Followed by dual flavoured prawns. The ones on the right, deep fried (I can't comment on the prawns because I didn't eat any..."standing guard" on cholesterol level, unfortunately) but the egg, butter, curry leaf and bird's eye chili combination on the left was really good.

Subsequently, we had the steamed baby shark fish doused in garlicky bean paste sauce. It was really delectable. The fish was tender and fresh and the savoury sauce added the much needed 'kick' to the otherwise bland fish. I enjoyed it very much and had double helping.

And then, we had honey glazed deep fried baby calamari. A dismal, really. The calamari was too chewy, a sure case of over done and an overdosed of honey. I stopped after my initial bite.

The following dish sent everyone into a frenzy! The hugeness of the clam or la-la was shocking. Almost the size of our spoon! Most of us saw it for the first time. The premium rice wine sauce with a tinge of spicyness from the bird's eye chili made the dish tantalizing and splendid.
Are we done yet? Nope! We then had mantis prawn cooked in salted egg style. The green leaves you see are actually curry leaves. It adds aroma to the dish. I tasted more flour than mantis prawn for this dish. Having said that, the flavour was intoxicating. Good if only we could eat some prawns here, eh?

As if this was not enough, we had cockles cooked in 'kam heong' style. It was what I would say 'cockle shell licking good'. Surprisingly, the cockles were not over-cooked and it was tasty as it has soaked in the sauce during the quick cooking so as to retain its freshness. Perfecto!

The cockles were huge too!! Check out the spoon and the cockle. By the time the grand old lady made its entrance, all of us were literally 'tired' of eating! Serious. This is about the first time in my life I witnessed so much left over for crab!! Can you believe it? No? I do.

The crab was cooked in dried Kam Heong style. It was good but unfortunately masked by her other 'competitors' that was dished out first. Most of the crab was packed. Such a waste. A sheer case of over ordering or perhaps eating too close after breakfast?

The guys and some of the ladies had beer, malt and toddy or palm wine. In Malaysia, mainly coconut palm, I think. Anyways, the drinkers had a jolly good time while foodie like me, eat, digest and eat some more. The drinkers were considerate enough to pick up part of the alcohol tab from the non drinkers. Incidentally, we had two of each dish pictured here. 18 of us how to eat so little, right or not? Final countdown??? We each paid RM50 - oh, what a steal, really.

All in all, I would say an awesome ride, commendable food and a soothing view to complement the food.

I need to vroom vroom to more eateries like this.....hhheeeeyyy, did I just see your drool on your shirt? No? I thought I did. LOL.

Until the next food trail...eat well and stay healthy always.

Catch me soon but please don't eat me!  

Restaurant Sinki, Dengkil - 2 Nov 2013

Hey....what is this? There is no food??? The aftermath is my teaser....hehehe...you liked it? 
So, what can 12 gentle ladies do? EAT! EAT! EAT! and laugh very LOUD!!! Yup, that is my foodie buddies.

From left (standing): TK /Theresa / Veronica
From left (seated) : Tracy/Jacky/Felicia/Carrie/Irene/Philo/Rowena and Jessie.

Carrie was the one who recommended this venue. I was the food and transport coordinator. On 2 Nov, 2 cars headed from Seremban to Dengkil while another 2 cars from Subang Jaya and Puchong headed the same destination.

The welcoming 'reserved' table for a dozen of hungry hogs!!

First order of the day after the group congregated :

House specialty spring rolls. The springroll skin was crunchy while the well marinated filling tantalizes the entire dish. After we 'attacked' the dish, the remnant was only the chili sauce. So, was it good? Go figure!

Next, steam fishball and soya bean cake (taufu /tofu) with romaine lettuce as base and fried shallots and spring onions for garnishing:

The tofu was softer and smoother than a baby's buttocks. The fishball was pure fish meat and not so much of flour...toing toing toing...pop it goes into our salivating mouth. The tofu needs no biting, just swallow and it will glide in. Are you salivating yet? No? Well, hang on...more to come.

Restaurant house specialty or signature dish or whatever you wanna call it...steamed free range chicken with soy sauce. Simple yet delectable. Scroll up to see if there is any left over? Hehehehe....

Followed by Sabah 'see chai choy". A kind of veggy that grows in the wild in East Malaysia's state of Sabah. Sauted in dried shrimp, bird's eye chili and red chili for garnishing and color.

And then, the fish entry. Although it was fried, the skin was crunchy and the meat oh so tender and succulent. Sauce is 'Cheong Cheng' or minced bean paste with minced garlic and to add oomph to it, a combination of bird's eye chili and red chili and of course spring onions to add color to the dish. Verdict? Please refer to first photo for aftermath on devouring this creature from the sea.

And then we had a grand entry when everyone went "WAAAAAHHHH"...Huh? What is so grand? Crabs? Nope! It's this :

WOW!!! Did you see the size of the prawns' heads???? Use the fork as comparison. It is bigger than any of the ladies' thumb!!! Taste : "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Even one of them who don't normally take prawns decided to dug in and worry about allergy later on! Needless to say, no left over except empty shells. You see, we always do justice to good food, wouldn't you?

And then, we had clams or what we locals call "la la" cooked in the restaurant's chef style. You get these flavours : dried chili, green bell pepper, carrot, dark soya sauce and a dash of oyster sauce to enhance flavour.

For the finale, we had pork trotters. It was good but the one in Sin Leong Huat still top the chart for many of us.

Yes, satiated and booming the entire restaurant with our incessant laughter and bantering, we paid our dues. About RM53 each. Everyone gladly paid and commented that it was well worth the journey and effort. Are we done?

Of course NOT! Those who have been following my blog would know that my foodie buddies will not go home until we are all bursting in our seams. So how can today be any different? Next stop, take away for pau/pao/ dumplings. 

Apparently, the dumpling shop which originally was next door to Restoran Sinki...yes, we ate our hearty meal at 

Kedai Makanan Sinki
96 Jalan Besar,
43800 Dengkil
Tel : +603 - 8768 8268
Mobile : +6012 266 7161

Incidentally, they have limited 3 tables in an air-conditioned room, so please make your reservations. How to get there? Simple. Head to Dengkil. Look out for the police station. Sinki is about 4-5 doors away from the police station (same side). Happy finding!!!

By the way, we all adjourned to pack pau/pao for our loved ones here :

Verdict : nothing spectacular but not too bad. Kah Heong is situated in one of the intermediate shoplots behind KFC. It is on the right as you turn in from the traffic light junction..just 100 meters from the traffic light (not visible from the main road).

After the food 'ordeal', we headed to Shaftbury Square in Cyberjaya, a mere 10 mins drive from Dengkil for coffee. We 'chillaxed' at Starbucks until almost 5pm.

And what do we have to say of the entire day's 'expedition'??? A picture tells a thousand words. I rest my case.

I am always in search for food. Do drop me a line if you have any to recommend, thanks!!

Until next time....