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Direct translations of “lou shi fun” (in Cantonese) would mean “rat noodles” simply because it resembles the tail of rats. Most lou shi fun is a little soft and would not be longer than 2 inches but somehow Yi Poh in Seremban seems to do it differently.

They are known for their long and tangy (just like spring) lou shi fun served in dry style. I was on my way to PD and thought would be nice to stop in Seremban for lunch, I head to Temiang and head to Yi Poh after reading about it on a few blogs.

I ordered the famous dry lou shi fun, their big wantan and a bowl of pig stomach’s soup. The dry lou shi fun is mixed with dark sauce topped with minced pork, spring onions and pieces of char siew (bbq pork) on it. I mixed them up and took it with their special spicy chili sauce and no joke, its really flaming spicy! The noodles are very chewy, tangy and takes a bit of effort to chew. Its as if they have little spring in each noodle and they are really long in size. The char siew is very dry to my liking, not sure if this is the local style. Its not bad, something special but I still prefer softer lou shi fun, hehe..but the price is ok RM3.70 for a big size bowl enough to feed two.

However, I really like their big wantan here, the wantan skin is really soft and the filling is very tasty! At 40 cents each, its reasonable. Don’t mind coming back for their wantan again ;).

The pork stomach’s soup is just ok, priced at RM2.70 for a small bowl. Taste is quite balance, not too spicy and yet tasty. But the pork stomach is a bit hard, I still prefer the one I had at Huen Kee where the pork stomach is still tender and soft :).

Overall pricing here is good, food is not bad and quite special with the springy, tangy noodles but I still prefer the softer ones but really love their big wantan.

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Everyone knows that chicken rice ball is the icon of Melaka’s food but its also considered to be a very tourist type of food now especially in places like Chung Wah & Famosa whic is famous and can be packed at times. I was introduced to this sort of foodcourt like place, which is basically just zinc covered under a big tree along Jalan Tun Sri Lanang.

Its more of a breakfast place and the chicken rice ball finish up by 12.30pm, so be early ;). For RM3.50 per pax, you get 6 chicken rice balls and a serving of chicken. Otherwise its just RM1.50 for 6 balls of chicken rice alone. To me, chicken is just the side dish that I can do without, you can eat the chicken rice ball on its own as it is very tasty especially when you add on the chili sauce. This stall home made the chicken rice ball and just chop up and serve them here.

In the same area, you will also find Seng Lee which sells Hee Kiaw Mee, its just fishballs and fish paste noodles typically but the serving is also different. It reminds me of the similar one I had in Taiping, but that is served with lai fun. So basically, the noodles of your choice, dried or soup, served with fishball, fish paste (coloured orange), some pork and a nice spoon chili paste to mix! RM2.80 for regular and RM3.50 for the large one.

Didn’t have enough space in my stomach to try the wantan mee but I am very satisfied with the chicken rice ball and the hee kiaw mee. A recommended breakfast place in Melaka for me ;).

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After a long morning meeting, its time for lunch again, since I am on the road with Joe, we decided to eat nearby the client’s office. Joe then suggested to go to the famous Fishhead Noodles, Woo Pin which I have read on quite a few blogs and heard about it many times.

I was told by Joe that they have another branch in Cheras, I am not sure which is the original place, but anyway, the one in Taman Desa is located inside Ho A-One Steamboat restaurant which does steamboat at night and Woo Pin serve fishhead noodles there day time. The first thing you will notice is there’s no parking, cars are not hunting for proper parking but hunting for places to double park or yellow line to park!

When you reach the shop, you see every single table is filled! So, you basically don’t wait for a table but wait to tumpang (share) a table with someone! This is how popular this fishhead noodles is! Me and Joe had to walk round and round to finally got a chance to share a table, thanks to the kind lady whom offered to us!

Anyhow, Woo Pin opens at 7.30am and close at 2.30pm daily except for Monday which is their off day. You can either have fish head or fish paste noodles, all for RM6.50 for regular and RM8.00 for large. Drinks are costly, RM2.00 for barli foo chuk, etc. and chinese tea is 50 cents. Then the guy comes to take your order and leave you with a paper slip, you pay when the food arrived. While waiting for lady boss with come with a tray of chilies and you help yourself to take how much you need.

Maybe the expectation was too much, I was expecting a heavenly fish head noodles, but it really didn’t end up that way. I find the soup to be nice, but I would prefer it with some cooking wine. Fish head wise, the best is still at MCF in Kota Kemuning. But overall I would rate the fish head noodles as good but like I said, maybe I got my expectation too high, I would not fight with all the crowds for it again, hehe :P.

Ok ok… so to be fair, it was only my problem and yes, the fish head noodles is kind of good especially with their chili but depends if you are the kind who would rush with the crowd for makan, people like me very lazy to do this kind of things, rather not eat one but credit goes to Woo Pin for still serving it fast and efficient :).

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Passed by this place about 2-3 weeks ago, it had just open then and decided to check it out. The place is cozy and contemporary, very well renovated, looks like the owner spent quite a bit on the place. There are open air table outside or you can opt for seats inside the air conditioned restaurants. Service is also good and the owner is very friendly.

The waitress recommended their curry mee, it comes with a light curry gravy with a big spoon of sambal to mix in according to your preference. I mixed in the whole spoon and still find the curry to be a light, base is there but not thick enough, maybe this is their style. There are plenty of “tau pok” and long beans in it too.

Something interesting here is their Sambal Udang Spaghetti, sort of a fusion mix. Its spaghetti topped with a sambal sauce, prawns and some vegetables. The sambal sauce is light but very spicy to me and my tongue was burning! But I would imagine this would be very nice to people like Elaine who love spicy food :P.

I find the papaya milk to be light too but the cincau milk is quite nice. Overall, for curry mee, I would still prefer MC Curry but the environment here is good, a nice place to sit down and chat over drinks and light meal. Total damage, about RM25.00 for curry mee, sambal udang spaghetti and 2 drinks :).

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This lam mee place have been around for a while now… I remember those days I used to follow my mum to Fajar and would go there for lam mee. I also heard that this is somehow related to May King, the famous lam mee place in Jalan Pasar?

Anyway, as it have always been, instead of lam mee, I would order lam hor fun (thin koay teow), I find it a lot nice with the sauce. The lam hor fun here are served with prawns and pork plus taugeh… the good part is the chili with is a must to go with the lam hor fun. Its been a while since I came here, its now RM5.00 per plate for noodles. They also have the noodles available with curry, soup or dry version.

Besides that you can add in some side orders like sui kow, foo chiok roll or fish meat balls at RM0.90 each. I only ordered the sui kow and foo chiok roll today. Sui kow so so, a bit hard but foo chiok roll is nice and comes in soup ;).

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