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This cafe have been around for a long time but its my first time here recommended by the local boy Julian. This place known for a few good stuff and as our first round dinner (yup, we had three round of dinner that night!), we stopped here for sar hor fun, oo-chen (fried oysters with eggs), oo-mee (oysters fried noodles) and pork porridge.

The sar hor fun is good, something I had missed all these years, its actually just like Cantonese fried here in KL but the koay teow is different, its thicker and bigger piece and topping includes fishes and big prawns on top of pork and vegetables.

The oo-chen here is quite a wait but its very good, not too starchy and the oysters are big in size, we order the smallest for RM6 per plate.

The fried oysters noodles (oo-mee) is something you don’t find here in KL and its the same stall as sar hor fun. Yellow noodles are fried with oysters and I must say its pretty good but I was told there’s another even better famous to try it but 45-60 mins wait, that will be left for another posting when I have the chance to visit .

We wanted porridge and my superb favourite chee-cheong porridge at New Lane is off that day, so we took some pork porridge here. The style is quite unique, you can choose porridge or noodles, its topped with all parts of the pig, you get pork, internal and even the pork’s brains, interesting. We choosed the porridge and waiting time is again long as it is popular, the porridge is almost like teow-chew style with a lots of water.

For drinks, well for KL folks, its always cheaper to drink ambrah sour plum up here but Julian’s favourite is “gu leng peng” which is milk mixed with syrup… I never try that… sounds too sweet to  me, hehe… maybe next time.

Overall, I am satisfied with this visit having good oo-chen plus a good introduction to oo-mee and sar hor fun, thanks Juls .

Yi Garden Cafe
Corner of Jalan Macalister and Lorong Selamat
GPS: N5 24.985 E100 19.446

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Last month when we were in Penang, we noticed this place, Goh Teo Kee that have interesting pictures of Teow Chew dishes outside. So during the weekend trip to Penang, we decided to stop by. Restoran Goh Teo Kee is located just next to 7-11 on Gurney Drive.

We went there for lunch and at first, we called to reserve a table and when we got there, we were the only customers! But end up we are early for lunch as most customers got in later and its getting packed too, so advise is again, go early!

The wait for food is a bit long here, that also shows they put effort in their food but it is very good! We love almost all the dishes here! The wait is well worth it!

The vegetable here is fried with just garlic like most place but they add some crispy thin salted fish, makes the whole dish different! We ordered a stir fried oysters, sort of with sauce and its very good, no fishy smell meaning oysters are fresh and perfect for rice!

The crispy salty pork is nice too, crunchy in a way but a little bit fatty, then again, no fat no good . The stir fried fish is big in size and the fish is deep fried with flour before stir frying, giving it a nice feel when biting into the fish, thumbs up.

Braised pork ribs is good too with some mini buns to go with it and the pork is braised soft and tender. The claypot seafood is surprisingly generous with it price, we got sea cucumber and some other seafood in it.

The finale to me is their dessert of steam yam (oo-ni) with ginko and sesame on top, very nicely done and not sweet and not oily! The only complain was the yam was a bit cold but I think they were waiting for us to finish our food before serving.

Our meal cost us RM118 for all the above, quite reasonable la. If you are around Penang and feel like some good Teow Chew food, make sure you head there for a try .

Restoran Goh Teo Kee (http://www.gohteokee.com/)
90-0 Persiaran Gurney, Penang
Tel: 604-228-1037
GPS: N5 26.040 E100 18.908