Pan Mee Seri Kembangan

Trying to find this Pan Mee shop in Seri Kembangan is like looking for a needle in a hay-stack.
If you follow the road signs, you will see that turning into SK6, leads to SK3, then SK4.. then all of a sudden.. SK13!

Arrrgh.. we were looking for SK5 but it seemed like the mysterious road was just not on the map..


Then , out of the blue, after rounding the area for what seemed like an eternity.. eureka! We found it!

At 1pm, the Pan Mee shack was still full of patrons and it was just starting to rain.
We ran into the safety of the covering and placed our orders and waited for the storm to pass.

The lady said that this place had no name, but if we liked, we could just call it the "Fei Por Pan Mee". (Seems like there are a lot of Fei por named shops in town these days.)

Apart from the soup pan mee , the also have the chili pan mee, the tomyam pan mee, the wet, dry, peeled by hand, noodle-y type pan mee to choose from.

Not only that the chillie paste also comes in a generous variety of 4-5 types. From sambal based to dried chili base, to chili oil.. you name it, they've got it.

The Pan Mee noodle itself is multicolored - depending on whether you pick the regular, the pumpkin or the broccoli sort (this is rather interesting because the green one is normally spinach).


The texture is fantastic. For want of a better word, I will use the over-used term, al dente.. Very, very satisfying. The deep fried ikan bilis were crunchy but a little heavy on the sodium.

The stock/soup was sweet but did not leave us with that msg scum/layer in our mouths - the green bowl of noodles that you see actually came with fish balls as well. How strange.

The other famous item at this shack is the deep fried foo-chok skin (bean-curd skin). It's fluffy and crispy and addictive! Tastes best when dunked in the soup.


Anyway, the address of this shop is attached at the end of this blog, but for simplicity sake (and so you don't end up on a wild goose chase like us), just look out for this church, Gereja Kristian Serdang Baru.. and once you see it you will know that you are on SK5.




Not only that, you might hear a few birds chirping.. and eye-balling you as you eye-ball them back..


But easier yet, just look out for the Jalan Pasar sign, and the Pan Mee shop should be just a few doors away.

Pan Mee Fei Por,

Jalan SK 5/2,
43300 Seri Kembangan,
Selangor,
Malaysia.

MSG levels: low
Food:6/10
Salt levels: moderate
Cleanliness:4/10

You Snake-head!

If this guy was Italian.. he would be saying, Godfather style.. "What you looking at? You looking at me?!... You want a piece of this.. ?!"

But he's Chinese.. so instead he says.. " Wei? Tai Meh? Lei Oi Sek Bakuteh Cheong Mo?"
("What you looking at.. you want some Bakuteh intestine?")

Well apart from the Bakuteh here, this place is famous for the SNAKE fish (or snake head fish).
The Chinese call it the 'Sang-Yui' and eating its flesh is reputed to help wounds heal very well.
Serving up this snakefish meat and giving it to a post-op patient is an all time favourite of the Chinese, oh yes it is!

So, we normally drive a good 30 minutes to eat at this place. In the evenings, the jam is unbelievable so we always prefer to eat here for lunch as opposed to dinner!

Yap Yin and Bakuteh. Weird name right? I always wonder why it is not called
'Yap Yin Bakuteh'. Yap Yin AND bakuteh makes me think that Mr. Bakuteh is a separate entity .. from Yap Yin.

Getting here early means the right to choose where you want to sit. Don't let this empty room fool you. It still gets pretty crowded past noon.

I think, somewhere along the way, our order got screwed up. We ordered Sang-Yui but we got served this instead - what looks like eel!
The flesh is sweet, bouncy when you bite into it and resists the tooth - delicious!

We (or rather I) could not resist the bakuteh Cheong (intestine). Fantastic. Rich, chewy with no stinky smell - cleaned perfectly and braised to perfection as well.

I finished this all on my own.

Finally the tofu. Simple and yet effectively delicious in its simplicity.

This place is also famous for the Tim Kai (frog), but we did not have it this time.

Average price per head - RM11.00. Value for money indeed!

Add:
Yap Yin & Bakuteh,
No.1231, Jalan Sekolah,
43300 Seri Kembangan,
Selangor.
03-8943 5426