Pigging-out Petaling Street Style!

A friend was visiting from Melbourne. since he hadn't been to Chinatown.. we took him !

We were pretty early... so... we decided to go look for breakfast.

I was told there was a famous chee-cheong-fun shop in Chinatown... hmm.. now if we could just find it...

I see it! All packed with people already... LOTS of action in a lil shop on the corner of petaling street...
the uncle is chopping away at the chee-cheong-fun like a madman. his arm is a blur of white light :P

we were a lil worried that our friend from oz would have trouble with the food and surroundings and everything...

but.. no... he ate everything... really.

See. I told ya. He ate everything.. FROM the chee cheong fun...




which was large, greasy, spicy-sweet and shrimpy...


TO the wantan char-siew mee in the stall next door ... (coz we were still hungry after the chee-cheong fun and wanted something with more KICK..)


mmmmm.... plump greasy noodles with massive hunks of barbecued pork meat...




and even the puffed-up, shrimpy,porky sui-kow.. in sweet thick soup..

and ... he never ONCE complained... what a sport ... haha.

Actually.. we ended up having to REFRAIN him from eating everything in sight... because it was getting out of hand...





SEE??!!

lol.

But he's so cute... he actually wants to come back. He really does !

Next time he'll bring his own cleaver :)




Food : 7/10
Ambiance : scary
Price : Cheap
Cleanliness : don't ask

Wantan Mee Koon Kee, Petaling Street

Wantan Mee Stall, Koon Kee, has seen better days...

Located right smack in the middle of the busy hub of Petaling Street's Chinatown, this coffee shop has been around for more than 60 years. My mum remembers eating here when she was a kid ! Koon Kee is located where the 2 roads intersect, opposite the Hong Leong Bank.

( i forgot to charge my camera, so, forgive the hazy photos taken fm my mobile phone.. eek!)
Whiles the workers here are a little stroppy (as with most family coffee shop businesses, where irritations are not hidden and arguing is the norm), the food is served relatively fast. Maybe it's the waning clientele...?

Anyway, whilst not the best Charsiew Wantan Mee in KL/PJ, the food is relatively low in MSG and less greasy than most wantan mee shops you get around town.

The Char siew is sweet, but not as good as the one in Pudu. (please refer to previous blog). All in all, a large plate of charsiew, 1 wantan noodle and 2 drinks sets you back RM18.50. Not that cheap eh for coffee shop food?

Most people who patron this place are hungry bargain shoppers who want a place to rest their feet, while they fill their stomachs.

Koon Kee Wantan Mee,

95 Jalan Hang Lekir (Chinatown, Petaling St)

KL.

Food :4/10

MSG : moderate

Heart attack factor (grease) : moderate

Cleanliness : poor