We love the road-side !

Oh shucks! Our favourite Supper place on Jalan Pudu (no name shop) was still shut, when we got there at 8.30pm... Oh well, what to do... those 'thicker than the size of my palm' yong tau foo (with solid pork filling rather than fish) for only 80 cents, and the ' heap as high as you like' fried noodles for RM2.00 will just have to wait... We could see people already sitting at the empty tables waiting for the "fei-lo" to open.

We, on the other hand were too hungry to wait, so we went next door to the noodle stall.


This small family business run by the sisters, is another of our favourite, late night supper places to eat at.


You will notice that their fish ball is not shiny with "boric acid" but rather has that irregular shape, matt finishing and reduced bounciness you get in a HEARTY home-made, un-boric acidified BALL ! heehee... very, authentically unadulterated... We love the "kon-low" fishball noodle here.


The large bowl goes at RM4.50.. wow!


The small bowl goes for RM3.50.

With no MSG, this place is a healthier, not to mention cheaper alternative to many coffee shops that are so heavy handed with the preservative/taste enhancers, these days.

If you can stomach the road-side eating conditions, you will be a happy camper indeed :P

Oh yay! The other chicken rice cum no name stall is opening up. We originally intended to eat here.. No matter, nothing says we cannot have another Wallop session again hor..

We pay for the fish ball noodles and quicken our pace to the next door shop.. we don't want all the other hungry patrons to 'whack' all the good stuff before we get there, wat... right? ;P

My Magician Chef Friend

Welcome to Tien Pin ! Below you will see the animated photos of the energetic owner of this "Char Chan Teng" concept restaurant. Some recognize him as the national coach of the Malaysian squash team 1984 - 1987. Some know him as the man behind the "Only One" racquet House. I know him as chef and friend.. Michael Tang :):)

Tien Pin is approx. 3 months old, the newest in a string of restaurants .. the most famous being the TANG house of fishball in Sea Park, Subang, Sunwaymas as well as Damansara Utama.
Here is Michael telling us about how he's traveled half way round China to perfect the formula for his restaurant's fish ball as well as other tasty delights that are the signature dishes of this restaurant.
Watching Michael, the time really flies! He soooo funny ! Don't get him started on the magic tricks because he'll never stop! haha

Anyway.. here it is ... The fish ball soup! tres tres Yum! ... springy yet soft... As this place is non-halal.. the soup is thoroughly sweet... we LIKE!

One of the great selling points of this chain of restaurants is that the food contains NO MSG whatsoever.

The Pork Noodles are to die for... ask for extra chee-yau-char(pork lard) .. it will knock your socks of... Totally beyond!

Just when you think that they've pulled out all the stops.. enter the Foo Chuk! At this point, I don't really have too much to say..will you look at the crispy, wispy, crumbly, foo chuk skin... is it not magnificent? Well just put it in your mouth and see... it will make a believer out of the darkest, hardest most calloused soul ... lol ;P

Here is my favourite dish! A TWIST on the Char Kwey Teow... gives you ... Char Chee-Cheong Fun! Tastes simply divine :)

So.. where does this restaurant screw up? Hmm... actually, it doesn't! Even the tong-sui is boiled individually for many hours, concentrated in flavour and goodness, yet not too sweet at all..

We love this place, we do!

Food : 7/10
MSG level: nil
service : 7/10
Price : low end

Address : No.19, Jalan SS2/30, PJ (Shop-lot behind Sri Siam/or Eng Seng Heng Electronics, on way to Sea Park)

Fish Paste Noodles, WAN WAN Kota Kinabalu

Wan-Wan is spacious and clean... lots of tables.. and lots of hungry customers !

On the left is noodle made from fish paste.. Whilst on the right you see springy yellow "kon-low" mee

For those of you who are in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, and looking for some good, cheap coffee shop food, try WAN WAN coffee shop, on Jalan Bundusan, opposite Wong Kok Market, Beverly Hills area.

This coffee shop is packed for lunch and their speciality is a fish paste noodle dish. It is prepared dry(kon-low), in soup (non-spicy) or for those who like spicy (like CIKI) in tomyam soup.

The fish paste is fresh and the unusual item is this flat, kwey teow looking noodle - except that it is not noodle, it is made from fish paste! Truly delicious and highly recommended !

Food : 7/10

MSG level : NIL

Cleanliness : 6/10

Price : Low

Staff : Friendly