Seri Kembangan, Pork Noodles

Chu Yok Fan!
My colleagues *love* pork. Combine that with the recent discovery of a pleasantly fulfilling shop that served delectable pork noodles... it was a visit worth documenting. In recent weeks, we have been rather adventurous for our lunch escapes. Seri Kembangan is a good 15-20 minutes drive without traffic, roughly 15kms from where we work (I'm guessing). To go through the trouble getting there on a daily basis requires 1 of 2 things:

1. We're out scouting for new spots
2. We love the shop, and are back for seconds (or thirds =Þ)

The shop is relatively close to SK3. It lies directly behind the huge shop-house area past Taman Universiti. There are seriously a lot of shop-lots here that are unoccupied and/or deserted, so it really does take some effort to actually scout the area out for potential stops. Our criteria last 2 weeks has been to visit shops that only have one stall. It is generally a good indicator because to survive on only one dish means either:

• It is very good, or
• It is very new

It is always good to hope fo the former :) And that was how we stumbled about 'Restoran Kean Wah'. Specialty: Chu Yok Fan!

They offer pork noodles in a variety of noodles; pick and choose to your liking. They also have the dish in 2 styles, soup or black sauce (dry). This is similar to pan mee or wantan mee style of servings. I ordered the dry version, as shown above. *slurp*

I opted for loh shu fan, which (I believe) translates to 'rat tail noodle'. As can be clearly seen, they're very generous with the pork! The black sauce is not visible here because I haven't mixed the stuff up yet... posing shot, I would say =Þ But take my word for it, the sauce given is just nice in amount and flavorful enough without being too sweet or salty.

The dry version is served alongside a bowl of soup with a few slices of tofu skin (not sure what they *really* call that) and pork meat paste. The paste has a satisfying touch to it. Very smooth texture, and equally tender/soft. It has a mild flavor to it that's not just skin deep. It went well with the soup, which does not give off the typical MSG flavour that we may be used to. This is a good indicator that the soup version would be just as enjoyable as the dry. Kudos!

The shop keeper is also pretty generous with customizations. On another visit here, some of us customized by requesting more pork chunks, noodles, tofu skin, etc. We didn't just get more.. we got a LOT! To the point that some of us will be thinking twice on doing it again, haha. The dishes on their own average RM3.50 to 3.80, and an additional RM1 for standard extras. Pretty cheap for a very fulfilling meal.

Now, this shot was really from another shop we visited the day before, but we had the same drink with the noodles. What's unique about it? This drink is called 'Teh C Special'. I have no idea what is really in it, nor do I know if it is a commonly available drink. The only times I've seen this thing was in that small area around Seri Kembangan.

It is served as seen in the photo; 3 layers of what seems like tea, milk and ... er.. black stuff. Haha. I'm honestly most curious of what the black thing is. We need to mix it up before drinking, by which the drink looks no different than teh tarik. That's where the similarities end... this is tea, with a very unique flavor. I cannot exactly describe it well, coz different ppl use contrastingly different descriptions. I taste some hint of soya and cincau... odd, but that's my assessment. Regardless, it was nice.

If you ever happen to be in SK, be on the lookout for posters with 'Teh C Special'. I've only seen it available in shops that advertised it. Do take a taste and drop a note of your experience :)