We wrote our post on Top 5 Sarawak Noodle stalls in KL we cannot do without and we are happy to report that we have yet another great little place, to add to the list.
Hou Wong Kopitiam located on Jalan Ipoh is only 1 month old, but already we feel that the cook’s recipe is destined for success.
{Update on March 2017: The operation has relocated to RDS Restaurant at Wangsa Maju. Currently serving only a few types of Sarawak dishes like Kolo Mee, Laksa & Kuey Zhak (Sat. & Sunday).}
The must order dish here, is the Tomyam, bihoon with River Prawn, served in a coconut.
Clifford the cook and proprietor (who hails from Sarikei) tells us that depending on the size of the prawn this dish ranges from RM23- 35, but believe me, the portion is huge!
Both @tummyleejones and myself had a tough time finishing this dish alone! The tomyam soup was pungent and sweet with the aroma of prawn roe. It was cathartic eating this dish and we sweated our socks off. Worth the heat!
The Sarawak laksa here is delicious – priced at RM6.00(s), RM7.00(b), it’s fragrant with fresh santan and just the right mix of spices and curry.
Clifford the cook employs the thicker vermicelli rice noodles, as it better absorbs the flavours of the soup.
Kolo mee – the Sarawak staple, a massive bowl for RM5.50. Can’t complain on the flavour either.
Finally you really need to try the coconut jelly dessert served here. It’s amazing!
The quality of the pandan coconuts used are what sets the dessert apart from other more inferior versions we have tried in the past – more fragrant than your regular coconuts, these are a Thailand breed, grown in Johor. This makes his dessert of Coconut jelly incredibly fragrant, using only fresh ingredients and coconut santan from the pandan coconut. None of that disgusting, artifical plastic packet coconut taste which I abhor, thank God.
Gula Melaka Tea is a specialty here too – too sweet for me, but some people love it.
Well, definitely pay this place a visit for the Tomyam Coconut, as well as affordable, authentic Sarawak Noodles. You won’t be disappointed.
Hou Wong Kopitiam is located at No. K-5, Batu 4 1/4, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. Basically it is on the main Jalan Ipoh Road.
You will find the shop next to the post office, or just opposite Fuzions, and the chinese restaurant Lao Ma Zi, if that helps!
Add:
Hou Wong Kopitiam
No. K-5, Batu 4 1/4, 5, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur
Phone:+60 12-558 8817
Opening hours : daily 7:30AM–2PM
23-35, so cheap!!!! Can’t get anything less than 35 in Sarikei. Hmmmm…good looking Sarikei guy there. People from here all good looking one hor. Hehehehehehe!!!! Kolo mee and laksa looks very good too.
hahaha… so u from Sarikei huh;) Am sure these noodles will meet your expectation 🙂
Nope, I’m from Sibu. Sarikei is around an hour’s drive away – let’s just say it’s a mini-Sibu, quite similar, also a Foochow town, just smaller.
i see!
That kolo mee is what I want, and of course those prawns!
Go get it! haha
Jalan Ipoh quite near me, will definitely try that huge prawn out!
Good! Go! 😀
Big head prawn noodles! 🙂
I didn’t know they have it over here. There is one very famous one in Sarikei called Glory Cafe who first started doing big head prawn noodles in a coconut. I think this one is based on that. They sell it for RM 33 (seasonal, the prices can change) but their prawns are bigger. We have it in Sibu too. I must go and check it out.
Awesome! Let us know how it goes:)
Both the big prawn noodles in coconut and sarawak laksa look really slurpilicious! 😉
Can’t go wrong with sweet,sour, spicy big prawns served in fresh coconut!
Sad to say that Hou Wong has ceased to operate. Today I called the owner and he confirmed that his shop had closed permanently
Thanks for the update!
Hi Mei, thank you for blogging our dishes last year….Fyi, we have move the operation to RDS Restaurant at Wangsa Maju. Currently only do few types of Sarawak famous dishes like Kolo Mee, Laksa & Kuey Zhak (Sat. & Sunday).
Hi Clifford thanks for the info.. updated the blog, and see you there soon! haha… need my kolo mee fix