Feeling a bit under the weather, Lyn and I drove around Petaling Jaya looking for some soupy stuff to make me feel better. Only when we drove into Cheow Yang area did I recall a friend of mine telling me that she had tried this great soup at the Lim Mee Yoke Coffeeshop, formerly the old Cheow Yang Coffeeshop (157 Jalan SS2/6, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor). I have not been eating here for awhile and didn't know about this stall till she told me. She asked me to look out for two huge claypots and I'll find the stall which is right in front of the shop. I didn't really know how huge the claypots were till I saw them!
With quite a variety of Chinese Traditional Herbal Soups available (RM12-18), we could only order one type as a pot is good enough for 2-3 people! We opted for the Spare Ribs, Octopus, Lotus Root and Peanut Soup (RM12).
We then saw the girl climbed onto a raised metal platform which supported the two huge claypots and reached in to take a pot of soup out with a some sort of a long contraption. As you can see from the photo, the two claypots were huge!
A much tinier claypot arrived at our table with a generous amount of soup and ingredients inside. Piping hot, both Lyn and I enjoyed drinking up the tasty soup and finished all the lotus root and all the other stuff (sharing a bowl of rice which was included with the order).
The meat was tender, the peanuts and lotus root were nice, "cooked just right, great to bite", The empty pot was a testament to how nice it was (or maybe we were both just hungry? ha ha ha....). We'll be back to try the other varieties soon....
With quite a variety of Chinese Traditional Herbal Soups available (RM12-18), we could only order one type as a pot is good enough for 2-3 people! We opted for the Spare Ribs, Octopus, Lotus Root and Peanut Soup (RM12).We then saw the girl climbed onto a raised metal platform which supported the two huge claypots and reached in to take a pot of soup out with a some sort of a long contraption. As you can see from the photo, the two claypots were huge!A much tinier claypot arrived at our table with a generous amount of soup and ingredients inside. Piping hot, both Lyn and I enjoyed drinking up the tasty soup and finished all the lotus root and all the other stuff (sharing a bowl of rice which was included with the order).The meat was tender, the peanuts and lotus root were nice, "cooked just right, great to bite", The empty pot was a testament to how nice it was (or maybe we were both just hungry? ha ha ha....). We'll be back to try the other varieties soon...."Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any other one dish."
- Louis P. DeGouy, The Soup Book
- Louis P. DeGouy, The Soup Book
This is cool stuff..!! gotta try them.. at least once.. when i come home.. ;)
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon, take care, if not come over my kopitiam I give you "poh yu" (strength medicine)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about this soupy place...must go and try since it's been ages since i last had soup. So deprived! :(
ReplyDeleteFrom the photo, looks like the girl was taking the smaller clay pot out from the bigger clay pot. Is that right?
ReplyDeleteThose claypots are huge! I'm amazed they can sell so much soup in a day. I lurve soup, so will have to check out this place soon! Any idea what their opening hours are?
ReplyDeletemama bok : Yup! You coming back with a list of food to try ;O)
ReplyDeletefirehorse : Thanks, will hop over soon.
precious pea : You my dear are hardly deprived! Ha ha ha....Even your porridge also different from others. LOL
Lee Ping : Yes, she used a long contraption and lifted the smaller claypot out. Not sure how it looks like on the inside.
LLemongrass: Not sure of opening hours. When I left at about 3 plus pm, the stall was still opened. It's opened for dinner time too...I would think pass 10pm too.
dat big claypot looks interesting. Luv peanuts n lotus root soup!
ReplyDeleteWah..siap dengan a quote by a French sekali. Canggih nya! :P
ReplyDeleteI had these before in Puchong which I blogged about last year I think. Saw it at Cheow Yang when I ate the Thunder Tea Rice at Restaurant OK but never got around to trying it. Looks good and will probably give Friendship Herbal House a run for their money.
ReplyDeletewmw,
ReplyDeleteThis looks so traditional! The soup must be yummy!
xiu long bao : Me too! It's my fave, not that keen on the bitter ones.
ReplyDeletetankiasu: If you notice, I usually end my post with quotes, kinda like my trademark.
boo_licious : Whereabout in Puchong? Yah, might have a spill over to this stall from Friendship..
kok : It's good stuff....well, second to my mother's homecooked soup!
the pot so big..no wonder u didnt miss it..thank god i hav the luxury of "mom"..so i get home cooked soup at least twice a week..hehe..havent resorted to outside for soup
ReplyDeleteHmm.... feel like peeping inside the big claypot. The pot of your soup in the last photo is even bigger than that big claypot!
ReplyDeletewmw, do they have any 'solid" food beside the soup? plan to have lunch over there. "must have rice ma"
ReplyDeleteI've seen the pots when I passed by the shop. Was wondering what they were. Do they have pig stomach soup? My favourite! Are the sellers China-chinese? I remember seeing on TV once about the soup shop in Guangchou (or is it Guangdong??) that has a similar concept, except they had almost 10 times the number of huge pots! Looked almost like alien pods liddat!! :lol
ReplyDeleteJoe : Lucky you....I get the occasional soups from mom too but not as frequent as you!
ReplyDeletewonda : hahaha ... the pot served taken up close, definitely lots gigantic ;o) You know me and my food shots!
fried tomato : Hi there! The coffeeshop has lots of other stalls, so you can have more than your fair share of solid food. Yes, definitely got rice for you. LOL
kat : Try it out. I think they do have what you ask for.
No doubt your usual awesome shots still unsettle us but that mysterious one of da lady digging high really caught us strange,
ReplyDeletecoz that reminds us of 2 1/2 thousand year caldrons !
in China ( near Xian where V came from)
I wonder how they heat those huge pots??! Great find...thanks for sharing. Can't wait to try it out...
ReplyDeleteinteresting... such a huge pot!!!!! thanks for recommending, see if by any chance to drop by this place asap.... ;)
ReplyDeletei usually have soup at Friendship herbal soup (same road as Kayu Nasi Kandar Chow Yang) and i've never even noticed these large urns at Lim Mee Yoke! (well, looks more like urns..hehe) how very interesting
ReplyDeleteI love herbal soup. In this hot weather, I start sweating like I'm in the sauna! Feel so much better after that! No need detox, drink hot herbal soup and sweat it out!
ReplyDeleteteam bsg : Then drop by the place and put an end to your curiosity ;O)
ReplyDeleterafleesia : Ha ha ha....with a giant stove! I think the pots are directly hook up and probably its' base is some metal plate or something, or maybe it has several layers inside. I wonder too.
meiyen: Yah, interesting indeed. Luckily the soup was good too, so it's more than just a novelty.
sc : LOL! Now that you have mentioned it, yeah, they do look like urns. Give it a try (remember to go with your friends) and see which is better.
paprika : Yeah, I felt a lot better after drinking the soup.
wmw,
ReplyDeleteHome-cooked soup? Alamak, I miss my mum's soup. Now, I only drink some "mix everything" soup once in a while.
Is the photo on your frontpage new? It is beautiful.
ReplyDeletekok : Yah, that's what my sis does when she boils soup (since she is away from home), everything also put into the soup, called the "hampalang" soup! LOL
ReplyDeletelee ping : Thanks for the compliment. If you see the sentence above that photo...it's actuall a photo from one of my previous post. Click on the photo and you will be connected to my old post featuring that photo.
what do you think they have at the bottom of the pot .. besides the expected ingredients? lol ..hey, as long as it takes good, huh?
ReplyDeleteMrs Pitt : Let's not go there! Hahaha....
ReplyDeletehope you already recovered, take care.
ReplyDeleteWMW this KOK ah, tell me got lotus root soup for me, went there, only got pastries! Should have come here first instead! You make me want to try it out immediately! I tell you ah, your blog on all the food outlets really challenging me to try them out!
ReplyDeletetekko : Recovering but still not fully well. Thanks...
ReplyDeletejackson : Puchong where?
Ilene : Hey! How's your mom? Go, go have some soup...good for the soul!