Chinatown Essentials - Petaling Street KL (Part 1)

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I was looking through my archives and found that I didn't blog on a momentous trip that a group of us made to Petaling Street for a food crawl. Now, we are talking about way back in late 2007. This is REALLY old news :o). But I guess better "old" than never and thought it would be good to blog about it as this memorable trip would then be recorded in my blog "history". I guess I decided to finally do so as I realised that places like these aren't that many in Klang Valley. Some have disappeared in time and I had wished I was around earlier to have taken photos of them.

I particularly recall my fave ice cream stall located at the coffee-shop opposite the old Rex Cinema. What is that place being used for now? Oh, how I missed being surprised by furry rodents scurrying around our feet as we watched the stars on the silver screen.... LOL! Those were the days. I remember that whenever a blockbuster is shown, the queue for tickets would be extremely long and winding. Right from the inner building and out onto the streets! Hahaha...and there would be touts selling tickets for double the price for those who would like to skip the line. Once in awhile, we would be blessed to see a familiar face right up in front of the line, then we would "tumpang" and get our friend to buy the tickets for us. Ahhhh...perforated tickets with our seat numbers written with red crayon. Where first class at the balcony was RM3.50 and those below would be RM2.50! I miss those days..... :o) What else do you remember about those days? How about the Toong Fong, Foh Hup and Sri Jaya buses and the notorious Mini Bus??? :p Oh well, I seemed to have gotten carried away .... back to the food, I say!

Hon Kee Porridge - Jalan Hang Lekir

If you ever find yourself craving for some porridge for the soul in the early hours of the morning... this place opens at 5 a.m till about 1 p.m. There are several varieties here that one usually expects from a porridge stall.

Our bowls of delight ....

My order of shredded chicken and century egg ....(Note : I ask for them to hold the ginger as I'm not a fan - hence it's missing from my order)

The red plate of raw fish on top was Precious Pea's order. Jason had the shredded chicken porridge but of course, this would not be complete if we didn't have .....

..... a side order of deep fried intestines and fried crullers (yau char gway) for the perfect combo with smooth porridge! A big 10 on the yummylicious scale! Hahaha... Hon Kee has an outlet in Damansara Utama which I have yet to try ... definitely looks more "upscale" than this conventional stall in Petaling Street. So, which do you prefer?

As we waited for the porridge to arrive, Boo_licious who opted for Chee Cheong Fun instead had to wait for us to take photos of it before she could tuck in :o)

Chee Cheong Fun - corner shop opposite Hong Leong Bank

We did a test taste and found it alright, lots of folks seem to be patronizing this place though. Guess it's still one of the better food stalls around in Petaling Street (opens 7 am - 4.30pm).

Of course, with all these food - we needed to some drinks to wash it down ...

One can't go to Petaling Street and not drink the Famous Air Mata Kucing (Dried Longan) ...


Air Mata Kucing stall, located at the junction of Jalan Petaling and Jalan Hang Lekir, opens from 10am-11pm.
Those in Midvalley can quench their thirst with this too ... but of course, I prefer the "feel" in Petaling Street.

As we made our to our next stop, we passed this 40 year old stall selling roast duck and "parts"...

Sze Ngan Chye ("Bespectacled Kid"), opens from 6am - 3pm ...obviously no longer a kid after all these years. And probably became long sighted and didn't need his glasses anymore ;o)

Saving tummy room for more, we didn't indulge ourselves with a roast duck but Precious Pea and Boo_licious decided to get a couple of Duck Feet Parcel (Ngap Keok Pau) which is duck feet and liver wrapped with duck intestine, slathered with a savoury sweet sauce. You know, I used to love eating these till I found out what it was! Hahahaa...Let's just say, I haven't eaten one in awhile :o)



To be continued ...