Ah Mui Home Cooked Hakka Food (阿梅客家家鄉菜)

This lunch has been planned one week in advance. My uncle told me about this place in Kepong that served awesome Hakka home cooked food. Being a foodie himself, his assurance carries a significant vote of confidence. He has warned me in advance that we have to get there before 12pm as the queue may be bad.

When we got there at around noon, we were perhaps the 2nd or 3rd batch that arrived. We  were quite relieved that we were right on time before the crowd build up.  However, we still waited for about 20-25 minutes before the food was served. They are pretty slow. All the dishes are really nice with home cooked flavor in it though.

Of the 6 dishes that we ordered, I can't think of any one dish which is so so.  Kudos to my uncle who did the ordering. I particularly like the pork belly with "mui choy", the fish and the pork leg with ginger and vinegar very much. Party of 6 lunch costs RM101. Value for money for a satisfying lunch. It feels exceptionally satisfying eating with family members with enormous appetite!

Jalan 12/32B

Jinjang Selatan

52000 Kuala Lumpur

Taufu with minced meat. (肉碎豆腐）

Steamed pork belly with salted fish. （咸魚蒸豬肉）

Arteries clogging pork belly with seasoned "mui choi". （梅菜扣肉）

Boring veggie. （蕃薯葉）

Deep fried garoupa with chili bean paste sauce. （豆瓣魚）

Awesome pork leg with vinegar and ginger. Really appetising. （豬腳醋）

Restaurant KTL (Steamed Fish)

Restaurant KTL started off as a humble hawker stall along Taman Segar. It was only 2-3 stall away from the charcoal claypot chicken rice that I just blogged about. Over tha last 2 years, it has acquired a shoplot opposite the stall and further expanded the business to cater for bigger crowd. I believe that the quality of food tends to suffer a little once the business grown in size. It is just an inevitable process i guess.

The restaurant does not have much to offer other than a few variations of steamed fish (namely ginger steam, chili steam and bean paste steam), steamed pork ribs and steamed eggs. Hence, it is not an uncommon sight to see everyone ordering the same food. However, if you are good at what you are doing, you do not need a phone book thick of menu to impress.

During my recent visit, the dishes lived up to the expectation other than the fish that tasted a bit earthy. Remember to request for a new fish if that happens. Party of 8 costs slightly more than RM70. 

Gerai 30A, Jalan Manis,
Taman Segar, Cheras

Restaurant KTL.

Steamed pork ribs with bean paste, chili and ginger.

"Chili" steamed red tilapia.

"chiong cheng" red tilapia.

"sam sek" steamed egg. Basically steamed eggs with salted eggs and century eggs.