Hi, welcome back to What's Eating with @Happycrazycon! I use this series to record some of the places I eat out and try either with family, friends or by myself.
Today's place of eating place is a place in Desa Setapak, Wangsa Maju called SRK Borneo Noodle House.
I believe SRK stands for the short for Sarawak which is a state in Malaysia at the East of Malaydia, a place I was from. When my father-in-law invited my family to try this shop, I immediately said yes, of course! It is my happy food! Every opportunity to have a familiar taste from hometown is a GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY!
We went on a Sunday evening and surprisingly, there was not much dinner crowd. I flipped the menu and I knew instantly I had some dilemma choosing because I felt like ordering everything on the menu.
Finally I settled with the Red Wine Mee Sua!
Mee sua simply means 面线in Chinese which is rice vermicelli. Sarawakians seem to sun their own Mee sua and take pride in cooking Mee sua only from Sarawak. Not sure if these was flown from Sarawak but the noodles and broth were both perfect. It is red in colour because of the fermented red wine made from red yeast. It is usually served with a hard boiled egg and some chicken and mushrooms. This broth was so flavourful and they even gave us an extra "teapot" with the red wine in it, so we can add it to our liking. I really enjoyed this bowl of goodness! I made the right decision!
Husband ordered a meepok cooked dried way.
Usually this would be what I would have ordered too if there is no red wine Mee sua on the menu. Meepok actually means thin flat noodles. Thankfully my husband ordered this because the youngest son did not want to eat the fried rice I ordered for him and he gobbled down happily his dad's Mee pok instead.
Father-in-law and mum-in-law ordered some wanton noodles and a dried Lo Shu Fun
Okay, I have to explain what Lo Shu Fun is. It is a literal Cantonese translation, meaning 老鼠粉。 Yes I gotta explain why it is called that as its literal meaning is the tail of rats. This type of noodle does look like the rats' tails hahaha. But fret not, they are not made from the tails of rats but flour too. In Sarawak cuisine, we can choose what noodles we want to have, even in the same way of cooking.
There was cendol too!
My father-in-law was in the mood to order desserts for himself thst day and he ordered condolences which is a type of shaved ice with some coconut milk and for this shop, they used gula apong which is a type of palm sugar. It is less thick and sweet so to my husband it was not flavourful enough but it was just nice for us.
Last but not least, we ordered Bien Niik too to share.
Bien Niik means flat meat in Foo Chow dialect and it is something common in the Foo Chow areas. I think everyone likes it so whenever we see it on any menu, we would order an extra bowl to share.
The size and layout of the shop
This shop is not a big shop so its layout is rather simple. They did not do up anything fancy. There is a rack selling their packed ready food such as self-ferment red wine, Sarawak white pepper and also gula apong. The food speaks for itself
This shop is located at:
15, Jalan 1/27b, Desa Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur