TASTE THE WONDERFUL HOME-COOKED LOCAL’s CANTONESE CUISINE IN “YAT YAT LOI” @ EAST COAST
“Cantonese Cuisine” is a kind of our locals most favourite eatery cuisine taken since decade, which also being practised widely everywhere throughout the country all presented on respective home & local recipes. Here in East Coast, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Home-Cooked Local’s Cantonese eating place “Yat Yat Loi” that carried by the young couple since year 2006 at Kuantan, Pahang.
The Pahang originated Mr. Chin Chee Seng (born 1980), was the initial founder, together with his wife whose also local originated Ms. Wong Mei Sin (born 1986) both are the recent immediate owners of this best recognised local’s home-cooked cantonese cuisine eating house “Restoran Yat Yat Loi” at Bukit Ubi, Kuantan introducing all their home recipe cantonese cuisine and other signature menus to the locals & visitors all in manner under a roof.
The founder Chin Chee Seng, also the restaurant’s main Chef Chee Seng, who at his age of only 38 years old currently all the while having great interest in eatery & culinary/chefing, also been encouraged by parents made him in year 1995 at his 15th of age initially stepped into the f&b industry began as a kitchen trainee in the chinese cuisine field at hometown Kuantan spent about few years to be positioned as a Chinese Cuisine Chef at his 18 years old. Been reached Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia & Singapore further his exposure in the career.
While in year 2003, at his 23rd of age very firstly running his owned chinese mixed rice (economic rice) food stall in a coffee house (Kopitiam) at Jalan Haji Ahmad for a year then moved to Indera Mahkota, Kuantan before stayed himeself in chinese cantonese & seafood stall “Yat Loi” at Bukit Ubi in year 2006. In order to expose further in the field, added with his vision to have his very owned eating house and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry with experiences hold enabled the couple Chef Chee Seng and wife Mei Sin in year 2009 successfully established their “Restoran Yat Yat Loi” along Jalan Bukit Ubi, Kuantan. Finally being recognised among the best home-cooked cantonese cuisine house in year 2018.
In this Yat Yat Loi restaurant, the founder Chef Chee Seng’s very first top recommended in menus will be their Kuantan’s local delicacy dish “Fried Shark with SoyBean Sauce” which most wanted by the locals. Shark fish prepared in fillets with skin, wok-fried followed by stired about 5 minutes mixed with their home recipe soybean sauce & soya sauce, onions, gingers, chilli padi and celery veges will brings excellent delicious fair salty taste eatery that you must try when reached Kuantan, Pahang. Especially the shark meat’s & skin’s bites texture into mouth, and the natural fish collagen brought out from the stired itself you cannot aside here.
Secondly will be their famous “Dry Roasted Squid” or locally known Barbeque Squids on chef’s home recipes favourite by the visitors. Local fresh sea squids in size commonly selected, marinated with home recipes mixture, then roast for about 5 minutes, finally served sided with Thai sweet & sour sauce brings wonderful chewing bites texturing eatery, squids freshness and exotic roasted taste into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here. Especially taken tipping onto their sweet & sour sauce provided.
Another will be their “Salted Egg Soft-Shell Crab”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller most wanted by their regular customers. Soft-shell crabs with weight of about 300 grams commonly selected, prepared in quater-cuted pieces, floured-up on home recipes, then followed by deep fried, and finally served after minutes wok-fried mixed into their home-prepared salted egg yolk paste will brings unbelievable delicious tasty eatery and the crunchy bites into mouth that you neither found the same nor better in town.
Moreover, their “Signature Beancurd” which beancurd (taufu) homemade from mixture of fresh soya milk and chicken egg, prepared square in shape then deep fried, finally served poured onto home mixed soy sauce and topped onto dried raddish and deep fried dried shrimp brings the best beancurd smoothness in swallowed & the salty sweet taste into mouth. Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their Chef’s all time favourite “Assam Talapia Fish” which served on homemade assam paste and mixtures of lady fingers, long beans & onions that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised local’s Home-Cooked Cantonese Cuisine eating house “Restoran Yat Yat Loi” at Kuantan, Pahang.
RESTORAN YAT YAT LOI
Address: No. B-38,
Tingkat Bawah,
Lorong Seri Teruntum 139,
Jalan Bukit Ubi,
25100 Kuantan,
Pahang Darul Makmur.
Business Hours: 4:00pm to 11:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)