MUST TRY THE HALF DECADE KL PETALING STREET “LAI’s HOKKIEN MEE” IN THE SOUTH (JB)
“Hokkien Mee” is a kind of Chinese’s (Hokkien) traditional authentic noodle eatery which been decades taken by the locals, also being among the favourite by all the visitors when reached the central in Kuala Lumpur that easily be found everywhere on our nation recently on respective recipes. Here in the south, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Hokkien Mee specialist Lai’s Hokkien Mee carried by the Lai family running into the state of Johor.
The Kuala Lumpur originated Mr. Lai Soon Wah (born 1955), was the initial founder, together with his wife Madam Chen Yong Hwa (Perlis, born 1956), and daughter Ms. Lai Sook Fun (born 1978), sons Mr. Lai Chee Seng (born 1980) and Mr. Joe Lai Chee Keen (born 1984) all are the immediate owners of this best recommended Petaling Street Hokkien Mee “Lai Noodle House” at Taman Mount Austin, Johor Bahru presenting their home recipe KL style Hokkien Mee and other signature menus to the locals & visitors under a roof.
The founder Lai Soon Wah, who at his age of 64 years old currently, who been touched the f&b industry (Dim Sum) brought into by his mother at his teenage at Selangor in late 1960s allowed him finally stepped into the field at his 18th of age worked as an assistant/helping chef. Later-on exposed into chinese cuisine field at his twenties, then in 1990s spent years holding the authentic Hokkien Mee recipe in a noodle stall at Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur enabled Soon Wah (together with wife Yong Hwa) running their very owned noodle stall at Pandan Jaya, Cheras introducing his Hokkien Mee recipe for another few years there in late 1990s.
With the vision to have their very owned noodle house, added with the great interest in eatery and the recipes hold by Soon Wah. Also foreseeing the market opportunity on Hokkien Mee in the south nation’s f&b industry made the Lai family in year 2019 decided and finally successfully established their family’s very first & fully owned Hokkien Mee specialised restaurant officially named “Lai Noodle House” (Petaling Street Hokkien Mee) along Jalan Austin Heights, Johor Bahru serving their home recipe menus to the market in manner. Also being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2019.
In this Lai Noodle House, the founder’s very first top recommended in menus surely will be his nearly half decade home recipe KL style “Hokkien Mee” which most wanted by their regulars. Local-made huge yellow round noodles (also known Hokkien Noodle), prepared in at least few minutes stir-fried in their 4 spices mixture, mixed into fresh pork slices, pork livers, prawns, homemade deep fried pork lards & cabbage, then finally served with traditional authentic KL’s taste of Hokkien Mee that you must have a try when reached Johor Bahru in the south.
Secondly will be their “Cantonese Fried Ying Yong” or known Watan Ying Yong by the locals which presented with the mixtures of Kueh Teow and Mee Hoon that favourite by the local chinese religious. Combination of wok-fried rice-made flat noodles (Kueh Teow) and deep fried tiny rice noodles (Mee Hoon), served poured onto their home recipe gravy/soup broth mixed into pork slices, prawns, veges & chicken egg will brings smooth (watan) swallowed and wonderful wok taste into mouth that you cannot aside here.
Another will be their all time favourite recommended “Loh Mee”, which also among the noodle house’s daily top seller like by their customers that neither found the same in town. Huge yellow round noodles (Hokkien Noodle) boil-cooked and served with their recipe soup broth which prepared from their in-house few hours boiled soup base mixed into pork slices, prawns, veges & chicken egg will be a bowl of their KL’s authentic home recipe Loh Mee eatery that really neither found better elsewhere in the south. Especially taken with slight black vinegar poured into (option on customer’s preference), will brings delicious sweet, salty & appertising sour taste into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Other than noodle selections, the owners’ also introduced their famous “Signature Kam Heong Lala” which wanted by their visitors from the beginning. Local fresh Lala clams selected, wok-fried minutes with their homemade kam heong paste (made from mixtures of dried shrimp, curry powder, curry leaf, lemon grass etc) will brings excellent fair spicy & exotic salty appertising taste that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Petaling Street Hokkien Mee eating place “Lai Noodle House” at Johor Bahru, Johor.
LAI NOODLE HOUSE
(PETALING STREET HOKKIEN MEE)
Address: No. 61,
Jalan Austin Heights 8/5,
Taman Mount Austin,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor.
Business Hours: 3:00pm to 10:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Tuesday)