TASTE THE (JOHOR) LOCAL’s FAVOURITE MEE HOON KUEH IN “HANG JI” BY THE LOH BROTHERS
“Mee Hoon Kueh” well-known in the southern or Pan Mee in the mid and Sliced Noodles in the northern nation, is a kind of local’s authentic traditional handmade noodles eatery been famously practised since years ago. And now being easily found everywhere in our country Malaysia favourite by locals & visitors presented by carriers on respective recipes. Here in the state of Johor, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended newly established Mee Hoon Kueh specialist “Hang Ji” running by the Loh brothers in Johor Bahru.
The local Johorean Mr. Sky Loh Chia Tat (born 1979), was the initial founder, together with his wife Ms. Yumi Nguyen Thi Xuan (born 1989) and elder brother Mr. Loh Chia Yong (born 1978) all are the recent owners of this best recognised Mee Hoon Kueh noodle house “Hang Ji Restaurant” at Taman Daya, Johor serving all their home recipe Mee Hoon Kueh or Pan Mee selections to the locals & visitors under the same roof. Having great positive response from the market recently.
The founder Sky Loh, who formerly a Factory Manager also later on in Construction Industry, at his age of 40 years old currently, all the while having great interest in eatery (especially Mee Hoon Kueh). With wife Yumi, who also very interested in chefing/culinary, always visiting and doing self-studies on mee hoon kuey recipes wishing in the future to have their own noodle house locally.
While brother Loh Chia Yong, who initially stepped into the f&b industry since his age of 22nd in the year 2001 touched the Chinese Cuisine field joined a catering corporation began in administration, then joined as a kitchen trainee/helper later-on where he been positioned as a Chef for more than 10 years in hometown Johor Bahru. Also been running his own catering service for few years on his own, ended in circumstances before reached Singapore to further his expertise.
With the great interest on Sky and wife Yumi, added with their vision to have their very owned noodle house and experiences hold by brother Chia Yong in the field. Also foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry allowed them bodied-up and successfully established their very 1st and owned Mee Hoon Kueh specialised eating house named “Hang Ji Restaurant” at Taman Daya, Johor Bahru in year 2018. Finally being recognised among the newly best recommended by the F&B E-Media for the year 2019 in the southern nation.
In this Hang Ji noodle house, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their signature home recipe “Mee Hoon Kuey Soup” which most wanted by their regulars. Home prepared flour-dough, hand-teared in pieces and cooked in their 4 hours boiled soup base (from mixtures of pork bones, chicken, soy beans & ikan bilis), mixed into homemade pork-minced balls, fresh pork slices, half-boiled chicken egg, crispy ikan bilis & mali vege leaves, and finally served topped onto home-fried onions (on customer’s request) will be a bowl of their wonderful authentic home recipe Mee Hoon Kueh that you should have a try when reached Johor Bahru.
Secondly will be their famous “Dry Kon Lou Pan Mee”, which also among the noodle house’s daily top seller favourite by the locals. Home prepared flour-dough sliced into flat-noodles, boil-cooked and mixed with their in-house chef’s soy sauce recipes, then served with mixtures of their homemade pork-minced ball, mali vege leaves, boiled chicken egg, fried minced pork, ikan bilis & fried onions, sided with a bowl of their soup base taken tipping onto special homemade sambal paste will brings excellent tasty sweet and exotic noodles eatery that you will neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town.
For those who do not take hand-teared noodles (Mee Hoon Kueh), their “Yiu Mee Soup” or known Pan Mee Yiu will be your best choice in this noodle house. Round-tiny noodles made from home prepared flour-dough cooked in their soup base, then served in mixtures with their homemade pork-minced balls, fresh pork slices, mali vege leaves, half-boiled egg and home-fried crispy ikan bilis will brings another delicious pan mee soup eatery that you will never regret after tasted here. Especially the handmade noodles bites texture itself and the tasty soup base swallowed into mouth.
While in the side order menu, the owners’ best recommended among selections will be their “Boiled Pork Dumpling” which in options of either fillings mixed with chopped chives or prawns on customer’s preference. All pork dumpling prepared in-house, hand-wrapped with home recipe fillings then boiled for about 5 minutes and finally served in soup base, and taken tipping onto their dried sambal chilli paste that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Loh brothers Mee Hoon Kueh noodle house “Hang Ji Restaurant” at Johor Bahru, Johor.
HANG JI RESTAURANT
Address: No. 12,
Jalan Sagu 29,
Taman Daya,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor.
Business Hours: 8:30am to 8:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Monday)