FIND THE 3-GENERATIONS CANTONESE (HK) ROASTED MIX EATERIES CARRIED BY THE “LEE KEE” IN THE NORTHERN
“Cantonese Roasted Mix” or local commonly known as Hong Kong (HK) Roasted Mix is a kind of traditional Chinese’s cuisine of eatery taken since decades especially by the Cantonese religious, can be easily found everywhere and practised on respective recipes by carriers on our nation, is among the local’s favourite all the while. Here in the northern, we found and being successfully recognised the best recommended Cantonese Roasted Mix specialist “Lee Kee” at Butterworth, Pulau Pinang running by the youngsters couple who presenting their family’s 3-generations home recipe to the market.
Both the Pulau Pinang originated Mr. Lee Han Mow (born 1990), together with his wife Ms. Soo Ilya were the initial founders and also the immediate recent owners of this best recognised Cantonese/Hong Kong Roasted Mix Restaurant “Lee Kee Roasted House” along Ong Yi How region in Butterworth introducing their family’s very authentic traditional roasted mix eateries and signature menus to the locals & visitors in better manner. Having great positive response from the public recently.
The owner Mr. Lee Han Mow, who at his age of 29 years old currently, was grown-up in a f&b family whose his grandfather Mr. Lee Ah Kaw initially began his very traditional roasted mix food stall along Padang Tembak, Penang in the 1960s. Later-on been continued by Mr. Lee Lin Yaw (Han Mow’s father) in the 1980s allowed Han Mow touched the industry since his 15th of age helping parents in their roasted house at Paya Terubong (Penang), then fully stepped into the career as 3rd generation at his 19th in year 2009 been passed onto family’s recipes.
While Han Mow’s wife Soo Ilya who formerly was a Sales & Marketing Personnel, carrying great interest in eatery touched the f&b industry helping family since year 2016 enabled her to practically experienced the field in-house. With their (Han Mow & Ilya) vision to have their very couple owned eating house, added with their family recipes on hand and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally made them in year 2018 successfully established their very first & owned Hong Kong Roasted Mix eating place officially named “Lee Kee Roasted House” at Teras Jaya, Butterworth serving their home recipe roasted mix selections. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2019 in the northern nation.
In this Lee Kee Roasted House, the owners couple’s very first top recommended in menus will be their famous “Roasted Duck” which most wanted by the visitors. Fresh local feeded duck with weight of about 2.4kg commonly selected, cleaned followed by overnight marinated with more than 10 ingredients mixture (including chinese herbals), drying up in hours then prepared after about 75 minutes roast, and finally served with poured onto the sauce broth obtained from the roasting itself will brings exotic sweet & salty herbal taste that you should need to have a try when reached Pulau Pinang. Especially the duck’s meats bite texture itself into mouth.
Secondly will be their daily top seller, the “Roasted Chicken” which favourite by the locals. Local feeded meat chicken with weight of about 1.5kg selected, prepared in about 15 minutes roast then followed by deep fried over boiling cooking oil, and finally served with poured onto their home-mixed soya sauce paste will brings wonderful salty taste eatery and chewing chicken meat’s bites texture into mouth that you cannot aside. Complete taken with their hot boiled white rice sided with a bowl of their in-house soup base will be your perfect chicken rice meal in this roasted house.
Another will be their “Roasted Pork Belly” or locally known Siew Yuk, which all the while like by all the locals & visitors. Local fresh belly pork selected, marinated overnight on their 5 secret recipes mixture, initially roast for about 10 minutes direct to the skin layer to crispy, then followed by another 1&half hours roast to cooked, and finally served in cubes cutted pieces will brings excellent exotic salty taste and juicy meats bite into mouth that you will neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town other than here in “Lee Kee”.
Nonetheless, the owners also taken this opportunity to introduce their very “Signature Roasted Pork” (Char Siew) which wanted by their regular customers from the beginning. Also pork belly commonly selected, marinated in-house overnight with 8 ingredients & seasoning spices, followed by about 40 minutes roast then served in fine cutted pieces taken tipping onto their homemade chilli paste will be the best Char Siew eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised traditional authentic Cantonese/Hong Kong Roasted Mix Restaurant “Lee Kee Roasted House” at Butterworth, Pulau Pinang.
LEE KEE ROASTED HOUSE
Address: No. 53,
Ground Floor,
Lorong Jaya Teras 2,
Pusat Perniagaan Teras Jaya,
13400 Butterworth,
Pulau Pinang.
Business Hours: 10:00am to 6:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Alternate Thursday)