THE MORE THAN 40 YEARS AUTHENTIC WANTAN MEE “NGAU JI” INTO THEIR 2-GENERATIONS @ KEDAH
“Wantan Mee” or formerly known Tok-Tok Mee by the locals in the early 19th century, is a kind of Chinese (Cantonese) traditional authentic noodles eatery which been brought into our nation by the China migrants, all the while among the locals favourite noodles selection that being practised everywhere on respective recipes. Here in the upper northern, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Wantan Mee specialist “Ngau Ji” in Sungai Petani, Kedah since 1978 for more than 40 years still on-going, into their 2nd generation in town.
The Sungai Petani, Kedah local originated Mr. Lean Chee Yuen (born 1961), was the initial founder, together with his wife Madam Yeoh Mooi Lang (born 1964) are the immediate owners of this best recommended “Ngau Ji Wantan Mee” presenting their homemade noodle eateries in town for the passed 40 years. All the while being assisted by their children in Sungai Petani, and recently been exposed by their eldest daughter Ms. Karen Lean Hooi Chian (born 1986) into better manner, who also the recent direct owner of the recognised “Kafe Old Moments Cha Chaan Teng” at River Front City, Sungai Petani serving their family’s very home recipes Wantan Mee and other signature menus to the locals & visitors all under a roof. Having great positive response from the market today.
The “Ngau Ji” founder Lean Chee Yuen or locally known Brother Ngau, who at his age of 58 years old currently been initially touched the f&b industry since his 12th of age helping his brother-in-law in their roadside wantan mee noodle stall at Penang where he experienced the field for about 2 years. Then returned to hometown Sungai Petani began his very simple wantan mee mobile stall with elder brother in year 1975. Later-on fully stepped into the industry at his 17th in year 1978 continue presenting his homemade wantan noodlesreached1980s stayed on a foodstall in a kopitiam (Chinese Coffee Shop) at Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani where his wife Mooi Lang joined and named it “Ngau Ji Wantan Mee” in year 2004, still on-going in town today.
While eldest daughter Karen Lean, the 2nd generation who been touched the field helping parents since kids at her age of 6 years old. All the while having her vision to expose further in the career, added with family’s home recipes on hand and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry locally allowed Karen Lean in year 2017 decided and successfully established her very owned restaurant officially named the “Kafe Old Moments Cha Chaan Teng” (Ngau Ji Wantan Mee) at Pekan Baru serving all their family’s 40 years homemade wantan mee and signature menus to the locals in better manner. Finally being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2019 in the upper northern nation.
In this newly Ngau Ji Wantan Mee restaurant, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their famous 40 years home recipe “Signature Ngau Ji Wantan Mee” which most wanted by their regulars. Homemade fine egg-noodles boil-cooked in minute, mixed with their recipes soy sauce mixtures, and topped with char siew slices (roasted pork), chicken meat shredded & veges, finally served sided with a bowl of their few hours boiled hot soup base insided with hand-wrapped small pork dumpling (wantan) will be a perfect complete set of their Ngau Ji Wantan Mee that you should have a try when reached Sungai Petani, Kedah. Especially the homemade noodle’s bites texture and tasty wantan (pork dumpling) into mouth that you cannot aside here.
Secondly will be their special “Mala Spicy Wantan Mee”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by the visitors who take spicy. Also their homemade egg-noodles boil-cooked then mixed with in-house soy sauce mixtures, topped onto char siew slices, chicken shredded & veges, served sided with their wantan soup and finally taken mixed into with their special home recipe spicy paste provided/sided will brings another wonderful &exotic spicy taste of wantan noodles eatery that you neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town.
Another will be their very homemade “Dumpling Soup”, which all the while like by the locals among the best option in side order menu. In-house hand-wrapped huge size of dumpling insided with mixtures of shrimps, minced pork & veges shredded prepared on home recipes, boil-cooked in their few hours boiled soup base (which prepared from pork bones, matured chicken, ikan bilis etc) will brings excellent bites texture and delicious taste of eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Nonetheless, the owner also introduced their very newly presented “Minced Pork Wantan Mee” which brought into the market by the 2nd generation here. Boiled homemade egg-noodles mixed with their soy sauce recipes, served topped with char siew slices, veges &chicken shredded and added onto their home-fried marinated minced pork, finally taken sided also with a bowl of their hot wantan soup will also be the perfect matching wantan mee combination of eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised 2-generation more than 40 years home recipe wantan noodles eating house “Kafe Old Moments Cha Chaan Teng” (Ngau Ji Wantan Mee) at Sungai Petani, Kedah.
KAFE OLD MOMENTS CHA CHAAN TENG
(NGAU JI WANTAN MEE)
Address: No. 129,
Jalan Mawar 2,
Taman Pekan Baru,
08000 Sungai Petani,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 8:00am to 8:30pm (Daily)
(Closed on Tuesday)