FIND THE AUTHENTIC LOW FAMILY’s 3-GENERATIONS FRIED DOUGH FRITTERS IN “YOU TIAO RESTAURANT” @ KEDAH
“Fried Dough Fritters” or locally well known as the You Tiao in chinese, is a kind of Chinese traditional breakfast eatery commonly sided with a bowl of either soya milk or porridge in a set which been practised since decade of years. But nowadays being famously taken not only as breakfast but for whole day long among best light/refreshment eatery favourite by our locals, presented by the carriers on respective recipes that can be easily found everywhere on our nations. Here in the upper northern, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Low family’s 3-generations Fried Dough Fritters in “You Tiao Restaurant” at Alor Setar, Kedah.
The Alor Setar local originated Mr. Low Hock Wooi (born 1984), together with his Ipoh originated wife Ms. Chong Lei Yee (born 1987) both were the initial founders and immediate recent owners of this best recommended Chinese Traditional Home-Fried Dough Fritters eating house “You Tiao Restaurant” at Alor Setar, Kedah presenting their Low family’s 3-generations authentic home recipe fried dough selections and other signature menus to the locals and visitors all under a roof today in better manner right in the town. Having great positive response from the market recently.
The founder cum owner Low Hock Wooi, who at his age of 35 years old currently (the 3rd generation), was all the while been grown up in a f&b family whose his grandfather began very simple roadside stall in hometown Alor Setar selling homemade fried dough fritters (you tiao) decades ago. Then been generation passed onto his 6th uncle Mr. Low continue with his mobile food stall still serving their family’s recipes on fried dough selections as the 2nd generation, being today on-going on fixed stall in a kopitiam (chinese coffee shop) in Alor Setar township.
While Hock Wooi and wife Lei Yee, who previously been reached Japan stayed about 6 years there where Hock Wooi touched the f&b industry experienced the Japanese Cuisine there, returned to hometown Alor Setar in year 2011. Later-on been passed onto their Low family’s recipes allowed him and wife began their very roadside stall along Jalan Sungai Korok, Alor Setar introducing family’s recipes on fried dough fritters (you tiao) selection to the locals as 3rd generation running for another 6 years. With their vision to have very own eating house locally, added with family’s home recipes on hand and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry. Also wishing to further their exposure in the career made them in year 2017 successfully established their very first and owned eating house named the “You Tiao Restaurant” on the same ground at Alor Setar, Kedah not only serving their family’s 3-generations fried dough fritters option, but also various their menus such chinese dessert soups, porridge & noodles to sided their home-fried fritters suit the market demandin 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 You Tiao Restaurant, the owners very first top recommended in menus surely will be their family’s 3-generations authentic “Fried Dough Fritters” or locally known You Tiao which most wanted by their regulars. Home hand-prepared flour dough into recipes, kept fermented for about 4-5 hours then cutted into dual-long shaped, followed by about 5 minutes deep fried in boiling oil in-house will brings excellent crunchy bites & exotic salty taste of fried fritters eatery into mouth that you should need to have a try when reached Alor Setar, Kedah.
Secondly will be their signature “Fried Salted Dough Cake”, or locally called Ham Jin Beng in Cantonese which all the while favourite by the locals. Also handmade recipe flour dough prepared mixed into pandan extracts, kept fermented in few hours then hand-shaped in round insided with their homemade sweet red bean paste (tousa), followed by about 1-2 minutes deep fried in boiling oil will brings another delicious pandan sweet taste of eatery and crunchy bites into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their very special “Fried Sesame Dough”, which prepared ‘V’ in shape which among the restaurant’s daily top seller recently. Homemade fermented flour dough coated with their home recipes sesame seeds mixture, then hand-shaped into ‘V’ pieces followed with about 2-3 minutes deep fried to cooked will brings unbelievable sweet crunchy and roasted sesame taste of eatery that you neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town. Especially taken sided or tipping onto their home-cooked chinese dessert soup selections here will be the perfect matching.
Also, their famous top selling “Sweet Potato Balls” like by most of their visitors from the beginning which served commonly in 6 pieces a set. Local sweet potato selected, prepared into potatoes paste mixed with their recipes flour mixture, then handmade into mini small balls followed with about 5 minutes deep fried will brings juicy bites and obvious tasty sweet potato taste of eatery that you cannot aside here.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced their signatures other than fried dough selections such their “Chicken Porridge” which prepared in-house from 5 hours boiled porridge with whole chicken, then served topped onto chicken meat shredded, fried garlic, pepper &chopped spring onions. Also their home-cooked “Konlo Mee”, egg-made flour noodles boil-cooked mixed with home recipe soy sauce mixture and served topped with their home-roasted pork (char siew) sided with hand-wrapped pork dumpling (wantan) that you really cannot missed when stepped towards this best recognised Low family’s 3-generation Fried Dough Fritters eating house “You Tiao Restaurant” at Alor Setar, Kedah.
YOU TIAO RESTAURANT
(CLY LEI YEE ENTERPRISE)
Address: No. 610,
Ground Floor,
Jalan Sungai Korok,
05400 Alor Setar,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 4:00pm to 11:00pm (Daily)