TASTE THE WONDERFUL CURRY GIANT PRAWNS RECIPE CARRIED BY “K KEE” INTO THEIR 2ND GENERATION IN KEDAH
“Curry Seafood/Prawn” is all the while among our Southeast Asian countries local delicacy curry eateries favourite by the locals since decades and also most wanted by the visitors, being famously practised by lots of restaurants in Malaysia where nation rich with seafoods all presented on respective recipes. Here in the upper northern, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Curry Giant Prawns carrier “K Kee” restaurant in Alor Setar, Kedah running for more than 20 years in town, recently into their 2nd generation still on the same ground.
The China originated Mr. Khoo Kim Choo (born 1946), was the initial founder, together with his wife Madam Tan Bee Siam (Taiping, born 1953) were all the while running their career since 1950s in Alor Setar, Kedah. While the 2nd generation, their younger son Mr. Khoo Phang Choon (born 1983), is the recent immediate owner of this best recommended “Kedai Makanan K Kee” at Simpang Kuala, Alor Setar continue serving their very signature Claypot Curry Giant Prawns and home-cooked Chinese Herbal Pork Soup to the locals and visitors for more than 20 years under the same roof here.
The founder Khoo Kim Choo, who at his age of 73 years old currently (retired), was initially stepped into the f&b industry in year 1950s, together with his wife Bee Siam began their very simple mobile food stall along Jalan Putra, Alor Setar selling chinese cuisine economic rice selections. Then touched the chinese herbal pork soup (Bak Kut Teh) in year 1970s stayed for more than 10 years in the state’s built foodcourt, later-on moved into their very first shoplot restaurant along Jalan Stadium in late 1980s with officially named it “K Kee”. Finally stayed at Simpang Kuala from 1990s where “Kedai Makanan K Kee” in existence, and began their very home recipe Claypot Curry Giant Prawns broughtinto the market.
While Khoo Phang Choon, who at his age of 36 years old recently, the current owner (2nd generation) been touched the career since his age of about 8th helping parents in therestaurant being passed onto father’s recipes and took over the responsibility to continue the family’s career since year 2014 on the same ground at Pekan Simpang Kuala, Alor Setar. 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 K Kee restaurant, the owner Phang Choon’s very first top recommended in menus surely will be their very famous & special “Curry Giant Prawns” which most wanted by all the visitors. Local fresh deep sea Tiger Prawns with about size of 50-60grams commonly selected, fresh cooked in claypot with their homemade curry paste recipes (made from more than 10 spices combination) mixed into dried beancurds (tau pok), boiled for about 5 minutes then into slight coconut milk (santan), finally served boiling in claypot will brings excellent Tiger Prawn’s freshness bites texture and delicious sour & curry spice taste of eatery that you must have a try when reached Alor Setar, Kedah.
Other than their Curry Prawns, the owner also introduced their 40 years family’s home recipes of “Claypot Bak Kut Teh Soup” or Chinese Herbal Pork Soup which favourite by their regular customers all the while. In-house herbal soup base boiled at least few hours with more than 20 chinese herbals mixture, then cooked into with pork offals such pig’s trotters, tails, bellys, spare ribs, stomach (tripes), intestines, hearts, livers, tendons etc, and finally served boiling in claypot with pork offals on customer’s preference mixed into meat balls, dried beancurd sheets, mushrooms & veges will brings unbelievable exotic herbal taste of eatery and texturing pork offal’s bites into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
For those who do not prefer taken boiled in claypot or mix pork offals, can also try their traditional bak kut teh soup selections in bowl itself on customer’s options such meat balls, spare ribs, trotters or pork tendons which among the restaurant’s daily top seller wanted by the locals from the beginning. Taken sided with a plate of their hot boiled white rice and fried dough fritters given, tipping onto black soy sauce mixed into chopped chilli padi & into slight fresh limes provided will be the best perfect matching here that you really cannot missed when stepped towards this 2-generations best recognised Claypot Curry Giant Prawns specialist “Kedai Makanan K Kee” at Alor Setar, Kedah.
KEDAI MAKANAN K KEE
Address: No. 99,
Pekan Simpang Kuala,
Jalan Simpang Kuala,
05400 Alor Setar,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 5:30pm to 10:00pm (Daily)