THE 3-GENERATIONS AUTHENTIC DUCK LEG NOODLES CARRIED BY THE NEARLY 100 YEARS “LOR SAN COFFEE SHOP” @ KEDAH
“Duck Leg Noodles” or locally known the Duck Drumstick Mee Sua, is a kind of Chinese traditional noodle eatery taken in combination of noodles with steamed/braised duck leg soup which all the while favourite by the locals, been practised since decades by carriers on respective recipes. Here in the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Duck Leg Noodles specialist in the nearly 100 years history coffee shop (kopitiam) “Lor San” at Alor Setar, Kedah running into 3-generations in town. Since year 1925.
The Alor Setar, Kedah local originated Mr. Chew Kee Leong (born 1974), together with his wife Ms. Ooi Bee Bee (born 1974) both are the recent immediate owners of this best recommended Duck Leg Noodles eating house “Lor San Coffee Shop” right in the Alor Setar town center as the family’s 3rd generation still presenting their very traditional authentic home-cooked Duck Leg Noodles and other signature menus to the locals and visitors on the same ground towards nearly 100 years in town. Having great positive response from the market all the while.
The initial founder late Mr. Chew Boay Sim (Kee Leong’s grandfather), with wife late Madam Lim Mei Mei (Kee Leong’s grandmother) whose began their very own chinese coffee shop (kopitiam) named it “Lor San” along the Jalan Penjara Lama, Alor Setar in year 1925 all the while serving their homemade eateries to the locals. Then been generation passed onto 2nd generation in the late year 1960s running by late Mr. Chew Kooi Lim (1942-2005, Kee Leong’s father) and Madam Sim Hong Ngoh (born 1946, Kee Leong’s mother), where they introduced their very home-cooked duck leg noodles into the market.
While the recent owner 3rd generation Chew Kee Leong, who at his age of 45 years old currently, been all the while grown up in a f&b family touched the field since his primary age helping parents in the coffee shop. Later-on been took over the responsibility to continue family’s career at his 23rd of age in year 1997, together with wife Bee Bee as the next generation further their exposure in the field. Then in year 2008 moved and exposed into better manner at Pekan Melayu, 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 3-generations history Lor San Coffee Shop, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus surely will be their half century Chew family’s recipes of home-cooked “Duck Leg Noodles” which all the while most wanted by the visitors. Local feeded duck/duck drumstick (duck leg) commonly selected, steamed at least 5-6 hours in soup with gingers & their home spices mixture, then finally served in combination with boil-cooked mee sua (fine flour noodles) will brings their very authentic herbs taste of eatery and the duck meat’s smoothness bites texture into mouth that you must have a try when reached Alor Setar, Kedah. Also all the while to be served in options of mee sua with either “Steamed Chicken Drumstick Soup” or “Steamed Pork Ribs Soup” which on customer’s preference that you cannot aside here.
Secondly will be their special homemade Stuffed Beancurds selection “Yong Tau Foo”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by the locals from the beginning. In-house hand-stuffed options such as lady finger, bittergourds, chilli, dried beancurds (tau pok) & white broccoli all insided with homemade fish paste, and fresh daily made fish balls boil-cooked, then finally served with their 5 hours prepared soup base (boiled with pork bones) will brings wonderful stuffed beancurd’s bites texture and tasty fish paste’s freshness eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, yong tau foo taken sided with their signature “Pork Minced Noodles” will always among the customer’s best recommended in this Lor San Coffee Shop. Fresh home prepared minced pork braised half an hour with soy beans, gingers, garlics & their home recipes mixture, then served onto their boil-cooked egg made noodles taken topped with home-fried pork lards will be the perfect matching of eatery that you will neither found the same nor better elsewhere in town. Especially the exotic tasty braised pork minced into mouth and the noodle’s texturing bites.
Nonetheless, their “Bee Tai Mak” or locally known Lou Shu Fan also among the best recommended in the restaurant like by the locals and visitors. Rice made needle noodles (bee tai mak) boil-cooked, then served topped with their home recipe minced pork & fried pork lards taken sided with bowl of their stuffed beancurds option (yong tau foo) will be another excellent combination of eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised 3-generations nearly 100 years history chinese coffee shop “Lor San” at Alor Setar, Kedah.
LOR SAN (COFFEE SHOP)
Address: No. 42,
Pekan Melayu,
05000 Alor Setar,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 7:30am to 3:00pm
(Closed on Friday)