THE RECOGNISED “AI MEI JIE FISH NOODLE” BEING HALF CENTURY RUNNING INTO GENERATIONS AT KEMAMAN @ TERENGGANU
“Fish Noodle” or locally known the Curry Fish Noodle in the East Coast nation at the state of Terengganu is all the while among the local’s traditional authentic delicacy soup noodles eatery favourite by the locals, and also being the visitor’s most wanted selection since decades carried with respective recipes & combination on the ground. Here in the east coast nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Curry Fish Noodles by “Ai Mei Jie” in Chop Tin Kim Leng Kopitiam at Kemaman, Terengganu running into their family’s generations nearly half a century all the while having great positive response from the market.
The Kemaman, Terengganu local originated couple Mr. Ang Boon Ming (born 1972), together with his wife Ms. Wee See Wee (born 1981) both are the recent immediate couple owners of this best recognised “Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle” still running on the same ground as the family’s 2nd generation serving their very home-cooked authentic curry fish noodles eatery and signature sided selections to the locals & visitors under a roof in manner on-going right along the Kemaman’s Cukai riverside into nearly half a century in family generations on the ground.
The recipes founder Madam Tan Ai Booi (born 1941) or commonly known Ai Mei Jie (Boon Ming’s mother), who all the while grown up in a f&b families whose her mother formerly since mid-20th century running her very home-cooked soup noodles stall along the Kemaman township roadside made Ai Mei Jie (Madam Tan) since kids touched the industry helping mother. Later-on began her very own home-based soup noodles stall along the Cukai’s Kampung Cina riverside for years at Kemaman, Terengganu.
In order to stable & further her exposure in the career, Ai Mei Jie (Madam Tan) then moved and stayed her career in Boon Ming’s grandfather kopitiam Chop Tin Kim Leng (the recent location) at Kampung Cina (Cukai), Kemaman in the year 1970 and started taken sided with home-boiled fish in a set of combination in the late 1970s named the “Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle” by the locals, where her son Boon Ming experienced the industry by helping mother (Ai Mei Jie) since his teenage in the coffee shop (kopitiam), then took up the responsibility to continue his mother’s recipes into next generation in about year 2016 also joined & fully assisted by wife See Wee still presenting their family’s home recipes under the same roof. Finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysia F&B E-Media for the year 2021 in the east coast nation at Kemaman, Terengganu.
In this Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle House (Chop Tin Kim Leng), the owner’s very first top recommended in menus surely will be their family’s generation home-cooked “Soup Noodles” which most wanted by their regulars. Home soup base boiled an hour in recipes mixture with curry seasonings, then followed by about 3 hours boiled into with local daily fresh Tamban Fish (Herrings), served with noodles selection (either mee hoon or local made round yellow noodles on customer’s preference), then toppings with fresh beansprouts & kangkong veges and finally taken sided with their homemade sambal paste provided will be the best combination of taking a bowl of their fish freshness soup taste swallowed with slight fair spice mixed into sambal paste of eatery that you must have a try when reached Kemaman, Terengganu.
Secondly, taken a bowl of their generations authentic Fish Soup Noodles sided with their famous “Boiled Kampung Fish” (Ikan Kampung) will always the recommended Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle eatery which favourite by the visitors from the beginning. Local daily fresh Kampung Fish boil-cooked in their hours boiled soup base to be served on order sided with their homemade sambal paste and some chopped red chilli & lime (limau kasturi) will brings the wonderful fish’s freshness in juicy bites of kampung fish eatery to be the best combination taken with their soup noodles here that you will neither found better elsewhere in town.
Moreover been decades on the Kemaman local’s delicacy choice of fish noodles eatery here, they will always complete their Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle also sided with pieces of the special local-made fish crackers or locally known the Keropok Ikan to be the perfect matching in taking the fish soup noodles eatery here that you will never regret after tasted. Especially the crackers/keropok crunchy bites into mouth and the delicious fish craker’s tasty taken with their soup together into mouth that you cannot aside here.
Other than their family’s generations Fish Noodles selection, they also always serves their very traditional local Chinese’s authentic favourite breakfast set in combination with a cup of their home-brewed Coffee (kopi), sided with half-boiled village eggs (telur ayam kampung) or somehow with set of local-made breads will be the recommended traditional local’s wanted Chinese breakfast set which like by the regular customers here that you really cannot missed when stepped into this nearly half a century family’s generations “Ai Mei Jie Fish Noodle” in the Chop Tin Kim Leng kopitiam at Kemaman, Terengganu.
AI MEI JIE FISH NOODLE
(CHOP TIN KIM LENG)
Address: K-52,
Kampung Cina,
24000 Kemaman,
Terengganu.
Business Hours: 7:00am to 2:00pm (Daily)