THE RECOGNISED “HOW KEE” 3-GENERATIONS WANTAN NOODLE RUNNING MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY @ KELANTAN
“Wantan Noodle” is all the while among the local Chinese’s authentic traditional homemade noodles eatery which being famously & widely practised on our nations since a century carrying by respective home recipes, somehow also known the Tok-Tok Noodle by the locals during the early 20th century believed that was brought-into by the Chinese (Cantonese) migrants. Here on the east coast nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Wantan Noodle House “How Kee” running by the Fong family into their 3rd generation for more than half a century at Kota Bharu, Kelantan all the while having great positive response from the market.
The Kelantan local originated late Mr. Fong Tai How (China migrant), was the initial founder who running his very homemade wantan noodle roadside mobile-stall along the Kota Bharu township in the year 1940s, then moved into his first simple noodle house officially named the “How Kee Noodle” at Jalan Tengku Petra Semerak, Kota Bharu in the year 1963, where his son Mr. Fong Kok Kiong (born 1954) began to touch the family’s career at his 13th of age helping parents in the noodle house and fully stepped into the industry at his twenties experienced in their homemade noodle-making. Later-on shifted to Jalan Che Su in the year 1980s running nearly 30 years on the same ground, where Kok Kiong’s wife Madam Chia Yoo Kiaw (born 1962) joined and been taken up the responsibility to continue the family’s career as the 2nd generation at about Kok Kiong’s age of 40s still serving their homemade wantan noodles eatery with their patience.
While the 3rd generation, also the recent immediate owner (Kok Kiong’s son) Mr. Fong Wen Feng (born 1988) who been touched the field since kids helping parents in their noodle house all the while having vision to further continue their exposure in the f&b industry. Added with family-generations home recipes on-hand and foreseeing the market opportunity locally enabled Wen Feng decided to take up the family’s career, established into a better environmental noodle dining house still on named “How Kee Noodle” along Jalan Tok Hakim, Kota Bharu in the year 2016 running with his wife Ms. Kieo Souksamlao (born 1994). And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year 2023 on the east coast nation at Kelantan.
In this How Kee Noodle House, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their 3-generations authentic “Traditional How Kee Wantan Noodle” which most wanted by their regulars from the beginning. Homemade egg-flour noodles boil-cooked, served with their in-house soy sauce broth mixtures, topped onto their home-roasted pork slices (char siew), veges, home-fried pork lards and sided a hot bowl of their pork bones soup base with hand-wrapped pork dumpling (wantan) will be their complete set of wonderful authentic Traditional How Kee Wantan Noodle eatery that you must have a try when reached Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Secondly will be the recent owner’s (3rd generation) signature “Wantan Noodle with Roasted Pork Belly”, also among the noodle house’s daily selection wanted by the locals here. Local fresh pork belly commonly selected, home-roasted then prepared in cubes cutted pieces (siew yuk) served toppings onto their wantan noodles, also sided with a bowl of their wantan (dumpling) in soup base will be another excellent combination in taking their How Kee Noodle here that you cannot aside. Especially their roasted pork belly (siew yuk) skin’s crispy bites itself with juicy meats into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special combination of “Wantan Noodle with Fried Chicken”, which also their customers’ favourite in menus recently. Local fresh chicken whole leg cleaned and prepared in boneless, followed by overnight marinated in home recipes, floured-up then deep fried (fresh on order), finally served in nice salty fair spices crispy sided with their homemade wantan noodle eatery set will brings the best matching here that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town.
Other than their authentic traditional Wantan Noodle options, the owner also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Tomyam Noodle” which like by most of their visitors here. Home-mixed tomyam paste cooked into soup broth with their homemade egg-flour noodle (wantan noodle), served toppings of fish balls, prawns, half-boiled chicken egg, roasted pork belly & coriander will brings an exotic bowl of their exciting sour sweet spicy Tomyam Noodle eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this more than half a century history 3-generations best recognised Wantan Noodle House “How Kee Noodle” at Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
HOW KEE NOODLE
Address: Lot 635,
Ground Floor,
Jalan Tok Hakim,
Bandar Kota Bharu,
15000 Kota Bharu,
Kelantan.
Business Hours: 8:30am to 4:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Wednesday)