FIND THE RECOGNISED “HOU JI MUI” HANDMADE PAN MEE NOODLE HOUSE ON THE EAST COAST NATION @ PAHANG
Handmade Flour Noodle or commonly known the “Pan Mee/Ban Mee” by the locals, or Mee Hun Kueh in the southern nation is all the while among the local’s favourite delicacy noodle eatery being practised since decades on our nations with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the east coast nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Handmade Pan Mee Noodle House “Hou Ji Mui Ban Mee” running at Kuantan, Pahang having great positive response from the market recently.
The Kuantan, Pahang local originated Ms. Shirly Chia Sek Li (born 1993), with her brother-in-law Mr. Ding Hong Hwa (Kuantan, born 1990) were the initial founders, together with her elder sister Ms. Chia Chia Yen (Kuantan, born 1991) all are the recent sibling-owners of this best recognised Handmade Pan Mee Noodle House “Hou Ji Mui Ban Mee” right in the Kuantan territory presenting their home-cooked handmade flour noodles (pan mee) selections to the locals & visitors under a roof with patience on the east coast ground at Pahang.
The founder cum first owner Shirly Chia Sek Li, who at her age of 31 years old currently, been initially touched the f&b industry at her teenage worked as a part-timer experienced the front floor (as waitress) for about 6 years having interest in eatery and all the while with vision to have her own eating house locally. Also foreseeing the market opportunity in the field, added (authentic pan mee) home recipe being generation passed onto by her respect Madam Loo enabled Shirly Chia decided then bodied-up with her brother-in-law Ding Hong Hwa (a Chinese Cuisine Chef who at his age of 34 years old, been stepped into the field since his 18th of age having more than 15 years experiences in the chinese cuisine field) then successfully established their very first owned Homemade Pan Mee Noodle House officially named the “Hou Ji Mui Ban Mee” (by Ah Hwa Restaurant) in the mid year of 2018 at Seri Kuantan, later-on joined by sister Chia Chia Yen running in a families team serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2024 on the east coast nation at Pahang.
In this Hou Ji Mui Ban Mee Noodle House, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their “Authentic Pan Mee Soup” which most wanted by the regulars all the while. Homemade rough/fine noodle (pan mee/yiu mee) prepared from their in-house hand-rubbed flour dough on customer’s preference boil-cooked, then served in their overnight home-boiled ikan bilis veges soup base, mixed into mali veges and toppings of their home-fried black fungus with minced pork, fish paste, fresh minced pork or add-on selections like hand-wrapped pork dumpling & meat ball, and finally complete with their crispy home-fried ikan bilis sided will brings a wonderful freshness sweet swallowed kind of their Pan Mee Noodle Soup eatery that you must have a try when reached Kuantan, Pahang. Taken dipping onto their spicy homemade chili paste or chopped chili padi will also the best combination in having their Pan Mee eatery here that you cannot aside.
Secondly will be their special “Mala Pan Mee”, which also among the noodle house’s daily selection favourite by the spicy lovers recently. Their homemade spicy mala paste cooked with in-house soup base, served with noodles option (on customer’s preference) into mali veges, toppings of their home-fried black fungus with minced pork, either selection of meat ball, fish paste or pork dumpling in optional will brings another exciting spicy kind of their Mala Pan Mee noodle eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their famous “Dry Konlo Pan Mee”, also always the local’s favourite selection from the beginning. Their handmade flour noodles option (rough pan mee or yiu mee) boil-cooked, mixed with their home seasonings sweet salted soy sauce broth, served toppings of fried black fungus minced pork, and finally sides with a bowl of their soup base into mali veges, fish paste (pork dumpling/meat ball), taken sided of their crispy ikan bilis will always the Dry Konlo Pan Mee perfect matching that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended traditional authentic “Mee Hun Kueh” or known the Teared Pan Mee Soup which like by most of the locals here. Hand-teared flour noodle (mee hun kueh) boil-cooked in their overnight home-boiled soup base, mixed into mali veges and toppings of the home-fried black fungus minced pork, fish paste (meat ball/pork dumpling), and complete also sided their crispy ikan bilis will brings the best freshness sweet soup swallowed with the hand-teared noodle’s texturing bites itself into mouth that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Handmade Pan Mee Noodle House “Hou Ji Mui Ban Mee” (by Ah Hwa Restaurant) at Kuantan, Pahang.
HOU JI MUI BAN MEE
(AH HWA RESTAURANT)
Address: No. A-4856,
Lorong Seri Kuantan 25,
25300 Kuantan,
Pahang.
Business Hours: 8:00am to 2:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Tuesday)