THE 40 YEARS CURRY MEE RECIPE SINCE 1970s VISION TO PASS ON THIRD GENERATION
‘Curry Mee’ which is one of the famous food choices in Asian Country, and Malaysia will not be excluded. The formerly a housewife Chinese lady Madam Ngain since the year 1972 founded her homemade ‘Curry Mee’ recipe operating her food stall at Kuala Lumpur, who was the founder and initial first generation owner of the recently well known “Kedai Makanan Ah Loy Curry Mee” at OUG. Now been generated to her son the 2nd generation Mr. Kong Fook Loy (Ah Loy) with his wife Ms. Cheng Lai Khen fully operating the restaurant.
Madam Ngain who experienced and interested in cooking established her own homemade curry mee recipe at her age of about 30s years old stepped into the industry in 1972 started her very first roadside food stall at Taman Overseas Union selling curry mee and clear soup mee. After twelve years concentrating and patient in her career, she successfully exposed further into a outlet shoplot (recent location) at Jalan Hujan Rahmat in the year 1984 named “Kedai Makanan Ah Loy”.
Ah Loy who touched the industry since the year 1977 at his age of 13 years old helping his mother in the stall finally been passed on the recipe to him at his age of about 30 years old then after few years officially take over the career fully operating the restaurant as the 2nd generation. While as subsequent to Ah Loy’s exploresure and assist by his wife, they expended their restaurant into bigger 2 units shoplots in the year 2002. Fortunately, Ah Loy’s daughter Ms. Kong Sett Fen who also stepped into the industry helping in the restaurant at her age of 20s will hopefully be the 3rd generation according to Ah Loy.
In the Ah Loy Curry Mee Restaurant, surely their homemade recipe curry mee is the most top recommended menus which have choices of mixed curry spare ribs, curry chicken or ‘char siew’ topped on their exotic curry soup base, which boiled for 4 hours with garlic, dry chilli, onions, curry powder after fried. Secondly will be the Assam Laksa penang style by Madam Ngain too using 4 hours boiled soup base mixed with onions, ‘siang chai’, cucumber slice and the most important ingredient the ‘sardin’ fish served in a bowl. Where Ah Loy has presenting his recipe Fish Head noodle poured in fresh milk which in choices of four as Curry Fish Head Noodle, X.O. Fish Head Noodle, Salted Vege Fish Head Noodle and the Bittergourd Fish Head Noodle wanted by the visitors. Besides, Ah Loy also serving his fresh Yong Tau Foo stuffed inside using fresh Tenggiri Fish or known ‘Gao Yu’ brings the freshness eatery. Nonetheless, his creation X.O. Seafood Lo Mee mixed with prawn, octopus and crab stick in his homemade Lo Mee gravy soup topped with shark fin is the Signature Dish to be recommended in Ah Loy Curry Mee Restaurant.
KEDAI MAKANAN AH LOY (CURRY MEE)
Location: No. 11 & 13, Jalan Hujan Rahmat 3,
Taman Oversea Union,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Business Hours: 11:00am to 11:00pm (Daily)
(Alternate Monday Off-Day)