Lao Ping Hokkien Mee @ Sea Park Restaurant Petaling Jaya

Everyone has their own favorite place for Hokkien Mee 福建炒麵 in KL or SG, here is why I like the signature Hokkien Mee at Lao Ping (pic 1) :

1. “Wok Hei” - the immense heat and “air” imparted in between the noodles due to vigorous tossing and turning the ingredients in the wok during stir-frying, is unmatched by other restaurants. It shows the strength of stir-fry actions

2. All noodle strands were evenly coated with sweet soy and lard. The noodles had a soft chew (how it should be) but not broken, which is an indication of skillful power control while stir frying. It is a sign of being about to balance “soft” and “hard” power.

3. Flavor was phenomenal! The thick dark soy had so much more flavors than most places I’ve tried, there was a great balance of sweet and savory notes. The lard aroma was noticeable and taste “fresh”. The flavor stays with you when your slurp the smooth and slippery noodles.

4. All the toppings were well cooked and not dry or chewy, from the meat to pig’s livers and shrimps. Not the case elsewhere.

5. In particular, the fried lard cubes (pic 2) were exceptional. There was not a single hard bite which is extremely rare in other restaurants. They were very “so-fah”, addictive!

Hokkien Mee is my favorite among all 3 noodles I ordered, it was the strongest and richest in flavor. The second noodle is Kuey Teow or Yuet Kong Hor (月光河) Moonlight Hor Fun (pic 3-4), flat rice noodles with slightly lighter sweet soy flavor (you can see the color is less dark, pic 5). The raw egg topping gave it an extra smoothness.

The last noodles was one I never tried before, 鴛鴦廣東麵 Ying Yang Cantonese Noodles. It has crispy fried vermicelli at the bottom, then flat rice noodles above, topped with a gravy sauce with egg, meat, shrimp etc. This has a very nostalgic Chinese noodle flavor, I also enjoyed!

3 noodles with extra toppings of fried lard cubes cost 39 RM, about $66 HKD or $8.5 USD😱😱😱.

There are other stalls in the food center that sell different types of food . I ordered extra charcoal grilled otak otak (min 7 pieces for 7 RM 🤯) and they were also delicious 😍 Less