After one too many postings on parties and relatively pricey food, I think it is about time to write about something most everyone afford to eat in this economy. A good old plate of wan tan mee at Restaurant Ho Weng Kee, strategically located at the commercial area in PJ most recognized for its food offerings, SS2.
no air conditioning nor fancy tables
This particular kopitiam specializes in wan tan mee with its various differing types of ingredients. You can have them with braised chicken feet and mushroom, curry chicken, prawn dumplings,beef, shredded chicken meat, and so on. I usually prefer mine the old fashion way, dried noodle with char siu, and a small bowl of wan tan soup with spring onion served separately. To me, wan tan mee never not complete without pickled green chili.
old fashion char siu and wan tan with noodle
For this particular brunch session, we ordered 2 plates of old fashion wan tan mee, and a serving of deep fried dumplings as appetizer.
The fried dumplings were actually very very good! freshly fried with very crunchy skin and meaty yet with appropriate amount of other such as fungus, very juicy and tasted awesome. This was one of the better fried dumplings I had in a long time.
pickled green chili and the very good fried dumplings
The wan tan mee, on the other hand, were pretty decent in their own right. Char Siu could be a little thin, and while better tasting than most places, it falls short of hock lim at PJ State as far as char siu in wan tan mee goes.
Over all the meal was a pretty good one though, I helped myself with plenty of pickled green chili, and that fried dumpling was just pure ecstasy. I shall order the dumpling on my next visit and perhaps try their other wan tan mee varieties.
ho weng kee is on the street parallel to LDP
As for price, Ho Weng Kee charges slightly more than your normal kopitiam with hawker stalls. A plate of wan tan mee goes for RM 4.50 to RM 5.80 depending on the ingredients chosen. I still find it pretty reasonable.
Address:
32, Jalan SS2/66
Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
GPS: 3.119294, 101.620284
Opens for breakfast and lunch, closes on Tuesdays
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By Myhorng on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
the fried dumpling is kinda good. however the wan tan mee just ok. char siew not as remembrance as it should be. or I’m just too picky on taste?
By Jessen on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Lol… your map is funny. Anyway, 2 years ago, I used to eat Ho Weng Kee wantan mee very often when I was studying Korean in SS2.
By twosuperheroes on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
hmm…noticed that you seem to like wan tan mee a lot eh? :p
By KY on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Myhorng,
You have been in Hong Kong for too many times, your experience is already different laa
Jessen,
Hahah thank you.
twosuperheroes,
Oh yes I like it!
By 550ml jar of faith on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
They get points for the huge jar of pickled green chilli… nothing irks me more than having to ration and pace my green chilli while chowing down on wantan mee!
By Jade Zheng on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Christmas really made me pokai. I’m starting to view 1 cent as 1 ringgit. Believe it onot; so sad… KY BELANJA?!?!?!
DD
By eiling on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Yay…I’ve tried that. Very nice! I like the green chillies. But not that cheap either. Yummy….
By kellster on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
did u try the curry wantan mee?
their specialty there
it is to die for
By Reta on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
the best place to get my wan tan mee fix
By KY on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
550ml jar of faith,
Couldn’t agree more!
Jade Zheng,
Can laa come come come!
eiling,
But at least not too expensive lor.
kellster,
OK I shall try that next.
Reta,
OoOo
By ernie on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
u must need to try their beef noodle.very tasty 1.i can say that i oready their regular customer for 10 years.when i was small oready follow my grandpa eat there oready
By Penny on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
Ohhh I’ve been there before where the time I worked nearby…
Just remember the fried dumpling was good… =)
By KY on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
ernie,
I shall!
penny,
Yah, I really like the fried dumpling
By xin on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
i have been there before. i think the classic wantan mee is better. i had the curry one and it was so so only
By mimid3vils on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
Ur wanton mee portion quite big eh…2 wanton mee?
Happy New Year 2009!!!
By lorna on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
i love noodle and ss2 not that far from our place. ermm…boleh tahan-lah!
By foodcrazee on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
bro, SPICE GRADEN mgmt asked for food bloggers name .. . . . .i submitted yours . . .hopefully they will follow thru to belanja u makan . . . and of course review ler . Happy New YEar
By racoon on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
i prefer their classic wantan mee…very nice!!
have a Happy New Year…
By kennysia on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
RM5.80 for a bowl of wantan mee!? wtf man. petrol price increase. cooking oil stay the same ok!
By boo_licious on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
Happy New Year! Hmmm, been a while since I ate at Ho Weng Kee, love the curry and the ngau lam here. Char siu definitely not great.
By Yiling on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
I thought the Wan Tan Mee is just so-so.
By flymeng on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
Ho Weng Kee used to be at Petaling Street in the mid 70s to 80s. I used to eat at Ho Weng Kee when I was going to MBSKL. They had the braised chicken feet with black mushrooms and chicken curry. It was one of the best wantan mee in town. When I was in SS2 a few years ago, I saw the shop but didn’t get a chance to eat there since I had lunch earlier.
By KY on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
xin,
Guess I’ll have to try to know.
mimid3vils,
Hahha, only 1.
lorna,
True, true.
foodcrazee,
Hahah thanks, happy new year!
racoon,
Happy new year to you too!
kennysia,
Welcome to KL! HAhhaha
boo_licious,
ngau lam.. *slurps*
Yiling,
I guess we shall try the ngau lam and curry.
flymeng,
Ooo interesting. Thanks for sharing.
By clement on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
hi bro,
I will try this shop. I have a suggestion that you try the wanton noodles located along jalan loke yew. The name is Hung Kee. Their “char siew” is nice. They have a branch in shamelin perkasa but not nice. Still prefer the one in Loke yew. The price for is RM 5 comes with 5 wantons in soup. You can try…
By clement on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
Also you can try the wanton noodles in Canton-i in mid valley. The char siu is nice and the noodles are very QQ.. but not suitable for kids as it need a lot of chewing. Price wise… ooolala.. very steep
By Asyraf Lee on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply
Char siew…. *drools*
By KY on Jan 2, 2009 | Reply
clement,
Thanks for the info!
Asyraf Lee,
Haram laa
By pj on Jan 8, 2009 | Reply
i love LOVE the dumplings at ho weng kee! and it doesnt help that i’m all the way in uk now when the shop’s only a 5min drive away from my home in pj
By deJelly on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
omg..
Ho Weng Kee… Curry Wan Tan Mee!!
It’s the BEST!!
*drool*drool*
By KY on Jan 9, 2009 | Reply
pj,
I love the dumplings too, move back to pj lo
deJelly,
ooo I want to try that next!
By KC on Oct 6, 2009 | Reply
To all wei sek guai,
Ho Wing Kee boss has officially retired… the shop has changed name to call Chan Ming Kee… aiya… those delicious, mouth watering, curry wan tan mee is no more available, cannot be found again, cannot eat again; i didn’t had much of these curry wantanmee since last year coz i concern on my cholesterol level… now, want to eat also don’t have… sigh…
if anyone know of better/good curry wantanmee, please let known… thanks…
By KY on Oct 6, 2009 | Reply
KC,
really? aiyahhhh
By lishun on Nov 21, 2009 | Reply
huh? i just had lunch there today and the food’s still really great! had the curry laksa. still the best!
By KY on Nov 21, 2009 | Reply
lishun,
good thing the standard’s still there.