I’ve spotted Hoo Yee Kee plenty of times while on the way to one of the better late night bak kut teh places at Kaka BKT in Kepong, what captured my attention was the big neon sign of a prawn over the roof of the hawker shag turned psychedelic dining area.

I told myself I’d give this place a try one of these days, and I did just that last week. *proud*

Hoo Yee Kee at Kepong, opens 24 hours
Hoo Yee Kee at Kepong, opens 24 hours

Don’t be fooled by the exterior of this place. From afar, it almost look like some air conditioned high class restaurant, but in actual fact it is just a highly renovated stall with a touch of quirkiness in design. This means that it is somewhat cute, but lacking in total environmental protection during thunderstorms, for example.

The menu is pretty extensive, lam mee, prawn mee, various sorts of drinks, chicken rice (if I remember), and a few other stuff. We ordered pretty “up market” noodle for both of us, while the “normal” meal starts from around RM 4.50, as you would expect from most hawker centres.

lam mee with crab
lam mee with crab

This plate of lam mee with crab (RM 18) was what Haze ordered.

This dish took a little while to serve, not entirely surprising since they had to cook the crab from scratch. The end result is a sweet tasting crab sitting on top of lam mee, with a half a hard boiled egg and all the other usual lam mee ingredients. The crab made the broth especially tasty too! It was very good.

prawn mee with pork, bubble tea
prawn mee with pork, bubble tea

As for me, I went with their prawn mee with meat (RM12, normal RM 4.50). It came with a couple pork balls, pork slice, ribs, and a lot of intestine which I liked. The soup was a tad too sweet for me but otherwise a decent bowl of prawn mee. I still prefer the version at Yon Lee, TTDI to be honest. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t any impressive, not especially after I’ve seen the crab lam mee.

KY and Haze at Hoo Yee Kee
KY and Haze at Hoo Yee Kee

Both lam mee and prawn mee also do come in meat version, seafood version, and crab version. I haven’t tried the seafood version, but it does look to offer good value at RM 12. Will go there again, it’s especially convenient since the place’s open around the clock. 😀

map to Hoo Yee Kee at Kepong

Address:
Hoo Yee Kee 好易记
Stall 7A, Jalan 29,
Kepong Baru,
52100 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.207726, 101.645079
Tel: 019-318 1533

Hoo Yee Kee (好易记) prawn mee at Kepong
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36 thoughts on “Hoo Yee Kee (好易记) prawn mee at Kepong

    • September 16, 2010 at 12:59 am
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      Yee Hou: yah sounds nicer :X

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  • September 16, 2010 at 12:13 am
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    wow the crab looks so good.. and value for money too… looks like a place worth visiting.. heh.. thanks for sharing..

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    • September 16, 2010 at 1:00 am
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      TummyRumble: yeah the crab’s nice! 😀

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  • September 16, 2010 at 4:15 am
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    Wow, the crab looks nice. And it seems like it’s holding an egg!

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    • September 16, 2010 at 12:20 pm
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      MIchelle Chin: yah, half an egg 😛

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  • September 16, 2010 at 12:15 pm
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    have to come here on weekends… coming here on weekdays mean only one thing… stuck in the jam

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    • September 16, 2010 at 12:22 pm
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      Leo: well weekday 3am confirm no jam 😛

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  • September 16, 2010 at 1:07 pm
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    WOW! AN ENTIRE CRAB. Jesus Christ, that is one nice meal. Heh!

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    • September 16, 2010 at 11:53 pm
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      Huai Bin yeah, one whole crab, nais kan? 😀

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  • September 16, 2010 at 6:51 pm
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    Wah, they served the entire crab nowadays? Been a long time since I last eaten there…can’t eat anymore prawn mee. 😐

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    • September 16, 2010 at 11:54 pm
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      JD: yea, haha not terribly good health huh? :/

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  • September 17, 2010 at 9:36 am
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    just a few mins drive from my house but seldom visit them, a bit overpriced & food not really impress me 😕

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:17 am
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      mimid3vils: a bowl of normal prawn/lam mee at RM 4.50 can’t really be considered overpriced I think

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  • September 17, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    wah i’ve never seen a crab lam mee before! looks naisss

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:18 am
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      eiling: eat some 😛

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  • September 17, 2010 at 3:43 pm
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    their presentation looks decent ehhh…but ordering crab meal is like commiting suicide to me…just too much hassle to savour such a meat-less creature. I know some ppl will say that having crab is like having sex 😳 with orgasm at the end to enjoy the sweety meat. To me that whole warming up process are just so time killing. 🙁

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:18 am
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      charles: hahaha guess you’re not a man of patience ya?

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  • September 17, 2010 at 6:02 pm
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    huh.. 2 fler eat never invite me.. pftt … chsssss

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:18 am
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      ciki: u oso never invite ussssss 😛

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    • October 6, 2010 at 10:34 am
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      hi ciki ang sarap sanang kumain pag kasama ka sana… ^_~ 😮

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  • September 19, 2010 at 5:28 pm
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    Hi there,

    I randomly came across your food blog and found it very exciting. You should try out this place in Mont Kiara called China Wok. It has wonderful chicken rice 😀 and not expensive

    CHINA WOK, A3-G1-3A, Solaris Dutamas (Mont Kiara),1 Jalan Dutamas, KL (Tel:03-62079598). Business Hrs: Daily (11am-9pm) (Non-Halal). Homemade delicious recipes. Fish Head Noodles, Charcoal Roasted Duck & Char Siew, Award Winning Chicken Rice, Curry Fish Head, and Claypot LaLa Pepper Soup.

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:20 am
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      Amanda: oOo thanks for the tips. 🙂

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  • September 19, 2010 at 6:27 pm
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    HYK isn’t as good as they were about 10 years ago. Best prawn mee is still in O&S.

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    • September 20, 2010 at 9:21 am
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      noobie: I prefer the one at TTDI as mentioned above. 😀

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  • September 21, 2010 at 9:07 pm
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    HYK,last time always go there but abit overprice if “kah liew”..

    U shld try Lam Mee soup + Har Mee soup..last time I always order like tat,not bad,shld give a try…..

    U shld try the “pai kuat” also but after u eat,u need to drink alot of water, maybe too many ajinamoto qua…

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    • September 22, 2010 at 12:05 am
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      kl_sadguy: oOo interesting combination!

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  • October 6, 2010 at 10:34 am
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    😮 😥 kensay salad ja

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  • October 23, 2010 at 9:40 am
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    walao that lam mee in crab look damn awesome!

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    • October 23, 2010 at 8:51 pm
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      Lisalicious: it was good 😀

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  • November 13, 2010 at 1:31 pm
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    Ky: your coordinate for this loc is wrong la. Cannot reach one.

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    • November 14, 2010 at 1:19 pm
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      Auhil: ops, I gotta check it out

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  • January 28, 2013 at 1:59 pm
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    Prawn mee nothing special.

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