KY eats – Uncle Cheng Special Beef Noodle
I’ve heard and read about the famed Uncle Cheng’s Special Beef Noodle (at Seksyen 17 then) for quite some time, and always meant to give it a try. That mission somehow eluded me, then one day, I saw the bright and shiny UNCLE CHENG special beef noodle signage on the shop lot right next to the pet fish store I always frequent at Alisan.
Uncle Cheng moved to within walking distance from my house, marvelous!
Uncle Cheng’s special beef noodle, new location at Alisan
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the area, this area called Alisan (Alison) is actually at the tail end of SS 2, intersecting SS 3 and SS 4, within a stone’s throw away from Taman Bahagia Station and quite a distance away from the more familiar SS 2 square (with wai sek kai, McDonald’s, and the likes).
beef, tripe, and beef ball – RM 7.50
Uncle Cheng serves Johor style beef noodle, and this is quite a bit different from the usual Central version that we are familiar with (like ngau kei at Tengkat Tongshin, song kee at lot 10 Hutong).
The soup version of beef noodle comes with clear broth that’s slightly salty, a choice of laifun, horfun, or meehun, beef, tripes, and beef balls, a bit of salted vegetable, and served with home made chili sauce that carries a kick.
This is the basic version at RM 7.50, with the amount of beef stuff, it was certainly well worth the money.
beef noodle, dry and soup, with laifun & meehun options
The dry version is served with the same ingredients but with the addition of sesame seeds and peanuts, a slightly sweet, starchy sauce completes the dish, with a small bowl of soup at the side. I’ve tried both and personally favors the soup version, the dry one is not bad but slightly too starchy for me, but it does certainly have an interesting texture with the sesame seeds and peanuts.
There’s also beef noodle with dry meat (RM 8.50), beef, tripe, beef balls, dry meat (RM 9), tenderloin meat (RM 9), beef + tripe + beef balls + dry meat + tendon (RM 12), I tried the latter before, and boy it was a feast.
check out the special beef tendon, the size of it!
For those who loves beef tendon as much as yours truly, Uncle Cheng sometimes carry a special type of beef tendon not easily available anywhere else. The chef personally introduced this big slab of tendon to me. Served in a bowl of saltier broth, it was sticky, super flavorful, and absolutely heaven for anyone who loves tendon. I was lucky.
A separate bowl of tendon goes for RM 6 or RM 12. You can also order shank, brisket, and even bone marrow in bowl or clay pot.
Uncle Cheng is open for breakfast and lunch everyday, and dinner too on weekends. The good chef/owner is still tinkering a bit with the menu I think, but whatever that is described here are always available.
I’m gonna walk there more often. 
p/s: this place is pork free.
Address:
Uncle Cheng Special Beef Noodle
Jalan SS 2/4a
SS 2, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.111731,101.611218
Tel: 012-303 0626
1:56 am
That looks delicious! The beef tripe is my favorite part of beef noodles but that beef tendon looks absolutely sinful!
That huge unsliced piece of tendon…man, that is making me crave for it.
9:10 am
Huai Bin: yah dude, that tendon you really gotta try for yourself, it was fantastic!
9:28 am
hmmm… maybe one day i’ll give this a try. i rarely eat beef.
9:49 am
Michelle: you should give it at least one try.
10:28 am
Woot, walking distance from your house? That’s like very cool!
10:44 am
Isaac: good for me but not anyone else. hahaha
10:47 am
NIAHSING! I JELUS!
10:59 am
kimberlycun: jom lets go makan weekends!
1:02 pm
looks so delecious one word come from my mind its fantastic
1:30 pm
Rio: it was!
2:27 pm
just tried going there for lunch at about 1.30pm..not opened leh…
kek sim..drive all the way there..
4:02 pm
jen: tragic, monday is the worst day to eat out, a lot of places are closed :/
11:49 am
7.50 ONLY?! wah taii maxxx
11:58 am
Tey Cindy: yess!
4:23 pm
It’s similar to Seremban’s 1 but I prefer Seremban one thou
5:16 pm
SUm: should still give it a try tho.
2:19 pm
Thanks for the info on the restaurant!!
4:03 pm
Rizal Zainudin: you’re welcome
2:44 am
Is this beef noodle at the corner lot kopitiam in Section 17 previously, which claimed to be from Kluang?
11:43 am
fraulein: yep that’s right!
4:18 am
Paid a 2nd visit the very next day after trying out the beef noodles for the 1st time based on your recommendation. The food there was better than most beef noodles sold at coffee shops in PJ that I thought it was worth recommending to friends. However, I have one dissatisfaction with an experience that happened on both visits. The owner had overcharged for the additional tendons ordered. On both occasions, he did not apologize even after I reminded him that the exact thing had happened just the day before. To make matters worst, he was rather arrogant when I realized he made a mistake in the order while at the till. He curtly replied, “I didn’t hear big or small, I just give regular” (which to him was big). Just the night after the 1st try, I was looking forward to lunch the next day there with my friends. However, after this repeated bad experience, only warning I would give about the place, no recommendation this time, calculate the bill before heading to the till.
1:23 pm
Tomatoness: ah, that isn’t very nice of the owner if that’s true. I hope it’s just some misunderstanding. I think this blog might be read by the proprietor himself so hopefully he “adjusts”
2:28 pm
haiyo..tried again today at 11.30..also not open! whatda..
don’t think i’, meant to eat there la..
2:41 pm
jen: lol damn tragic!
4:20 pm
uncle cheng or julian or whoever he calls himself….. is a bit eccentric… just eat the food and cabut ehehe
10:43 am
eksk: hahaha he’s a friendly chap la, just too busy i think.
12:19 am
Hi KY,
is this facing the LDP or the row behind it?
9:28 am
Jeniffer: behind it
1:36 pm
Had their claypot tenderloin+tendon and it was great.
4:30 pm
DC: glad you liked it
7:39 pm
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