We’re definitely blessed with a great selection of street food in Malaysia, from your typical char kuih teow stalls to burger tepi jalan, to nasi lemak shacks.. but if you look harder, you can also find authentic street food originated from neighboring countries, case in point – Little Rara with its authentic Thai fare.
Little Rara Thai Noodle House, Kia Peng
The restaurant is located at the carpark next to Menara HLA by Jalan Kia Peng, a stone’s throw away from Pavilion KL. The set up is as “authentic” as they get, seemingly putting up together by someone who happened to have a set of table saw, hammer, and nails. There’s no such thing as air conditioning or tinted windows, but you are somewhat shielded from rain should it starts pouring.
The place starts operating by 5:30 pm and does work up a crowd pretty soon. While the set up is old school, they do have a proper digital queuing system, color me impressed.
tomyam talay meggi
Like most proper “street food” stalls, the kitchen is pretty much open. There’s a BBQ grill where they prepare beef/chicken/corn, a stall for noodle (wet & dry), plus a drinks’ kitchen.
We started out with their famous tomyam talay meggi (RM 19 for small), it was basically tomyam maggi on steroid. Packed with prawns, mussels, squid, egg, and ultra strong tomyam flavor. Love it.
bbq beef, pad thai
BBQ Beef (RM 13, Australian beef apparently) goes well with the accompanying sauce, and it wasn’t over cooked either. Portion though was a bit small I thought.
However, the must-order from the grill turns out to be their BBQ Corn (RM 7 for 2). They were ultra sweet and almost half caramelized, I need this for movie night!
mango sticky rice & the excellent bbq corn
We also had seafood pad thai (RM 12) which I thought was quite competent, and a dessert in mango sticky rice (RM 8) which turned out to be just average.
Over all thought I really liked the place and the intense flavor of their tomyam & those corns. Will definitely order those two again when I revisit, and perhaps try some of their other dishes.
Address:
Little Rara Thai Noodle House
Menara HLA, 3, Jalan Kia Peng,
50450 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.151342, 101.713584
Tel: 012-372 2706
Hours: 5:30 pm to 12 am, Closed on Sunday
ahahahhah RM19 maggi mee. The MaMa instant noodle steroids edition cost only a fraction of that in Thailand.
PEN15: nak udang, sotong, seafood semua mesti bayar lebih lor. haha.
The MaMa instant noodle steroids edition also same ingredients, but cost way less. I have spoken.
PEN15: different type of steroid I think?
hmmm must be conversion effect again. I have spoken.
Wished I knew this earlier! Was around this area few weeks ago!
Charmaine: I’m sure you’ll be there soon enough again.
uBerEats? Bungkusit?
Ooooo…mango sticky rice! I love that!!! Pad Thai looks good too!
suituapui: you and me both!
the corn looks like it has the perfect char! ok, feel free to tar pao for me next time 😀
Sean: memang perfect, but cold d by the time they get to you 😛
The noodle was served in the cooking pot directly? Cool! Like how I eat my Maggie Mee at home, LOL
Claypot Yee Mee soup dish is da best. Too bad KY did not do any reviews on those hmmmmm. I have spoken.
PEN15: manaaaaa? bagi tau
Seek and you shall find. I have spoken.
Choi Yen: yah, save water, no need to wash two things. lol.
Located at a carpark? This place sounds illegal…wuahahahaha! 😀 But the tomyam meggi (not Maggi tomyam!) and grilled corn do look enticing 🙂
eatwhateatwhere: carpark food is .. safer than street food, right?
eh not maciam yes. not too far from my ofis
taufulou: your office location memang best.
So yummy and halal food is my first priority
Catherine: and this would be a good choice.