Last weekend after a morning hike at Taman Tugu (best jungle trail in the city), we decided to stop over in KL for breakfast prior to my afternoon futsal session. Initial plan was ICC Pudu but alas, the place was way too packed, and this is when I recalled I’ve always wanted to check out San Peng prawn mee, which coincidentally is just a few minutes away from Pudu.
San Peng Prawn Mee is located in a make-shift semi alfresco “shop” right in the middle of Jalan San Peng (hence the name), the old school stall has been around for a long time, and is among the rare one that is fully operated by locals (family probably?).
Over here prawn mee and lam mee are their two most popular dishes, but they also offer kai si hor fun, fish ball soup, and various other combination you can think of.
Since this was our first time here, we decided to try the two dishes on the trademark.
The old lady who took our order had a very convincing sales tactic, which led to us ordering both dishes with extra prawns (RM 25 each). And as it turns out, it’s not a bad idea if you have enough cash, the prawns were huge, fresh, and absolutely delicious.
Prawn Mee & Lam Mee with extra prawns
The prawn mee is slightly different from the more famous Penang version. While both soup base involves prawn shells, chicken instead of pork is used in this interpretation. Apart from that, there’s also kangkung, fried shallots, smaller (normal size) prawns, mee + meehun, and chunks of perfectly poached chicken.
The soup was slightly lighter but packed with sweetness from prawn. I also like the fact that the big prawns have it’s head (the best part) attached, while the shell is otherwise removed from the body.
these prawns are fresh and super delicious
The lam mee is similarly delicious and came with similar ingredients except for the use of thick noodle that’s not entirely unlike udon and a thicker soup base. Personally I prefer how loh mee, but this version is pretty good too.
This is just the two most popular dishes here, I’m going to go back again and try some of their other dishes (and side dishes & extra ingredients). If you’re a fan of prawn mee, this version should be one to try out as well.
Address:
San Peng Prawn Mee
46, Jalan San Peng,
55200 Kuala Lumpur
GPS: 3.133835, 101.711698
Tel:Â +6012 290 7050
Ooo, luckily I did not ask for this more luxurious bowl (it pays to ask the price first, very sneaky old lady…haha!) since I ended up not liking their version of prawn mee. >_< For RM25, I'd rather have two and a half bowls of Red Leaf's prawn mee in Loke Yew…hehe! 😉
eatwhateatwhere: hahaha ya old lady sneaky! but ok la quite worth it at the end.
Agreed, the stall in shoong city corner coffee shop off jalan loke yew tasted much better n more value for money. In fact the boss is originally a penangite.
Ho: oOoo good to know.
FULAMAK! The prawns are so big! Would try these myself.
Tekkaus: make it happen!
Wowwwww!!! The prawns are huge! Gorgeous! I guess you mean that each bowl is RM25.00, not each prawn? That’s reasonable for three big prawns like those.
suiituapui: haha ya, it’s actually reasonable I agree.
The soup of the prawn mee looked so light that I thought it was Gai Si Hor Fun. =.=”
Choi Yen: haha ya you’re not wrong, it’s closer to that type than Penang style.
Those are bumper-sized prawns. Now I know where to hike and where to eat. 😉
Monica: haha, great!
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