Restoran Meng Kee Grill Fish (明记烧鱼) - Fish taste just like Chicken?!

• Operating Hours: 6.00PM to 4.00AM
• Address: 39, Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Operating Days: Daily except for Tuesdays
• Food I had: Belacan Fried Rice, Salted Egg Chicken, Chicken Fish(鸡肉鱼). 

As we were walking along the street, there were so many restaurants along the street selling all different kind of local food. The restaurant that caught my attention was Meng Kee Grill Fish because they have two restaurants along the street but separated by a few shops. So to make sure you are sitting at Meng Kee Grill Fish's table, make sure you are looking at menu indicating their shop name.

Another thing that caught our attention is one of the dishes called Chicken Fish. I did not know if these fish look like a chicken? It's a chicken with the fish combination?

We sat down and almost immediately a waitress came over to take the order, which is surprising as it was very crowded with customers but they were still very attentive. The waitress told us that chicken fish only have minimum 50RM size since we were there, let's try it!

The first dish is belacan fried rice, the fried golden rice covered with lots and lots of belacan chili, to our surprise the fried rice was not very spicy (to those who don't usually take spicy food). It was packed with simple condiments such shrimps and eggs, it's the belacan that lifted this fried rice out of ordinary.

Within few minutes after we ate almost 3/4 of the fried rice, salted egg chicken arrived on our table, the chicken at first glance looked like breast meat, which was not as tender, and the first bite of it proves me right. It was not fabulously a must order dish, the meat was dry even though it's drenched in salted egg sauce. The sauce was covered with condensed milk, although I could taste the salted egg, it was a very mild taste.

Lastly, the main reason why we are featuring this restaurant - Grilled chicken fish. As what you see in the photo, it does not look like chicken but strangely it taste not only just like chicken, the texture of it did resemble it too! Be sure to give this a try but beware this fish does contain lots of bones.

Don’t be limited to the food suggestions. Go ahead and explore this food street and taste anything that catches your fancy. Who knows? You just might have your own favorites at Jalan Alor.

Kim Lian Kee Chee Cheong Fun (金蓮記豬腸粉) - One of the smoothest food in KL

• Operating Hours: 7.00AM to 4.00PM
• Operating Days: Daily except for Wednesdays
• Address: 51, 49, Jalan Petaling, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Food I had: Chee Cheong Fun (豬腸粉)

Chee Cheong Fun - Rice noodle roll is a Cantonese dish commonly served either as a snack, small meal or variety of dim sum. What I am introducing is plain, sliced rice noodle rolls with spicy-sweet sauce and a sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds.

In a corner of Petaling Street(茨廠街) at Chinatown, this Chee Cheong Fun stall is popular with tourist and locals. The location might be difficult to find as they are in a dark corner, do keep a look out for air Mata Kuching stall, it is located right across. At night, this place transforms into a well-known Kim Lian Kee Hokkien Mee. 

They serve Chee Cheong Fun with sweet bean sauce and chili sauce topped with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. The sweet bean sauce differs from Singapore-style which uses a thicker, saltier sauce. It may look simple but it’s absolutely delicious. The rice noodle was very soft and slippery, it sometimes breaks or slips off when trying to use a chopstick to grip it. I prefer this Chee Cheong Fun texture than those selling in Singapore. 

The business is so good that the Chee Cheong Fun is usually sold out by afternoon. Apart from Chee Cheong Fun, they do serve porridge too, so do take note beside this stall there is another stall that sells porridge too that displayed very similar dish.

Restoran Wong Ah Wah (黄亞華小食店) - Best BBQ chicken wing I had in my life!

• Operating Hours: 5.00PM to 4.00AM
• Address: 9, Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Operating Days: Daily
• Food I had: BBQ Chicken Wings, Roasted Pork Noodle (燒肉撈生面), Milk pak choi (奶白菜) with garlic. 

This fake looking Mickey Mouse signboard has been in Jalan Alor street for over 70 years until today. Try googling "Jalan Alor" and the name "Restaurant Wong Ah Wah" (WAW) will appear on most of the web page.

Famous for their signature BBQ chicken wings, it is definitely a dish loved by both the tourists and the locals.

The photo of WAW's BBQ chicken wings alone will leave you salivating for the rest of the day! It's lightly charred skin were grilled perfectly and one bite on it, the taste of the oily and juicy smoky well done marinaded meat would stick to your fingers which anyone would definitely lick away. We ordered at least 8 wings (for 2 pax) every time when we visit them. It's seriously THAT good! WAW's chicken wing is one of the main reasons why I am always back to KL! The staffs at WAW can be quite rude sometimes as it was ALWAYS very crowded when we visit, and I was even told impatiently by them that I need to wait for at least an hour during dinner time. 

Cost: 3.20RM per piece

Roasted Pork Noodle (烧肉捞生面) is another food that you must order when you are at WAW! The noodles, mixed perfectly together with lard oil and black sauce looked so good when it was served and the taste was EVEN better. Every strand of the noodle was springy, similar to the egg noodles (mee kia) in wonton mee. Personally, we felt that the roasted pork we ate was fatty and the skin wasn’t that crispy as compared to Singapore's, however, the wow factor of this dish is definitely the mixture of black sauce with pork lard, which really complemented the taste of each ingredient very well.

Cost: 13RM for small, 18RM for medium, 24RM for large and 30RM for extra large. (18RM is enough for 2 pax)

We also ordered Milk pak choi (奶白菜) with garlic to get rid of the oily taste after we had the chicken wings and the roasted pork noodle. The pak choi was cooked with generous amount of garlic (not crushed), and it was stir fried with oyster sauce. I love to eat the soft pieces of garlic by itself, and the vegetable was very nicely cooked as it was still crunchy even when the garlic and oyster sauce was absorbed by vegetable.

Cost: 8RM

I would suggest you get a table indoor during your visit to WAW as it’s air-conditioned unless you want to end up smelling like some BBQ human meat. It can be really smoky if you take the outdoor seats due to the constant roasting of chicken wings.

WAW's prices were acceptable, even though the service can be improved further. However, the chicken wings there are worth every single calorie despite the poor service. This place is still very worth visiting when you visit Jalan Alor.

Note: Wet tissue is chargeable at 0.60RM each so be sure to return them if you do not want to be charged extra as they will give you by default.

Gou Lou Famous Fish Head Noodle & Tom Yam Seafood (財記高佬馳名魚頭米粉)

• Operating Hours: 7.00AM to 3.00PM
• Operating Days: Daily except for Wednesdays
• Address: 37, Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Food I had: Fish Head Bee Hoon (魚頭米粉)

Restoran Gou Lou in Jalan Alor is indeed packed with locals in the morning! Heard that they are famous for their fish head noodle and therefore we are here!

Fried Fish Head Noodles was served with pieces of fried fish head in the soup.It goes very well with the thick soup served, which was added with lots of evaporated milk by default (which really enhance the taste of the soup). We even emptied the soup in the bowl. A warning, I would not recommend to friends that dislike the taste of the fresh fish.

Cost: 10RM.

A bowl of fish head bee hoon is actually enough for an adult, but I'm sharing this bowl as we had our breakfast at Uncle Lim Pan Mee before coming over.

They have another signature dish which is the Tom Yum seafood noodle, however we were too full to try it. Will definitely try it the next time round when I visit Kuala Lumpur!

Uncle Lim Pan Mee (林記板麵) - A dish with different variety

• Operating Hours: 7.00AM to 4.00PM
• Operating Days: Monday to Saturday (Closed on Sunday except for Public Holidays)
• Address: 33, Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Food I had: Lo Pan Mee (滷板麵), Dry Pan Mee (幹撈板面) & Pan Mee (板麵)

Lo Pan Mee (滷板麵)

The first dish I had during my visit to KL was the Uncle Lim's Lo Pan Mee. Unlike the usual thick lor mee gravy in Singapore, the gravy used at this stall was not very thick; and it was filled with the taste from the mixture of egg, mushroom, and their own special ingredients. Using the usual ban mian noodle, I really like the idea of combining the Lor Mee (鹵麵)and Pan Mee(板麵)together as the noodle really absorbed the fragrance from the gravy.  The taste is slightly heavier as compared to soup version.

Cost: 7.50RM

Dry Pan Mee (幹撈板麵）

This is one of the better taste out of the three dishes I've tried at this stall. The noodle used for this signature Dry Pan Mee was similar to the la-mian we see in Singapore. Dipped with their special sweet mushroom sauce, this dish was filled with anchovies, minced pork and mushroom, infused with the taste of the special sauce. Overall, the noodle was not very dry as the stall owner was very generous with the amount of sauce used. The noodle was nicely cooked with a bit of hardness at the same time preserving the tenderness of the noodle. I love this dish without adding the chilli sauce to keep the original taste. 

Cost: 7RM

Pan Mee (板麵）

If you are observant enough, though the stall owner names all their dishes as Pan Mee, each individual dish (depending on what you order) served to me use different type of Pan Mee which came in different shape and sizes. The soup version did not disappoint as well with their flavourful clear soup. The sambal chilli does enhance the taste, it's up to individual if you want to pour the whole sambal chilli into the soup or dip the noodle piece by piece, and I enjoyed my noodle using the later method. 

Cost: 7RM