Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Eternal Prosperity.


Naming a restaurant is never easy in Malaysia. Simply because one has to look at the meanings from the perspective of the many spoken languages across the country. A name may sound fabulous in English, but it may all go wrong in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainanese, Bahasa Malaysia, Hindi, Tamil or even Urdu. Or vice versa.

For example, there's a restaurant called How YeeKee in Section 17 PJ, which contrary to its name, serves some yummy Hokkien Fried Noodles, Marmite Pork, Kampar Noodles and more.

I can also talk about the Nissan Bluebird and what its name translates to in a certain Chinese dialect, but that would be in another blog.

Now, back to our One2Two destination – Weng Hing of Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur.

The name suggests an optimistic claim of 'prosperity that lasts forever'. And rightly so, this has been my favourite 'kopitiam' since way back in the 70s and 80s, till today. Well, I did stay right next door to this place back then.

For my top One2Two recommendation here, do check out the Pork Ball Noodles, dry or soup, and ask for extra Siu Cheong, (which is the crispy pork sausage that's unlike anywhere else in Malaysia, and probably the world). But be forewarned, they might just drop the special pork sausages into the soup and get them all soft and soggy. Remove the sliced gems as fast as you can and place them somewhere dry to preserve the crunchiness.

Alternatively, go for the Mix Pork Noodles, or Porridge, with an added egg. Or, try the Braised Chicken and Siew Yook (crunchy barbeque pork) Rice.

Then, there's also a stall that sells 'happening' Seremban Siew Pau that you can 'tapau' back with you, that's if you're looking forward to a fun-munch at work, later.

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