Woo Pin Fish Head Noodles, Taman Danau Desa

Gary and Candy has been, for the longest time, trying to get me to try the fish head noodles at Woo Pin. Somehow, I was very busy for many, many weekends...and finally the sun, stars and moon aligned and wahlah, here I am at Woo Pin :p

It was saturday brunch time and Woo Pin was packed, packed, packed! The number of people waiting for tables was rather intimidating, but surprisingly, we got our tables quite quickly. But since it was so crowded, we had to wait a while for our hot bowls of goodness..

And 30 mins later, here's my fish head noodles..

When it comes to fish head noodles, what the pull factor for you? The soup, the fish or the type of noodles used? For me, it's the soup, and I definitely feel that this was Woo Pin's selling point. There's subtle differences to fish head noodles soup; some are skewed towards sourness, some strong with wine and others, extremely milky. Woo Pin's version was milky- no wonder the kids were slurping down the soup like there's no tomorrow. The milkiness was very aromatic, the distinct flavour of milk gave a lingering fragrance in the mouth. The noodles were served with 4 large chunks of fish(head) meat which Candy said was much less as they used to served about 6 pieces of fish meat.

We shared a bowl of yut wat with spinach..

Quite nice but rather fishy. Mask it with the ultra yummy chilli sauce if you cant stand the fishiness. The yut wat (fish paste) was compact and full of fish flavour, gives a good bite.

Woo Pin Fish Head Noodles is located at A37, Plaza Danau 2, Jalan 109F, Taman Danau Desa, 58100 KL. This is how it looks like, dont be confused with all the sign boards, Woo Pin's signboard is the green banner. Available from 730am- 10 pm. Closed on Mondays.

Yu Wat @ Seri Kembangan and Coffee Ribs @ Klang

Taking a break from Bali ( I think some of you are getting sick of it..hehe), let's move back closer to home on some food I had months back but have not posted..

Ab wanted us to try this famous homemade yut wat (sorta flat fish cake/ fish ball) at Serdang for a long, long time and finally we did manage to do a rombongan sambil memakan to this place one fine day. After placing our orders, we got our drinks quite promptly. I decided to have tong sui instead, they were serving mak juk (sweet wheat dessert). I find it a little too sweet for my liking though..

There were quite a number of noodles to choose from, but Jane and I decided to try the yut wat noodles.The noodles were served in clear broth, generously laden with yu wat and vegetables. The yut wat was springy in texture and had quite a lot of fish meat added into it. The soup was sweet but I did feel that the vegetables distorted the soup a little. After eating the noodles for a while, the soup had the 'greens' (from the veg) taste.

Dragon girl opted for yut wat cooked with milk..Well, it's actually the same ingredients and broth for fish head noodles, but here, they serve it with yu wat and fish slices. Dragon girl said it was average..

Ab, eric and vince had the tom yum seafood noodles instead..It must have tasted pretty good as the guys stopped talking and concentrated on finishing their bowl of noodles..And the prawns seemed endless, Ab was eating one prawn after another and I thought it was a bottomless seafood noodles..hehe

After the noodles, we started talking about other food and eric said that Klang has a rather famous kopi kuat (strong coffee).

Why do we need to go to Klang for kopi kuat? We can get it anywhere!

Not kopi kuat! Kopi guat!! (coffee ribs), eric replied..

Oh I see....:D

Since we were on eating mood already, we decided to continue our rombongan to Klang..

And we ended at Restoran Happy Village..As we already had lunch, we ordered their coffee ribs and a rather famous claypot taufoo. They are also famous for their steamed fresh water fish head, but we didnt order that.

We ordered vegetables as we sorta feel guilty on having too much meat..Vegetables was surprisingly quite good, has got sufficient "wok hei"..

The claypot tau foo (RM16) was served next..It actually looks more like sharksfin soup rather than tau foo. I'd say it's tau foo kang actually. The soup consists of taufoo (cubed and mince), chopped mushrooms, prawns, and carrots..The texture was velvety, creamy..very comforting to drink :). The taste was also nicely balanced, not too salty nor sweet. For a bit of kick, add in vinegar..yummy..

And at last, the coffee ribs (RM6 per rib).. and goodness me, it was rather humongous! It was more of a chop than a rib...deep fried, the ribs were coated with thick, sticky sauce. Yes, the taste of coffee was definitely there, leaving a slightly bitter aftertaste. And the sugar and dark soy sauce added some other layers of flavours. We did find the meat rather tough though. Eric said that it was not as good as the previous times he tried :(

So how does one eat the coffee ribs? Hold the end of the ribs and tear the meat out like a carnivour! hahaha

The yu wat noodles is located in Serdang, operates from a corner house. This is the entrance..Anyways, I got Ab to give me the directions, and I quote from him..

From Serdang Main road, turn to the left before BHP petrol station. Then you will pass by Seri Kembangan police station. First right turning all the way till the end followed by a left. Drive all the way to the end and you will have to take a right. Go straight and will see the shop on the right, corner house.

Restoran Happy Village is located at 39, Jalan Satu, Kawasan 16, Jalan Batu Tiga Lama, Berkeley, 41300 Klang, Selangor. Tel: 03-33430933