Pan Mee @ Taman Sri Sentosa, Off Old Klang Road

I have always been a big fan of Pan Mee as my mum used to make it at least once a week. It was something I looked forward to whenever I know Pan Mee was being served for lunch. Now that my mum is no longer around, it became my turn to take over the kitchen, so occasionally I stilll cook it at home. I like mine torn into pieces using hand instead of the long strand using noodle machine.

A friend of mine who doesn't take Pan Mee told me one day he discovered a gem offering good Pan Mee in Taman Sri Sentosa. He said the Pan Mee is really good, but somehow, I wasn't too interested as Taman Sri Sentosa is not a place I would venture into. There is nothing wrong with this place, it's just that it sounded far to me. Then, this place was featured in a local food program in 8TV called "Ho Chak" and it looked really good. What made up my mind to give this place a try was when I read Boolicious post on it. The photo of the pan mee which she took was imprinted in my mind for the whole day so I made up my mind to make a visit the very next day.

This place is quite easy to find as it's located right in front of a wet market. There is a big signboard right in front of the shop, if not mistaken, it says 'Hand Pulled Noodle'? There are few tables outside the shop but all occupied!! Luckily there was an empty table inside. I have waited a day for this and I didn't want to wait any longer.

While waiting for our order to arrive, I saw this article from the Chinese press pasted on the wall. Before cooking the dough, it is cut into smaller pieces and handpulled to make into a long strand.

A tub of fiery hot chilli paste is placed on every table together with unlimited amount of fresh limau kasturi. Chilli is a must when I eat Pan Mee.

There are two version of Pan Mee here, either dry or soup. Hubby was so accommodative to order the dry version for me to snap a photo as he opted for soup version earlier. The delicious looking bowl of Pan Mee was loaded with minced pork, sliced wood fungus and mushrooms, fried ikan bilis, sweet potato leaves and drizzled with black sauce.

Toss toss toss the pan mee and its ready to eat but wait! Look at how long the noodle was! The black gravy was tasty. Hubby gave a thumbs up for this.

My soupy version of Pan Mee came with the same ingredients as the dry version, minus the black gravy. The ikan bilis stock was good and gave me a homemade feel; flavourful and tasty. The longer you soaked the minced pork and ikan bilis, the soup even taste much better. Not a drop wasted!

As for the noodle, I simple love it. It was smooth and silky yet retains its chewiness (QQ). The fact that it was long doesn't make it any difficult to eat. My only complain is that my small portion was too small...should have opted for big portion. Sigh...

There are also a few types of side order such as porkballs, otak otak and pandan chicken. For this round, I only get to try the porkballs which tasted pretty normal stuff that you can get from the wet market. No complain as it goes very well with our delicious bowl of Pan Mee.

The Pan Mee is not cheap though, RM4.50 for small and RM5.50 for big. Couldn't remember how much was the pork balls, but Pandan Chicken is priced at RM4 each or 3 pieces for RM10. Price is steep considering the location of this shop, but I vowed to return again for the Pan Mee and also the Pandan Chicken. As we were leaving the shop, they were frying the chicken, and oh wow...the aroma just filled the air.

Pan Mee Stall 28
Jalan Seri Sentosa 9A
Taman Seri Sentosa
Off Old Klang Road Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 016 - 288 3911
Closed on Monday

Also check out Boolicious review on this place here. Direction to this place also available on her site.