San Peng Prawn Mee VS Prawn Mee @ Piau Kee Kopitiam, Jln Loke Yew

Because of the her trustworthy reviews, I dare to challenge my hubby!

It’s a debate of good prawn mee in KL, which started off with hubby’s suggestion to have brunch at his go-to Prawn Mee place when he was working at Bangsar. I remember she highly recommended Prawn Mee at Red Leaf Kopitiam (renamed to Piau Kee Kopitiam), so I told hubby I wanted to try that instead. But, hubby insisted that I must try the one he suggested, which he raved how good it was and his Penang friends also gave a stamp of approval. Since both places are located in the same vicinity, why not just try both!

Contestant No.1: -＼(^_^)／

This is the San Peng Prawn Mee that got much praised from hubby and his friends. It’s a road side stall near Pudu LRT Station parking, a rather shabby setting if you ask me, with less than 10 tables. There were quite a lot of flies too. >_<.  They offer Prawn Mee, Dry Prawn Mee, Lam Mee, Fish Balls Noodles and Kai Si Hor Fun (noodles with shredded chicken).

Prawn Mee (Small – RM9.50)

We had their signature Prawn Mee which came with topping of small prawns, poached chicken (instead of sliced lean pork), Kangkung, bean sprouts and fried shallots. From the appearance, it’s pretty persuasive with the broth had the significant layer of red oil, result of boiling prawn heads and shells. The broth conveying the sweetness and savouriness of the crustacean, satisfying and comforting but a tad mild for my palate. Portion wise, the poached chicken was quite generous in portion but I still prefer sliced lean pork as they tend to absorb the flavours of the soup more.

Verdict: Although the flavour of the broth was a teeny-weeny lack of oomph for me, it’s definitely a good bowl of Prawn Mee, I have no doubt about that.

San Peng Prawn Mee

Jalan San Peng, Off Jalan Loke Yew, 55200 Pudu, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: +6012-290 7050

Operating hours: Wed – Mon: 7.30am to 3.30pm, close on Tuesday.

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Contestant No.2:- ＼(^_^)／

This humble looking stall housed in Piau Kee Kopitiam (formerly Kedai Makanan Red Leaf) has been appeased Prawn Mee lovers with its dependable bowl of noodles for more than 5 years. The restaurant was rather vacant during my visit on last Sunday afternoon and I really worried that it no longer in operation. =.=”

Prawn Mee (Small – RM8.00)

Fried shallots lovers will be rejoiced over the amount of fried shallots sprinkles on this bowl of noodle. There was good amount of sizeable prawns and lean pork slices to complete the noodle. One sip and I was taken. The broth was robust in flavour, richly infused with essence of the prawn, especially the end note which I can distinctly tasted the sweetness of the prawn. It was everything you expected a good bowl of Prawn Noodle to be.

Oh ya, is hard boiled egg a default ingredient for Prawn Mee? Both I tried today were without hard boiled egg.

Verdict: This version had all the necessary ingredients and tasted the way it should. Which one I prefer or which one is my winner you may ask. Since I like strong flavour food, the later have slightly higher mark in my book. But like what I always say, taste is subjective, one person’s meat is another’s poison, some might find the one at Piau Kee Kopitiam too “salty” or “overwhelming”. I know there’re a few more good Prawn Noodles in Klang Valley, should I do the debate again? (^ω^)

Piau Kee Kopitiam & Restoran Shoong City

No 38, Jalan Loke Yew, 55200 Kuala Lumpur.

Operating hours: 7.00am to 2.30pm, daily.

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