The Battle Of The Chee Cheong Fun(s)!

Jeng Jeng Jeng!!! Today Simon Lover is doing something you guys would never think of, yet again!!! -- There's no sexy guys pictures!!! Hehehehe.....

So, continuing my Penang post .....

The Battle Of The Chee Cheong Fun(s)!

Main Actor: Chee Cheong Fun ( steamed rice noodle roll )

The Plain Chee Cheong Fun

Once upon a time, little Simon had his first taste of chee cheong fun, the ala KL or Klang version ( dark, sweet sauce served with yong-tau-foo dishes and peanuts ). It's always fun to stand beside the CCF stall and pick which yong-tau-foo,e.g "foo chuk", fish balls; u like to go with your plain CCFs. And for the next 19 years, the weekly Saturday Night Market has been my favourite haunt of KL-style CCF's! -- Suffice to say, i fell in love with it ( and i still do now =P ).

Yong Tau Foo-style Chee Cheong Fun

As the years goes by, little Simon have evolved into a sexy young twink; wiser enough to begin, exploring the dangerous world of CCFs. The First stop, Penang-style CCFs, served with thick heh-ko ( shrimp paste ) and some chilli paste / sesame seeds / fried onions ).

Penang Style "Heh-Ko" Chee Cheong Fun

Since The Horny BF came from a quintessential town of Little Guilins, i was introduced to the Ipoh-style CCFs. First, is Ipoh's famous Mushroom Sauce CCFs or in cantonese, "Tong Ku Chap" CCF.

Ipoh-style "Tong Ku Chap" Chee Cheong Fun

Then, there's also another of Ipoh's specialty, The Sweet & Spicy Sauce CCFs ( in cantonese : "Tim Cheong Lat Jiu" sauce ) served with pickled green chillies.

 

Ipoh-Style "Tim Jeung Lat Jiu" Chee Cheong Fun

I also lost my virginity to Ming Court's ( One of Ipoh's most famous Dim Sum restaurant ), Hong Kong-style CCFs, freshly steamed and is stuffed with prawns ( occasionally with "char siew" /  barbequed pork as well ), served in soya sauce.

Hong Kong-Style Chee Cheong Fun

 Having tried so many versions of chee cheong fun, i was again in awed when i discovered that there's a Curry-style Chee Cheong Fun as well!

 

Curry Chee Cheong Fun

 

Then a few years back, the ever hamsap Simon Lover was posted to work in a small, peaceful town where he was again, managed to achieve self-orgasm with Teluk Intan-style CCF, with fried dried shrimps fillings served with pickled green chillies.

 

Teluk Intan-style Chee Cheong Fun

A-Ha...And Nearly forgot about it, the rare CCF served in sesame oil and sesame seeds ( "ji ma" in cantonese ).

Chee Cheong Fun In Sesame Oil & "Ji Ma"

And the list goes on & on...But those are the most common ones that i have eaten before. So, which version do you think i like the MOST leh?.....Hahaha..With such a big picture below, no doubt is the Penang Heh-Ko Chee Cheong Fun of course!!!! Nowadays, everytime i visit Penang, the only food that i really crave for till i get a cold-turkey if i didn't had one, is not the char kuey teow, asam laksa, cendol, or hokkien mee either, but it's their CCF of course! There's a few stalls that i always haunt, namely the ones in Sin Seow Fong Lye@ Lorong McCalister, the stall in Kimberley Street and Little Genting, Delima Island Glades. Hahahaha.....

And so, which Version Do You Guys Like leh?

Do leave some comments ya! Muacks From Simon Lover!

Jeng Jeng Jeng! The Almighty Penang Heh-Ko Chee Cheong Fun!

Of Crabs & Siew Pau @ Seremban

Last week I had a course in Negeri Sembilan. That explains why I was away for nearly a week. Since the venue of my course is located in a small, deserted-like town, me & my straight friends decided to go for an excursion to Seremban for dinner, instead of eating the food provided by our hotel.

And so, off we went to Seremban, searching for anything that Seremban can offer to fill our hungry tummies. The first stop was of course, Seremban's most famous produce the Seremban Siew Pau ( baked crispy bun with char-siew pork fillings ). One of the gals have never even eaten the "original" Siew Pau from Seremban before. So we had to bring her to try her arguably, "once-in-a-lifetime" experience lor. The nearest and the most convenient branch to go for, is located along the North-South Highway, the towering - "The Empayar Seremban Siew Pau" Restaurant. ( for the location, plz click here ).

 

 

Yummy Siew Pau(s)!!!! - The most important thing about a good siew pau is that the pastry must be flaky and at the same time, the meat fillings must be moist and juicy.

I have never really explored Seremban before, that's why, I'm not really familiar with the roads over there. Back in my student days, i have always hated "Seremban" because The Express Bus to Singapore would often took a detour into Seremban town to pick up a few extra passengers, thus delaying my trip for another 40 mins! -- However, over the years, this is actually my 3rd trip to Seremban. The 1st time was actually a short one, where i drop by the Kampung Rasah branch, just to "ta pau" the Siew Pau. The 2nd time was on my way to Melaka, me & the Horny BF purposely drop by Seremban for some food hunt -- And well, just our luck, it so happened that both of Seremban's most famous Beef Noodles and Hakka Mee Stall were closed on that day! -- In the end? -- We just "Ta Pau" Siew Pau again lor before leaving for Melaka.

Now back to my story, on that fateful day, I rang up my sexy Seremban PLU friend for any good recommendations in Seremban & also due to the persistent nagging from the Horny BF (who's not with me) to try another of Seremban's specialty -- Grilled Crabs.

Restoran Sin Yit Sing ( 新日昇餐馆 ), Address: 103, Tmn A.S.T, Jln Labu Lama, 70200 Seremban, NS.

-- Coming from the KL-Seremban direction -- Exit through the first Seremban Exit which is -- Seremban, Labu Exit - After the Toll, turn left, drive slowly & you'll pass thru 2 traffic lights. Just before the 3rd Traffic Light ( about 5 mins fr the Toll ), which is a major crossroad, turn to your left -- Juz about 1 minute drive, u'll see a small traffic light and that's where u'll need to turn to your right. The road is a lil' bit uphill and immediately turn to your right again to the small lane with a row of shophouses -- The restaurant is situated near the end of the shophouses ).

The restaurant was also featured in Ah Xian's show "A Taste With Jason" and you can read his mandarin blog over here.

 

Because there were only 5 of us, we just ordered Fish Head Noodle Soup and 1.5 kg Grilled Crabs in Marmite Sauce ( 1 kg = RM 42 )

Picture is courtesy from axian's blog. Well, the crabs ain't that big though. But, for 1.5 kg, we were given 4 medium sized crabs.

  

Their version of the Fish Head Noodles is served in the usual milky soup base, but tasted very peppery. Though i like peppers, but in the end, i think this was the dish that made me felt very thirsty thruout the entire night. However, it's still nice though. 

Total Damage : RM 85 for 5 person ( 1.5kg of Crabs, 3 person serving of Noodle )

( Talking about the Crabs, now only i realize that we forgot to inform The Lady Boss that we did not eat the pre-packed peanuts nor used the hand-towel served to us !! We thought of saving money ma  - You see! That's the consequences of being too stingy. In the end, we were still charged because of our forgetfulness! - Aiseh! )

All in all, everyone was actually quite satisfied with the food hunt and we went back to our hotel just in the nick of time before the night class resumed ....

Muacks from Simon Lover. And also Muacks To The Fable Prince Frog for just being a cute and helpful Seremban guy ( though he's not the sexy Seremban PLU friend i've mentioned earlier...tsk tsk tsk... )

** And this coming from Horny BF himself (wink wink) - Why I felt neglected and left out in the thanking department eh? Hmm ... **