La MEE

This morning, we dropped by this small restaurant in the Teguh Raya area at the recommendation (as well as insistence) of Syukri. The overall atmosphere was typical of a small restaurant, though they did try to create a theme of some sort, with various pictures and decorations. More are needed, I would think. The most interesting of them all was the window into the kitchen, where you actually view the chef making noodles. Yes, hand-made noodles are served here (for all the noodle dishes apparently - their specialty, I suppose). That's where the place gets its name, I guess.

Apart from noodles, their other dishes also seem to have a Chinese/Asian tone (hence the tiny models of Asian clothes on the walls, I'm guessing). Its price seems to be about mid-range, just under $10 each person for a full meal. The menu was nicely presented and well thought out, with even some little random facts occasionally. What's interesting was that they had a top 10 dishes list up on a board - to help undecided customers decide, I suppose.

Me and Izzah split the apparently #1 most popular dish, the Butter Nestum Chicken. This dish is a favorite of mine in other restaurants that have it, such as Teo Poi Hoon (TPH), Blues Cafe (just discovered that its very dirty here, ew) and even some catering such as Rasa Ceria Cafe (RCC). The La MEE version was oilier than the TPH one, and the Nestum pieces were visible. Not necessarily a bad thing, as the "fluff" was nice and crunchy, unlike RCC's. The chicken was also crisp and tender, also unlike RCC's. So all in all, it wasn't a bad dish. On a side note, I've actually tried making this at home. It uses obscene amounts of butter and egg yolks. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I never was successful :(

Anyway, we also spilt one of their more famous drinks, the Milo Godzilla. What made this so special was that in addition to the milo (in a very very big mug), there was also ice cream, whipped cream and more milo sprinkled on top. Syukri gave this rave reviews, but for me, it was less than fantastic. Under all the extras, the milo did not taste all that nice, and tasted more like milo-flavoured sugar water. It was very very sweet. Hadi didn't notice it though, apparently o.0

I usually don't snitch food off of other people, but this time I did, just to have a taste, hehe. Ibu and Babah ordered Mee Mamak and Kolo Mee Ayam, respectively. Both were quite tasty. The Mee Mamak tasted really good, a bit like Justin's Chilli Chicken and I really liked the kolo mee's noodles. This was my first time tasting both dishes (yes, I'm not a very adventurous person when it comes to food, usually) so I can't really compare it with other places, but everyone assured me that they tasted better than most otehr restaurants'. Oh well, I'll take their word for it, I suppose.

The last dish was ordered by both Hadi and Syukri, the ever popular Buttermilk Chicken. It seems as though it wasn't all that popular in La MEE though. Unlike all the rest of our food this time, the Buttermilk Chicken was not in the top 10 list. For good reason. Hadi and Syukri liked it a lot, because they said that the buttermilk sauce was very

very creamy. And yes, it was. Too creamy for me, in fact. Easy enough to duplicate at home with MY buttermilk chicken recipe! ;) , just use a very creamy brand of evaporated milk... Like Ideal. I actually diluted this with normal milk when I used it, because it was waaaaaaayyyyy too creamy. Apparently though, that's what Hadi and Syukri like. Anyway, back to the La Mee version, the chicken was also just so-so. Unlike TPH's versi

on of buttermilk chicken, it seemed that they did not deepfry the chicken before putting it in the sauce. Hence, it wasn't crisp at all, and just tasted ... well, like chicken. Hadi liked it though... weirdo :P

Oh yea, before I forget, Hanisah also ordered Fish and Chips. Well, not much I can say about this really. It tasted like Fish and Chips. That is all ;)

On the whole, La MEE wasn't all that bad. Ibu and Babah found most of the food too sweet (and Hadi and Syukri probably think its not sweet enough) but I would definitely like to come back again one day. I want to try the Chinese Crispy Pancakes, whatever that is. The Spring Onions and Chicken flavour looks good ;)