So, in accordance with our gradual lifestyle changes to go for more ‘cheng’ (clear) and healthy foods – in other words soups and non-deep fried and non-curry and not-too-rich foods – we went to one of our favourite haunts for lunch recently.
It is none other than the famous Sin Hoe Peng coffee shop’s Ah Sai Pork porridge, beehoon, koay teow, mee suah, bee tai bak and maggi mee, all in clear soup or now, the new dish of ‘kon loh’ or ‘dry’ maggi mee as in without soup but with sauces.
Quite forgetting that this particular place is always packed during lunch time, we had to wait about 30 minutes for our food to arrive! And the parking is horrendous because there is barely enough space to park but you can always park opposite, inside the basement carpark of the new Great Eastern building. Here’s the location map:
They are particularly famous for their beehoon (vermicelli) soup and pork porridge. I remember craving their pork porridge like mad when I was in my third trimester while pregnant with our son years ago.
Theirs is the traditional soup based dish as the ingredients consist of minced pork, pork balls, fish balls, pork liver and loads of vegetables (choy sam / chye sim). Of course we ordered without the liver because of the high cholesterol. The soup is so tasty that it is really worth the wait. It is best to go before the mad hour of noon, 11.30am is a good time or after 1.45pm, for a late lunch. They are open from 9am to 4pm on weekdays. The shop is easily located at King Street (right opposite the Great Eastern new building) and parking is either by meter along King Street or Bishop Street or RM1 per entry at the Great Eastern building.
Rating: 7/10
Price: $$ (between RM3.20 to RM4.50 per bowl depending on small or large and extra ingredients)
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