Nov 28 2008

Great homecooked food at the Senior Citizen Association’s cafetaria

Published by Foong at 3:41 am under Fusion Food, Restaurants, Western Food, Where to eat |

The Senior Citizen Association’s cafetaria is well-known for its Roti Babi, Spring Rolls and several other dishes for quite a long time already. In fact, The Food Critic brought me to this place more than a decade ago and now, finally, I have a chance to share their great food with everyone else!

The Senior Citizen's Association at 7, D.S. Ramanathan

The Senior Citizen's Association at 7, D.S. Ramanathan

Now, although the cafetaria has signs proclaiming ‘member only’, it is open to the public. So, you don’t have to be a senior citizen who’s a member of the association to eat there. I may not be young anymore but I sure as heck am not a senior citizen yet!

Senior Citizens Association Cafetaria
Senior Citizens Association Cafetaria

Senior Citizens Association Cafetaria... yep, no air-cond

The Senior Citizen Association cafetaria is surrounded by lush greenery

The Senior Citizen Association cafetaria is surrounded by lush greenery

Now, let’s get on with their signature dishes…

Mee Sua Tau

Mee Sua Tau

The only way to describe the Mee Sua Tau (RM10) is that it is almost like Shark Fin’s Soup except that it contains mostly chicken, mushrooms, crabmeat, egg and rice noodles. The soup base is starchy and quite thick. Here’s a closer look:

Mee Sua Tau

Mee Sua Tau

For a medium bowl of this, the portion is pretty big and this being more than merely soup as it is generously full of rice noodles, it is very filling too. I only ate one tiny bowl of this as I am not really a big fan of mee sua tau. Nevertheless, I still like theirs. It is thick and yet not too sticky and yes, it is tasty because it has so many different ingredients.

Fried rice

Fried rice

Not all that remarkable since it is just plain fried rice with the usual ingredients of shrimps, egg, chicken. Still, it is good enough for Mr Picky who ate almost half of the amount!

Roti Babi and Spring Roll

Roti Babi (right) and Spring Roll

It may look almost similar and it’s ingredients are a tad similar but it is actually different. Both contained chicken, carrots, crabmeat and some jicama (mangkuang).  The only difference is that one is a spring roll while the other one is bread with the ingredients sandwiched between two slices of bread and then the bread fried to a crispiness.

Spring roll and roti babi

Spring roll and roti babi best eaten with some sauce and chillies

Their spring rolls are simply the best as the skin is very crispy and they don’t stinge on the ingredients too. The best part is the chili laced sauce with generous amount of Worchestershire Sauce.

Quarter roast chicken

Quarter roast chicken

I absolutely love their roast chicken although it is not really roasted! The chicken was deepfried before it was served. It is darn good, I tell you.

The prices here are pretty reasonable. Check out the menu:

The menu

The menu

So, my final verdict is that it is really worth the price to eat there. For one thing, the ‘chefs’ are definitely really good. This place is like the senior citizen’s best kept secret!

Rating: 8/10

Price:$$

Here are the cafetaria opening hours:

The cafetaria opening hours

And here’s the location map to the place.

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    6 responses so far

    6 Responses to “Great homecooked food at the Senior Citizen Association’s cafetaria”

    1. ck lamon 28 Nov 2008 at 9:46 am

      Really nice food and the place is always pack with customers especially on a Saturday afternoon.

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    2. 550ml jar of faithon 28 Nov 2008 at 2:17 pm

      Oh this is a favourite haunt for its roast chicken and roti babi! I can’t say much for the other stuff though – tasted the char hor fun and fried rice before and it really was kinda tasteless! And like you, I’m not a huge fan of mee sua tau either altho plenty of friends swear by it!

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    3. Jessieon 29 Nov 2008 at 1:37 am

      Oh wow, thanks for all the pictures! One of these days, we’re going to come visit you! You make everything look so mouthwatering! :D

      +Jessie
      a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse

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    4. Geraon 29 Nov 2008 at 2:35 am

      Hi Foong!

      Wonderful place and food.. very nice for weekends!
      I’ll be kept in secret but it’s nice for sharing ..;-)

      Gera .:. sweetsfoods

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    5. Reenion 29 Nov 2008 at 7:07 am

      The food looks good, I’d like to try some of the things I’ve never had before. Thanks for sharing!

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    6. thenomadGourmandon 12 Mar 2009 at 8:51 am

      if only we have things like that in KL…

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