Home Food Reviews Old Time Old Taste Kopitiam, Pudu

Last weekend, I went for brunch with my family at Old Time Old Taste in Pudu. Located one street away from Pudu Plaza shopping complex, this cafe serves home-cooked Hainanese fare at affordable prices. Jessy Mok, who is both ambitious and friendly, runs the place. The antique lamps on the ceiling lend a nostalgic feel to the place, and a few wooden and marble top tables complete the clean decor. Since she knows best, we went with all of Jessy’s recommendations.The wholemeal bread with kaya butter (RM2.10) was quite good. Nicely toasted on the outside, it came with a copious amount of butter and kaya. Each bite left traces of butter and kaya at the sides of my mouth. I really enjoyed this, and ordered another serve. =)On the other hand, the kaya butter bread (RM2) didn’t impress me. The bread was over-toasted, making it too crunchy and biscuit-like.Dad’s Hainan Milk Tea was quite good. Thick, creamy and not overly sweet, it went very well with the toasts so I ordered one for myself too! I found the Hainan “Cham” average. While it was strong and fragrant, it was missing the “kao”. The Fresh Ginger Honey Drink was light and refreshing. I’m not a fan of ginger drinks, so I didn’t really care much for it.The Hong Kong Fresh Fried Mee was pretty good. Topped with 3 plump prawns, pork slices and greens in an egg-y gravy, I did not have to add any soy sauce or chili padi to it. It was good on its own!The portion is pretty big. A bowl like this can easily feed 2 small eaters and one of me! =DServed in a big porcelain bowl, the curry mee looked fiery and smelt delicious. I dug in and found lots of long beans, tau foo pok, juicy cockles and a whole chicken drumstick. The curry gravy was thick and aromatic. Tastewise, I thought it not spicy or salty enough. However, this was rectified with a dollop of sambal and a dash of soy sauce.My parents loved the pan mee. The pinched noodles were soft and slightly chewy at the centre, and the soup base was very ch’ng. It came with a plate of crispy fried shallots, savoury minced pork and ikan bilis. Now, if you know me well enough, I’m not a huge fan of ch’ng soups. Discounting that, the pan mee was not bad, but nothing spectacular.Topped with fried shallots, prawns, fish slices and beansprouts, the prawn mee didn’t quite hit it with me. While they were generous with the “liu”, I found the soup base a little anaemic, both in taste and colour. On top of that, I like adding pork ribs into my prawn mee. When we were done with the meal, Jessy came out with a plate of tapioca kuih (bingka ubi). The kuih had a soft and slightly sticky texture, and was not overly sweet. I thought it was not bad, except for the top part being under-caramelised.Neither my parents nor myself felt thirsty after the meal, so I reckon the MSG level in the food is low. Give this place a try if you happen to be around the area and crave home-cooked Hainanese food.

Ambiance: 6.5/10
Price: 8/10
Food: 6.5/10 (non-halal)
Verdict: Decent Hainanese fare and big portions at friendly prices.

Old Time Old Taste Kopitiam
No.14, Lorong Brunei 3,
Off Jalan Pudu, 55100
Kuala Lumpur

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13 comments

J2Kfm April 20, 2009 - 11:38 am

typical kopitiam fare, at best huh?
least more choices than THE original culprit which started this trend.

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thenomadGourmand April 20, 2009 - 2:11 pm

i like the name..old time, old taste.
wish the food was like that!

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Allan Yap & Nigel A. Skelchy April 20, 2009 - 8:10 pm

OK at 4 am, the laksa looked stupendous! haiyo ;-)

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backStreetGluttons April 21, 2009 - 12:46 am

Isn't it just fantastic !? All the oldies old quadruple seasons old familiar tastes old young power bodies coming back with a vengence like a blistering MegaStorm ! Even sweet young voluptious pretties like weknowwho loves so very much ! OMG !
Welcome to da Club , Old & Strong 4ever !

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"Joe" who is constantly craving April 21, 2009 - 3:01 am

u didnt go eat siew yuk!!???

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foodbin April 21, 2009 - 4:36 am

a nice place to have a light meal

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SimpleGirl April 21, 2009 - 4:58 am

quaite reasonable price for this type of kopitiam….the Sang Mee looks good…ya! N so generous of them, adding adding pork ribs in prawn mee

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Bangsar-bAbE April 21, 2009 - 7:06 am

SimpleGirl – Yup, Sang Mee was not bad.

Errr…there was no pork ribs in the prawn mee, I wished they added it in! =P

foodbin – Only during weekends lar! I wouldn’t want to go through the jam… o_0

Joe – No lor… =(

Dad wanted to try this place cos his friend recommended it.

BSG – Hopefully the younger generation can preserve old traditions… ;)

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Bangsar-bAbE April 21, 2009 - 7:11 am

Allan & Nigel – 4am of course lar…shouldn't you be sleeping?? *_*

thenomadGourmand – The food tastes alright. Home-ly and healthy feel lor…

J2Kfm – Yup, choices are decent… ;)

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Sapuche April 21, 2009 - 3:59 pm

I would do just about anything to have a kopitiam where I live. Even though not every dish wowed you, I’m pretty sure I’d be thoroughly satisfied with whatever I tried! It’s a pleasant sort of torture for me to read about these dishes and see their photos! I’ve gotta get me to Malaysia soon… :)

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Bangsar-bAbE April 21, 2009 - 4:42 pm

Haha…I get what you mean. ;) I felt the same when I was away, and would happily devour anything remotely Malaysian!!

Pleasant sort of torture?? *_*

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xin April 30, 2009 - 5:32 am

hey for the price it is pretty good! and the shop name old time old taste kopitiam sounds just so generic.

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Bangsar-bAbE April 30, 2009 - 8:47 am

xin – Yup, the food’s good value for money. Ya lor…generic name! =P

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