*from my StarMetro February 2011 article
It’s been a while since I had good yong tau foo — my favourite yong tau foo place at Batu 14, Puchong has gotten too crowded for comfort. We found Chan Chan Yong Tau Foo quite easily, as it was located near the famous steamboat place in Bandar Menjalara.
One of the things that irritate me about food eateries is when they hire foreign workers to manage the restaurant. Chan Chan was one of them. The staff didn’t understand what I wanted to order and having to repeat myself multiple times over a hungry stomach was not something I fancied doing. I ordered an iced herbal tea but was served iced chrysanthemum tea instead.
Patrons have a choice of fried and soup items, and a few non yong tau foo dishes such as curry fish head, Hakka pork belly and asam fish. We opted for our favourites – fried sui kow, fried beancurd, fried brinjal, white tofu, red chilli and ladies finger. Good thing the food arrived quickly. The yong tau foo (RM1 per piece) was properly prepared and generously stuffed with fish paste.
I especially enjoyed the brinjal. Although soft and tender, it still retained some bite. A lot of places tend to serve this limp, soft and oily, a sign that the oil isn’t hot enough. The fried beancurd skin was very addictive – crispy on the outside with a thin layer of fish paste on the inside. I couldn’t help but notice the ample filling in the fried sui kow. This gave the sui kow a satisfying bite. The chilli sauce and brown sauce at Chan Chan tasted different from the common ones available at other yong tau foo places. These were both slightly sweet and pleasant tasting.
The stuffed white tofu, ladies finger and red chilli came in a bowl of soup, made from ikan bilis stock and sayur manis. Although nothing to shout about, I was pleased that the clear soup didn’t make me feel thirsty after the meal. Call me silly, but I only ordered the chilli and ladies finger for some colour. Taste wise, I didn’t care much for them.
We ordered the curry fish head (RM20 – small) out of curiosity. Although the gravy was thick, spicy and flavourful, I wasn’t happy with the fish pieces as they were quite tough. That said, the curry went well with white rice.
On a whole, lunch was pretty decent. I would return for the yong tau foo, but not the curry. While the food came rather quickly, I found the serving lacking as the staff were not really paying attention — note that the restaurant was only ¾ full, so there was no excuse for such inefficiency. Ambiance: 5/10
Price: 6/10
Food: 6/10 (non-halal)
Verdict: Pretty decent yong tau foo but service needs improvement.
Chan Chan Yong Tau Foo69, Jalan 11/62A
Bandar Manjalara,
Kepong, 52200
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 6275 9113
GPS Coordinates: N03 11.585 E101 37.821
Business Hours:
Mon – Sat 11am – 3:30pm; 6 – 9:30pm
Sun 10am – 9:30pm
9 comments
i pay to eat here, with or without service, no where im going to get AUD30 cents a piece of YTF here!
always love the chili & okra in my YTF and not just for the color. hehe.
I think you have over rated this restaurant. No doubt the food is tasty but the service and business ethic of the owner is lousy. I used to have my lunch and dinner there and like to bring my coleagues and friends along. After the meal i realised the fried foo chuck was not served. I told the lady owner about it when i was making payment. To my surprise, i was told off rudely that i should have inform the server earlier and she refused to deduct from my bill. Not wanting to argue, i left and never went back.
How is 6/10 overrating the restaurant?
My comment was removed….
Hmmm…..
Your comment was never removed. If you read my post properly, I never said the service was good.
My apology to you Bangsar Babe. Could be my internet line hiccup as a few comments was not visible earlier when I click onto this site. Sorry…
Food quality I would rate 9/10. They are good in quality consistency.
Service I would rate 3/10. I don’t expect service to be great because hiring staff and training them are not easy, especially with high staff turnover and dealing with foreign workers. I only felt that my money can be well spent elsewhere where business owners appreciates me as a customer and sincere in dealing business with me. Honesty and sincerity are utmost criterias in my selection of F&B outlets. Mainly because I am putting food in my mouth with high faith that I won’t get ill.
Cheers…
was so disappointed with this shop right now. I am really fed up with the attitude of the lady boss and her stuff. After I order the food i try to fill the small plate with the usual chilli sauce but I found that it was left a little bit only then I ask the lady boss to refill it for me she react as if I am the one who consume all chilli she told me to use a bit enough la! It really come to me as a surprise as I thought such word shouldn’t came out from a busness-minded boss. Ok so fine , then when i was on my way to the toilet i found out that their is somelike of delicious sause that could be try one so i decided to take a bit to let my family member try but i was stop by the lady boss again as she warn me not to take this sause as it was only dedicated to those who order the chicken only and i was told that I am not suppost to take it myself! Fine I left it back there then! After that,I try to connect their wifi but my phone just cant connect to it anymore and this is very unusual case as i have been there since long time ago. Every time it was a successful attempt but not until today, i can no longer able to access to the internet when i thought well the password might be changed by the boss. So I decided to ask the stuff regarding about the password first, they not only doesnt give me the password they also act like a fool playing around! When I ask the stuff ,he tells me that the wifi is spoil , when my mother ask the other stuff he say the system down. As i know they all are lying as i could detect their wifi so eventually i decided to went up to the cashier to find the arrogant lady boss she told me in a very rude way that the wifi is not for customer use one! It really shock me and spoil my lunch mood ! I was here to have lunch but not your punchsack ok?! The service are suck as her stuff act unseen me when i ask them to add water for the tea pot. Some of them even ignore me after I show my hand as a sign of asking them to come my place. Service are really really bad !
My advice to another who decided to go there to think twice ! As the price of the food is not any cheaper than any restaurant in kepong! Strongly not advice any of you to go ! My father even told me that people change their attitude when they become rich because they thought they have establish their name well !
Eat here if u think your money have no where better place to spent ! Really feel sad to say! Such a pitty to have such a boss to manage this restaurant.