Restoran Yik Mun Tanjung Malim is one of those restaurants where I have been dining for more than 30 years, since it belongs to my classmate. I have blogged about this restaurant before and that was on it's Pau's but there is another item here that is worth trying which not many know of, and that is their Hainanese Chicken Chop.
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| Restoran Yik Mun in Tanjung Malim |
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| Interior of the Restaurant |
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| Interior of the Restaurant |
For those who do not know how to get to this restaurant, once you exit the Tanjung Malim toll plaza, keep going straight until you reach the traffic lights. Here, you would need to turn left. Keep going till you see a large Hindu Temple on your left and at this point, if you look right, you would be able to see this restaurant. Those days all the staffs were Chinese, locals from the town but today all the staffs are Indonesians, except for the cook who is a Pakistani boy from Tanjung Malim. This boy was my junior at school too. Seeing me today after a number of years, he personally came up to our table to take the orders. So nice of him to still remember me.
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| The Menu |
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| Filling in our orders |
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| Table Number with Buzzer |
The menu was very good, all their items had a photo of the dish to giver better illustration. They provided us with a chit which is used to fill the orders and then this is to be passed to the waiters.
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| Coca Cola @ RM 3.50 |
The Coca Cola surely comes at a premium price. We wanted the can but they only had this bottled one.
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| Hainanese White Coffee @ RM 3.50 |
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| Hainanese White Coffee @ RM 3.50 |
The Hainanese coffee was served in a restaurant branded mug which is a recent improvisation here. Previously they used to serve it in the old school Hainanese coffee shop cups. The coffee was definitely good and was up to the mark. I would rate this at 9/10 .
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| Hainanese Chicken Chop @ RM 16.00 |
The Hainanese Chicken Chop was prepared in the authentic style except that instead of fries, they had provided some mashed potato's and also replaced the toast bread with a small piece of Man Tau Bun.
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| Fried Chicken Topped with Peas and Onion Gravy |
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| Fried Chicken Topped with Peas and Onion Gravy |
The Chicken was wonderfully prepared. A decent portion and was topped with a delicious batter of peas and onion gravy.The preparation was excellent and I loved it very much. It is very rare to see the authentic Hainanese Chicken Chop served up to this level of taste. Definitely highly recommended dish here and I would rate this at 9.7/10 .
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| Man Tau Bun |
A small slice of the Man Tau Bun was provided in replacement of the tradition toast and butter. The Man Tau Bun was soft, sweet and creamy. I would rate this at 8.8/10 .
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| Mashed Potato |
The Mashed Potato was served in a small aluminium foil like plate. The preparation was definitely perfect and I would rate it at 9/10 .
Overall, this was surely a very satisfying dish. I definitely would not compare them to their neighbours E&L as that is another unique family owned recipe, both excellent in their own class. As for this dish, definitely would be coming back for more.
Address: Lot 6043, Jalan Slim, 35900 Tanjung Malim,
Perak, Malaysia.
Telephone: +605 4596 380
Opening Hours: 0900 - 2200 Daily
This Hainanese Chicken Chop looks really scrumptious...I think you should put this as one of the recipes that you'll try to make at home! Would sure to have the wonderful recipe from you! As for this shop, its good they don't stinge on ingredients and the mashed potato looks really lovely...
ReplyDeleteWould love to try this at home though! But unfortunately, as much as I am capable of commenting, I am not a chef! What I do in front of the stove is simply based on gut and it turns out Okay based on luck cum experience....Perhaps I need to get hold of the owner or chef....both of which are my buddies since kindy days :)
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