Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Flavor of My Hometown


Blogger and photographer Neo was in my hometown, Kuala Kangsar, last March to attend a wedding. He complained that the food in the wedding dinner was ‘mediocre’. I recommended him curry noodle a.k.a. curry mee, should he go to KK again.

The picture above shows a dish of dried curry mee of my hometown. It is different from the curry soup noodle common in Klang Valley in the sense that it is not served in curry soup. Instead, it is dried noodle with curry added. The curry may or may not be made of coconut milk, depending on the individual stores. Even if you don’t eat spicy food, the dried noodle minus the curry is yummy too.

Curry mee may also come in soup, but again this is prepared in a way not common in Klang Valley. Often, the soup is ikan bilis soup, with curry added.

Another hometown food which I like is beef ball noodle. I will blog about it when I have the photos.


Related post:
Images of My Hometown

20 comments:

Grass said...

look similar to Ipoh horfun with curry. Home town food are always special as we grew up eating them.

Mei Teng said...

Re: the beef ball noodles. Are they similar to the ones in served in Soon Kee..opposite RHB Bank in KL? That's my fav beef ball noodles!

Shingo T said...

Dried curry mee looks yummy.

I will be going down Genting & KL in 2 weeks time. Looking forward to the good food in KL.

annant said...

didnt know u r from kk...
and how come u didnt tell me this when i was in sabah T-T

i miss sabah =.=

Towards healthy and leisure life~! said...

Wow that looks nice!

khengsiong said...

Grass
Kuala Kangsar is near Ipoh.

Mei Ting
Haven't try Soon Kee. Can't commend.

shingo
Next time fly to Ipoh, then visit my hometown :)

annant
This KK is not that KK, hehe...

THLL
Now try it out!

Tekkaus said...

It is really different over there huh! Actually I might just prefer the ones over there. And they have the option of coconut milk or without it which is good. I'm sure a lot will find it appealing right?

:D Yummy!

花木兰 said...

我喜欢吃咖哩面,我还打算写一篇咖哩的帖。哪干咖哩很容易做的,就像干捞面般然后放咖哩。。。^_^
p/s;来你这边都是ABC blogger好像只有我写中文,哈哈。。够特别吧?

Zhu said...

I love dry noodles!

I have coconut milk sauce once in a while, but this is really a South-East Asian thing. Chinese just stick to soy sauce!

HappySurfer said...

That looks nice. Yeah, every town has its own specialities.

Sam Wong said...

yummy yummy...
i want try...hihi

Neo said...

Wah, so many KK in Malaysia le... you are confusing the ant. :)

Haven't got a chance to try that yummilicous looking curry mee in the famous KK! Will do one day!

Have you tried the "much more superior" kampua in Bandar Puteri?!

day-dreamer said...

Yeah yeah... kon lou curry mee, I like. :D

khengsiong said...

tekkaus
People of Kuala Kangsar and Ipoh do like this type of noodle, but others may take a while to get used to it.

花木兰
等你的post。
中文没关系,我看得懂。

Zhu
Sichuan noodle is more than soy source, hehe...

happysurfer
You're right. Some of the best food are found in small towns.

Sam
Yes, try it if you ever go to my hometown.

neo
Haven't try the Bandar Puteri kampua. Are you treating me?

day-dreamer
Haha... Ipoh people like kon lou curry mee too...

JL said...

Interesting noodles, never tried it before. :D

khengsiong said...

JL
Never tried it. That's why it is special.

迷迭香 said...

dry version of curry noodle ?
Taman Megah got one really good store ~ ^O^

khengsiong said...

迷迭香
Tmn Megah? Never know that...

SinJi said...

i like dry curry noodle.
which stall, 迷迭香?

khengsiong said...

Sinji
Visit my hometown!