Being someone who is born, bred and buttered in Klang Valley, I find it hard to comprehend the "greatness" of other states' delicacies. If you meet someone from Perak, they will almost definitely tell you that their food in their state is the best in Malaysia. Then your Malaccan friend will then say "Ain't so, Malacca's food is the best". And then your Penang friend will then stand up and said his/her state's food is the best. There will be endless debate comparing their state specialty with one another.
To solve this issue, one usually will have to visit the states to try out the food. That will be obviously time consuming. Well, there is an easier option now when it comes to Penang food with Penang One Restaurant in Bandar Puteri Puchong.
What sets this penang restaurant apart from the rest (eg: Little Penang Cafe, etc)? Well, they claimed that their food comes directly from the penang source itself on a daily basis. Yup, that's right. The food is made in Penang, packed and delivered to this restaurant every day.
For starters, my wife and I ordered the so called famous ais kacang from Swatow Lane New World Park.
Nothing fantastic with the ais kacang, so let's move on. I ordered the char kuay teow, which supposedly comes from the famous Kampung Jawa Pee Chuan’s recipe. Small and pathetic portion with three measly prawns in it.
While my wife ordered the Lebih Cecil's duck kuey teow thng (soup). The soup tasted ok, but then again, it's like any other clear-soup noodles one can get in food courts.
With those small portions, we decided to order another dish, which is the famoust lobak from Penang. Kinda forgot which part / shop is this from, but the dish is sadly disappointing. The tofu tasted different (better than the ones in Klang Valley lobak), but everything else pales in comparison.
On the whole, I would not recommend this place to anyone, but if you ever need to settle the debate with your Penang, Perak and Malaccan friends, here is a good place to start.
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