We found a new joint that serves a Malaysian hawker style yin yong noodles! For those who love yin yong - so called because there is the contrast in texture and colour between the deep fried rice vermicelli (white in colour) and stir fried flat rice noodles seasoned with soy sauce (dark in colour), you will know that it is not a common noodle dish among the Malaysian restaurants in Melbourne. I am not sure why, but it makes the finding of this restaurant extra special.
We ordered the yin yong of course, for me ($13.50). The balance of portion between the rice vermicelli and flat rice noodles was just nice, and there were lots of chicken pieces and gravy in the dish. I do find that the flat rice noodles were missing some wok hei (breath of the wok) but I finished the dish to the last bit of gravy anyway.
Gaz ordered a lunch special - dry egg noodles with braised pork belly and black fungus (I think it was $12.50). This is also dry egg noodles with chicken feet and mushrooms, which is a more common Malaysian hawker dish but we didn't feel like eating chicken feet that day. The noodles were springy and the braised pork was tasty. I still liked my yin yong better.
The restaurant takes up two shop lots but there was only 1 waitperson and 1 chef in the kitchen. I'm not sure if it is normally quiet or because of Covid-19 but there were only two tables of customers that day including us. Service was quick and the waitperson was very obliging and friendly.
I really hope that this restaurant will make it through the current crisis, because there are still so many dishes I want to try in this restaurant, for example - Fried Hokkien Mee (full of lard, black soy goodness that is so difficult to find in Melbourne) and Bean Curd on Sizzling Plate (ahh... the memories, I wonder if it will taste the same as the restaurant near my childhood home?). It is no doubt a very difficult time, let us hope that everyone will pull through alright soon.
Update: This restaurant has now closed.
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