Ampang Tofu, Doncaster

I think one of the little joys of life is to get a great bargain, especially in food. Last weekend, Ampang Tofu had a promotion in their restaurant. They were offering half price yong tau foo noodles. 6 pieces of vegetables and beancurd stuffed with fish paste and noodles in broth for $21.80 normally is half price during lunch time. 

There was a queue as expected, but I soon secured a table and wrote our orders on the slip of paper available at every table. There was another queue for the cashier after which Gaz picked out our selection of yong tau foo at the refrigerated display cabinet. I had asked him to pick vegetable pieces that required no extra deep frying, while he had picked out the fried wonton, fried beancurd, and all the fried pieces of yong tau foo. We were yin and yang indeed! Who would be picking out all the fried pork lard from his noodles, or chicken skin from his Hainanese chicken pieces if I was not around? He would grow into a tub then a barrel!

I ordered yellow noodles and bee hoon in laksa soup. I liked the rich creamy coconut, spicy and salty soup. The fish paste in the yong tau foo was bouncy and lacked any strong fish smell. I liked that the ratio of fish paste to vegetable is generous. 

Gaz's bowl of flat rice noodles in chicken soup was very good too. The soup was chickeny and tasted like home made with actual chicken bones and meat, not just chicken msg powder. I think the soup could have made a good Ipoh kai see hor fun. 

 There have been many unflattering reviews of this restaurant around the wait time and service, but I think one should not dwell too much on the quality of service in a typical Asian restaurant, especially when the restaurant is so good to offer a half price promotion.