I’ve been hearing about this spot in Kuchai Lama where they are touted to serve the best fish head mee hoon and the best clay pot low she fun in the whole of Klang Valley. Curiosity got the best of me and I eventually ended up in this shop lot on Jalan 3/115c in Kuchai Lama. You wouldn’t expect an eatery to be part of these flats. I didn’t either until my friend pointed it out to me one day.
You won’t miss it if you look out for a row of semi-rundown shop lots with clothes hanging out the windows on the higher floors. Goon Wah Restaurant is right smack in the middle flanked by workshops on both sides. Plastic chairs and tables are set up all along the walkway, patrons enjoying their lunch while the workshop mechanics go about their repairs less than 5 feet away.
Getting there was an easy task as I stayed nearby, passing this area almost daily but for the benefit of all here are the coordinates – 03° 05′ 25.52″ N, 101° 40′ 59.84″ E. There are 3 seating choices – inside the shop, the left walkway or the right walkway – and I heavily recommend sitting along the left walkway as this area is shielded from the external heat. The inside is filled with air circulating from the kitchen while the right walkway is directly exposed to the heat, therefore both are not recommended.
Their first signature dish, the XO fish head mee hoon comes in the sizes of large, larger and largest so if you really plan to give it a try, make sure you bring a friend or two. A 3 man (or woman) crowd will be just nice enabling you to order one serving of the XO fish head mee hoon and another serving of the claypot low she fun.
The XO fish head mee hoon is abundant with ingredients. What I observed was that they used salted vegetables, onion stalks, slices of tomatoes, ginger, yam and chunks of fish head.Yes CHUNKS. They actually add in pieces of fish head so huge that when I was done, the bones piled up to the size to fit a whole bowl! Imagine the amount of meat on the fish head!
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