Those specialised fames Charsiew restaurants memang likdat wan.

Mths back, I went to Meng Kee Glenmarie wth another 3 guys...We ordered Charsiew, roasted chicken, Cheong & Taugeh...Total cost ~ RM70+..damnit..weeks later, we went again & now only 3 of us and we dun order the cheaong bcos not really great. Again still ~ RM45+..darn...min per pax >RM15...walau eh.
Anyway agreed their Charsiew is superb but the rice & chicken so-so only.

The operators usually victimised those that orders for the whole group. They might overcharge as there may be some customers that fight for the bill and when this happens, they won't scrutinise the bill. Remember those days in Old Klang Road seafood restaurants (at the junction of Taman Desa). You fight for the bill and then suddenly you are overcharged RM10 to RM15 and sometimes a pack of Marlboro is inserted in the bill. Happens nowadays, in Chee Xiang, 11th mile Cheras, I ordered a quarter duck and 'char siew + siew yoke' and three rice. Asked for the bill and it was RM46.00, I paid it and then did the maths as it was itemised and I was overcharged RM10.00. My wife went back and ask the 'see tow porr' to calculate again and she just opens the drawer and flash out ten bucks and returned it to my wife without looking and apologised. So, it proves that it is pre-meditated.

Just go back to ordering single orders. Two ask for 'duck thigh', two orders 'char siew', and two orders 'siew yoke and when the food comes, push all the meat into the centre of the table. Total, usually RM36.00 for all plus rice If you orders for all, the bill might come to over RM50.00 to RM60.00 plus rice. The former set up still leaves a lot of money to re order and re order again. Or maybe add two more double boiled soup and a green, it should be enough for six anyway. Might look cheapskate but then they were the unscrupulous ones.

Totally agreed. I'm doing the same thing. Nothing cheapskate about it...and my friend/colleague all praise me about it.

But if you go in a group and the purpose to try all, you can actually order all-in one for each person wor..That's how they simply charge...i.e They dun go per pax at this rate but when you order all, They charge 3 pas charsiew, 3 pax siew york & 3 pax Siew kai..Therefore everytime >RM40 wan..darn..

Unless I specify. all 1 person each!!

i will always order individual servings even though go in groups whenever i eat char siew.

on a sidenote, anyone tried the char siew at seapark? The shop used to be opposite Seaview restaurant but has now shifted to the middle "corner" shop.

The char siew there is super awesome. Very different from conventional char siew. The head chef used to work in HK then came to Malaysia and now has gone to US to open shop. He got PR to go there to start business.. Now the kong fu has been transferred to his disciple.


Agree with you bro. the char siew is awesome.

This post has been edited by raist86: Oct 13 2011, 04:24 PM

Ah khai charsiew,

a few times i go there around 1pm and its all finished. =.="

must go before 12... before lunch crowd gets in.
usually if i go, i'll eat a plate.. and tapau 20 bucks of char siew back for the missus and my uncle. they are all hooked to it.

I actually stay damn near there, but always cannot get it.

You cannot be serious. I went there on Saturday exactly at 11.30am. The owner and the staff appears to be watching tv. Totally no customer. As soon as he noted me, everyone sprung into action. I ordered one Char Siew rice kar liu.

How much i paid? RM7!! Only RM7!! I swear the portion of char siew is as much as Meng Kee served. In fact i've chosen half lean half fat parts which is so so so nice!

Thumbs up for Ah Khai. Good char siew with very reasonable price.

I was there on Saturday 11++, were you the guy in white eating there? Hahhaa I tapao back after went to digi mall.

I dunno but that day really not much ppl. Normally quite full. Maybe it's not working day.

their business is abit more relaxed on saturday. customers usually come in whenever they want.

But a few steps up the road, at Sunrise, there will be a duck fight during the weekends.

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Added on October 19, 2011, 1:18 amDefinitely not me cos i also tapau. I was skeptical already cos that place is totally empty. Turns out a real winner in the end

Enjoice!

This post has been edited by sailou: Oct 19 2011, 01:18 AM

Sunrise's overrated as a whole but the duck is damn good but paired with bad rice.

Haha, cheap and good char siew
But don't always eat la, not very healthy.

Normally Ah Khai focus more on the working group of people. So it is very normal if it finish by 1pm.

Try the chicken as well, it's very good also.

i dont like the chicken dunno why. I took chicken breast that day and its very chewy and macam very "artificial"

that's way better than the restoran overseas imbi one...... also slightly cheaper..... nice crusty char siew with a melt in your mouth centre..... yum!

I was looking for this stall and was thinking it was Chee Xiang. I finally found out that the one mentioned here is Sim Kee Restoren and they are the ones shifted over from the traffic lights. The traffic lights are not the same operators and they started after Sim Kee mleft. Sim Kee is not located opposite Nissan Center but actually they are now located exactly behind Milwaukee Steak House and a few doors from Lan Che Steam Fish. I have tried Sim Kee and found that the duck is also not as good as Sunrise or Fatt Kee in Pudu and the char siew and siew yoke, still the one near Shamelin Perkasa is better.

Taman Shamelin Perkasa near Esso Petrol Station

Close on Sunday,do drop by there before 2pm

best ive tried is at the stall at Peel rd. forgot its name though

To date, the best char siew / charsiew kai i've taste is at Taman sri muda, shah alam. Behind alliance bank. It's pretty famous there. charsiew kai rm5