One Sentral Restoran @ Jalan Pandan Indah 4/2

One Plate and They Lose Their Minds

  The black void of space was the only thing we could see from the sky, the moon was absent and the stars never to be seen. The distance to home was getting shorter and shorter but the dangers that await were accumulating. I tighten my grip on my sling bag and on the other a tight fist. "Goddamn Trees" I said softly. The fruit bats were feasting on the fruit trees that litter the street I have to pass through and were giving me the "You came to the wrong neighbourhood son" or "Hello there young boy" with their illuminated eyes. I channeled my inner Usain Bolt and ran while swearing in my head. One of them took flight at me but it was too slow, "So long you bastards HA HA" I shouted towards them and the neighbour chimed in "Sot geh lei (you're crazy)".

  Then came dinner, the father decided we should have noodles and off we went to makan. We pulled the chairs apart and not wanting to face the wrath of god itself in the form of my father, I ordered. "Hokkien Mee dua"

  Food was served and the price for a person portion is RM6.50 which is decent. Using the chopsticks I picked a piece of pork lard, it was covered in the sauce of the Hokkien Mee and placed it carefully in my mouth. Crunch and wow, the fat just melt and crumble when bitten. The strong aroma of the stir fried noodles could be felt within the nostrils and made me squirm a bit but there was something different about this Hokkien Mee. The way it was cooked, it wasn't fried in the usual amounts of dark soya sauce and was a bit more watery but the taste however wasn't bland. The sauce was just perfect enough to give out a salty but not overwhelming taste and the veggies are there to help you out by biting into them you clean the sauce from your tongue. The presence of the taste of the wok can be felt, the way the chef moves his hand at the wok amplifies the taste as he tries to keep his mee from burning in the high temperature work, the beating sounds of the wok can be heard throughout the store. I ate some more of the noodles and it tasted delicious, at some places the taste of the hokkien mee can get very bland with every taste and soon after you get bored of it but this, this defies that and I was excited to taste more.

It's appearance a golden brown like look while adorn with colour of greens from the vegetables beckons you to feast on it .The foundation for its texture is the noodles and one of the important ingredients in hokkien mee, it has to be thick enough to give the diner some munch. Then to give the noodles some help the tender chicken meat and crunchy cabbage and pork lard is added. All these different ingredients with their different talents all come together in harmony and peace like the knights at the round table and their King Arthur the chef to find the holy grail which is in the form of you, to find and please your taste buds.

Makan Meter: 7/10

One Sentral Restoran

27, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/2,
Pandan Indah, 55100
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia