22.April Lunch
Day 403 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19
Jalan TTS 2/2, Taman Tasik Semenyih, 43500 Semenyih, SelangorAddress:
GPS Location: 2°56'44.3"N 101°51'54.9"E
瓦煲老鼠粉 Claypot Loh Si Fun rm$7 😐😋 5.5/10
生熟蛋麵包 Egg Kaya on Toast rm$4 👍😋 6/10
鴛鴦 Cham rm$1.60 👍😋 6/10
Total bill: rm$12.60
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash
Cuisine: Malaysia Chinese Hawkers
Total bill: rm$12.60
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash
Cuisine: Malaysia Chinese Hawkers
Pork free: Pork, Chicken meats
Alcohol free: not sure
Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No
Internet Wifi speed: N/A
Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No
Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No
Free Drinking Water: No
Menu prices: Net
Order & Delivery: Table Service or Order from Hawker stall
On-line Delivery Service: Not sure
Indoor Seating tables: 12-14 tables 2-4ppl/table
Outdoor Seating: No
Drive Through: No
Take away : Yes
Dine-in: Yes
Happy Hour: N/A
Parking: Kajang Municipal CouncilPhotos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The nearest Chinese Kopitiam to Semenyih's University of Nottingham (about 500m distance) is this "郊外領小食餐廳 Broga Valley Restaurant", a typical corner shop lot Chinese Kopitiam with several hawker stalls. I am sure there are more/better food choices at the Semenyih town areas!
The rm$7 "瓦煲老鼠粉 Claypot Loh Si Fun", average in taste but does comes with a raw egg; price is comparable to similar kopitiams in Subang Jaya area.
In Malaysia or Singapore, it is normally referred to as 老鼠粉 literally "Rat Noodle (Mouse Tail Noodle)" (Loh Si Fun in Cantonese), but in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is commonly known as "銀針粉 Silver needle noodle". An interesting name for 老鼠粉 or Rat Noodle in Indonesia is called "Locupan"! The noodle measuring around 5cm looks like the tail of a rat (or a very thick needle) also have different names in 泰國 Thailand and 柬埔寨 Cambodia.
So, names in different countries:
Thoughts: The nearest Chinese Kopitiam to Semenyih's University of Nottingham (about 500m distance) is this "郊外領小食餐廳 Broga Valley Restaurant", a typical corner shop lot Chinese Kopitiam with several hawker stalls. I am sure there are more/better food choices at the Semenyih town areas!
The rm$7 "瓦煲老鼠粉 Claypot Loh Si Fun", average in taste but does comes with a raw egg; price is comparable to similar kopitiams in Subang Jaya area.
In Malaysia or Singapore, it is normally referred to as 老鼠粉 literally "Rat Noodle (Mouse Tail Noodle)" (Loh Si Fun in Cantonese), but in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is commonly known as "銀針粉 Silver needle noodle". An interesting name for 老鼠粉 or Rat Noodle in Indonesia is called "Locupan"! The noodle measuring around 5cm looks like the tail of a rat (or a very thick needle) also have different names in 泰國 Thailand and 柬埔寨 Cambodia.
So, names in different countries:
Lao Shu Ban 老鼠粄 - China Guang Dong 中國廣東Ying Zhen Fen 銀針粉 Silver needle noodle - 香港 Hong Kong or 台灣 TaiwanLao Shu Fen (Mandarin), Loh Si Fun (Cantonese) 老鼠粉 Rat Noodle - 馬來西亞 Malaysia or 新加坡 SingaporeBi-Thai-Bak (Min Nan) 米苔目 - Taiwan 台灣閩南話 Min NanMi-Chi-Mok (Hakka) 米篩目 - Taiwan 客家話 HakkaGîam-ǐi (Kiam I in Thai language) - Thailand 泰國語Lot (Khmer language) - Khmer (Cambodia) 高棉語(柬埔寨)
It is said that Mi-Chi-Mok (Hakka) 米篩目 or (老鼠粄 or 老鼠粉) is a 客家傳統米製麵條 Hakka traditional rice noodles, generally believed to have originated in 梅州/大埔 Meizhou/Dabu, 廣東 Guangdong.
In 台灣20到30年代的農業社會 Taiwan’s agricultural society from the 1920s to the 1930s, every household arranged a 稻穀成熟的季節 harvest date when the rice was ripe, and the owner of the principal would prepare a variety of snacks during the morning and evening breaks. 銀針粉 Silver needle noodle was a 傳統米食 traditional rice dish that was commonly eaten at that time. A kind of 客家粉條 Hakka vermicelli, the main ingredient is 米漿 rice milk steamed into a 凝塊 curd, and then passing the curd into dozens of small iron holes to form a long round strip shape similar to noodles but a shorter form (5cm long and 5mm diameter), easy to digest and eat, suitable for all ages. One of the more popular noodle house that offers Taiwan "Mi-Chi-Mok (Hakka) 米篩目" in Taipei is called "永樂米苔目", a 3 generation shop where the founder originally sold the "rat tail noodles" from a tricycle in Taipei's 永樂 Yong Le district, hence the stall is called 永樂米苔目; available in soup or dry version and choice of variety of porky innards including 大腸 Intestines, 豬心 pig hear, 豬皮 pig skin, 三層肉 3-layer meat, 豬肺 pig lungs etc (choices not that common in Malaysia noodle hawker stalls for our local Rat Noodles).
In 香港 Hong Kong, the original name of the Hakka "Lao Shu Ban 老鼠粄" wasn't a pleasant one and since the noodle have 2 "sharp ends" and looks like needle, it is then called "Ying Zhen Fen 銀針粉 Silver needle noodle". The dish can be found in 茶樓 Dim Sum House/Restaurant or "茶餐廳 Char Chan Ten" as a 炒銀針粉 fried dish (Dim Sum plate). Some Hong Kong noodle shops also offer it as a soup recipe with 冬菜 Preserved vegetables and 肉碎 Minced meat, as a quick breakfast dish.
Lao Shu Ban 老鼠粄 was probably brought down to 南洋 Nanyang Malaysia and Singapore by Southern Chinese Immigrants (1800s to 1950s), and somehow it is called 老鼠粉 Lao Shu Fen in the two Nanyang neighboring countries. In Malaysia, 老鼠粉 Lao Shu Fen can be served in a good varieties not limited to the following:
In 台灣20到30年代的農業社會 Taiwan’s agricultural society from the 1920s to the 1930s, every household arranged a 稻穀成熟的季節 harvest date when the rice was ripe, and the owner of the principal would prepare a variety of snacks during the morning and evening breaks. 銀針粉 Silver needle noodle was a 傳統米食 traditional rice dish that was commonly eaten at that time. A kind of 客家粉條 Hakka vermicelli, the main ingredient is 米漿 rice milk steamed into a 凝塊 curd, and then passing the curd into dozens of small iron holes to form a long round strip shape similar to noodles but a shorter form (5cm long and 5mm diameter), easy to digest and eat, suitable for all ages. One of the more popular noodle house that offers Taiwan "Mi-Chi-Mok (Hakka) 米篩目" in Taipei is called "永樂米苔目", a 3 generation shop where the founder originally sold the "rat tail noodles" from a tricycle in Taipei's 永樂 Yong Le district, hence the stall is called 永樂米苔目; available in soup or dry version and choice of variety of porky innards including 大腸 Intestines, 豬心 pig hear, 豬皮 pig skin, 三層肉 3-layer meat, 豬肺 pig lungs etc (choices not that common in Malaysia noodle hawker stalls for our local Rat Noodles).
In 香港 Hong Kong, the original name of the Hakka "Lao Shu Ban 老鼠粄" wasn't a pleasant one and since the noodle have 2 "sharp ends" and looks like needle, it is then called "Ying Zhen Fen 銀針粉 Silver needle noodle". The dish can be found in 茶樓 Dim Sum House/Restaurant or "茶餐廳 Char Chan Ten" as a 炒銀針粉 fried dish (Dim Sum plate). Some Hong Kong noodle shops also offer it as a soup recipe with 冬菜 Preserved vegetables and 肉碎 Minced meat, as a quick breakfast dish.
Lao Shu Ban 老鼠粄 was probably brought down to 南洋 Nanyang Malaysia and Singapore by Southern Chinese Immigrants (1800s to 1950s), and somehow it is called 老鼠粉 Lao Shu Fen in the two Nanyang neighboring countries. In Malaysia, 老鼠粉 Lao Shu Fen can be served in a good varieties not limited to the following:
湯豬肉粉 Pork with soup rat noodle幹撈豬肉粉 Pork with dry rat noodle雞蛋/鴨蛋炒老鼠粉 Fried rat noodle (as 經濟粉面 Economy breakfast or 小炒 Xiao Chao)三井莊豬肉丸(幹撈/湯) Pork Ball rat noodle (Dry or Soup)
吉隆坡福建式黑酱油炒老鼠粉 KL Hokkien Char rat noodle
吉隆坡瓦煲老鼠粉 KL Claypot Loh Si Fun (drier and sometimes little bit starchy)
柔佛州叻沙老鼠粉 Johor Soup Laksa Pendek
潮州老鼠粉 Teowchew Loh si fun (soupy type)
The noodle choice usual meats are 豬肉片 Pork slices, 豬肝 Pork liver or 豬內臟 Pork innards, 肉碎 Minced Pork, 豬肉丸 Pork ball, 魚丸 Fish ball, 豬油渣 Pork Lard etc and usually final touch topping wwith a 生蛋 raw egg as optional choice for texture and egg mixed flavoring.
Food today: 5.5 / 10 😑😋
Price: 6.5 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 5.5 / 10 😑
Service: 6 / 10 👍
Ambiance: 3 / 10 😑😑😑
Parking: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: N/A
Website: not found
Facebook: not found
Telephone: not found
Operation hours: 07:00am - 04:00pm (Daily)
Price: 6.5 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 5.5 / 10 😑
Service: 6 / 10 👍
Ambiance: 3 / 10 😑😑😑
Parking: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: N/A
Website: not found
Facebook: not found
Telephone: not found
Operation hours: 07:00am - 04:00pm (Daily)
煲老鼠粉 Claypot Loh Si Fun rm$7
生熟蛋麵包 Egg Kaya on Toast rm$4
鴛鴦 Cham rm$1.60
The Menu
The Kopitiam
@ 郊外領小食餐廳 Broga Valley Restaurant, Semenyih Selangor
