Right! This is long overdue. There’s a new central development just behind the D’Pulze shopping mall in Cyberjaya called the “CBD” (Central Business District). The CBD is divided into CBD1 and CBD2. The whole area is packed full of just about every type of restaurant you can possibly imagine.
If you walk right to the end of CBD2 (it’s not too far) you will find a pair of Northern Chinese Muslim restaurants side by side.
Let’s talk about our favorite, the popular Salam Noodles. In fact, there are also two more branches. The second location is at Shaftsbury Square, a short drive from the first point, and the third is at Bazaar 8 Putrajaya.
I’ve been to Salam Noodles countless times. After work, I went to eat alone, or with Bryn and our young 2-year-old Berry at the time. I also introduced this place to lots of my Chinese friends and their friends.
And I’ve been there several times with my Yemeni friends from the Middle East, Jamila and Harun, and their 1-year-old son, Adam.
In particular, Maria, a Filipino friend, who was a colleague of my former company, fell in love with the food here and has become a regular ever since.
What is a “Chinese Muslim” restaurant?
This might sound like some weird combination of Chinese and Middle-Eastern cooking, and I suppose in a way it is, but specifically this term is used to describe the cuisine of the Xinjiang region of northwest China, a vast expanse of (largely) desert where most of the population is Muslim.
To some extent you can think of the food as sort of Islamic variations of some of the standard famous Chinese dishes such as beef noodles and various soups, but it is a lot more than that, and even where there is overlap, the Xinjiang versions of the dishes stand out with their distinctive spices and flavors.
Particularly notable is the use of mutton in place of beef, for instance in this sheep bone soup.
But the beef noodle soup (??? niu rou mian) is just as good!
The noodles are handmade and are really wholesome and healthy, unlike the cheap commercial instant ones that are loaded with additives.
Perhaps the most sought-after items on the menu at Salam Noodles though are the fire roasted meat skewers (?? Rou chuan). If you go to Xinjiang you will find these being grilled up just about everywhere you look on practically every street corner.
They are an amazingly delicious mixture of meat, fat, cumin and other spices, all of which combine to create the famous distinctive Xinjiang flavor.
Salam Noodles is a great place to try these as the meat is really chunky, fresh and very reasonably priced indeed. Even the metal skewers themselves are good quality!
The lamb skewers are probably our personal favorite but despite this we always end up ordering a massive batch of chicken ones simply because they are such good value for money!
I think it was Bryn who worked out that it is actually cheaper to order these than to purchase the equivalent amount of raw chicken breast from the supermarket counter and grill it yourself! Of course, you are unlikely to be able to achieve the same superb taste if you attempt it yourself either, so it’s a no-brainer.
I find that the skewers go well with a plate of cold beef salad, slices of cold beef served on top of freshly chopped vegetables in a wonderful oily-yet-not-greasy dressing.
Something about this salad is so refreshing.
We nearly always order at least one of these when we go to Salam. Another dish that is pretty much compulsory is their signature Sha-mo-mo dumplings.
Little balls of goodness made from handmade dough packed full of ground beef with onions and chives. It comes with my favorite chili sauce and spicy Chinese Xinjiang-style stir-fry cabbages(?? bai cai). So delicious. ????
You can ask for these either on a plate or in a soup, garnished with freshly chopped spring onions. The dumplings are plump and full of juice. There are more than 15 dumplings, and both the dry version and the soup version cost only about RM9.
It is made in-house at the restaurant and frozen, so customers can purchase it. They also sell a chili oil sauce full of Sichuan flavor.
At Salam Noodles you pay first, after ticking off the dishes you want from the menu, dim-sum style. Of course, we always end up going back for a second and usually a third round!
There are a few things that you don’t have to pay for at all, including free-flow of a choice of drinks, lots of ice to cool you down.
And of course as is usual in Chinese restaurants, unlimited chilli oil to heat you back up again! I can’t get enough of it. Most of the dishes are already drizzled with it but I just can’t help myself!
Just look at the atmosphere in here. Run by a lovely Chinese Muslim lady with 3 adorable kids. The majority of customers are Chinese Muslims themselves.
Xinjiang news on the TV, a wooden horse for the children to rock on, a traditional prayer room in the corner.
When Bryn and I come here we actually feel like we are in Xinjiang and memories of our trip there nearly 20 years ago come flooding back.
Salam Noodles
Address: 4810-0-42, 2, Persiaran Flora, Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor
After eating this delicious and fragrant Muslim Chinese food, there is a fruit that Bryn suggests for dessert. The fruit is durian, the king of tropical fruits. We buy durian from the truck seller after bargaining the price. So we have a delightful durian dessert time with a really strong but surprisingly sweet scent.
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