Growing up in Korea, I used to eat kalguksu(knife noodles) in the cold winter with various fresh seafood. In particular, Kalguksu with clams and shredded zucchini is a great meal to enjoy instead of rice.
Here in Malaysia, we found a noodle dish that rivals kalguksu, so whenever we think of Korean kalguksu, we tend to get it. What’s more interesting is that we eat hot noodles with clams more often in this hot tropical country, Malaysia, than in the cold Korean winter time.
So, are you ready? Finally, let me tell you about a very special bowl of clam noodles that Bryn likes to indulge in once a week; high quality and one of Bryn’s favorites, yet inexpensive, largely due to the fact that it is sold at the local food court of all places!
Bryn normally complains about food courts and shies away from most of what they serve, but this dish is definitely an exception to the (unwritten) rule.
Given the taste, and even the presentation, it really feels like it belongs in a high-end restaurant.
The food court in question is Yuan Feng Kopitiam, located next to Omega pork noodles in KD town Kota Damansara. It is relatively newly opened, quite clean (not too many rats!) and seems to be a bit cooler than some of the other nearby food courts which can get quite hot despite the fans.
You can of course find all the usual food court items here including wantan mee, roast pork (char siu, siu yuk), chicken rice, pork noodles, nasi lemak etc.
But if you want to try something a bit different, look no further than the lala noodle soup!
Lala (clams in English and “kerang” in malay) are a relatively common ingredient in both Chinese and Malay cooking here in Malaysia but a few things make this dish stand out and attract our attention.
The first thing that hits you is the rich broth made with Chinese wine. It’s certainly strong, but not at all overpowering and pairs perfectly with the deep flavor imparted by the lala themselves.
If you have it around lunch time, as opposed to the early morning, the soup tends to be even richer. Don’t worry, you won’t get drunk as the alcohol has long evaporated off.
Bryn says this is one of the few soups where he actually drinks all of the remaining liquid up once he’s finished the food within it.
The lala are served with bihun (rice vermicelli). You may be able to swap them out for a different type of noodle, as you usually can request this at food courts, but in this case the bihun is the perfect accompaniment for the lala so there’s no need to change anything in our opinion.
The lala themselves are always so fresh!! Plump, tender and moist.
A bowl of lala noodle soup here costs RM12 (US$3), but here’s a tip. We didn’t notice this until after we had finished on the first time we tried it, but from the second time onwards we always employ the strategy.
For an extra RM 3 (US$0.7), they will give you an extra 100g of lala. This is recommended for two reasons.
#1 you get a lot of noodles regardless, and we prefer our noodle to lala ratio not to get too out of control; and #2 the lala are simply delicious so why not! Think about it, RM15 for this – that’s less than US$ 3.5!
Order a drink with it (in any food court, someone from the drinks brigade will come round and ask you what you want to drink so you kind of have to anyway), and the bill comes to basically US $4 per person with a cup of coffee.
Calling all travelers! You’re stupid If you don’t try this! Because if you do not try this, you will never know the existence and special taste and flavours of this food.
Doesn’t have to be this exact food court, you can start by checking out the food court nearest to where you are staying and if they don’t have it, you can ask and hopefully you’ll be pointed in the right direction.
And, believe it or not, we can safely say that we even eat this drunken clam food more often than Malaysians. haha! ^^?
It’ll be worth it! Yum yum! ?
Yuen Feng Kopitiam ??
Address: 2-1, Jalan PJU 5/7, Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
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