The best roast pork I ever had in my whole life was at Sin Keong Kee in Kulai, and when the Greatest Kon recommended Wong Mei Kee in Kuala Lumpur; I was skeptical! Seriously, something even better?!
Come, let's check it out!
The nondescript coffee shop with no air-conditioning! Do note that while the opening hour starts at 12pm, it's while stocks last! Meaning, while the closing hour is at 3pm (yes, they only operate for at most 3 hours), a busy day would mean the signature roast pork can sell out by 2pm, or earlier.
First thing to do isn't to find an available table; it's to queue, order your food, and pay! p.s. As you can see, Wong Mee Kee is also a Michelin recipient! This would mean higher demand, a longer queue, and faster sell-out!
Once payment is made, take the numbered table tent and put it on your table. Afterwhich was a waiting game which was honestly not as bad as expected.
Help yourself to the container of chilli on each table; please keep in mind that it's spicy with the nice aroma of ginger that's common with chicken rice.
Our food was served! In addition to roast pork, we added roast chicken too! The Greatest Kon recalled that the char siew wasn't fantastic so we decided to give it a miss!
Roast Chicken - starting with the roast chicken; we actually didn't order a whole chicken, it's a mix of breast and thigh if my memory serves me right.
See how meaty the chicken was and it sure didn't disappoint with its juiciness! One thing I found baffling was that I preferred the meat over the skin, which was slimy; not the roasted texture I like. While the perfect combination with the chicken is rice, the latter was a tad too dry although it still bore the signature chicken rice fragrance.
Roast Pork - the platter containing half a kilogram of pig, which wasn't too much considering there were four of us. Frankly, it was already a reduced portion as the Greatest Kon almost contemplated a full kilogram!
Health-conscious individuals would turn their noses up once seeing the high fat ratio for the roast pork but for foodies, this was essentially the golden ratio even though the key was still the taste assessment. And I will agree with Kon; this is indeed the best roast pork! It reminded me of suckling pig with the crispy skin being sweet rather than salty and utterly juicy!
So much so that I did kind of regret we only ordered 500 grams!
Herbal Tea - served cold, I assumed this would be bitter sweet but this was more like the luohanguo drink from Chinese medicinal halls, which I have always enjoyed.
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Address
30, Jalan Nyonya, Pudu, 55100 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Map
As above.
Menu
As above.
Pricing
Total - RM 132.00
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