Uncle Meng (Ipoh Sar Hor Fun) @ Taman Shamelin Perkasa

Uncle Meng @ Taman Shamelin Perkasa is super popular for their well caramelised, perfectly charred, melt-in-the-mouth char siew with a wonderful fat-to-lean ratio and it's one of our favourite places to have char siew rice.

The place is also a usual haunt for us for breakfast.  I usually have the Western breakfast with add-on luncheon meat when I'm here but since the Ipoh Sar Hor Fun stall came, I always have that now.

I've blogged about this excellent Ipoh sar hor fun before (some 2 years ago) but decided to dedicate another blogpost to it just because I've forgotten I've already blogged about it and had already prepared the photos and wrote the post before realising this Ipoh sar hor hun is so, so good.  And oh, I do have an update (from that 2016 post) that will blow your mind! :O

This is Ipoh Sar Hor Fun with Shredded Chicken & Shrimp Wantan @ RM9.  You get two pieces of shrimp wantan only with a few prawns and some shredded chicken.

Sometimes I would have the Ipoh Sar Hor Fun with Chicken Thigh @ RM7.50 which would have a few prawns in them too besides some fragrant gao choy (Chinese chives) and crunchy beansprouts.

If you prefer the drumstick portion, the price is the same as well (ordered this accidentally once).  The default noodles is kuey teow, of course, as you can't have it with any other type of noodles.  And what can I say about the kuey teow except that it's slippery smooth, thin and translucent which is the hallmark of a good Ipoh sar hor fun.  It slips down my throat effortlessly.  It's just different from the normal kuey teow we know.

The poached chicken is irreproachably smooth and tender...and the skin is not too fatty.  An excellent poached chicken indeed.

As for the broth, you can taste a bit of the prawn in the stock.  It's nicely subtle with a just the right hint of sweetness.  Overall, there seems to be an improvement in the soup base (from before) but I wouldn't mind a bit more of that lovely fragrant prawn/chilli oil though.

I don't usually finish the soup whenever I'm having soup noodles but this one I'll gladly make an exception. Look at my almost empty bowl! O_o

An order for the noodles with a specific chicken part (drumstick, thigh or wings) doesn't come with any shrimp wantans, so you'll need to add on wantans if you want them.  And here's the update....wait for it...each additional shrimp wantan now cost RM1.50 (this was in 2018...I've not had it in 2019 yet).  It was 80 cents in 2016! :O

Ya, I know, I know...each shrimp wantan is filled with a whole prawn...a super fresh one and of a very decent size too.  But RM1.50...double the price? >.<  That goes to show how prices of seafood (particularly fish and prawns (and probably other seafood as well) have skyrocketed these past two years (a medium-sized white pomfret I recently bought from the wet market cost me RM24)! T_T  The price of the noodles (with chicken) on the other hand has seen an increase of 50 cents only which is reasonable and not as scary.

The wantan skin is also very thin and smooth and, if you're not careful, will glide down your throat effortlessly as it did once when I slurped on the spoon with the wantan sitting in it.  Shucks, I didn't even get to bite and savour the taste of the shrimp slowly before it slipped down my throat. :P

If you love a good prawn wantan, you can add on how many your heart desires...or as many as your wallet can cope...kekeke! :D  So, you do the math how much this bowl will cost in total with additional 5 wantans (psst...just shredded chicken is RM6)! O_o

My Personal Opinion

This was a gem of a find!  It's a total surprise to bump into such an awesome Ipoh sar hor fun stall in a coffee shop that doesn't even specialise in Ipoh sar hor fun.

The flavour of the soup could still be better but everything from the tender, smooth poached chicken to the fresh, firm shrimp wantans to the slippery, translucent kuey teow were on point. ^.^  It tasted a lot better than many Ipoh sar hor fun stalls I tried...heck, it's even better than some Ipoh sar hor fun specialists.

If you love a good bowl of Ipoh sar hor fun, you have to give this one a try.  But let me forewarn you that the stall is notorious for closing whenever they want (there was one time when they even closed for more than a month!).  As you can see from the photos above, I've had it many, many, many times...and will continue to do so. ^o^

P/S: They were closed for CNY and were still closed when I last visited and more alarmingly was that the price list (that used to be stuck at their stall) had been taken down....so, I'm bracing myself for the possibility of another round of price increase! O_o

Restoran Uncle Meng
Corner of Lorong 6A/91
Jalan 6/91
Taman Shamelin Perkasa
56100 Kuala Lumpur