We don't usually come to this area but we had something we needed to get from a shop here, so that's how we ended up at Hakka Yin @ Taman Salak South one day during lunch time.
After we came here to do what we had to do, we looked around for a place to eat in the vicinity and settled on
Hakka Yin. As the name implies (
Hakka Yin means
Hakka people), they specialise in
Hakka food obviously.
Their signature noodles is this Hakka noodles and that was what we started with, their
Braised Pork Belly Hakka Noodles @ RM10.90 and I made a request for a thinner cut of pork belly.
The braised pork belly was, without a doubt, tender and delicious (the best thing I ate here), as the
Hakkas are known to make the best
Hakka char yoke (or braised pork belly) there is. I had it with their original
Hakka noodles that was flavoured with crispy pork lard bits as well.
The other noodle of choice was the
Fried Pork Belly Noodles @ RM10 with original
Hakka noodles topped with fried pork belly.
The
Hakka fried pork belly was decent but isn't among some of the better ones that we've had. Maybe because the cut we got was rather lean thereby contributing to the dryness somewhat. Other choices of noodles include options for
braised chicken feet, meat balls, poached egg, sui kow (dumplings) and
minced meat.
We also tried two of their side dishes like this
Fried Sui Kow (3 pcs) @ RM8 and
Fried Meat Patty (1 pc) @ RM2.50. Other choices include
pork meatballs, kwong sai taupok, fried fuchuk, fried wantan,
wantan and
sui kow in soup as well as
a la carte additions of fried pork belly, braised pork belly and chicken feet.
Both the fried
sui kow and meat patty were fair...and though the dumpling skin was thick, it was crispy. Nothing extraordinary to overly like but nothing to complain or not like either.
The noodles were served with a bowl of
soup with
choy sum (again, ordinary tasting) and they have 3 types of chillies to choose from...
pickled green bird's eye chillies, a
dry chilli sambal and a
fresh chilli dip (all housemade, of course).
When I first visited, I didn't know that not everything I saw online is available daily. Apparently they do daily specials and only certain dishes are availabe on specific days...like Hakka Yong Tau Foo (on Fridays), Hakka Lam Mee, Hakka Sui Pan and Curry Hakka Noodles (on alternate Saturdays apparently) and nasi lemak and bubur cha cha (on Sundays).
I was yearning for some
bubur cha cha (that's why I wanted to visit in the first place) but to be disappointed (after coming all the way) that it's not available every day. Even though it was a Saturday when we visited, yet the
Curry Hakka Noodles was also not on their specials that day (only the
Hakka Lam Mee and
Sui Pan was available). That brings me to a conclusion that if you're a first timer and doesn't know about their daily specials, you'll be sorely disappointed (like I was).
My Personal Opinion
This restaurant seems to be more suited as a neighbourhood restaurant...to be visited by residents who stay in the area who can pick and choose which day they want to come (based on what they want to eat) but for the rest of us (not from here), it becomes an inconvenience. On the day we are there, the food you want to eat may not be on the menu. I don't know how a restaurant can run on this modus operandi and hope to be successful...perhaps they're a family-run restaurant and not hoping to make a killing from the business (this was made worse with their new announcement on their FB page that they're now open for 4 days in a week only, Thursdays to Sundays).
Anyway, it's up to them how they want to run their business...but for me I'll have to be there on 3 different days just so that I can eat the things I want...which is their
yong tau foo, curry noodles and
bubur cha cha is a real inconvenience (since I don't live nearby). So, unfortunately, this will probably be my first and last visit...more so when the food isn't all that outstanding that'll make me want to return no matter what...
lol! >_<
Hakka Yin
57 Jalan Hang Tuah 4
Taman Salak South
57100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 011-1285 5303
