Many of those who know me personally will recognise my affection towards food, what more than Sarawak Kolo Mee(The greatest thing since the invention of the internet). I spent most of my life in Sarawak and I grow up eating Kolo Mee. Since moving back to KL 4 years ago, the one thing I miss the most from Sarawak is the Kolo Mee. I can have only kolo mee for 2 days in a row if you put me back in Sarawak now. I even had the audacity to ask friends to tapau for me and hand carry all the way back to KL just to satisfy my addiction. Its addictive, trust me.

I have searched high and low for authentic Kolo Mee in the Klang Valley, nothing came as close as this shop. It is located in Puchong, nearby from where I stay, i can dare say that its 90% close to the original one i had in Sarawak. I patronise this stall at least once a week without fail, why the craziness towards this simple and humble dish? Only Sarawakians will understand. To all you Semenanjung people who still think Sarawakians live on trees heres a simple introduction from wikipedia about kolo mee.

'Kolo mee' or 'koh-loh mein' (egg noodles, flash-boiled and then served with (classically) garlic, shallots, minced pork, white vinegar, pork oil or in some cases peanut oil and sliced barbecue pork also known as "char siew") this is a widely popular dish with the local population in Sarawak. Also known as 'Kan Mien', 'Kampua', 'Mee Kolok'. How does it taste like? Heavenly.

Its dinstictive difference between the wantan mee in Semenanjung and the kan mien one in Sarawak is the white color noodles, the one in Sarawak is not blanched with dark soya sauce. One can request though to have it black(add dark soy) or red(add char siu sauce). This dish is so good, it is even mentioned in the Sarawak Tourism Board's(STB) website

Let me introduce you to one of my favourite eateries in Puchong, Sarawak Kolo Mee in Bintang Food Court, Puchong. The boss is a Sarawakian and the stall is open everyday from morning till noon. He finishes selling them around 2-3pm so do go early as it is quite crowded especially during weekends.

The default setting of Sarawak Kolo Mee is the noodle, boiled vege, minced pork, very RED cha siu, fried shallots and spring onion. This is Kuching's Kolo Mee from Kennysia.com

This is Sarawak Kolo Mee from the stall.

This is the Large portion which is priced at RM4.30. Its priced very decently as it is really filling. The Normal portion is priced at RM3.80, and Kosong at RM2. It is served with minced pork, cha siu, vege, pork with mushroom, lots of shallots and onions. Even the vinegared chilli is there!YUM!

Have it with a nice cup of Teh C Peng (Iced Milk Tea) and you'll see a happy Walter for the day.

Let us see how it fares in Walter's Kolo Mee Checklist

The Kolo Mee checklist
Correct Noodles
Boiled Vege
Red Chasiu
Minched pork
Fried Shallots and spring onions
Taste
Chicken Bowl

In case you are wondering what is the Chicken Bowl, it is the distinct deep bowl with Chicken Printing used to serve Kolo Mee in Sarawak. The Kolo Mee served in this shop is served on a flat plastic plate.

My verdict; This kolo mee beats the crap out of everything i've tasted so far; Kolo Mee in Ming Tien, Original Hand Made Kolo Mee in Asia Cafe. They tend to get confused between Hakka Mee and Kolo Mee. Kolo Mee is not flat owhkay?. On a final note, I can dare say that this is the best Sarawak Kolo Mee you can get in the Klang Valley, other who wishes to disagree please let me know the location of the stall, I can have a try to see if it's really that good. If not we might have to agree to disagree.

Location

Bintang Food Court
Jln TK1/11F,
Puchong, Selangor
Malaysia

Right behind Bintang Supermarket. Refer map for directions.

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EDIT 10/4/2011 : I have been getting comments that the quality of the noodles has dropped tremendously. Am out of the country at the moment so I am unable to give a honest remark on it. Just a heads up, I don't want this post to be misleading. =D

This is probably the 1289387164132 blogpost regarding Earth Hour. Not that i care

This is exactly what i felt after offing my lights for one hour.



Well, I did play my part yesterday by turning off all lights from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. And Kuala Lumpur did a better job than last year. Look ma no lights!

I don't know if anyone's with me but I felt that this whole Earth Hour thing is a big fat gimmick. Its not that i can be Captain Planet and save the world by just turning off my lights for one hour. Aren't we already turning off lights at night before we sleep?(for most of us). With all the publicity surrounding this, I reckon money used for publicising this exercise should be put into proper use to save the world. Lights and electricity are damn efficient nowadays, you'd probably pollute more by lighting candles rather than turning off the lights.

For a start, to those who want to help save the world. Use less paper, use non-woven bags instead of plastic bags during shopping, take your own container to tapau, recycle etc. What i notice is, everyone is so hype with this earth hour saving the earth thingamajic and right after 9:30 POOF everything turns back to normal.

Look at these idiots..

BBQ?? More potentially carcinogenic compounds: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amine, carbon monoxide into the air?

WATERF?

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Penangkia Wilson, this will last for more than 1 month okay!