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Many a debate has been held over which country’s street/hawker food is superior. Before a tussle breaks out between foodies on both sides, what we’re getting at here is that liking both shouldn’t be frowned upon regardless. House of Malaysia, a newly opened eatery at Jalan Sultan‘s Textile Centre, brings quite a few of our neighbour’s dishes to our home turf.
Funnily enough, the owner is in fact Singaporean. Rest assured that the Malaysian flavours are kept authentic, as they also run a restaurant in JB. The recipes were learned while in Malaysia before the owner decided to open this new eatery back home.
The interior is spacious and decorated with some distractingly bright neon signs that, once deciphered, are the names of dishes served here.
So what’s different about Penang Prawn Mee (S$5.50)? Their version has sambal directly added to the soup during the cooking process, infusing it with umami savouriness and a strong spice kick (relatively speaking). This is the most common prawn mee version found in Malaysia.
House of Malaysia’s broth is on the sweeter side with a moderate piquancy, perhaps to better cater to our palates.
Among the list of Malaysian dishes is the highly popular KL Signature Chilli Ban Mian (S$5), served with ikan bilis, an egg with a runny yolk, some pork lard and of course the chilli flakes.
Give it a few vigorous tosses with the egg to transform the dish into a darkened shade of red.
Other mains worth checking out are the Pandan Nasi Lemak with Chicken Wing (S$4.20), Char Siew Wanton Mee (S$4.50) and Malacca-style Curry Laksa Chicken (S$5), which can also come with Prawns and Cockles at S$8. All noodle dishes have options of yellow noodles, laksa noodles, mee kia, bee hoon, kway tiao, or mee poh.
Kaya Butter or Peanut Butter Toast set (S$4.50) are a great pick-me-up on earlier meals of the day as they come with standard coffee and eggs.
Finish your meal with hot Coffee O (S$1.20), Teh O (S$1.20) or cold Milo (S$2), all discounted at S$1 as part of their opening promotions.
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