Yong Tau Foo...KK style

The "Yong Tau Foo" (Yong Tiu Foo in Hakka) is the main attraction here.  The mee (meehoon, kway teow, and mee) are just supporting cast.

Open from 2pm onwards, after lunch (supposed to be just teatime snacks I guess??), the YongTiuFoo here are normally sold out quickly.  So be early!

Made fresh daily with pork for the stuffing...each and every piece of YongTiuFoo is bursting with the taste of fresh pork (for pork connoisseur, you know what I mean).  They may not look that presentable but we are talking just great food for the body (not health wise though) and soul...It did mine!

Hard to get YongTiuFoo: Pig Skin, thick slices of pig skins with fresh pork lathered on it!!!! Now that is artery clogging stuff...but I love it!  They also have egg omelet wrapped with pork stuffing, which is a must have.

For one ringgit a piece, it is BIG (proof is in the pics), and value for money and stomach.  And for the economy "mee", RM1 gets you a big plate.  The mee is okay but then again, the YTF is the star.

Try this, at Kedai Kopi Yun Heng Baru (behind Milimewa supermarket) at Lot 21, Ground Floor, Bornion Centre, Luyang, Kota Kinabalu. Or call Michael Yong at 012 802 4411 for directions.

Sandakan Mee

If you cannot go to Sandakan (the town in Sabah where there WERE a lot of balak (timber) and night clubs) to eat Sandakan mee, this is the next best place to find Sandakan mee outside of Sandakan.  In Sandakan, they call it "Dan Kung Meen" (say it in Cantonese please, as Cantonese is the dialect of choice in Sandakan).  "Dan Kung Meen" means "coil spring noodles", literally which suggests that the noodle is springy to the bite.  In Sandakan, we have "Dan Kung Meen" that really are so springy you have to have steel teeth to gnash through (I kid you not here) ... Yours truly had mild indigestion after that meal ... :( ... but that's another story.

Note: So far I have mentioned Sandakan 7 times even before I get to the actual blog...coz I'm from Sandakan lor!

The Sandakan mee sold here in Ah Lap BBQ Meat which is housed inside Kedai Kopi K.S. has a nice springy and firm bite to it.  Coupled with the slightly sweetish but not oily sauce, and a variety of meats such as Char Siew, SiewYuk (BBQ pork) and the Hakka Jar Yuk, the combination is so good to the last spring(y) mee.

In short, it's good and it's worth going there from 6am to 11am or 12pm.

Go to Lot2-0 Taman Cantek, Lorong Rampai, Kota Kinabalu.  Call Ah Lap BBQ Meat at 019 862 1668 for directions.