Kolo Mee @Lao Bai Xing Kopitiam 老百姓, Jalan Kempas, Kuching

Address: Lot 3172, Everbright Jaya, No 98, Jalan Kempas, Taman Everbright Jaya, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Wednesday - Monday 7:00am - 1:30pm; Tuesday Off


I had not been to Lao Bai Xing Kopitiam for sometime until recently I found out there was quite crowded in the morning. And a friend on FB shared that the kolo mee was delicious.  My mum was keen to try out too. So one fine day in the early of March before the breakout of COVID-19, I finally brought her there.







Their menu is pretty simple, Char Siu, Seafood and Wanton. Either you want it dry or soup. Original or red (char siu oil).  Noodles, Beehoon or Kueh Tiaw.




We ordered Char Siu Kolo Mee RM4.50.  The price is slightly higher, but they do provide a bowl of soup and napkin.




Their portion of Char Siu is very generous. The char siu tastes delicious, you can still smell the aroma of charcoal. It's not as dry and the texture is soft. The noodles wise, its texture is quite hard and slightly dry. It's up to personal preference. I prefers the hard texture.




Finally the kolo mee business has resumed recently.  I managed to visit again two days ago.


The map to Lao Bai Xing Kopitiam:

Ah Guan Kopitiam 源滿楼 @Taman BDC, Kuching

Address: No. 946, GF, Jalan Stampin, Taman BDC, 93250 Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 7:30am - 2:00pm, 5:30pm - 10:00pm (Thursday off)


These days I always settle my meals at BDC. I became a regular customer of this coffee shop. They have assorted toast breakfast sets, kolo mee, and fried dishes such as fried kway tiaw, fried rice, fried noodles, etc.












I usually have kolo kueh tiaw / kway tiaw for breakfast. It costs RM3.00 and comes with a small bowl of clear soup. You can notice the deep-fried lard bits on top. It's really flavourful, the best part is that it is not greasy. I am very particular about the thickness of kueh tiaw, and this vendor uses the right thickness of kueh tiaw that is perfect for kolo method (boiled and tossed).




KL Hokkien Mee (RM6.00). It's authentic to the Hokkien Mee in KL so the taste is slightly sweet.




Penang Wok Fried Kway Tiaw with Duck Egg (RM6.00). This is one of their signature dishes. The portion is bigger than my expectation, and it's only RM6.00. But somehow it's still lack of something which I can't justify. Too dry?




Big Breakfast Set RM18.50. Their breakfast sets are slightly pricey. But the taste is good and they are very hygienic. I usually order their egg or chicken breast sandwich. It's worth to give it a try.




Oh yeah, they also serve Western food in the evening. I haven't tried it yet. The Western food menu looks appealing. Should pay a visit next time.


The map to Ah Guan Kopitiam 源滿楼:

Noodle Experts 麵匠 @Kenyalang Park, Kuching

Address: Lot 10716, Kenyalang Park Shopping Centre, Jalan Sim Kheng Hong, Wisma Lai Suee Yian, 93300 Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 6:30am - 1:00pm


Have not updated my blog for some time as I had no time to try out other places. Usually had quick meal at place which was convenient to go. I have not been to Noodle Experts for long time. My old post of Noodle Experts was published in 2013.









I ordered the Mee Pok Set (RM8.00). The soup contains shrimp, pork liver, fish ball, meatball, 3-layer pork slices, beancurds and veges. The taste was flavourful, fresh ingredients and big portion. It's good that they used the freshly fried red onions, not the commercial pack which you can get off-the-shelf.




The noodle served was kolo mee, not mee pok (I asked for two mee pok sets). The noodle was tasted alright, not as aromatic and flavourful as the branch at Jalan Song. But I was quite pleased with its fried lard.




The map to Noodle Experts:

Sarawak Laksa @Jia Yan Cafe 佳燕美食坊, Jln Simpang Tiga, Kuching

Location: Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kampung Kenyalang Park, 93300 Kuching, Sarawak (Opposite The Spring Shopping Mall, behind ST3)


The other day I overheard someone commented that the laksa at Jia Yan Cafe is the best laksa in Kuching. That really made me curious, so I made a visit on purpose.




The mentioned laksa stall. There's a typo here: Your "Preffered" Laksa. Small bowl RM5, big bowl RM6, special RM8.




I ordered a small bowl of laksa. The taste was quite good actually, slightly salty. The shrimps were fresh and the portion was acceptable for the price of RM5.




The next visit, I ordered black vinegar kolo mee from the kolo mee stall. The texture is not to my liking. The seasonings was not evenly mixed, and the taste was rather bland. However, my mum commented that their kampua was nice.




There's a stall selling variety of sandwiches too. Unfortunately they don't have the traditional toast.




The coffee shop was formerly known as Top One Food Court. The map of Jia Yan Cafe:

Hon Hin Cafe 豊興茶室 @Jalan TAR, Kuching

Address: 174, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 6:00am - 2:00pm


Which kolo mee in Kuching is your favourite? Would like to recommend you one of the famous kolo mee in Kuching now. I hadn't visited Hon Hin Cafe for century until recently. As I needed new materials to write my blog so I made the visit solely on this purpose. Hon Hin Cafe is just adjacent to the Chong Choon Cafe, I had laksa more frequent.

The kolo mee here is very popular, if not mistaken the lady vendor is relative to the owner of Sin Lian Shin 新联成. Her kolo mee noodles usually sold out around 10:30am. So if you want to have kolo mee here, you have to come early before 10am. I made two visits because the first visit I didn't manage to try out the noodles. So I had kueh tiaw instead. The second visit, I came slightly earlier, around 10:50am. The noodles sold out but I got it by luck because a lady cancelled her order right on the spot when I was about to leave.




The kolo kueh tiaw I had on my first visit. I was informed the noodles sold out after I'd waited for a while. Despite I placed my order first with the staff, I noticed the vendor reserved the noodles for her frequent customers who ordered after me. And yet, their food was served before me. Oh well.. anyway, it's better you order with the vendor direct.




On my second visit, finally managed to have this set of noodle with a bowl of pig's organ soup.




The pork liver wasn't fully cooked, so it remained soft and smooth. The broth was really rich in flavour, best match with the noodle. You have to stir the noodle evenly when it's served, otherwise it can be quite dry. If not mistaken, a set of this is RM7.




The map to Hon Hin Cafe:

Kolo Mee @Meng Joo Kee 民裕居, Ang Cheng Ho, Kuching

Address: Lot 227, Jalan Ang Cheng Ho, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak.
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 7am - 11:30am


Happy Boxing Day, everyone! This will be my last post of 2017. Wishing all my readers Happy New Year in advance!

Last Sunday I was quite lazy to prepare my lunch box. Decided to drop by Ang Cheng Ho for a quick fix. I ever had my lunch at Meng Joo Kee when I worked at Petanak area. This place is popular for its kolo mee, kueh chap, laksa, cha kueh, pork leg rice, chicken soup mee sua and kaya toast.





I used to hand-carry a few packs of kolo mee here for my friends in Singapore. They liked it. If you would like to bring kolo mee for your friend or family member who stays overseas, you have to tell the vendor. The food preparation will be different in order to store for long hours.




A normal bowl of kolo mee here costs RM3.10, while others have increased their price to RM4.00. The char siew meat was rather dry and hard, but I have to say that the minced meat was real good. It's really flavourful. Too bad, the texture of noodle was not my preference. It was slightly soft and stuck in teeth when chewing.




The map to Meng Joo Kee:

Oriental Park Kolo Mee 东方花园 @Market Lane / Gertak Lane, Kuching

Address: Market Lane or Gertak Lane, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak.
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 7:00am - 11:00am


I have been wanting to try out Oriental Park's kolo mee for long time. Always thought it's not open on Monday so I kept on delaying. Until last Sunday, I searched online and found out they are actually open everyday. I invited my bro to go on next morning. They close at 11am, we reached there around 10:30am.

Oriental Park is quite hidden, its location is not facing the main road. It took me sometime to locate it. The parking space there also very limited. We parked our car at Open Air market, walked less than 5 minutes to reach. If you noticed All Joy Bakery on Jalan Khoo Hun Yeang, Oriental Park is just on the lane behind it.




We sat and waited for them to take our order. The serving time was real fast. My bro commented that the uncle looks slow in motion, but surprisingly the food served fast. The waiting time less than 10 minutes.







I ordered the red kolo mee. So nice that they served with a bowl of soup too. My kolo mee was tasted sweet because of the char siew oil. The texture of the noodles was great, met my expectation. Best is their famous char siew meat, charcoal smell and tastes like "bakkwa", the dried meat.




My bro ordered the big bowl of 'straight' noodles kolo mee without char siew oil. I prefer his one because still not getting used to the sweet taste of kolo mee. There's a price hike again lately, the price of kolo mee has increased to RM4 from RM3.50. A big bowl of this kolo mee costs RM5.50.




This is Market Lane. The lane is narrow, yet the car parked on the road side making it even more challenging to pass through.




The map to Oriental Park:

Soon Huat Coffee Cafe 顺發咖啡小食館 @Jalan Batu Lintang, Kuching

Address: No. 12, Jalan Batu Lintang, 93200 Kuching, Sarawak.
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 6:00am - 6:00pm


The other day wanted to have the kolo mee at Joo Seng Cafe, but it was too full. So we randomly chose a coffeeshop nearby. Settled our brunch at Soon Huat Coffee Cafe. It was totally out of my expectation, the taste was not bad too.




Mix pork soup with noodles. The soup is flavourful because of its ingredients which contained taufu, meat balls, pork mince meat, pork liver, pork intestines, etc.




A closer look of the soup.




Ordered a bowl of kolo mee too. The texture was springy but rather dry.






The map to Soon Huat Coffee Cafe:

Kolo Mee @SIn Wei Tong Cafe 新会同茶室, Kuching

Location: 9, Leboh Temple, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak (Next to Green Hill Corner, opposite Medan Pelita)


Yesterday randomly picked a cafe for brunch. Was thinking to go to Green Hill Corner, but didn't feel like having beef noodles. Walked a bit further up, saw this coffeeshop had more crowd than I thought. And many of them ordered kolo mee. So I decided to try it out.




Surprisingly the kolo mee tasted not bad too. A bowl of this costs RM3.50. The noodle not overcooked, but I like its minced meat the most. I noticed the non-chinese customers like the kolo mee here too, and quite a number of them asked for red kolo bee hoon (added char siew oil).




The map to Sin Wei Tong Cafe.




I just googled for its address, found out this coffeeshop is actually famous for its charcoal toast. Well, will find a time to have breakfast here next time.

Haunted House Kolo Mee @Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, Kuching

Address: 42, Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, 93200 Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Monday - Saturday 6:30am - 11:00am (Off on Sunday)


This is not really a haunted house, it's just because of its run-down appearance. My bro has been asking me to go this place together for few times but we didn't have the opportunity until last Tuesday. He had read it somewhere in Facebook, someone gave good reviews on the kolo mee here.

The parking space is limited as it is facing the main road. The opposite is Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, very easy to locate.










Some old posters pinned on the wall.




We reached there around 10:45am. The vendor showed us a hand signal that the kolo mee sold out already, only kueh tiaw was available. We were ok with it. Ordered kolo kueh tiaw and fried kueh tiaw. The taste of the kolo kueh tiaw was fragrantly good. Can't elaborate more on the kueh tiaw texture because it is unlike noodles which we can distinguish springy or harder.




The fried kueh tiaw. I didn't put high expectation on this plate. Somehow its taste was incredibly good. This kueh tiaw ingredients contained egg, char siew, and bean sprout, stir-fried with dark soy bean sauce. Though simple but it is flavourful enough.




We ordered kiaw soup (dumplings) too. First time I saw a bowl of kiaw soup added bean sprouts. But I like it, more nutritious.




The map to the haunted house kolo mee.




The vendor asked me to come around 7:30am, more variety to choose from. Well, I should try to go early some day to try out its kolo mee. The price is cheap too. 3 person of us, 3 glasses of teh-o bengs, 2 bowls of kolo kueh tiaws, 1 plate of fried kueh tiaw, and 1 bowl of kiaw soup, totalled only RM19.50.