Woon Lam Cafe 1999 @Jalan Song Thian Cheok, Kuching

Address: 187 - 189, Jalan Song Thian Cheok, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak
Business hours: Monday - Sunday 6AM - 6PM


I had not been to Woon Lam Cafe for decade. In my memory, the fast food and yong tau foo there were nice. I caught flu two days ago so decided to have something soupy, yong tau foo. In case you don't know the location, Woon Lam Cafe is located behind Secret Recipe at Jalan Song Thian Cheok.




The stall selling yong tau foo. You can choose the ingredients you want. However, the item selection is quite limited so shorten your time to choose. Noodle variation only has mee sua and mee pok (thick noodle).




The fast food stall, good variety of selection and the dishes taste nice too.




I asked for all the items. A bowl of this RM7. Quite worth it since the portion was large. The broth was surprisingly flavourful. I think elderly will like this bowl of yong tau foo.




Other than fast food and yong tau foo, there also have cha kueh, kueh chap, laksa, and porridge. Just checked online and found out the kueh chap here is famous too. But when I passed by the kueh chap stall and smelled the strong pork odor, I ever doubted their business. I was surprised majority customer ordered the kueh chap.


Map to Woon Lam Cafe:

Lei Cha at Big Mouth Food Centre 大嘴巴擂茶

Location: Jalan Dogan, Kuching, Sarawak

Lately been busying with new website construction. Didn't have time to update this blog. A lot materials still pending, hope I would have time next week to upload some posts.

This is another post of Hakka leicha. Besides the leicha at Jalan Pisang Barat 海南村客家擂茶, this is another famous one in town. For me, the taste is different. Some prefer 海南村客家擂茶, some prefer 大嘴巴擂茶. It's all up to personal preference. Both soup is nice but 海南村客家擂茶 is thicker and bitter. Bitter the better actually. It's good to have leicha once in a while for detox purpose.

A pack of peanuts is served separately. If you are allergic to peanut, you can skip this. I like small size peanuts, it is crunchier.

The herbs soup. If you prefer bitter taste, you can request them to add more bitterness.




Brown rice. Chew it with herb soup, fantastic taste!

A small bowl of this costs RM4.50. They cooked the leicha fresh, noticed they constantly stir fried the veges. Some leicha sellers prepare the ingredients early which you can see the soup turns more yellowish when served, it actually reduces the appetizing look. This is the leicha I normally would visit because of the driving distance is nearer.

Hakka Lei Cha 海南村客家擂茶

Business hour: 10:00am - 1:30pm (Open on public holidays; closed on Sundays)
Address: 149, Jalan Pisang Barat, Kuching
Contact person: Mr. Lee 李远东 (014-681 2000/016-522 6398)

Lei cha is Hakka's specialized dish. Not many people fancy on lei cha because of its bitter and "green" taste. But there are people who love healthy diet would like to take lei cha regularly. This is the most famous lei cha in Kuching. The business is conducted at their residence compound, located at Jalan Pisang Barat. I had my first experience of lei cha here and ever since then I fell in love with it.



The couple, Mr. Lee and his wife was broadly introduced in newspaper and even interviewed by Astro Taste with Jason 阿贤人情味 (http://www.axian.my/taste-with-jason/item/2-lei-cha).







A bowl of lei cha has ingredients like chopped long beans, sweet leaves (cangkuk manis), salted radish, tofu, crispy roast peanuts and brown rice. Together with a bowl of green soup, made of assorted finely ground herbs, with mints and ikan bilis (anchovies) aroma. Different lei cha sellers have different recipes. Some use dried shrimps as soup base but Mr. Lee used ikan bilis (anchovies), very rich and smooth taste! If you don't like the bitter taste, you can ask to reduce the bitterness. If you are a lover of bitterness, ask them to double it up.





Lei Cha RM4.00 in small size



If you never try lei cha before, make sure you make the right choice the first time. Choose the best lei cha!