If you are looking for a bowl of savoury, rich loh mee in Kuala Lumpur, you will find the best of loh mee in the vicinity of Setapak, particularly in Kedai Kopi Hwa Yuen. A conventional coffee shop with a nondescript storefront at best, this particular food joint houses one of the best loh mee in the neighbourhood while serving other tasty delicacies.
In terms of its signature dish, the loh mee, patrons can immerse themselves in a bowl of hearty goodness. Using a soup base that is both thick and savoury due to the amount of starch and eggs used in its making, the brown coloration -a result of the utilisation of soy sauce; of the broth brings out the finer side of the dish, presentation wise. Noodles used are usually of the thick, chewy variant but patrons can opt for flat rice noodles, pan mee noodles or anything in particular which they prefer. Put that along with a decadent amount of diced mushroom, fried shallots, pork cutlets as well as crunchy wood ear fungus, you will be hard pressed to find another bowl of loh mee that get any better than the ones they serve here in Hwa Yuen.
Of course, while loh mee is the signature dish at Hwa Yuen, the coffee shop sport quite the dab hand in producing other gourmet delicacies such as their own rendition of the Hokkien prawn mee. A noodle dish immersed in rich stock of crustacean infused broth, garnished with complimentary condiments, the prawn mee is quite the crowd pleaser in its own right.
Aside from those two dishes mentioned, Hwa Yuen also boasts of Tom Yam noodle variants as well as stir-fried noodles. For lighter bites, dumplings are also part of the menu. Sweet Chinese deserts, particularly the all-time favourite lin chee kang (Lotus Seed Soup) are available here as well, in case you need something cooling and sweet in the midst of the midday heat.
