Restoran Charlie Makan — Restaurant in Kajang Municipal Council

Simple restaurant offering nyonya and hakka dishes. They start serving dinner from 6pm on a weekday.

Tried the pork ponteh which had a very good balance of meat and potatos. The meat was not too lean hence very good. It tasted like how my family cooks it which is a slight variation from the real deal peranakan ponteh. Our order of ginger rice wine chicken was excellent with lots of rice wine lending the dish a sweet and slightly sourish taste. It comes with fried egg as well. Very appetizing. The stewed pork and eggs as well as the fried beancurd with minced pork & eggs were also really good.

Parking is by the roadside given that the restaurant is situated in a house. Non airconditioned hence may get warm depending on the weather. Restaurant managed by 3 people namely 2 man chef plus a lady triple hatting by waiting on tables, taking orders and managing the payments. Very systematic as we did not need to wait for long. Service was also pleasant. As with majority of such restaurants, adding hot water to the pot of chinese tea/chrysanthemum tea is self serve. Pricing is also very reasonable and e wallet payments...

Last time, the owner was friendly. It was an old uncle. Now, he had retired and passed it down to the next gen(owner's son and his wife). The"next gen," especially the wife, has a very bad attitude of serving. Although the food is nice(also need to wait a longggg time), the overall service makes it an unpleasant experience. Don't recommend it here anymore. There's lots of other restaurants out there that are better. Don't believe me? Try out yourself. Just don't...

This is the place in Kajang for dishes that offer a home-cooked feeling. Ranging from various Chinese dialectical favourites like vinegar pork, sambal prawn & squid, pepper pork belly soup, fish in different cooking styles to occasional Western dishes. Even satay is available if booked earlier. A family business, the friendly boss, Charlie, personally serves...