Sin Yuan Kee Chicken Rice 新源记滑鸡饭 — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

Was in the news. Supposed crispy roast pork and nice char siew. Saw tape for people to line up and notice informing qué start here. Guess long qué during lunch hours. Parking road side. Free. Careful a lot of lorries coming in and out. It is just a stall selling chicken rice and noodles for many years. Roast pork although crispy and skin and nice fat and meat ration but somehow lack something. Maybe not enough 5 spice powders used. The char siew does melts in my mouth but is too sweet. Rice and chili ok. Maybe back to try their roast chicken beside kolo mee and wanton mee. Banner showing selling every other hawker food. Ate at 10am so did not feel the heat maybe. You might need to shoo some...

The char siew is the best I have ever had, bar none. I wanted to cry when I had it - all these years of living and eating in PJ -- NONE have ever come close to Sin Yuan Kee's perfectly juicy, melt-in-your-mouth char siew. The photo doesn't do it justice. This has changed my view and standard of char siu forever - Sin Yuan Kee is now officially number 1.

Can also safely say that this place is one of those rare gems that do all dishes well - their wan tan mee, pork noodles, chicken rice were also delicious. Labour of love.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: Recommended time to come and try the char siew: it is ready at about 10am, so come and get it fresh. It's usually...

Roadside, underneath the trees vibe catering to the nearby light industrial area. Curry noodles seem popular here but it had sold out (together with their smooth chicken) when I reached at 1030 on a Saturday. Wantan noodles has a good texture, but I don't like the sauce. Not fragrant. Charsiu is the glistening 'glass' type, so it's a bit fatty. Wantans are quite big. Kopi C is decent. Other stuff on the menu - mee kolok, 3JC, chicken rice, Ipoh shredded...