Eastern Kopitiam by Kim Eng Kitchen (653971-U) Muslim Friendly — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

🍜𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐚 (𝐑𝐌𝟏𝟑.𝟗𝟎) Super duper creamy thick & flavourful broth, honestly so rich in taste. Perfectly balanced taste of sweet & spicy. Served with super crispy fuzhuk (腐竹仔), fish cake (not a fan of them but mom kept saying how good they were), cockles (螄蚶), tofu pok (豆腐泡), long beans, beansprouts & chicken strips. Personally felt that the bihun used was of high quality.

🍛𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐡 (𝐑𝐌𝟏𝟕.𝟗𝟎) Mom found the chicken to be fresh being very juicy & tender. Thin coating on the chicken too!

🍗 (+) 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠 🍗(+) 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 (𝐑𝐌𝟖.𝟗𝟎) Mom was so impressed with the chicken that she actually asked if they sold the chicken individually. And the answer is YES, curry chicken also sold individually.

🫕(+) 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 (𝐑𝐌𝟏𝟐) Also available is their sambal paste in a bottle. Prefect for ppl like my dad who insists of adding sambal in most of his food haha.

🥢𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐨𝐰 - 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐑𝐌𝟏𝟑.𝟗𝟎) Served at the same time as the other dishes, the speed totally impressed me. Another well done dish. Prawns weren't the juiciest but the dish was nonetheless flavourful, with a slight hint of smokiness (wok hei).

🍨𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥 (𝐑𝐌𝟔.𝟗𝟎) Loved how you can adjust the sweetness, so if you can consume it without sugar haha. Gula Melaka sourced for a speciality Malaccian vendor.

☕️𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐭 Super duper kaw (101/100 from me here) & Asian uncle approved. Personally thought it was a lil sweet but dad did remind me that Malaysian kopi generally requires a hint of sugar for best experience.

🧋𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 (𝐑𝐌𝟔.𝟓𝟎) Comes with a layer of cream on top. Can definately taste the hint of coffee bitterness with the kick of saltiness. Honestly a well balanced drink without one item overpowering the other.

♨️𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 Asian family approved when you see the steam coming out of the water upon being serve

💯I was honestly impressed & satisfied with the food here that I highly recommending...

I love the foods. I am giving 3 stars here because I want to complaint to the management. Yesterday me and my friend went there to berbuka puasa. Nobody was there, just us. While me choosing the menu, suddenly this one chinese nenek approached us and say, nenek lapar ada duit sikit x? Then us being no cash on hand, said to her that we dont have cash. She said nevermind just buy her some food for her and her older brother. She said she somewhat 80s years old. Indeed she was old. She asked to buy chinese food from the next shop instead choosing food from the shop. She said nk makan nasi lah, the food here pedas lah and etc. Then when she opened the menu, the price was quit pricey then she said its okay go back to Eastern Kopitiam and then she ordered. Actually we felt something is wrong. The cashier trying hard not to smile I was weird. Then after the nenek ordered for take away, she left the store saying will pick up the order at 9pm. And the nenek and the cashier seems know each other. When I asked the cashier who was the nenek etc then he told us that nenek always did that to the customer. She just did the same to the prev customer before us that day. I was like why the hell she wants to have so many foods from different customer in one day. The cashier said she did this for almost one week now. They did remind/said something to the nenek but then the nenek angry at them. I told the cashier you guys should tell your management/boss. Please dont let this kind of thing happen to the shop or people who knows real story will never want to set foot there anymore. So boss/management, please alert on what happened to your shop. And please tell you staff not to let anyone in except...

I'm not sure if all the 5 star reviews about this place are staged or done by F&F. Came to try out this place because of the high rating. Raving about good service and good food but it's definitely not the case. Came at 12:30pm, nasi lemak with curry chicken, salted coffee already not available. Waved and wanted to clarify with the auntie, she was looking at my direction but maybe didn't see me. Seeing her so soullessly doing her job and busy, so we just decided to choose other things on the menu.

Placed order at 12:43pm but mains only came at 13:10pm. Drinks & toast came after 10 mins. Waited about 30 mins for the mains.

Ordered: Cham Milo: Standard. Nothing great. Kaya Toast: Kaya is good, overall kopitiam standard. Half boiled eggs: Standard. Red Bean Slush: Good, not so sweet. Signature Curry Meehoon: Mediocre. Too much cream, curry taste not strong. Small kerang, 3 stalks of long beans, good portion of taugeh, Fuchuk has some oil smell. Cantonese Fried: No wok hei, taste wise okay la, better than many air-conditioned Kopitiam.

The auntie manning the floor & cashier, negative vibe like she hates her job. Lol. The place is definitely undermanned, auntie is the only one running the floor while it's almost full house. And the fact that our food took 30 mins to arrive speaks of this obvious issue as well.

Total damage RM68.

Never coming back. Not...