Lai Foong Lala Noodle, PJ Uptown — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

Famous lala noodle, now in PJ

As someone who passes by SPRINT Highway almost everytime, I was ecstatic to notice signboard "Lai Foong Lala Noodles" being put up not long ago. When it was finally opened for business, I made sure that I came to eat & see if it's the real deal.

The shop was air conditioned but it didn't make me feeling cool dining here because they only use air curtain to prevent the hot air outside from coming in. However the whole shop was clean and service was reasonably fast. One has to use QR code to scan and order making everything systematic.

◾Lala soup - I ordered since this is the dish that made Lai Foong famous. I didn't opt for noodle because I didn't want to take carb. The clams (lala) were reasonable in size and amount in the bowl, and quite fresh. The soup was heavily infused with ginger and you'd find some cili padi in it, making the body hot while eating. I even sweat even with the air cond blowing. ◾sang har & lala soup - basically the same with the lala soup except with addition of 2 sang har of about 6 inches in size in the soup, giving it the sweetness from the roe on top of the gingery flavour. I prefer the flavour of this soup and didn't miss the last drop.

Note: I couldn't taste much of Chinese wine inside, most likely masked by the strong flavour of ginger and cili padi.

Service-wise it can definitely be improved as the crews seemed to be lacked in motivation & drive, but if you didn't expect impeccable level of service than...

Newly opened in week of March 10. Clean aircon outlet vs the original kopitiam at Lai Foong. Scan and ordering using internet browser.

Service is slow. Likely due to needing to cook to order. Human interaction is almost zero, short of someone coming to ask how many in your group as they will seat what they have available.

Food.

They serve in a big bowl that is tapered downwards, so you know the serving size will not be as generous. Inconsistent amount of noodle - my bowl has significant lesser meehoon than my wife. Lala that was served that day was small, and if you dine in Lai Foong (aka the kopitiam where they earn this name from), a single serving (of shell) will fill your whole plate. But here we are, one plate with two servings of lala combined.

At RM14 per bowl, it’s RM2 more than the kopitiam - and it’s ok.

What was disappointing was there were no (observed as the kitchen is partly open for viewing)… wine.

Masking the taste with a lot of ginger without wine doesn’t makes the soup better.

Wine. They very reason why this noodle at Lai Foong KL was famous.

Will just go to town at the kopitiam if I have craving for...

Food: Ordered their Lor Mee. The lor mee taste so bland, no taste no smell. Although portion is big, but the taste is totally unacceptable, especially you are a "Michelin guide" Restaurant. The noodle comes with a generous portion of pork lard, which is suppose to be a good thing, but all the pork lard are over-fry, and taste nothing but bitter taste only. Lor Mee is not their signature, but they should consider removing this item from their menu. Overall the quality and taste of the food doesn't match their Michelin tittle at all.

Service: No service provided since only 1 waiter inside and there is no crowd at that time. Their order system is half-done tho, you are unable to remove any item from your cart once you added it. Lucky enough that I'm the only customer at that time, so I inform the waiter to cancel the other item that I do not wish to order.

Atmosphere: I'm the only customer in the shop that...