Kedai Kopi Shin Lok (Jeram) — Restaurant in Selangor

A newly refurnished old school kopitiam, now in a better, modern, cozy style. Environment is nicely air-conditioned, clean and spacious. Staff were friendly and efficient. Plenty of food choices from snacks, steamed baos, dim sum, to main dishes like rice set, nasi lemak and noodles. I think it doesn’t have any pork, so not only Chinese customers, but few Indians customers were seen too.

The steamed Baos was known to be famous, I tried the Coconut and Vegetables. Fairly priced at RM 2- RM2.2. The bao was soft and bouncy. The filling is fairly on the smaller ratio, but coconut was okay, not very sweet. The vegetables bao have quarter egg inside. Not the best bao, but it is a fairly good one. Plus, it’s served steaming hot. The yam puff, it’s crispy and nice yam flavour, just the filling is minced meat, not cubed.

The nasi lemak is nice, soft fragrant basmati rice, sambal was nice, fried chicken juicy, pickled vegetables nice too. Noodles are also on the nice side, not oily but very crispy, just portion slightly big!

Overall food is decent, Kopi was great! There’s also lots of biscuits and snacks to choose at the counter. Will come if...

First impression of the restaurant was bad—no one attended to us upon entering, so we had to ask if we should find our own seats and order. Many people assumed they had to queue for food, not realizing the line was only for takeaway items like pao, egg tarts, yam puffs and other desserts. There were no clear signs or guidance, and the queue system was a mess, I wasn’t even sure what the queue was for.

Queued for 20 minutes only to find out that orders should be placed with the staff once seated. The restaurant was clearly understaffed, and no one checked which tables had ordered. Not sure if the Raya crowd played a role, but the food was extremely bland, I felt like I was eating vegetarian noodles. Portion size was fine, and the yam puff was decent, but nothing else stood out.

Overall, they lack the skills to manage crowds and orders efficiently. Usually, someone would be there to guide customers, but here, there was none.

Definitely overrated, just the only decent-looking café in the area. Not worth the queue...

Went on Thursday. Purposely picked weekdays to avoid the crowd. Must try Jiang Nan Mee. The noodles are perfectly fried. The gravy is so nice with a hint of cooking wine. Not to mention there are two big prawns inside. There's even century egg slices in it.

Another must-try is Hainan Mee. It's not easy to find this nowadays probably because of the preparation effort needed. Noodle gravy that is slightly sour matches perfectly with the cucumber shreds that make the whole thing taste refreshing. You can even taste the fragrance of shredded dried squid in it. (That isn't fried onion ok ~ haha )

If you don't like gravy noodles, mantis prawn fried bihun is a very good choice. The fried bihun is nicely cooked. The bihun won't stick together in one lump. You know what I mean if you ever tapau fried bihun. They give generous amounts of fried mantis prawn (aka Heko) for a plate of fried bihun. With such a price, worth it!

The yam puff is as...