Peng Nam Restaurant — Restaurant in Selayang Municipal Council

A formerly mining & plantation town, Rawang is predominantly Chinese and Indians especially in the downtown area. The evidence will be stretches of Chinese and Indian shops along Jalan Welman, one of the main street of Rawang old town area.

My sifu forwarded a Malay Mail article one day featuring Restoran Peng Nam, a restaurant helmed by the 3rd generation of cook. In his own words "I need to visit this restaurant. The last time I visited was 30+ years ago." Knowing that he is quite picky when it comes to food, I quickly set a date to have lunch and drove him there on that day.

He added further that ever since the NSE aka North South Expressway opened, he had not stepped into Rawang already. Dropped him in front of the restaurant and parked my car further because traffic was bad and parking was a biatch in this part of town. The old shop still has the pillar inscribed with its traditional Chinese name in red paint although battered by the time.

◾Sweet & sour pork was their signature dish and I clearly knew why upon my first piece of meat. The highlight was the thick and slightly-darker-than-your-regular sweet & sour sauce. The taste was so profound with this old school feel to it. The downside was that the meat was slightly over deep-fried but we enjoyed the dish nonetheless. ◾Braised fish and beancurd in taucu sauce was another dish that made me think of home. The fish & beancurd were deep-fried and then braised with the darkish taucu (fermented soybeans) until soft and flavourful. ◾Fried wantan & pork slices soup - the soup absorbed the deep-fried wantan's "flavour" and was rather unique to me, having this for the first time. I liked it. ◾stir fried sweet potato leaves - the usual greens la.. if not it's not Chinese-y. ◾steamed rice - in the modern age of rice cooker, I was pleasantly surprised to see bowl of rice served in tin bowl.. bigger than our usual bowl. The only steamed rice I know nowadays are nasi kukus by our Malay friends.

Funny thing is that they close very early at 7pm everyday (closed on Monday) so the best bet will be eating lunch like yours truly, or come for early dinner. Parking is excruciatingly painful but the reward is the...

If you’ve not tried the best Home Cooked food. You must come to Peng Nam restaurant that had been around for a long long time. Just by looking at the Steamed Individual aluminium bowl of rice. will eventually tell you that they could have come from TIN MINING & LOGGING camps a long time ago. All the dishes are superb quality that makes tastebuds real happy 😃

Try to tolerate the slow speed during peak hours. And funny behaviour of them pulling a rope across the entry to bar customers from coming in once the Chef cannot handle or near closing time. However just ask the young Lady if they can accommodate further, while you’re behind the ropes 🤣🤣🤣 You’ll be surprised She’s quite accommodating ❤️

Food wise AAA for me and I’ve been visiting this join for...

A restaurant that has been around for as long as I can remember (probably one of those OG Chinese restaurant in Rawang back to the days when Rawang was a tin mining small town) serving authentic Cantonese cuisine. In the past, people from Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya used to drive all the way to Rawang to eat here. Their double boil soup, sweet and sour pork, deep fried wanton with special housemade dipping sauce, tofu braised fish, onion chicken, fried noodles and fried rice are all legendary. Currently run by their second or third generation (not sure), the quality of the food has remained consistent. Ordered the sweet and sour pork, onion chicken and doule boiled old cucumber soup and all taste great and exactly like what it used to be when...