A Visit To Yut Kee

   Last Sunday, my father brought me and my aunt's family from New Zealand to have breakfast in Yut Kee(镒记) Restaurant. Yut Kee is one of the oldest ''kopitiam'' in Kuala Lumpur having established since 1928. It is 85 years old this year! Presently, it is being operated by the third generation of the Lee family. Yut Kee was selected as the ''Best Chinese Restaurant","Best Malaysian Restaurant" and "Best Hawker/Mamak"    

from the year 2010 till 2012. Although Yut Kee was located along the busy Jalan Dang Wangi, but finding a car park is not an arduous task. My father parked his car behind the old and run down buildings near Yut Kee and we walked happily together. When we reached the restaurant, there's already a bunch of crowd waiting outside. I was not surprised by this scene because I know that Yut Kee's always flooded with cheerful customers of all ages and the queue is never ending. They include couples,colleagues and even whole multi-generational families. Customers should not be deterred by the long queue because it doesn't take long for us to get our seats. A good way to avoid the brunch crowd is to go there early. My father went to the front counter, tell the person in charge his name and the number of people who are dining with him so that our presence will be noted. Customers would have to share table with others if their party consist of less than 4 people.

Front View of Yut Kee Restaurant

Inside Yut Kee...

   

   Yut Kee offers great food at very affordable price. Due to extreme hunger, I ordered a plate of roast pork, 

chicken chop, fried cellophane noodle, french toast and pork bun and the meals came pretty quick. First of  all, the roast pork which attracts many food lovers is only available on Friday and Sunday.It is priced at RM12 for a plate which contains two slices. It is usually sold out within an hour, that is from 11am-12pm. The roast pork has a crispy texture on the pig skin and tender meat in thin sliced with stuffings served with exclusive apple sauce. It is a must-try meal in Yut Kee! Next, the fried cellophane noodle, also known as, fried ''tung fun'' has a toothsome texture and was evenly seasoned. The noodle has an odourous wok scent and is glossy due to the use pork lard to fry it. It is priced at RM6.50 per plate. For those of you who enjoy spiciness, you can try out the ''sambal belacan'' that comes with the noodle. For your information, a bit of this sambal can be hellish for the tongue and tummy! After that, I tried out the famous pork bun, also known as ''roti babi''. The bun is deep fried with whipped egg, just like a french toast. There's some shredded pork that tasted like barbecued pork and a lot of onions inside. Then, I also tasted the Hainanese styled chicken chop. It is priced at RM8.50 per plate. It consists of a piece of deep-fried deboned chicken with mixed vegetables on a pool of brown gravy. The gravy tasted better after I added a few drops of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.

Roast Pork

Pork Bun

Hainanese Chicken Chop

Fried Cellophane Noodle

French Toast with Homemade Coconut Jam

   While waiting for my father and my aunt's family to finish their meals, I take a glance at the coffee shop to see what is so special about it. With the presence of a vintage collection of older furnitures, the shop radiates a kind of ancient ''kopitiam'' sensation which favours many old timers like my father. Yut Kee is rustic with genuine memorabilia, framed newspaper cuttings about the coffee shop that are hung on the walls and warm and energetic people who are constantly entering this narrow,tiny space. Then I saw the glass display case which are always full of fresh baked cakes and cups of coconut jams. I also witnessed some of the Burmese staffs with green shirts walking around so busily to attend to the customers' needs. Coffee is the best drink to order. Almost everyone drinks coffee there. The aroma of coffee filled the entire restaurant when a breeze comes along. When all of us are done with our meals, we quickly walked out so that the next customer could get his seat. My father and I went to the counter to pay and before leaving Yut Kee, I bought and took away a box of marble cake and also swiss roll.

The Portrait of  the Founder of Yut Kee and newspaper cuttings

     We left full and happy because we really had a delicious and wonderful breakfast. I really look forward to visiting Yut Kee Restaurant again.

Yut Kee Restaurant

Address:

35, Jalan Dang Wangi,

50100, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel:

03-26988108

Business Hour:

8am-5pm (Closed on Mondays)

Prepared By,
Name: Lit Jhun Yeang,Benjamin

Student ID: 12079729

Group: 5

Lecturer: Ms. Dionne