May King Lum Mee @ Pudu

Hubby's favourite lum mee used to be at a stall in a corner coffee shop at Brickfields. But then, said shop called it a day and a boutique hotel took over its space, to hubby's chagrin. He pined for the lum mee like a werewolf pining for a full moon.


Chance had it that a friend of mine, Fern, who adopted Mc Eow, a.k.a. Sayang posted in her Facebook page some photos of a lum mee that she recently had at May King, Jalan Yew. 


Armed with the address, the Laus (that's me, hubby, mother-in-law & sis-in-law) dropped by May King for lunch yesterday before performing the Qing Ming rites for my late father-in-law.


A line of people were already there waiting to be seated when we arrived. Like any good citizen, we joined the queue. Fortunately, the wait was not long and before our legs started to protest, we were seated.


We ordered a plate of lum mee each, and a bowl of Ipoh hor fun (Ipoh soup noodle) to share, plus some meat balls that had cuttlefish in it.

Those two plates were my sambal. I love my lam mee hot and spicy. :)


Hubby loved the lum mee and thought it tasted the same as the one at Brickfields. Mother-in-law wasn't so excited about it. She and my late father-in-law had apparently patronized this shop regularly a long time ago and she felt that the flavour was not as good as it used to be.

Personally, I prefer the hor fun at Jalan Imbi (the one that used to be at Jalan Tong Shin). While the koay teow was smooth and soft, the soup wasn't half as sweet or flavourful as the one at Jalan Imbi's.

The meatballs were good, with lots of flavour. Value for money at RM1.10 per piece.


That said, I thought the total damage of RM50 was a little steep for only 5 bowls of noodles and 8 pieces of meatballs. 


Address:
May King
38, Jalan Yew (off Jalan Pudu)
(round the corner from the Pudu market, and beneath the flyover)
Business hours: 9:30am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays