Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Peking pan mee: authenticity vs cliche:

long overdue, and after a long hiatus, we are back for more review.


one of the last few fri long lunch, we wanted to try something new.
well, wat more interesting than a authenticity twist to a fav food. most of us love pan mee, especially the one stall hidden deep in bercham, so when we knew of this new shop near tesco/ domino, it got us excited. a chinese twist to a chinese mee. hmmmm....peking pan mee. and that is the name
of the shop.


easy to find, it is just the row of
shop behind domino, the row near michaelangelo pizzaria. u cant miss it.

however, the place did not look so sophisticated though. mayb it didnt meant to be. more like upgraded kopitiam. the menu is majority panmee. for someone who loves panmee, it did have a whole list of panmee choice. didnt know so much can b done. price range aroudn Rm4-6, so it was not so costly to the wallet.

the taste? ordinary. definitely not the best i had ever tasted. not the worst either. the mee is up to standard with the texture. the soup is norm. although i ordered hot n spicy soup, it didnt come across as exciting at all. the best part is when we asked one of the staff what is the difference between peking style and the ordinary panmee, she happily answered." it's because we learned from beijing so we called it peking panmee. "

hmm....if i learned how to make roti canai from a malay chap residing in thailand, do i still call it malay roti canai or thai roti canai?
dun get me wrong, the place is clean and i even saw a bidet in the toilet. go google wat is bidet, i only learned about it that nite. the environment is nice, food is ok, not so hot. better than eating in a stall-la....

then again, there is still this stall deep in bercham which still rank high.

ratings: 2 half poink!
comments: reasonably priced, if cant think of anything to eat, should give it a try.


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