Restoran Kong Ming, Oakland, Seremban

Kong Ming Restaurant has been around for years; the main outlet is located in Seremban town while the second outlet is in Oakland Commerce Square. We visited the latter lately with a friend dinner and ordered some of their signature dishes.

The restaurant was really busy when we arrived, a little chaotic in fact so it's best to make reservations if you're planning to dine here over the weekend.

Lamb stew (yong lam po) - served in a claypot, the lamb ribs were braised until falling-off-the-bone tender along with beancurd (fu chuk) in a lovely herbal-ish type of sauce.

Curry fish head - laden with vegetables such as cabbage, ladies finger, brinjal and long beans along with deep fried fish head chunks in a Chinese-style curry sauce. We particularly enjoyed flooding our rice with the curry sauce.

Dancing chicken - when our friend told us the name of this dish, we were curious as to what it was. Turns out it's stir fried chicken pieces with brinjal, topped with bonito flakes which looks like they're "dancing" when the wind blows over them.

Stir fried choy tam

Opening times: 11am - 3pm; 5.30pm- 10pm. Closed on Wednesdays.

Price: Total bill RM98 for 5 pax.

Location: Kong Ming Oakland Restaurant, No. 112-1-B &113-1, Lorong Haruan 5/4, Oakland Commerce Square, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan (behind NSK - street parking available).

Tel: 016-668 9761 (Mrs Tung)


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Restoran Lee Koon, Seremban: For Fishball Noodles

It's great rediscovering all the eateries I used to frequent as a child in Seremban. Last week, we were down to run some errands, so we dropped by Restoran Lee Koon located in Jalan Zaaba in Rahang for breakfast. This restaurant specialises in fishball noodles.

We arrived around 8.30am and it was already super packed. Look for a table (it's common to be asked to share a table here) and one of the staff will come to take your order. You can specify what type of noodles you would like and whether you would like it served dry (konlo) or in soup. Go for the large as the portion is just nice for a hearty breakfast.

We had to wait about 30-40 minutes that morning for our food. A large portion comes with three normal fishball, three fried fishball and one fish paste stuffed in tofu puff. The fishballs were nice and bouncy. We had the dry loh shi fun (rat's tail noodles); it was topped with some minced pork and scallions. Toss it together with the pork and dark sauce and slurpppppp.... it was good. Thankfully, I enjoyed my bowl of noodles, so it was worth the wait.

The boss will cook the noodles one bowl at a time

Opening times: 6.30am to 3pm daily. Closed on Fridays.

Price: RM5.80 for small, RM8 for large.

Location: Restoran Lee Koon, 21, Jalan Zaaba, Rahang, 70100 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (Street parking available)


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Haji Shariff Cendol, Seremban

A bowl of refreshing cendol is exactly what you need to cool down on a hot day. Everytime we visit Seremban, we will go to Haji Shariff Cendol located at Jalan Yam Tuan. It simply is the best in town :)

Cendol is a cold dessert consisting of shaved ice, coconut milk, green jelly strands and gula melaka (palm sugar). There are 6 types of cendol served here, with prices starting from RM1.50; cendol biasa (normal), cendol pulut (glutinous rice), cendol kacang (red bean), cendol jagung (sweet corn), cendol campur (assorted), and cendol bandung. They also have ABC, rojak, rojak mee and rojak mamak.

Menu with prices

Ordering is now self-service. To order, you will have to head to the cendol counter (there is one side for takeaway and one for dine-in), place your order, pay, wait for your cendol and bring it to your table on a tray.

The cendol you find here is authentic Jawa cendol; it is served in a double layer stainless steel bowl to keep it cold. We love the cendol pulut (RM2) here; the taste is well-balanced in terms of creaminess and sweetness, and they are generous with the pulut rice- wonderfully sticky and slightly salty so it's the perfect pairing for the sweet cendol. As mentioned previously the cendol here is all natural with no artificial colouring added. The colour comes from the pandan leaves, so the cendol here is very light green in colour.

To read more about the history of the place, click here.

Check out what we had for dinner during our visit - click here.


Opening times: 10.30am to 6pm daily. Closed on Fridays.

Location: Haji Shariff Cendol, 44 Jalan Yam Tuan, 70000 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (open air parking RM2 per entry)

Tel: 016-612 8505

GPS Coordinates: 2.726635, 101.940081



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Restoran Seremban Chicken Porridge, Seremban

Earlier this week, we made a trip back to our hometown, Seremban... eating our way around some of our favorite foods.

For dinner, we headed over to Restoran Seremban Chicken Porridge. We grew up eating the porridge from these folks, followed them when they moved from place to place and finally they now have their own shop at Templer.

Business is still as good as ever, so it is advisable to come early to avoid disappointment. In the past, they would sell out on the chicken as early as 7pm, even though they start selling at 6pm. Not sure about now, but we didn't want to take the risk and arrived early at 6pm. If you're dining here, take a seat and one of the servers will take your order.

Service is efficient, and within 5 minutes, we were served piping bowls of pork offal porridge (chee chap chuk) (RM5 each) and a plate of the smoothest, most delicious poached chicken (RM23 per plate).

Here, you can specify which parts of the chicken you want, and we usually go for the chicken breast. Now before you think, "chicken breast is sooooo dry", you can be assured that the chicken breast served here is super moist and tasty. And their soy sauce-sesame oil concoction which they pour all over the chicken is just sooooooo good and complements the chicken meat perfectly. They serve their chicken with some kickass chilli dip on the side too.

The porridge here is really awesome; the kids had the chicken porridge and it's only RM2 a bowl! And the chee chap chuk is as fantastic as ever. It's loaded with ingredients (tripe, liver, lean pork and deep fried intestines) and the texture is so smooth and thick, absolutely the best bowl of porridge ever!

So, the next time you're in Seremban, do head over to try the porridge.. I know many who have fallen in love after the first taste. ;)

Opening hours: 6pm until sold out. Closed on Tuesdays.

Price: Total bill RM48 for 4 adults 2 kids, inclusive 2 drinks.

Location: Restoran Seremban Chicken Porridge, 295G, Templer Commercial Centre, Jalan Tun Dr Ismail, Taman Suria, 70200 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (Street parking available)

GPS Coordinates: 2.739478, 101.925457



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Yee Kee Beef Noodles, Seremban

On a recent trip to Seremban, our friends suggested going to Yee Kee Beef Noodles for lunch. I'm astounded myself that I've never tried it even though Yee Kee has been around for 85 years. Yee Kee was founded by Mr. Poon Yee who came from Dai Dong Po Village, Hainan, China. His village is well-known for the beef noodles which combine salted pickled vegetables, crunchy fried peanuts, sesame seeds, and beef jerky. They have two outlets in Seremban as well as one in KL at Fraser Business Park - we visited the S2 outlet which has ample parking spaces.

The signature dishes here are the dry and soup beef noodles. We both had the dry beef noodles (RM8.50), which comes with beef brisket, lean meat and tripe, as well as bowl of soup with beef balls. The noodles served is "lai fun", similar to rats tail noodle. We went for the set which also comes with a drink and dessert (ice cream or gui lin gao).

The noodles were nice and smooth, and we love the delicious "secret" beef sauce that coats the noodles - the secret ingredient which makes Seremban beef noodles extra special. We also love the addition of salted pickled vegetables to the soup. :)

Opening times: Mon-Fri 9.30am - 6.00pm; Sat-Sun & PH 9.30am - 8.30pm.

Location: Yee Kee Beef Noodles, No.92, Jalan S2 D32, City Centre, Seremban 2, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (Street parking available)

Tel: 06-601 3569

GPS Coordinates: 2.687388, 101.912998

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Restaurant Cat City, Seremban - Sarawak Food

For a taste of Sarawak food in Seremban, you can visit Cat City Restaurant located in Oakland Commercial Centre. On a recent day trip down to Seremban to meet up with friends, we dropped by this restaurant for breakfast.

Their menu comprises of Sarawak laksa, kolo mee (red or white version), five spice roll, fried manicai meehoon, and tomato crispy mee (Sat & Sun only). We were told that the owners originate from Kuching, hence the food served here is authentic.

I had the Sarawak laksa (RM6.80) - diners can choose to have meehoon, kolo mee or kueh teow. My recommendation is the meehoon, for the real deal.  They serve the thick type of meehoon (rice vermicelli), along with omelette strips, shredded chicken, beansprouts and prawns - everything you would find in a bowl of Sarawak laksa in Kuching. It certainly looked and tasted the part. I loved it, the broth was robust and full of flavour. Highly recommended.

Hubby had the Kuching kolo mee (RM5.50). When asked what the difference was between the white and red version, we were told that the red one would be slightly sweeter. Hubby went for the white version. The noodles were nice and springy and was topped with char siew, minced pork and spring onions. This is served with some pickled red chilli and a small bowl of soup. Again, we enjoyed this... very delicious.

Happy to have found this gem of a restaurant in Seremban, will definitely be back.


Opening times: Tue-Sat 8.30am - 8.00pm; Sun 8.30am - 4.00pm. Closed on Mondays.

Price: Total bill RM30.20 for 4 pax.

Location: Restaurant Cat City, No. 495 Jalan Haruan 4/4, Oakland Commercial Centre, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (Waze: Restaurant Cat City Seremban)

Tel: 016-419 3531

GPS Coordinates: 2.708170, 101.917325


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Eating Out in Seremban - Breakfast, Lunch and Afternoon Snack

One weekend, we went back to Seremban to run some errands. But first, let's feed our stomachs! We had breakfast at Restoran New Haup Huat, located near the wet market.

I have been eating at this particular noodle stall since I was 5-6 years old. I would always have their wantan mee (RM4.50) while my brother would have their Ipoh sar hor fun (RM4.50). The taste of the noodles is still good after all these years. If you come early enough, make sure to order the plump and juicy prawn wantans too - they only sell limited amounts daily.

The char siew served here is the leaner version. Our kids seem to like this a lot!

This noodles stall also shares the same space with our favorite roast duck in Seremban. It'd be silly not to get some duck while we're here. Half a duck costs RM27.50. The man always debones it nicely for us. The meat is tender, flavorful with a beautiful glistening, crispy skin. YUM!

Lunch was at our favorite Seremban dai chow restaurant, TC Keong. Since we were dining with our relatives, we could order many more dishes to try this time around.

One of the signature dishes of the restaurant is the legendary steamed fish head (RM28) - they use "soong yee" (carp) fish head. The cheong ching sauce (a sweet, spicy and sour sauce) is the bomb, absolutely delicious and full of umami flavours. Some of my dad's friends used to drive down from KL to Seremban just to have this over the weekend.

Our favorite, stir fried beef with oyster sauce and spring onions (RM15).

Thai-style tofu (RM10) - deep fried homemade tofu topped with an appetizing concoction of pickled onions, red chillies and cili padi.

Other dishes that we had here: sweet and sour pork (RM15) - one of the best versions you can find in Seremban, kangkung with belacan (RM10), and stir fried lettuce (RM10)

On another visit, we had the deep fried tilapia, stir fried bittergourd and stir fried potato leaves (fan shu yip).

And finally some pulut cendol from Haji Shariff to cool down on a hot afternoon :) (see detailed post here). If I'm not mistaken, the price is RM1.70 per bowl now.

Here is a list of other good eats in Seremban. Feel free to browse the Label: Seremban for more inspirations.


Closed on Mondays.


Location: Restoran Haup Huat, Jalan Tuanku Munawir, 70000 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (a few lanes away from Pasar Besar Seremban)

GPS coordinates: 2.728625, 101.936367

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Closed on Sundays.

Location: TC Keong Restaurant, No. 7 Ground Floor, Jalan Seri Rahang 1, Taman Seri Rahang, 70100 Seremban (near Cosway)

Tel: 012-6118286 / 012-6189960

GPS Coordinates: 2.717239, 101.948973

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Location: Haji Shariff Cendol & Catering Sdn Bhd, 44 Jalan Yam Tuan, 70000 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Tel: 016-612 8505

GPS Coordinates: 2.726635, 101.940081


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Seremban Beef Noodles - Quinn Restaurant

Last week, we had to go down to Seremban to run some errands... decided to drop by Quinn to have their beef noodles. Seremban beef noodles is by far my favorite version - we visited Quinn as it is air-conditioned and more convenient for parking. There are two other outlets, one in Seremban wet market and another in town called King's (at Jalan Dr Krishnan). To read more about the history of Seremban beef noodles, you can click here.

Over here, they use homemade lou shi fun (rat tail noodles) - they are made daily and do not contain any preservatives. The noodles are then topped with a thick, spiced gravy which is made by braising beef stock for hours as well as peanuts, sesame seed and spring onions. If I am not mistaken, a bowl of beef noodles here cost RM8 each. I had the one with mixed beef parts ie tripe, lean meat and another one that tastes like jerky. Hubby opted for beef balls only. I like the spicy chilli sauce that comes with each bowl of noodle. The soup is also delicious, as it is boiled for hours with beef and preserved salted vegetable (kiam chai).


*Update 25/3/2018: Price per bowl is RM9.50.

Fresh coconut to cool down on this hot day

They also do an awesome soup version, read more here.


To read more about what Seremban has to offer, click here.


Service: Good.

Price: Total bill RM24 (including 1 fresh coconut + 1 soya bean drink)

Location: Quinn Restaurant, 108 Jalan Toman 6, Kemayan Square, 70200 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. (near KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital)

GPS Coordinates: 2.719757, 101.923074

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