Yesterday was the 5th day of Chinese New Year and since hubs had some time in the morning, he drove us to Yulek, Cheras to sample the freshest seafood noodles at Hai Kah Lang, a Michelin-approved seafood noodles restaurant.
Hai Kah Lang was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022 recently. The judge commented, “Rest assured, only the freshest catch (mostly from northern Borneo) can make it to the table,” as the owner is also running a seafood stall opposite the street.
When we arrived at around 10-ish a.m., there was already a long queue outside the restaurant. There were chairs lined outside the corridor for waiting patrons and some patrons, like us, were standing on the road under the hot sun.
We waited for almost 30 minutes before our number (183) was called. The number that was called when we arrived was 170. Nonetheless, the restaurant’s operating system is systematic and efficient. After I had gotten a printed number on a paper, a staff came to take our order by entering the items into an iPad. The staff members were very patient and friendly, unlike some popular restaurants with rude staffers.
The fresh seafood can be paired with rice porridge and a variety of noodles such as meehoon, thick meehoon, kuey teow, lou xu fun, wanton mee served in clear soup or milky soup. If you’re on a keto diet, you can omit the carbs and savor just the seafood.
Hubs, Alycia and Cass went for clear soup noodles and I opted for rice porridge. The soup looks clear with a tinge of yellow hue coming from the Chinese cooking wine and it’s naturally sweet, thanks to the essence from a variety of seafood.
Every bowl of noodles and porridge came with a generous portion of fish and shell fish, which is well worth the price of RM25 a bowl, and cheaper than other popular stalls selling seafood noodles.
The side dishes menu is very attractive and extensive ranging from fried fishcake to fish balls, braised shark lips, blanched octopus, fresh raw oysters, California oysters, tiger prawns, fresh scallops, giant clams (lala) etc. Hubs ordered fish balls, fresh oysters (blanched in clear soup) and giant clams.
This restaurant is worth a visit despite the difficulties in getting parking and traffic jam if you go during the weekends and public holidays. It’s very common to see cars double parking in the vicinity of the restaurant. We were very fortunate to have found a proper spot to park a few steps away from the restaurant. We can’t wait to come back to try more items on the menu, especially the fish head noodles, fried fish cake (the aroma of the fish cake frying in the wok was heavenly) and other fresh seafood items.
They are open daily from 8 am to 5 pm, so be sure to reach there as early as possible, to avoid standing in the long queue and under the hot sun.
Hai Kah Lang
44, Jalan Kaskas 2, Taman Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +6011-5129 9813
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