CANTONESE fried noodles is probably a familiar dish to most of us, but Tom Yam Cantonese Yin Yong may be the latest exotic variation to hit the streets.
Yin Yong noodle dishes feature two types of rice noodles – the broad, flat hor fun or kwayteow, and thin vermicelli or bee hoon. The soft flat noodles are balanced by the crispy deep-fried vermicelli, hence the name “Yin Yong”, in reference to the Taoist concept of complementary opposites.
Delicious: Tang enjoying a plate of Tom Yam Cantonese Yin Yong.
Traditionally, the sauce in Cantonese fried noodles is usually made of chicken or pork stock thickened with starch and egg white. At Boon Boon Café, the dish is given a new Thai Tom Yam flavour that works surprisingly well.
And, this is just one of the fusion dishes concocted by head chef and co-owner Alex Tang. In fact, you can choose from over 900 items on its menu.
“Our signature dishes are all original recipes, usually a common dish given a new dimension. And you can get almost anything here, from nasi lemak to sizzling steak. Our drinks menu is equally extensive,” the 29-year-old said at the café in Taman Desa off Old Klang Road.
“We want our customers to have as many choices as possible at affordable prices in a comfortable, air-conditioned environment,” added Tang, who has almost 10 years of hotel kitchen experience.
Inviting ambience: The interior of Boon Boon Cafe.
Among the most popular fusion creations are Cheesy Ham Chic-ken Chop (RM13.50) and Indian Pizza (RM6.90). The chicken chop is deep-fried with cheese and chicken ham stuffed beneath the skin.
The Indian pizza, meanwhile, uses roti canai instead of a bread base, with toppings like Hawaiian Chicken (pineapple with a chicken bolognaise sauce; RM6.90), Mush-room Herbs (RM6.90) and Neptune Deluxe (a selection of seafood, including cuttlefish and fish fillet; RM8.90).
Its Seafood Spaghetti is also good value at RM9.90: the portion is large, with good-sized shrimps and even a mussel in a cheesy white sauce.
For a snack, Tang recommends Double Happiness (RM8.90). Fans of deep-fried minced chicken and shrimp dumplings (wan tan and sui gau) will be pleasantly surprised by the crunchy bits of mushroom, water chestnut, carrot and spring onion that are hardly detectable or totally absent in the dumplings served at some places.
Refreshing: (Clockwise from left) Ice Cream Coffee, Large Iced Jasmine Tea, Chilled Special Chocolate Delight and Banana Split.
Another imaginative snack is Cornflakes Chicken (RM5.00) – deep-fried cornflake-crusted chicken chunks.
The drinks menu has over 150 types of beverages, including milkshakes, ice blended drinks, fruit juices and iced milk tea with pearls or “bubble tea”, and even lists “sky juice” or water. A carafe of Iced Lemon Tea (RM5.50) is enough for two people to share. And, the Ice Cream Coffee (RM6.50) comes with two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a tall glass of black coffee brewed from imported Italian beans.
Currently, customers who present the café's discount card are entitled to a 10 per cent discount on nine bills before a 20 per cent discount on their tenth bill. Set lunches start at RM10.90 and include the soup of the day, a drink and a scoop of ice cream.
The café serves halal meat but alcohol is available.
BOON BOON CAFÉ, 29A & 30A, Jalan Desa Jaya (same row as Public Bank), Taman Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur (tel: 03-7987 5272).
Business hours: Mondays to Thursdays, including public holidays (11am to midnight); Fridays, Saturdays and eve of public holidays (11am to 2am). Free Wi-Fi.
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