@tipsypenguinsg menu is an odd mishmash of East meets West, and the KL Seafood ($16++) Hokkien Mee is definitely Eastside Gang. Sure, there’s no getting over the oddity of having hawker dishes alongside your buddy who’s busy consuming chicken cordon bleu, but it’s a good kind of oddity.⠀
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The menu may be more worldwide than Pitbull, but each dish is decently done. This plate of Hokkien Mee ain’t gonna win any pretty food contests, but it’s a pretty good representation of #uglydelicious. The tremendously T H I C C noodles are braised in that gravy, whose only fault is being a touch too sweet for my tastes, and tossed in a smattering of seafood.⠀
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The sapid & sweet soy-based sauce lends luscious life to the otherwise bland seafood. The squid is cooked to perfection, possessing the right balance of chew & suppleness. The duo of prawns, however, weren’t fresh and had gone a little mushy. Bit of a shame, as the prawns were the thing that dragged the dish down with their lack of freshness.⠀
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Aside from the prawns, the KL Hokkien Mee is a decent dish, and I could see myself ordering it again on a return trip.