[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia] Beef noodles from Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodles, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock

[klyeoh (Peter)]

Have you tried Soong Kee? That’s my personal favorite.

[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia] Soong Kee Beef Noodles (颂记牛肉丸粉) on Jalan Tun HS Lee

KL’s iconic Soong Kee beef noodles spot on Jalan Tun HS Lee turned 71-years-old this year, and is still packing in the crowds. Soong Kee was started by Hakka hawker-chef, Mr Siew Koy Soong, in 1945, just as Kuala Lumpur was emerging from the ashes of World War II and a brutal 3-year occupation by the Japanese imperial army. He hawked his noodles from a street-side beef noodle stall along Cross Street (which was renamed Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin in 2003). The older Mr Siew was assisted by his two …