Sunday breakfast last weekend at ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ. Opened in late-2021, this bright, spacious and airy ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฎ (traditional Chinese coffeeshop) offers a good range of Malaysian-Chinese street food. No, the โMJโ in ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ does not stand for โMichael Jacksonโ, but rather โMui Jeโ, a Cantonese term which was used in the olden-days to refer to a female domestic servant, although its literal translation is โyounger sisterโ. In the modern-day context, itโs used nowadays to address a young, female wait-staff.
Our breakfast choices:
1a) Ipoh-style ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ โ with its bright, pinkish-red fermented red bean-curd sauce (Cantonese: ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฆ) and green pickled chilis, it is distinct from its KL counterpart, with its sweet-savory brown bean paste coupled with thick red chili sauce.
Street food in Malaysia often has distinct regional variances. Penang-style ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ, for instance, is slathered with a dark, almost black, strong-smelling fermented shrimp paste (Penang-Hokkien: ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฉ). The commonalities between the 3 regional variances would be the delicate rolls of steamed rice noodle sheets, and the sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds for the extra crunch and aroma.
Regional differences between Malaysia and Singaporeโs various street foods are also quite pronounced:
The Ipoh-born stall-owner/vendor:
1b) We also ordered Ipoh-style curry chee cheong fun from the same stall, but it wasnโt as good - the curry sauce was too liquid, and lacked both taste and aroma, definitely nowhere near the wonderful versions weโd had in Ipoh itself.
- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ - pork noodles (Cantonese: ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ), using flat rice noodles, dressed in pork lard and a savory sauce blend of dark & light soy sauces and other condiments. Itโll be garnished with minced pork, pork sausages, and springy pork-balls, sprinkled with chopped scallions and served with a bowl of clear pork broth containing a quartet of rectangular-shaped fish-balls.
- Peppery pigโs stomach soup โ this is a Teochew soup dish, a close counterpart of Teochew-style ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฉ (pork-rib soup), and with the same flavor profile.
The version here is pretty respectable, and was offered by the same stall as for the pork noodles.
Need to come back again and check out the many other street food options available here.
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MJ SS3 Kopitiam
31, Jalan SS3/37, Taman Universiti, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +6016-836 1706
Opening hours: 7am to 3pm daily
