Big Baba is a small family-owned eatery located in a quiet neighborhood dining enclave in Section 17 Petaling Jaya, an outlying suburb of metropolitan KL. Southern-style Nyonya cuisine, typical of those in Malacca and Singapore, is a totally different food culture from the Northern-style cuisine of Penang.
Big Baba is started by the Wee family of Tengkera, Malacca, and it has become a go-to spot for my relatives in KL who are of Malaccan descent. One of the best-run Nyonya spots in KL, and one of the very few offering Malaccan-style cooking in a Nyonya cuisine market dominated by Penang-style cooking.
Our lunch consisted of:
- Kueh pie tee
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Udang masak lemak nenas
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Ayam buak keluak
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Rendang daging
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Terong masak tempra
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Telor cencalok
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Ikan tenggiri masak lemak
All in all, good food and very friendly service. There are framed articles on the walls of the restaurant which explains the background of the Wee family who owns the place, and how the recipes of the matriarch of the family, Grandma Mary Lee, are used in the restaurant’s offerings. We’d been here numerous times from 2023 to 2025, but had never actually met anyone from the family, though. The place seems to be run entirely by foreign/migrant workers from Indonesia and Myanmar, albeit pretty reliable ones.
Address
Big Baba @ Happy Mansion
AG-02, Ground Floor, Block A, Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13, Section 17, 46400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +603-7931 0228
Opening hours: 11am to 3pm, 5pm to 8.30pm daily
