23 Jan
Yut Kee @ Dang Wangi
Yut Kee has been around since 1928, serving cups of local-style brew and traditional fare as patrons discover a taste for nostalgia. It is atmospheric with its dark wooden chairs, round marble tables, old portraits and hand written menu hang on the wall.
Hainanese are generally labeled as excellent cook in whipping up westernized Malaysian dishes during the pre-war era, and the founder of Yut Kee is one of them. The restaurant is passed down to Jack Lee, and eventually his son who stand at the cashier all the time. I guess that the secret recipe is still very much similar within the family.
I’ve been here for quite a number of times, on weekends it is so blissful where the elderly reading newspaper with their cuppa but weekdays lunch hour crowd is catastrophic sometimes. Fret not because food is served in a jiffy despite the crowd.
Hainanese Pork Chop (RM7). The pork fillet fried in a batter is served with some good ol’ sautéed onions, peas and potatoes. The Worcestershire based sauce goes really well with the pork chops and potatoes. Somehow, it gives me a very homely taste, with the healthy looking brown sauce, mum’s style potatoes and no fuss fried pork fillet with simple marinates.
Roti babi (RM 7) sounds politically incorrect but it tastes good. It is filled with meat stuffing consisting of fried minced pork, onions, carrots, crab meat and spices. The light and fluffy bread is dipped into egg batter to be deep fried. Dunk it onto some Worcestershire Sauce and you are in seventh heaven.
Do try their belacan fried rice and salted fish fried rice too, you’ll be amazed at how good the fried rice taste. Other than staples such as noodles and rice, patrons can opt for bread toasted the old style using charcoal and to bring home bottles of home made kaya and belacan too.
Yut Kee Restaurant
35 Jalan Dang Wangi
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Tel. 03-2698-8108.
Opens from 8am-5pm daily, closed Mondays and last Sunday of the month.
Posted by Precious Pea on January 23, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Heard so much about this place but still yet to try. Roti Babi sounds so heavenly good to me.
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Posted by Crunchasarus Rex on January 23, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I want some politically incorrect roti babi .. please.
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Posted by Nic (KHKL) on January 24, 2008 at 1:28 am
i’m dying to go there! everyone’s raving about the roti babi. well, 80 years of experience will surely produce a nostalgic yet contemporary flavour! good location too!
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Posted by Big Boys Oven on January 24, 2008 at 3:08 am
I like this place, I walked into this place 20years ago…. wah really, yeah I did. I was incredible lovely, food was fantastic, roti babi caught me instantly. Everytime I pass this place I always think of Roti Babi! So rustic and so full of history!
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Posted by myCoffee on January 24, 2008 at 3:11 am
Yum, the roti babi looks so super delicious. Must give this place a try after hearing so, so much about it (i have been saying this for the past number of years though…lol)
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Posted by ai wei on January 24, 2008 at 12:09 pm
oh dear oh dear, i miss the taste here. still remember when i was a kid, i used to visit here frequently with my parents. really missing the food here!!! gotta pay visit……
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Posted by Simon Seow on January 24, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Ah, it’s been a long time since someone posted about Yut Kee. Been there only once 2 years ago. Whacked a Chicket Chop and Roti Babi and was so stuffed. If not I’ll whacked 2 half boiled eggs too. Heard that the CKT at the back of Yut Kee is not bad too.
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Posted by Cheryl on January 25, 2008 at 1:30 am
Another old-style kopitiam I’ve been wanting to visit someday. Too bad la, the location is not really strategic.
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Posted by Food POI on January 25, 2008 at 4:52 am
The roti babi usually sold out around 11am. Be there early to avoid disapointment.
You should try the swiss roll and butter cake too which is freshly baked.
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Posted by jason on January 25, 2008 at 6:03 am
I just asked Paprika the other day how to get here but but… I’m still clueless >.<
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Posted by Sugar Bean on January 25, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Haven’t tried out this place before. But I think it’s worth a try! But the name roti babi really sounds funny!
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Posted by mylumut on January 26, 2008 at 5:29 am
This place i quite popular too with the ladies ! babi( barbee ) sounds nice and tastes fattily excellent !
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Posted by Christine on January 27, 2008 at 8:54 am
the Roti Babi looks good! ;P and this place is… historic! ;P
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Posted by wmw on January 27, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I really got to go back to this place soon. Used to go with my Dad when I was a lot younger and thinner!
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Posted by yammylicious* on January 28, 2008 at 4:58 am
always wanted to go here… but i dunno whr izzit..
izzit far far away from dang wnagi lrt station?!
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on January 29, 2008 at 7:22 am
precious pea: yaeh it was good..something new for me too
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Posted by kampungboycitygal on January 29, 2008 at 3:06 pm
precious pea: it is heavenly good, u gota try it for urself
rex: haha hope tat u’ll like it
nic: haha shall add this to ur to-do list on ur next trip back home
bbo: its a very nostalgic dining experience for me
mycoffee: yeah ppl tend to take it for granted, knowing that the restaurant will alwiz be there
aiwei: whoa it has ur childhood memory
simon: wat a great eater lol
cheryl: its quite near to asian heritage row actually
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Posted by teckiee on February 1, 2008 at 3:21 pm
how to go if i take the LRT ah? my colleague told me about this place for many years already.. until now also i duno how to get there
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Posted by Shannon on February 11, 2008 at 2:21 pm
oo love this place! it’s a really old shop with yummy food! love their fish & chicken chop! been here since i was a kid hehe
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