NON-HALAL

When one is tired of roti telur, mee goreng or maggie mee goreng, the best solution is to head over to Fei Por Restaurant at Jalan Pudu for a sumptuous supper of roast pork, chicken intestines, laksa noodles, Chinese edible frogs, meat balls, prawn porridge and more.

At 2:30 in the morning, this restaurant, which is located along the seedy side of downtown KL is still buzzing with clubbers, night shift workers and hungry foodies. The restaurant itself is a recognisable landmark should one be looking for directions to head out of Jalan Pudu to Cheras or vice versa. The owner had a peculiar name on his card, perhaps for branding purposes. He’s called Mr ‘Fei Por’ (Mr. Fat Lady) but he’s a skinny dude.

The steamed chicken was quite good especially with the tasty soy sauce which was richly fragrant with sesame oil. Their roast pork however, was too hard for my liking. The sauce was good though, using lots of fried garlic to add flavour to the meat.  Roast pork, I feel, should only be eaten at restaurants during lunch hours, when the meat is still tender and juicy and the skin is crunchy and fresh. Faking it with generous serving of  soy sauce and garlic killed the originality of the roast pork.

The cold, breezy night was a good time for porridge. Heat was well contained by the claypot so I enjoyed a flavoursome hot porridge (though you’ll only get 3 pieces of prawns inside). I’ll definitely come back for more but perhaps on a more ‘healthy time’ of the day.

'Big Prawns' claypot porridge at RM8/=

Where to Eat: Restoran Fei Por, No 211, Jalan Pudu, 55100 KL

Business Hours: 7:00pm – 4:00am (close on Thur)

Ampang Branch

Where to Eat: Restoran Fei Por, M5-A-18 Jalan Pandan Indah 4/1, Pandan Indah, Ampang, Selangor.

Business Hours: From 10:00am – 10:00pm