The Tan Old Gathering Spot

Meeting my eldest aunt who came back from Taiwan for a short break.
We decided to lunch at our regular.
Yes, this place is filled with childhood memories.
I remember as a kid, we would all look forward to come here with all my aunties, uncles and cousins.

Kam Heong Lala is a must.
Like we never will miss this out.
The only exception is if they are out of lala!
It is that good and I still think it taste as good as I could remember.
And the fact that they still use sand type of clam rather than the farm breed ones.

The adults normally love this, more so my relatives that misses the local curry since they were in Taiwan for a while.
I personally find the Curry Fish Head near my house better in taste.
It is much more thicker and have more aromatic flavour too.

This Salted Fish with Pork Belly is a rice killer.
It goes so well with rice to a point I think I would go for a second bowl of rice.
Calm down Mandy, calm down!
They used quite a bit of salted fish which gives it a really fragrant taste, but that also means it is quite salty for some people’s liking.
Hence it is best to go with rice instead of eating it as a standalone.
But that also means, we needed to order other more bland dishes to compliment this.

My younger nieces seems to like spinach.
It seems that is almost their staple go to vege aside cabbages.
So we ordered the Spinach with Superior Soup.
This would surely help with cleansing the palette and washing down the curry and saltiness of the pork belly dish.

O-chien aka Oyster Omelette was one of my mom’s favourite dish.
Not many place do it well and most common problem is either the oysters are too small, not fresh or some would put in overly much flour which makes it super gluey.
This was decent, and at least it taste authentic without flour.

In our era, we are a sucker for Sizzling Japanese Tofu.
No dinner at a Chinese restaurant is complete without it.
But it seems the young ones these days prefer Tofu in Thick Soup.
It’s ok, soup is one of the things we don’t mind having more.

Since the Tan’s are of Teochew descendants, we have to order the classic Teochew dessert.
Not many place serves this, and one of the reason why we like this restaurant is because the owner is also of Teochew descendant.
That’s right, Orh Nee or Sweet Yam Paste is an old school, nostalgic Teochew dessert.
It is served warm and the smooth yam paste topped with gingko is simply yummy!
A good ending to mark our 5 year once gathering.
Now before we leave, let’s take a photo for keepsake.
Till the next time, cheese 📸!

Heong Kee Seafood Restaurant
Address: No.33, Jalan SJ 1, Taman Selayang Jaya, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor
Phone: +6012-227 8140
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yQoWiGUSbkCTpLXx6