My bowl of fish head beehoonI was told that the fish head beehoon at this small coffee shop is famous. The coffee shop is run down, really tiny, and it sits by the narrow Jalan Ikan Emas in the midst of the Cheras low-cost housing area. Parking is limited and most customers have no choice but to park by the roadside.
When a place is this dingy, the expensive cars that line the road testify to its good food, most specifically the ever so famous fish head beehoon. When I was there this morning, there was a Mercedes, a Harrier, and a Honda City by the roadside. That's it. I told myself that I had to try the fish head beehoon at Woo Pin湖滨.
It was about 11 a.m., and the coffee shop was packed. Huge bowls of noodles were on all the tables. Cans of Carnation evaporated milk - an essential ingredient - lined the cooking counter, almost hiding the cooks as they dished out bowl after bowl of piping hot noodles.
Customers can choose to have deep-fried fish head or non deep-fried fish head with their beehoon. If you think that fish head is too difficult to eat, the shop also sells fish ball noodles. It is exactly this reason that Dad prefers the fish ball noodles. Customers also have a choice of milky broth or clear broth.
Today, all four of us asked for beehoon with deep-fried fish head and in milky broth. Our orders came in about 10 minutes. I was pretty amazed by the huge bowl. Lol. There's beehoon, cut tomatoes, slivers of salted vegetables, chunks of deep-fried fish head in milky umami broth. A sprinkle of chopped spring onions and deep-fried shallots garnished the noodles.
Well, one taste of the broth is enough to experience the explosion of senses. The broth is sweet and savoury; the tomatoes and the salted vegetables are tangy. In addition, I could taste the distinct flavour of ginger and Shaoxing wine. The Carnation milk adds a rich flavour to the broth. All in all, the flavours complement each other nicely.
The chunks of deep-fried fish head yummy too. Just watch out for the bones. Dip them into light soy sauce spiced with chopped birds' eye chilli, or in the belacan chilli sauce for a more robust flavour.
The fish head beehoon sells for RM6.50 for a regular bowl. The coffee shop in Cheras, situated along Jalan Ikan Emas, is the original outlet. There is an outlet in Taman Danau Desa. THe next time you have a craving for a good bowl of fish head noodles, do give Woo Pin's a try.
A chunk of deep-friend fish head
Light soy sauce flavoured with birds' eye chilli (L) and sambal belacan chilli sauce (R)
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