Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Under the milky way

Food4Thot's recent post reminded me of the fish head noodles I enjoyed so very much at the famed Woo Pin in Taman Desa.

Woo Pin is packed to the brim from mornings till about 2PM when the workers start putting chairs and tables away to make way for Ho A One's seafood steamboat in the evening, which is equally popular.

The order du jour is the standard fish head noodles with milky soup (RM6 for regular, RM8 for large). Previous visits had me hankering after for the homemade fish paste, bouncier than Beyonce! But unfortunately this time around, they had run out so we had to make do with deep fried fish head.
Everyone else on the table ordered this and proclaimed it tasty, but we all had trouble with the amount of bones that riddled the fish pieces. That just spells L-A-Z-Y, I know, for real fish head aficionados would scoff at our gripe and say it's a necessary evil.

I'm averse to milk (and all by-products betraying its lactose origin) so went with clear soup instead. Loved the engrossing sour combination of thick fish stock and preserved vegetables.

Extra heat-generating factor came in the form of the lovely house sambal.
Suggest you get here early to minimise the table-hovering experience and to not miss out on them fish paste!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of them better ones, that's for sure. But always so crowded! I like the fish paste here too.

Bangsar-bAbE said...

I usually get my fix from Damansara Kim. Woo Pin's version looks really good! Must make it a point to go try it already...

Anonymous said...

yah the dmansara kim one is really good too..

Allie said...

Wow! The sambal looks fiery hot ler...
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"Joe" who is constantly craving said...

yummm but no milk err.. just doesnt spell fish head noodles?

Anonymous said...

This version looks good...it is slightly different from those in Penang.

Big Boys Oven said...

yes the one in Damansara Kim is not bad, have to pay just a few ringgit more.

Food Paradise said...

wow..... looks nice for all the foods. If I can find one in Penang, I would like to try too. lol

Anonymous said...

"Bouncier than Beyonce"? Now that's some sexy fishpaste! ;)

choi yen said...

This is still the best fish head noodle i had~~

Ciki said...

so cute.. so u dont like it with milk huh.. and ..

re homemade fish paste, bouncier than Beyonce .. hahaaha.. farnee woman

Food For Tots said...

I luv Woo Pin's version too. Miss it so much!

Anonymous said...

yeo, other then the vemicelli, the ee mee is good too. we have posted it quite sometimes ago

http://gourmet-garden.blogspot.com/2008/05/woon-pin-fish-head-noodle-taman-desa-kl.html