We found this place by ourselves, years ago after hearing about Sungkai. That was the old and original shop in the heart of this one street town. We patronized quite often. Remember the old man and the daughter serving us then

Later, we were surprised that it had shifted to a new corner shop lot of a new housing area, just out of town. Came to know that February 2010, the old man had passed way and that the new owner took over the place. We do not know the owner that well too ascertained was it that the new owner shifted to this ne place.

The niche of this place was the designer Pork knuckle - it was gigantic despite the hand design by the lady boss when enquired about the size. Standard she said.. and it was too big. Anyhow the sauce had a nice touch of herbals without being too thick, while the meat was done just right without the piggy smell. I guess everyone has their own style of making this dish.

Next-ikan terubok - many especially Boon Chee coming to this restaurant and rightly so for this dish. Till now I have no clue as its exclusivetivity and taste. But I Know that you can literally eat the meat and the bones together. The sauce had a touch of herbs with spiciness from the dried chilly. But when you squeezed the kalamansi onto the fish and the sauce, it changed the whole dish completely.

 "Chai boey" or Chop Suey - sour & spicy vegetable, then the Tou Foo - her signature dish of tofu (bean curd) with minced meat toppings was a simple, yet very delicious dish. The tofu is homemade, with egg, Japanese tofu, but very smooth and soft. There are a couple of specialties The Yau Mak (Romaine lettuce?) cooked with Fu Yiu (fermented bean curd) was thankfully not too saltish, and right up our alley. The Marmite chicken’s serving was a bit lacking, though equally good in terms of taste.

Only lately found another eating shop in Slim River serving equivalent which I am also happy with.

Sungkai Town

1. Approaching from the South

Only a few km from the Sungkai NKVE toll house

Part 1 - The old & Original shop

2. The original Choy Kee Eating shop.

Sungkai - A one street Cowboy" town. Choy Kee is right in the centre of that row of shop lots. So glad that I recovered this precious picture

3. Close-up of original Choy Kee Eating shop.

No air-con, straight rows of tables

4. Reminder of the Daughter's looks

Good to get that old feel back - how we order5ed our food the interaction with the family

5. We had lunch

The old crowd plus Andrew- Most of my archives gone, managed to find these few isolated shots

6. Fresh water - Steamed Haruan

The least cost Pond fish

7. Not wanting to miss out

The famed Pork Knuckle

Part 2 -The new shop

8. Choy Kee Pork Knuckle Shop New shop

Now visitors need not down make a detour in town and hunt for that restaurant, The shop can be seen as the passing traffic raced along Highway 1 to Bidor

9. Scene as seen from the Traffic lights

Pictures taken over times, they have changed the facades now and then/

10. Signage -variation

Short while in blue, emphasising their speciality in River fishes

Part 3 -Our Lunch

11 Field day for making pictures

For the big crowd and big eaters, one plate is not enough

 12. Close -up - Choy Kee Pork Knuckle

That's how it looks, more than what 2 people could finish in a single seating

13. The signature Tou-Foo

Yes! Pork Knuckle enough for everyone?

14. We had 2 plates Pork Knuckle

In this series of pictures, we went on a northern trip. Tasted the  deep fried Pork Knuckle in Nibong Tebal. Here in Sungkai Choy Kee offered the soft smooth stewed version. So we were just comparing the differences of both and their preferences

15. Good crowd and food kept coming

The restaurant here serves high end Fresh water River fishes caught in the wild. We stayed on the rouitne home cooked food

16. Tasted good eh?

The place is usually crowded over the weekends. Passers-by and weekenders

17. Last picture, I need to eat too

Looks like they all love the food here

 I am still hunting for more pictures from my archive to fill up this page. Pity most of them vanished in thin air after the Hard disc disaster!

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