House of Fishball - DU

Felt like something lite today, so, went to the newly opened House of Fishball, at the uptown shops in Damansara Utama. A big banner boasts the restaurant (or chain of restaurant) as being the original 60's Teow Chew Fishball..

Location : Damansara Utama shop lots at Uptown area.

Can make it within an hour ? (travel + service) : Well, KLCC to DU can be a 20 min drive.. fast. Once there, the food was pretty snappy. Oh, parking's a nightmare here at lunch time, so, need to park at the opposite open space parking lot.

Decor/Ambience : Clean. Bright too, like a car showroom. Nice sturdy kopi tiam tables and stools. Pretty functional I guess, but hei, you come here more for the food than anything else.

Food : They've got lots of soupy noodles and yong tau fu type stuff. The special is the Homeland Mee (pic above). Apparently freshly made noodles, cooked with some minced chicken. It was pretty good. We also ordered the Curry Mee and some Kueh Teow Soup with some additional fishballs, taufu, bittergaud and chilly.

The curry mee was pretty good. Not too spicey but a pleasant curry flavour. Of course it comes with the extra sambal and lime to give it that extra kick if you wish. The soup was pretty good too. Not too salty or 'ajinomoto'ish as some places tend to be. I have to say the fish ball was good.. admitedly not a fish ball connoisseur, but I know a good fish ball when I eat one ! It tasted fresh, with a nice springy texture. The sliced fish cake was similarly 'uplifting' !

Price : Under RM10 per head.. and about RM1 to 70sen per extra stuff.

Return Trip ? : Yes, but a little tough to get to the DU branch at lunch time. I was told there's a slightly closer branch in PJ.