Pan Heong (品香吃家小馆) Revisited

About a month ago, my colleague suddenly suggested that we go to Pan Heong (品香吃家小馆), Batu Caves for lunch during our off shift day on Friday. Which is a good idea as I've not been to Pan Heong since my last visit here a year ago. This time, I swear that I will try out their porridge. As, Hitomi stay very near to Pan Heong, so I invited her along so that more people can share more food.

Of course, mee goreng mamak (RM 9) is a must order here. Still maintained the same standard. Very must emptied by us. Thus, I'll give it the same rating I gave it last I come.

Rating: 4/5

Mee Goreng Mamak RM 9

The main attraction in Pan Heong is of course the Sang Har Hor Fun (生虾河粉). It tasted good but not as excellent as the last I came. Maybe it's the prawn roe too little.

Rating: 4/5

Sang Har Hor Fun (生虾河粉) RM 36

The captain recommended us steamed ma yau fish (清蒸马友鱼). The fish is quite fresh but I think it's a bit overcook because the texture of the fish is quite rough. The sauce is nice enough to go with it. Lan Je is still the place I'll go for steamed fish, I'll skip this dish the next time I come here.

Rating: 3/5

Steamed Ma Yau (清蒸马友鱼) RM 24

Another popular dish that I didn't try last time I came to Pan Heong is their porridge. We ordered pork ribs porridge (排骨粥). I have no regrets ordering this. It comes with a generous amount of pork ribs and century eggs. It's not very salty and the porridge is very smooth, as what I call it in Cantonese, very "min". One can really taste that the porridge has been cooked using pork bones to have the natural sweetness in it. No wonder porridge is one of the must order dish here.

Rating: 4/5

We washed down all the food with a pot of pu er tea. This is a bloody good lunch. I surely with come to Pan Heong for a third visit.




My colleague trying to check for Wi Fi with my HP 6530b Notebook but too bad, Pan Heong don't have Wi Fi.

Address:
Pan Heong Restoran (品香吃家小馆)
No. 2 Jln Medan Batu Caves 2
Tel: 03-6187 7430
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

Google Map here.

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Refer to my last visit here.

Pan Heong @ Batu Caves

I've been reading about Pan Heong in a few food bloggers' post already but didn't have the chance to go and try it due to the location of it is quite difficult for us noob to find. Then one day, SC invited me to join her in another round of Sang Har Hor Fun trip with her friends to Pan Heong and I eagerly accepted. So, I invited ArmyHead to join too but too bad ArmyHead have some gf crisis thus we was late to join SC.

When we reached Batu Caves, SC and her friends were done and on the way back home already. Based on the map I captured on Food4Thot, we tried to navigate around Batu Caves and find the location where the yummiest Sang Har Hor Fun is located. After about 15 minutes of driving around the area, we still can't find our destination. So, I made a call to SC to ask for direction, and alas were able to find Pan Heong. Thanks SC.

Reaching Pan Heong only around 2pm, finding a table is quite easy since the lunch crowd is not that many anymore but still the place is almost 90% occupied.

Photos of fehmes people that came here

The lunch crowd. (Flash is not used, I worried I'll scared them)

We were already quite hungry, so we start ordering. SC recommended the Sang Har Hor Fun and porridge but ArmyHead is not a porridge person, so I ordered Sang Har Hor Fun with two big head prawns (minimum 2 prawns if you are ordering Sang Har noodeles). Usually other restaurant will use 'sang mien' (egg based noodle) instead when making this dish but in Pan Heong you can choose either 'hor fun' (flat rice noodle) or 'loh su fun' (short rice noodle). For another dish, I ordered mee goreng mamak which is another notable dish here.

Our Chinese tea

ArmyHead and moi

We don't have to wait very long, about 10 to 15 minutes after ordering, the Sang Har Hor Fun was served.

Makes me drool

Two very big prawns sliced in half

Just by looking at the gravy, I know that this dish won't disappoint me at all. Taking a bite into the 'hor fun' that is covered with the grave that filled with the sweetness of the prawn and the richness of the prawn roe, now I know why people will drive all the way from PJ or KL to Batu Caves just to have lunch here. The prawns are very fresh also you won't find the freezer taste in the prawn. We regretted to only ordering 2 prawns to shared among the 3 of us. Next time we will be smart to order 1 prawn for each person to satisfy our glutton.

Rating: 5/5

How can one resist that?

Next up is the mee goreng mamak.

Look simple but taste good

One would have think, this is a Chinese restaurant serving Chinese cuisine, how could the mee goreng mamak be good? Well, at first ArmyHead was also skeptical when I ordered this but after he took a bite at it, he have to agreed with me that I've made the right choice. The mee was cook to the right fluffiness that one expected from a plate of good mee mamak. It's no spicy at all so for those that cannot eat spicy food can also enjoy it. Something simple yet so tasty, this is a another must try dish when you come here.
Rating: 4/5



Only two dishes and we were already full. The prawns are just too rich. Lucky we didn't order more dishes. The food are reasonably priced. I will sure make a returning visit to try the porridge and steam fish, which are the two other dishes that I saw most of the customers there were eating.

The bill

Map to Pan Heong that I captured from the PC monitor. For a clearer map, you can go to Food4Thot and check it out.

Address:

No 2, Jalan Medan Batu Caves 2,
Batu Caves, Selangor.
Tel : 03-6187 7430.
Business hours: 8.00 am- 3:30pm.


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