In a cluster of local food outlets off Jalan Bakek, in Pontian Kechil, and near to Pontian Lau Pasar (笨珍老巴刹), Kedai Mee Sin Kee (新記笨珍雲吞麵) is one of the pioneers of Pontian-style wanton noodle, established since 1953. Unlike other wanton noodles that are flavoured with lard oil / shallot oil or dark sauce, Pontian-style wanton noodle uses tomato ketchup as its primary sauce.
Sin Kee’s wanton noodles are served with either normal ketchup, spicy ketchup-chilli, dark sweet sauce or black pepper. Wanton noodle with black pepper is rather unique and is self-invented by Sin Kee.
The ketchup-sauce wanton noodle comes with springy egg noodle, slightly thicker than usual, and is tender — the texture is unlike any other wanton noodle. The slices of tender barbecue pork are not as thin as expected and are mostly lean meat. The meat dumplings are fresh and can taste the sweetness of the minced pork. There are two fishballs too.
Another hot stuff to try at Sin Kee is the popular otak-otak (mild-spicy fish paste wrapped in nipa palm leaves). Sin Kee’s otak-otak are nicely-grilled to prevent the fish paste from being charred. Pairing a wanton noodle dish with a couple of sweet-spicy otak-otak is just perfect.
Sin Kee’s wanton noodle with black pepper is served with the same set of ingredients and same portions except that homemade black pepper sauce is used instead of the local-flavour tomato ketchup sauce.
The Black Pepper Wanton Noodle (自制黑胡椒云吞面) has mellow black pepper aroma and flavour yet tends to be on the spicier side — from the black pepper, no chilli added. It is delicious too, a different taste experience and a unique dish at Sin Kee only.
Pontian-style wanton noodle can be found in many places, including Singapore. When in Pontian, tasting the original local flavours with different textures of their homemade noodles is definitely a must — no two eateries offer the same experience. And must try Sin Kee’s black pepper wanton noodle too.
Address:
1120, Jalan Bakek Jaya Utama, Kampung Atap, 82000 Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Hours:
10am to 5pm | Closed on Thursday
How to Get There:
Take BAS.MY J50 from Larkin Sentral or CW4 from Singapore to Pontian Bus Terminal and walk. Read: JB Bus: To Pontian / Pekan Nanas in Johor.
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