Restoran Hak Seng ( Lion City Hotel / Authentic Teochew Cuisine )

My Mother is a stanch Teochew when it comes to food. To her, food should be

a mixture of seafood, especially fish and vegetarian dishes.
Healthy! Use of favouring must be much less heavy-handed than most other Chinese cuisines.
dependent on the freshness and quality of the ingredients for taste and favour.
in small quantities of oil.
cooked by poaching, steaming and braising, as well as the common Chinese method of stir-frying.
accompanied by mue, in addition to steamed rice or noodles. (Teochew mue is rather different from the Cantonese counterpart, the former being very watery with the rice sitting loosely at the bottom of the bowl.)

All the stated are characteristics of Teochew Cuisine.

As she was craving authenticTeochew food over the weekend, I decided to reward her with a trip to Restoran Hak Seng at Lion City Hotel.

Restoran Hak Seng serves the best Teochew Cuisine in Johor Bahru. A LOYAL clientele frequents Restoran Hak Seng for many reasons.

The most obvious being mouthwatering Teochew flavours in satisfying meals.
The restaurant's namesake, Hong Hak Seng, is probably the other draw. The restaurant's reputation is preceded by Hong's `fame'. He has earned nicknames like, `Loud-Mouth' and `Noisy Uncle' evidently due to his outspoken raucous manner. But, his brand of PR keeps customers returning for more.
Hak Seng is very helpful in helping one order his speciality. He could be seen as dominating if one does not know his personality . The good part is that he will make his recommendations and will stop when he thinks it is too much.
A good restaurant is one that do not use the menu but has someone who can help the diner chose the house speciality.

Information

Address : Jalan Indera Putera, Stulang Darat

Tel No. : (07) 2225830 / (016) 799367

Signature Dishes :

Pomfret Fish steamed and poured over with “Gong Bao” styled spicy gravy, garnished along with Spring Onions, Chinese Coriander and Dried Chillies.

Orh Nee as a dessert for dinner. It comes with Pumpkin and Gingko Nuts.

Teochew Soo Chai - steamed mustard vegetable

with mushrooms and dried oysters

Ying Yang fried noodle - Kueh Teow and Mee Hoon.

Find Lion City Hotel and you
will find Hak Seng.

Lots of goodies to buy after a great meal.
If the boss is please (you must finish his food)
with you, he will offer you discounts.

The "famous" boss himself.
I love it when he starts sitting
down and takes your
orders. He will decide what
you eat and how much to
order. "Perfect" Service, :) !