“Longkang” Mee
“Longkang Mee” is one of the food that I like to eat when I am back in Tampin. As its name says, the noodle is cooked with “longkang” water. That shows how clean the “longkang” water in Tampin is. We can cook with the water scooped up from the drain. How cool is that? Wait till you see our Tampin river, its cleaner and clearer than the sea around Pulau Redang. The government should award Tampin citizens with the cleanest river in Malaysia award.
Ok, if you believe that, flush your head in the toilet bowl. The actual name for “Longkang Mee” is “龙江面”, loosely translated as “Dragon River Noodles”. If you pronounce it in Cantonese, it sounds exactly like “Longkang Mee” and coincidently; the stall that sells this noodle is set up right beside a “longkang”. No, I don’t see any dragon swimming in the river or in my noodles.
“Longkang Mee” is like the normal dry noodles that you can find anywhere. The difference is that they don’t put black soy sauce in it. It tastes a little bland but not completely as it has its own unique taste too. It comes with a few sticks of vegetables, a few pieces of “Char Siew” (Barbequed Pork) and a small spoon of “Yok Sui” (Minced Pork). The amount of “Char Siew” and “Yok Sui” is so little that I consider it as pathetic. I would chip in extra RM1 for extra minced pork to have that extra kick. –grins-
Sarawakians who are studying in Multimedia University, Malacca would sometimes come here to eat this. They say it resembles a little like their “Kolok Mee”, which also doesn’t use black soy sauce, but with totally different side dishes. Although I don’t see any resemblance between “Longkang Mee” and “Kolok Mee”, most likely is because these Sarawakians miss their hometown food. Well…
How much it costs? RM2.20 for small and RM2.80 for medium. Very cheap and filling, I can say. At least, I haven’t ordered large before.
P/S :
Life in Tampin is tremendously, extremely and freaking bored, so bored that I had fall sick. Not sick, just a little bit of cough due to eating “Yau Char Guai 油炸鬼” for tea for 2 days continuously. Other than running errands and cleaning the house as requested forced by my mum, I basically just watch television, eat and sleep.
I think I should have my hair cut already. Hmm… I kinda like it bald, you know. Maybe you will get to see a bald Jason in the upcoming gathering.
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January 22nd, 2006 23:15
That’s life lah….good mah, do nothing except eat and sleep!
the noodles look damn sedap…….*drooling*
January 22nd, 2006 23:40
I like that life man!
January 23rd, 2006 11:48
I won’t be surprise to see a whole ball rolling down KL during our gathering if you continue your eat, sleep, TV lifestyle :P
January 23rd, 2006 11:55
Been Tampin few times, but yet to try the Longkang mee. Really nice ka?
January 23rd, 2006 15:00
Yeah, very nice. Last time the seller sold beside the river one. But recently dunno shifted to where liao.
January 23rd, 2006 15:29
really that boring meh? pergi la mandi sungai or what.
shld go to my hometown at Sabah. aiyoh, nothing to look at but chickens…
…eh, how’s ur brownies going?
January 23rd, 2006 16:30
你就好咧…羡慕死auntie.
January 23rd, 2006 19:54
LONGKANG MEE?! GROSS.. Hmm.. Maybe I should blog about MEE KUBUR one of these days, hhehehe *winks*
January 23rd, 2006 23:30
wah, your house so new one in Tampin.. so relaxing some more complain! Hai.. see la.. all these students all very spoilt one.
January 23rd, 2006 23:53
Wah..good life…ever consider mattress testing as a side job??? LOL
January 24th, 2006 02:38
Someone is enjoying his life …….Jealousnya !!!
January 25th, 2006 01:39
Wah who took those pictures for you wey…
When Jasonmumbles falls sick, he is in the mood for camwhoring.
January 25th, 2006 08:58
haha - i see those char siew like fakes only .. haha
comin to KL? hmmm
January 25th, 2006 09:22
yalor, i hope i have such relaxing and free time ler..dont complain lar..sometimes we need to rest and do nothing ,hehe.. next time go to tampin, must try ur Longkang mee…hehe
January 25th, 2006 20:44
dude, near my house, ur longkang mee = kuching dry mee. same ingredients and damn no taste. rm3.50 somemore. cipetz…
January 26th, 2006 00:26
Man… Holidays, cherish the times you’re having!! When classes resume, we all will miss the holidays again… I have been doing alot of… uhm, cleaning. Yes, spring cleaning (my house). Buruh kasar nie…
January 26th, 2006 20:06
Erm…may i know if Tampin is near Nilai. I will be going to Nilai during the first day of Chinese New Year. Will be visiting my relatives there. Hehe….let’s see if we have fate to meet ;P. Dont think they will be selling the “Longkang Mee” during Chinese New Year, right? :(
January 28th, 2006 02:11
Adoi. Did I read it correct? Lung Kong Mee or Longkang Mee???
Wow, u really know how to enjoy life. No wonder …..
February 5th, 2006 13:44
King’s Wife : Good is good, but very damn boring lah~!
Che-Cheh : Haha! Who don’t like? :P
Egghead : LOL. Don’t know will gain how many kgs after this holiday.
Jesslyn : Depends. Some will like it, some don’t. My mum doesn’t like it, but got KL people da-pao 50 packets one time.
Failure : Oh, the stall shifted to a shop loh~! But I prefer another stall one.
Cheng Sim : Tampin got no sungai to bath ler. Haha! Got waterfall lah, but lazy ler.
Twinsmom : Jealous leh~! :P
Pelf : Mee Kubur? The dead made the noodles or they use the skeletons to make the noodles? :P Thats a weird mee ler.
Zara’s Mama : I shifted to my new house 1 year ago. Its new house. Not complain, just that I feel very unproductive like that.
Romantic : Got such job kah? I want I want. Haha!
Ellone : Yeap, I am.
Laynie : Oh, self timer ler. Camwhoring? Haha!
Earl-Ku : Those char siew are low standards punya, just so-so only.
Irene : But don’t you feel very useless like that?
dSaint : Haha! Yaloh, they say its the same but also quite different. RM3.50? Mine baru RM2.50 for small and RM2.80 for big. Cheap leh.
Narrowband : Haih, I wish school resumes asap ler. Heh, spring cleaning for CNY mah! I didn’t help much also.
Emotionalistic : Tampin is like another 40 minutes down south of Nilai. Nilai is like a dead town, you got relatives there har? Meet up? That time you came to my hometown also didn’t call me, no heart one ler u.
Tracy : Haha! Its the pronouncation ler. Not really “longkang mee”. Yeap, thats why. Haha!
March 27th, 2007 21:53
Where exactly the stall location of the “Mee Longkang”. Been to Tampin few times, never tried this before.
March 27th, 2007 22:00
David : Basically, there are two stalls that sell longkang mee. One is a shop lot opposite a Petronas petrol station. It is somewhere near the bus station. They open in the morning and evening until night time. Another one is at a lane beside Ambank / opposite Clinic Chua. It starts business from 9pm. Give me a call if you can’t find it.