Aunties Ssam

At times, we all get bored with food in shopping malls. What to eat is a commonplace question amongst the following category of people: -

• Colleague going out for lunch
• Couples not knowing where to eat during meal times
• Friends not knowing where to eat during meal times
• Where to bring your parents.....or grandmother
  

The irony about not knowing where to eat is, no one seem to pack food from home. If one suggests a place to eat, the other party will counter the proposal and these group of people will probably end up where they started in the first place. Not knowing where to eat.

I dislike eating in the malls most times for it is the same ol same ol plus you don't get your veggies eating in shopping malls. Salads? I heard salad, is that food? I prefer my stir fry kai lan with garlic if you please.

Salad is fine but not all the time!! We all need our serving of good ol' Chinese style vegetables as a break from the nice looking leaves with a cute looking egg in the centre sprinkled with a healthy dose of croutons and that sweet balsamic vinegar. Eating salad all the time maybe ok if you have not had stir fry vege with garlic before, certainly not for me. There are vege and then, there are salads.

Having said that, the next time you are in KL and want good ol tasty Chinese style cooking, head on to Aunties Ssam. This joint is opened by three Aunties and boy, are they friendly. The restaurant provides a good view of the twin towers too. This joint is situated in Jalan Kamuning, off Jalan Imbi.

Turn left at the cross Junction before Overseas restaurant (there is a chapel to the right and a Honda showroom / hawker food area to the right). Take the first left turn and then take a right heading towards the Imbi wet market. Drive slowly now and take the first left thereafter. Aunties Ssam is the second or third bungalow to your right and sports a yellow signboard with red letters.


We ordered the Durian pork as illustrated above. It tasted sweet, very sweet in fact, like durian dodol. Now, I am not a big fan of durian but wanted to try this dish as it was mentioned by a food guide. It tasted alright to me however, I will only order this dish again if someone I brought over wants to try it. I personally prefer Marmite pork or "Hak Peh Kuat" (Guinness Pork). I don't know if they really use that black liquid people stuff down their throat and go Ahhhhhhh this is good for I find all forms of alcohol pungent and it probably tastes as good as dog poo. Yes, I am unappreciative of alcohol, bite me.



Second item on the menu was fried lotus roots and it was a much needed dish as we needed our dose of vegetables!! We also ordered salted egg fried rice which tasted marvellous. The belacan served was simply awesome. I am big on the spices and chili and this belacan, is awesome.

In summary, we ordered: -

• Salted Egg fried rice (simply superb, a must try, give up the white rice!)
  
• Durian pork (not gonna get a second order from me at least)
  
• Fried lotus roots (crunchy and fragrant)

The bill came to RM56 with two drinks concocted out of cucumber / calamansi / asam boi and I cant remember what. Definitely beats eating at the usual joints one finds in shopping malls.

Bon Appetit!