Famous for beef noodle, which is pretty good. They will give you the large portion by default, so you need ask for small portion. The Fried Kway Teow is okay as well. Seems like the famous lala..
Verdict: The beef noodles has been built up a stellar reputation for years and and it is indeed famous for a reason – they know their food well and prove themselves noteworthy.
Unexpectedly, the roasted meat we ordered taste quite good, in particularly the char siew as the meat is juicy with the right level of sweetness.
Nevertheless, there are 2 must eat here; its either the Beef Noodle or the Lala Noodle; so, next visit to KL will be the Lala Noodle.
Soup is pack with flavour, you can taste the rice wine, heat from the ginger, slightly fragrant from soy sauce, sweetness from the clamp. It is indeed a satisyfying bowl for your lunch. It would taste even better if it is on rainy day as a sip of the soup could keep your tummy warm.
The Char Kuey Teow was really good. I can understand why many food bloggers rated Lai Foong to have one of the Top 10 Fried Kuey Teow in downtown KL. The noodles were well cooked and tasty, came accompanied with egg + cockles + fishcakes + Chinese sausages + lard + prawns + taugeh. Here, when you order LARGE, you’d get LARGE, Lots of noodles. I ate it all anyway since I was really hungry. Burp!
I couldn't find the 上湯啦啦米粉湯 "La La noodle" at the smaller shop and quickly settled to Beef Noodles for dinner, a bit salty for my liking. Overall, just ok for me.
Taste wise, just imagine rice vermicelli in a bowl of ‘xiong tong lala’ (superior clam soup) but with extra ginger and Shaoxing wine. It’s definitely more fragrant and spicier, so keep a pack of tissues ready before digging in. Anyway, despite what I said above about the lala and all, it is undeniable that this is still one of the better things to eat in the area.
Lai Foong is one of KL folks' favourite old school Hainanese beef noodles. I like it that Lai Foong's version is full of beefy goodness from the soup to the big chunks of belly meat. I enjoyed the old coffee shop feel at Lai Foong too.
By looking at the number of clams they gave me just made me happy! Most importantly, they were all fresh and sweet! The broth tasted a tad spicy due to the shredded gingers but it's okay. Some alcohol was also added to the broth to make it more flavorful, but I was hoping it to taste stronger. Overall, the soup was good, although it's not as addictive enough to make you take it sip after sip.
Just 5 minutes walk from Petaling Street Kuala Lumpur, or about the same walking distance from Central Market (Pasar Seni) in opposite direction, discover this decades-old Lai Foong Coffee Shop 丽丰茶餐室 that is no stranger to beef noodles lovers; and for insiders, an extra bowl of real nourishing lala soup noodles.
啦啦米最美味的部分是汤头,有酒味,其实就是上汤啦啦的味道,很浓郁、很鲜甜,真的很好吃,难怪这道啦啦米最近会爆红! 老板娘说,这道啦啦米很受OL欢迎,可能因为办公室冷气冷,吃这碗热腾腾的啦啦米可以保暖,大家也可以来试一试哦!
Outstanding item, were the beef balls. Very dense, and as the Chinese likes to say, "bouncing off the teeth". The lean meat was thankfully, not too lean nor was it stringy. It was meaty, with a tiny bit of tendon. However, the tendon was not as soft as would've preferred. The tripe and omasum were winners with its super soft texture that had absorbed the light flavour of the broth. Quite yummy.
Here is it! The famous beef noodles from Lai Foong. Mannnn, what I would do for a bowl of that now! Tender slices of beef and tendon, yummy beef balls, chopped salted mustard greens, cilantro and noodles in a hearty flavorful stock. Soooooooooo goood!