Verdict: Without any anticipation, our lunch at Soon Lai turned out to be a rather pleasant one, if only the waiting time to be shorter. Tasty food and wallet friendly pricing, I certainly don’t mind to come back again!
I think the only possible way to describe kuey chap would be that it is a dish that utilises every single possible part of a pig (meat, intestines, even the blood!) and mixes it in with a clean tasting soy sauce based broth to concoct a delicious combination.
The oyster sauce here is not the same as that of Penang Street in Penang. The scorpion is a large triangle, the soup is more fragrant, and the side dishes are also varied. It is delicious with spicy sauce!
Kuay Chap is actually a rice sheet which is soft & smooth. It was so smooth that it keeps slipping out of my spoon. It also has got a good bite of texture in mouth and served in good bowl of broth which are heavily cooked for hours with their inhouse secret herbs and braised broth. When they served the Kuay Chap, they also topped it with some generous pinch of fried shallots.
Kway Chap: a Teo Chew dish of rice noodles in broth, eaten with stewed parts of the pig. Soon Lai kuey chap in Batu Pahat has been around for 60 years...
Soon Lai kway chap 顺来粿汁 is a worthy standard bearer of Batu Pahat food.