{"id":210,"date":"2016-11-06T16:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T16:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyjamin.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2017-04-22T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T18:01:04","slug":"kluang-famous-hot-spicy-curry-mee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyjamin.com\/en\/kluang-famous-hot-spicy-curry-mee\/","title":{"rendered":"Kluang Famous Hot Spicy Botak&#8217;s Curry Mee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is Curry Mee ?<\/h1>\n<p>Malaysian and Singapore are famous for a unique signature &nbsp;dish called curry mee. It is a cuisine heavily fusion of the Chinese and Indian influence. &nbsp;The Chinese and Indian migrated to then Malaya to work in tin mining and rubber&nbsp;plantation sector respectively during the early 19-century era. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is made up of thin yellow noodle or and mee hoon (rice vermicelli withy spicy curry soup, sambal chili, and coconut satan. With a variety&nbsp;of choice like dried tofu, chicken, prawn,&nbsp;cuttlefish, egg, &nbsp;cockle and &nbsp;bean sprout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In &nbsp;southern Malaysia and Singapore, it is called &#8220;curry laksa&#8221; &nbsp;It is a cross between the Singapore laksa and a spicy variation of the mee rebus (an Indonesian noodle dish with yellow noodles).<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Malaysians returning home from overseas, after home cooking, would head for their favorite hawkers to relive the taste of long missed &nbsp;spicy foods.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Kluang Famous Hot Spicy Botak&#8217;s Curry Mee<\/h2>\n<p>Botak&#8217;s curry mee, inheritance with over 3 generation with a span of 60 years, &nbsp;It&#8217;s loyalty &nbsp;customers &nbsp;spread across the global besides, the Malaysian patron and the local folks.<\/p>\n<h3>Ground Spices<\/h3>\n<p>The curry soup uses ground spices. The tasty and mildly spicy smooth curry has a pleasant slight grainy feel from the ground spices. Less oily due&nbsp;to &nbsp;lesser use of coconut satan in the preparation. It is more healthy comparing with local other curry mee stall which is&nbsp;heavily reliant on coconut for flavor.<\/p>\n<h4>Sambal Chili&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>Curry mee would not you do not try the sambal chili , it is free self- services adding in a small plastic plate . &nbsp;You can add any amount depending individual taste bud. &nbsp;Made from fresh chili and fried in oil, it is spicy and adds&nbsp;<em>oomph<\/em> to the curry for those who prefer their curry extra hot. This sambal chili is so yummy .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Boss, Can I packed RM10.00 for the sambal chili?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sure, you can, where are you people coming from?&#8221; He asked us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I am local, these two gentlemen are from Perth , Australia another two gentlemen are &nbsp;from Kuching, Sarawak, &#8221; I replied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Ohh, with his unbelievable look.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The delicious looking bowl of curry noodle&nbsp;topped with bean sprouts, <em>char siew<\/em>, cockles, fish cake, pork skin etc. It rare people use the pork skin on curry noodles. &nbsp;The tasteless pork skin when soaked up the curry like a sponge. The curry is the main star in Botak curry mee. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Boss, give me another bowl of rice vermicelli with an&nbsp;additional portion of cockle.&#8221; shout from another table.<\/p>\n<p>It was hot &nbsp;sundry afternoon, the fan was orbited with the mixture of the smelly customer&#8217;s perspiration and the aromatic smell of the curry soup. Nobody seems&nbsp;to bother about it, keep devour on the hot curry mee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Botak&#8217;s Kampung Paya shop showcases. &nbsp;<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;The &nbsp;unique funny looking table with cement leg. &nbsp;It was a collection ex- flooding recycle material.&nbsp;The owner\u2019s love for liquor and alcohol is apparent by his collection of alcohol bottles lined up against the walls. The colorful psychedelic ceilings were quite a change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Why Botak Curry Mee?<\/h6>\n<p>Its name originated from the earlier generation, present owner&#8217;s &nbsp; grandfather was a&nbsp;bald&nbsp;man! But the grandson who is manning the stall only had short, cropped hair. There are 2 stalls, brother, and sister taking care of their own respective stalls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Son&#8217;s address<\/strong>: Jalan Paya 2, Kampung Paya, Kluang<\/p>\n<p><strong>GPS<\/strong>: 2.040879,103.334977<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daughter&#8217;s address<\/strong>: Jalan Panggung, Kampung Masjid Lama, Kluang (Mengkibol River Hawker Centre)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GPS<\/strong>: 2.029777,103.320971<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hours<\/strong>: 7:00am to 5:00pm<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laksa Lemak \ud83d\ude0d | Malaysian Curry Noodles with Coconut Milk | Nyonya Laksa [Nyonya Cooking]\" width=\"824\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DOfia0O4qbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/ho.lazada.com.my\/SHOtqL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Curry Mee ? 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