Kin Kin Pan Mee

"How would you like to eat some dried pan mee with chili?" he asked and without missing a beat, I agreed. And so, off we went, to Kin Kin Restaurant. Truth to be told, I came to this place before, in 2002 or so when as a Consultant, my colleague brought me there. All the while I thought it was at Lorong Haji Taib but I was wrong.

And so, here we are, after eight years

This is a bowl of their famous Chili Pan Mee, which
comes with a bowl of soup. The noodles comes with
one soft boiled egg, lots of deep fried anchovies and
something else at the base I forgot to look.

And this is their famous chili. When I first came,
the chili would be in every table. Now, you have
to order the pan mee and the waiters would then
give it to you. Truth to be told, the oily, crunchy
prawn chili I buy from Giant tasted better than
this. But in 2002, this was the best and I actually
took more than half the container. Unfortunately,
on the next morning........

Anyway, i decided to go slow on the chili this time and
after a few scoops of the pan mee into our mouths, we
were already sweating. Damn, the chili still has some
kick left.

And then the bowl of soup. Well, it was nice but
all the while, I kept thinking about the bubbles
or froth in there.

I wanted to leave since there were
somethings happening but because
it was raining outside, both of us
took another bowl each.

So, what do I like about Kin Kin?
Or to be more precise, what did I not like about Kin Kin. There is a lot.

1) The Boss (or was it his son?) keep scolding his staff, even in front of the customers. And the type of scolding is not a typical one. More like degrading type and the it could very well degenerated into a more physical state.

2) The 'posters'
They're made by using felt tip markers on the tiled walls. Its not so much about it being cheap but the language used. Its the kind of language you hear when talking to old experienced men. It would start of by being condescending, or a bit huffy, then goes about boasting before they stepped back and tried to pull a half-hearted failed apology.

This one tells you about their chili which
you must not sneak out blah blah blah.
Action will be taken, blah blah blah. You
should read the one about them being a
pioneer in chili pan mee.

Total experience?
To sum it all up, the picture below exactly shows how it feels. Not only that, after we have paid, and left the table for the toilet, the old lady in a very loud voice, pointed at us saying we have not paid, which we had, moments ago. Had my friend not been there with me, I would have let out a few choice words, Lady or no Lady. Then there is the weird queuing system. Customers who arrived later than us, got their noodles first. Maybe their called in earlier but then, some customers who arrived even later, did not get theirs too. Weird.


Will I go there again? I don' think so. Nor would I want to point out where the place it. In the past, it would have been a great place but now, it feels as if some old man wants you to come to their place, play by his rules and often reminded you're something else. I mean, come on, this is not the Coliseum Cafe.