Ham Sap Fried Rice For The Dirty Minded

On my first visit, the first dish to catch my eye was the Ham Sap Fried Rice. My mind went “this is something I must try.” Ham Sap is or means dirty minded in Cantonese. Catchy name. I just could not give it a miss. The fried rice certainly had nothing to do with sex or anything dirty. It was super delicious. Ham Sap Fried Rice is cooked with salted fish (Ham also means salty in Cantonese), egg, beans, anchovies, etc. The texture of the rice is good and the dish as a whole is tasty.

Smoked Duck Fried Rice

This here is another rice dish that I thoroughly enjoyed; the Smoked Duck Fried Rice. I love eating duck and had to give it a try. The pieces of smoked duck meat in the rice were delicious. The duck meat was not too dry and is easily chewed. The rice again had good texture and tasted really good.

Kapow Fried Rice

On my third visit I had the Kapow Fried Rice. The Kapow Fried Rice leans more towards Malaysia’s Southern neighbour; Thailand. It comes with Thai minced pork, beans, basil, etc. The Kapow Fried Rice tasted really delicious too with that all important fried rice texture that not many restaurants succeed in doing. After my third fried rice I dish concluded that they  (Lat Tali Lat Cafe) are specialist in cooking fried rice.

Moo Ping (Porxsicle)

This side dish has nothing much ado with ice or popsicles. It is actually barbecued pork meat on sticks; pork satay. Malaysia is famous for satay but I have never tasted any good pork satay before. The reason why so many pork satay sellers have failed to come out pork satay that taste as good as chicken, beef, and mutton satay (three of my favourite types) is because they try to follow the same ingredients used in marinating the meat.

Pork meat is unlike chicken, beef, and mutton (goat and not sheep in this case). For some reason pork does not seem to bode well with the usual Malaysian satay style of marinating. The meat usually turns out too dry after grilling on the satay stove.

The chef here at Lat Tali Lat Cafe made a good move by going at it another way. They used a Chinese cooking approach to this satay dish by marinating the pork meat in what I believe to be soy sauce, black sauce, and some honey or sugar for sweetness. I may be wrong so don’t quote me on this should you try to make your own pork satay and they turn out terrible. Anyway, Moo Ping (Porxsicle) is very delicious. The meat is sweet and salty, with a hint of smoky flavours, and is juicy.

*Best eaten hot / when served.

Glass Noodle Salad (Thai Style)

I cannot remember what this salad dish is called but it has glass noodles, vegetables, and Thai sauce. If you prefer salads more than the carbohydrate filled fried rice dishes, spaghetti or pasta dishes, etc.; the Glass Noodle Salad is delicious. One thing though. This dish is spicy. It made me tear up a little and I had to have a cup of cold water on standby. While some say that warm or hot water is better. I prefer not to torture my tongue for the sake of a speedier recovery from “chili burn.”