August 7, 2025

Say Oh Yeah to Sang Har Meen

Had intended to go somewhere else but since SS2 was jammed packed that day, no thanks to the durian season, we ended up at Oh Yeah Kopitiam on the perimeter of the SS2 square. Every table had a plate or two, so it made sense to try the Sang Har Meen (freshwater prawn noodles), especially since it’s at a steal price of Rm16.80 per plate.

There’s an option to top up on the rice wine for additional RM2, but it wasn’t necessary as the taste was already quite apparent. The yee mee was crispy at the edges yet adequately drenched in the flavourful eggy gravy, which we slurped every bit up at the end. Came with two very decent sized freshwater prawns, halved for easier eating, were fresh and the flesh bouncy, firm texture, oozing a natural sweetness.

Given how the closest competitor is at least 3x the price and more, this is the best deal in town. One may argue that the gravy could have more depth, or the prawns could be sweeter, or the noodles better, but yat chum cheen, yat chum foh, so goes the Cantonese saying which means, you get what you pay for, and at Rm16.80, you can’t complain.

We also had Chee Cheong Fun in curry gravy with fishball and fucuk – decent – curry was concentrated and creamy but not cloying or too heavy. Prawn spring rolls were crispy, reasonably filled with meat.

Story goes the char siew here is very good, but it had run out. We had prawn wantan mee instead. Noodles were alright, though could be more QQ (springy) and prawn wantan was a good mid-sized bite.

Round 2: tried the Wantan mee and char siew. The noodles could be springier and more qq, and the serving style is kinda wet, heavy on the sauce. The main star is the char siew, and while I won’t say it’s the best in town, it’s better than average.