Where do you come from…

That night, I went searching for this place…

…after I saw somebody sharing on Facebook some photographs of the noodles available there.

I tried their kopi serbuk Muhajirin, black (RM2.50)…

…which was not too bad with a kind of nutty sort of taste so it was different from our local coffee but I thought it was quite nice.

I asked the people where the guy was from and they were not too sure – some of them said Lanzhou but probably they arrived at that conclusion from the name of the la mian, his handmade pulled noodles…

I watched him fold and twist and twirl the dough and pull until the strands of noodles miraculously appeared…

I asked him, “你哪裡來的?” (Where are you from) and he replied, “中國,” (China) so I probed further, “中國在哪裡?” (Where in China?) to which he replied, “新疆.” (Xinjiang)

My missus had the pulled noodles…

…with braised beef (RM8.90)…

…and it was very good. The soup was great too and the beef was really nice and tender.

I picked their sliced noodles with clear beef soup (RM7.00)…

…but I did not like the noodles, hard and chewy in some parts and the soup was somewhat light, not thick enough for me.

Those of you who are not into wan sui/daun ketumbar (coriander leaves), be forewarned that they do add those so you will have to tell them not to do so. I know a lot of people here, unlike the people in Kuching, do not like the smell – they say it smells like bed bugs.

We also had their dumplings, beef (RM7.90)…

…but no, I did not think they were anything to get excited about. I certainly would try something else instead should I happen to drop by here again.

RESTORAN MUHAJIRIN (2.325989, 111.840810) is located along Lorong Sg Merah 2, off Jalan Teng Chin Hua to the left of its traffic lights junction with Jalan Igan, with the RHB Bank, Sg Merah branch, on the opposite side of the junction, back to back with the Mega Store Supermarket.