Restoran Goldview Hakka Food

Kuala Lumpur - Donny and Edward brought me to an authentic Hakka restaurant - Restoran Goldview Hakka Food - @ 26,, Jalan 20/16a, Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya.

The Hakkas (Chinese: 客家), sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese people whose ancestral homes are chiefly from the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan and Guizhou. The Chinese characters for Hakka (客家) literally mean "guest families". Khek (Hokkien word for Hakka) is my dialect group in Singapore but I am more Peranakan than Hakka as both my family side speaks Malaya and cook up a mean Baba food.

Edward is Hakka and so he is much more familiar with the Hakka traditional food than me.

Hakka Yam Abacus

One of the most authentic traditional Hakka dishes, which is the Yam Abacus. The Yam and Tapioca is mashed and mixed with starch and rolled evenly to form a dough. The result is kneaded to form a rounded piece with a lightly presses centre (as you can see from the pic). It is Hakka people tradition that this represents reunion, wealth and good fortune. Yam is delicious and springy.

Bitter gourd with bean curd

Hakka Hot Soup

This is is closer to Singapore's Bak Kut Teh with lots of pepper to the taste. My kind of comfort home food. There is nothing hot about this dish more spicy with the a generous dash of pepper and ginger. This dish is cooked with pork and pig's stomach to bring out the flavour of this soup.

Chicken in rice wine

A flavourful dish with tender chick chucks marinated in Chinese rice wine.

Braised pork with Yam

Each slice of 3-layer pork is served with a slice of Yam. This is one of Hakka best loved dishes. As described by Edward, the pinnacle of this best dish is that the pork and the Yam must melt in your mouth.

It was a good lunch and worth another visit to taste their other dishes on the menu

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