Da original Chili Pan Mee?

This noon went to eat this chili pan mee, which supposed to be the original first stall to introduce pan mee with chili recipe. It is known as Kin Kee Chili Pan Mee(健记辣椒板面), located around the area between Sogo and The Mall(sorry, I'm not good at places). The essence of the whole deal is the chili seasoning, it's a kind of fried chili chunks, you add them into your normal pan mee, stir them thoroughly, voila, the chili pan mee. So I guess most people go there craves for the special made chili seasoning, pan mee becomes the supporting role.


Full house!

Like any famous stuffs, it usual draws lots of people flocking into it. By the time we arrived there, it was already full house. Of course, with this crowd of people, you couldn't really get any responsive service, so it took a while for us to make order, and get our drinks.

But the boss's memory quite impressed me, he has this ability to recognize which table of customer comes first, and which comes later, so he wouldn't mess up the sequence of orders.

We waited around 1 hour to get our pan mees.


The original dried pan mee, without adding the chili seasoning, looks yummy?


Added 2 spoons of chili now... they call their chili as "Gun Powder"

We had ordered 4 bowls for 3 people, me, Chean and Karen, because the mee size looks small from what we saw in other customers'. Me and Chean shared the extra one, and we poured around 4 spoons of chili chunks into the pan mee, without even try how hot is the chili first... it was a big mistake!


It looks quite nice isn't it?

It was hot at the beginning, and it's getting worse later. And finally our tongue almost become numb due to the chili hotness.


Fully loaded with chili seasoning, not a good idea...


Chean suffering from chili burning and sweat like hell...


The "Gun Powder", and it's very hot!


Mission accomplished!

So, what's the verdict?
For me, I think it's overrated. I expect a better, special, very delicious pan mee for a waiting of 1 hour. The chili seasoning was a bit salty, not really fragrant enough, the mee in the other hand, a bit soft due to overcook, and it tastes like any other pan mee, nothing special. But overall, it still taste not bad, worth a try, but I prefer Face to Face Noodle House pan mee in Damansara, and my mum's homemade pan mee more!