Hakka Passion

Bringing you back to my childhood memories. Abit of a heartfelt review here. My grandmother would use to make this during special occasions and i would gobble them down cause i absolutely love it. Now that she is not around anymore i still yearn for this particular dish and finding one that would remind me of how she would use to cook them was hard until i stumbled upon Hakka Passion. Just the right amount of chewiness and softness of the yam and sweet potato abascus that is sauted with mince pork and a hint of sesame oil, this is an absolute heartwarming experience. They do specialize in all amazing things Hakka with their other dishes so for a taste to remember of lost childhood memories do give this place a try.

I came to visit this humble Hakka restaurant for dinner. Located in the quiet part of Puchong, we are greeted with the owner’s wife warm welcome. This restaurant is owned by a Hakka chef, so the food in here is packed with 100% authentic Hakka goodness! The owner’s wife recommended to order the popular abacus yam dish, but I choose to differ XD

In the end I ordered Braised Pork Meat with Red Yeast Rice (RM23/small) that come with a soft, fluffy, warm homemade bun (pau). I don’t usually fancy eating too much pork meat chunks in one go, but this one is irresistible! The meat are supposed to be eaten with the pau, so you’ll have to stuff the meat (don’t forget the sauce! that is the bomb!) into the pau and savour! Meat are very tender, some of them still have the juicy layer of fats but that’s what make the whole dish savoury. The red yeast rice is added to give out the rich umami taste. Topped with dried sotong stripes, this dish is definitely what you should order other than the (mainstream) abacus yam! 😄 (tip: the meat is great with bowl of warm rice too! remember to drizzle the sauce all over your rice though!!)

Another dish I order was the Spicy XO Taufu ( RM17/small). The taufu portion is quite decent for a small serving. It’s basically deep fried tofu topped with spicy XO sauce (taste more like udang belacan to me, but it’s really good too!), served with stir fried french beans in the middle. I would say the tofu was kinda oily to my liking, but the oiliness is not major that it disturbed the taste.

They also serves homemade desserts such as red bean tongsui, chestnut tongsui, etc. I decided to order one bowl of the cooling chestnut tongsui (RM4.8), which is served with chestnut chunks and silky egg strings. It’s kinda weird for me to eat cold tongsui with egg at first, but actually I can’t really taste the egg taste in the end and it was really cooling and refreshing!

Overall: will definitely come back for their Hakka food!
Payment: cash & credit card accepted
Children friendly: yes
Smoking: no
Airconditioned: yes
Parking: easy