新万发 Sin Ban Fatt Restaurant

Stir fried bitter gourd with pork belly aka Fu Gua Siew Yoke @ Sin ban Fatt Jalan Ipoh

I frequent here often for lunch and I must introduce this to you because not many knows the "wonders" of Jalan Ipoh. But office crowds and people from everywhere do come here for lunch breaks and meet ups. Uncles all the from PJ or Shah Alam drives all the way here for food too. (Eavesdropped. Oops). They've been in business for several decades now, ever since my mother was a young girl.

Bitter gourd is the most hated vegetable to some because it is very bitter if not cooked well. This dish is not bitter at all because all the flavour from the gravy and pork belly is absorbed by the bitter gourd and cooked down to a soft texture, which eliminates the bitterness.
The gravy is very nice too! I could have them with rice itself. 😋 Can you see the amazing glistening gravy in the picture? YUM
But, the pork belly is quite fat and not as nice as the ones that melts in your mouth. I did take off the fat and ate the lean part of pork belly only. There's very little meat but sometimes they do give too much pork belly. Too much can be overwhelming. I guess the bitter gourd is the star of this dish and pork belly is there for the amazing flavour. Maybe you can request to add pork belly if you need your meat! I love bitter gourd so this portion was just right for me.

Sin Ban Fatt is good for Chinese dai-chow and siu-chow. It is one of the best restaurants in. Jalan Ipoh but they don't open for dinner. Only lunch but they're always full by 1pm.

I love Sin Ban Fatt's yang-zhou fried rice too! You get to taste the awesome flavour of Char Siew fried together with loads of vegetables and rice. They are very generous with their fried rice portion though. An RM 10 portion is enough to feed 4 person in my family with leftovers!

Food: 8/10 Price: 7/10 (I can't remember the price but I think overall for what I ordered - two sets of rice, one stir fried romaine lettuce, chinese tea and warm water is RM 25+. They can be quite expensive sometimes)