Seremban's Gastronomic Appeals

When one travels south to Seremban, the city centre of Negeri Sembilan, siew pow (oven-baked buns) and beef noodles come to mind. Both of these gastronomic fares are where Seremban is famous for.

The whiff of freshly baked siew pow makes one salivates instantly. The wonderful aroma is the combination of savoury fillings of pork or chicken in a brown, crispy pastry topped with sesame seeds.

Mouth-watering siew pows, in original pork or chicken filling.

The shop that makes and sells these wonderful buns also makes tambun biscuits or dragon ball biscuits (which they are familiarly known of), egg tarts, kaya (coconut egg jam) puffs, wedding biscuits, an assortment of pies and puffs. Other tasty snacks sold includes the chicken biscuits, soya bean crispies, butter cookies, omochi (Japanese rice taffy) and Chinese desserts.

Pastries galore

Other tasty snacks.

How to get there: The Tasti East shop is located at Jalan Rasah. You can see the signboard when you reach the Seremban toll.

For beef noodles lovers, head down to Yee Kee Seremban Beef Noodles. An eatery established in the 1930s by Mr.Poon Yee, Yee Kee serves beef noodles based on the original secret recipe from the village of Dai Dong Po, a county in Ding'an, Hainan, China. Mr. Poon Yee, a native from the village brought the family recipe with him to Seremban making it now a Seremban gastronomic attraction.

Yee Kee, 70 years ago.

They can choose either the noodles in gravy or in soup. For noodles in gravy, the beef brisket, honeycomb tripe and spiced beef jerky are served together with pickled cabbage, fried peanuts and roasted sesame seeds while noodles in soup are served with a beef mix of beef brisket, honeycomb tripe, soft tendon coupled with pickled cabbage, spring onions, parsley and beef essence. Beef balls are also available; they are served with pickled cabbage in long-simmered, flavourful soup.

Noodles in gravy comes with soup.

Fair-coloured beefballs

For those who do not take beef, they may want to try the nasi lemak (coconut milk rice) with chicken rendang (dry curry) or sambal sotong (cuttlefish in dried chilli paste), Penang laksa, half-boiled eggs with kaya or peanut butter toast and egg or tuna sandwich.

Nasi lemak with sambal sotong and side condiments such as half of a
hard-boiled egg, fried anchovies and peanuts, cucumber slices and anchovies sambal.

Plus points of restaurant:

• It has set meals, which are more economic-friendly;

• The beef noodles is available in XL-serving for big appetites;

• The kopitiam-styled (coffee shop-styled) restaurant is air-conditioned for extra comfort with soothing music playing in the background;

• And WiFi access is available :D

How to get there: The restaurant is located along Jalan Dato Lee Fong Yee.