貴嫂麵 拉渣面

貴嫂麵 拉渣面

Address: Lot 2576, Jalan Batu 3½, Lukut, Port Dickson, Seremban, Malaysia
Map: http://bit.ly/LukutNoodles
GPS: 2.563889, 101.816111 (N 2° 33' 50"  E 101° 48' 58")
Hours: 8:30am to 2:00pm (Closed on Weds)
Casting our eyes at the very clean and well kept shop, we asked Octo why is his signature dish known as "dirty noodles".

Octo said that the business was started years ago by his grandmother 貴嫂 at the old market at Lukut. Her road side stall was located at the junction of 3 canals at the market. The canals were full of rubbish and was smelly, but Octo's grandmother's homemade noodles stall was doing a roaring business. The locals started to refer to the stall as the "dirty noodles 拉渣面" stall and the name has stuck ever since.

Octo's shop is named 貴嫂麵 in his grandmother's honour.

(拉渣面 or la zha meen means "dirty noodles" in Cantonese colloquialism.)

We also had this stir fried and then simmered "dirty noodles" with simple pork slices and some greens. Octo managed to infuse a noticeable wok hei into the noodles which were soaking in a gooey savoury sweet gravy.

Besides fish slices we added pork slices, fresh squid, tofu, fried tofu skin, and pork balls. The broth was medium bodied and was mildly savoury sweet with fresh vegetable flavours. It reminded me of simple home cooked soup.

The fresh noodles were cooked till al dente, tender yet firm.

Octo said that besides being fresh, the noodles had to be cooked carefully to get the desired texture.

The locals eat their "dirty noodles" with a bowl of soup. The default is soup with fish slices, and customers can add additional ingredients at extra charge.