PETALING JAYA, June 24 — PJ folks won’t need to drive down to Kepong anymore for a taste of Street Porridge’s silky porridge as an outlet just opened in Damansara Utama (Uptown). 

You may need to strain your eyes to spot its location though, as the signboard is too small to grab your attention. Just look for the Unifi signboard instead; it’s next door. 

With 12 types of porridge including the plain version, this is the place to visit when you need congee’s restorative powers while feeling under the weather or perhaps for a change from your usual rice diet.

The toppings range from the usual salted egg and century egg accompanied by a protein like chicken or pork. 

Even an oldie like dried oyster and peanuts can be found here, side-by-side with farm frog porridge or the Hong Kong boat (teng zai) porridge. 

The texture of this humble rice porridge is thick, with a glossy finish that adds heft and pleasure to every spoonful with your choice of toppings. 

For those who often dismiss porridge as “sick food,” the Fresh River Prawn Porridge (RM38) will change your perception as the smooth porridge is laced with prawn roe. 

With this new outlet, the menu also offers egg noodles and rice paired with their roasted meats to capture the appetites of office workers during lunch and dinner.  

Joining their signature steamed chicken, they also offer herb-roasted duck, char siu and siew yoke.

Herb-Roasted Duck (lower quarter for RM25) sports a maroon coloured skin and meat lightly scented with Chinese herbs. 

Eat the duck with the juices from its cavity for a stronger herbal flavour. 

Dining here is also more comfortable because it’s air-conditioned, unlike the more casual restaurants they operate in Kepong. 

Restoran Street Porridge

89, Jalan SS21/1A, 

Damansara Utama (Uptown), Petaling Jaya.

Open: 11am to 3pm, 5pm to 9:30pm. Days off are not fixed yet.  

* This is an independent review where the writer paid for the meal.

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