TASTE THE BEST RECOGNISED “AH CHOON” AUTHENTIC CHINESE FISH HEAD POT IN THE MIDDLE NORTHERN @ PERAK
“Fish Head Pot” is a kind of the local Chinese’s traditional authentic Fish Head Soup/Pot eatery among the favourite selection being taken & practised since decades on our nations by carriers with respective recipes on the ground. Here in the middle northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Fish Head Pot eating house “Ah Choon” running nearly 20 years at Sitiawan, Perak having great positive response from the market all the while.
The Pahang originated Mr. See Woon Choon (born 1970), was the initial founder, together with his wife Ms. Heng Hui Dian (Sitiawan, born 1984) both are the recent couple owners of this best recommended Chinese & Local Seafood Cuisine eating house “Restoran Ah Choon” serving not only their home-cooked Fish Head Pot, but also most of their chef’s (founder) home recipes of signatures to the locals & visitors under a roof now in better manner right along the Sitiawan township.
The founder cum owner See Woon Choon or known Chef Choon, who at his age of 50 years old currently was all the while grown-up in a f&b family initially touched the industry at his 13th of age in year 1983 helping parents in the family’s chinese cuisine restaurant at hometown. Later-on being positioned as a Chef at his 20th of age all the while experienced in the chinese cuisine field, also been reached Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Singapore along his journey in the career with his patients before reached Sitiawan, Perak.
With experiences & recipes on-hand, added with vision to have his own eating house locally and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry allowed Woon Choon (Chef Choon) decided then successfully established his very first owned eating place named the “Restoran Ah Choon” in year 2002 along the Kampung Acheh, fully assisted by wife Hui Dian introducing their very special home-cooked Fish Head Pot and other menus to the market running for more than 15 years on the same ground. Then moved into better manner shoplot restuarant at Taman Megah, Sitiawan in year 2019, and finally being recognised among the best in town by the F&B E-Media for the year 2020 in the middle northern nation.
In this Restoran Ah Choon, the owners’ very first top recommended in menus surely will be their famous “Fish Head Pot” which most wanted by the regulars all the while. Local fresh Sea Grouper Fish Head on weight of 3kg & above commonly selected, prepared in cutted pieces then home-cooked into home soup base with yam, chinese herbals (geichi & tanggui), salted veges, gingers, red chilli, napa cabbage and into flounder fish powder, also and finally served boiling hot in a special metal pot will brings excellent fish freshness sweet & the yam and tasty herbals swallowed into mouth that you must have a try when reached Sitiawan, Perak.
Secondly will be their signature “Indonesian Claypot Prawn”, which also among the restaurant’s daily top seller favourite by their customers from the beginning. Local fresh Sea Ming Prawn commonly selected, cleaned then seconds deep fried in boiling hot cooking oil, followed by stired with mixtures of their chef’s recipes into lemongrass, curry leaves, red chilli, lady finger & into slight fresh milk, finally served boiling hot in claypot on table will brings smooth broth swallowed, prawn’s texturing bites itself and tasty fair spicy of Indonesian Prawn eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special “Thai Style Claypot Stingray”, too among their signature menu which wanted by the visitors recently. Local fresh stingray prepared in sliced pieces, cooked in-house with lemongrass, chilli padi, gingers, dried chilli, curry leaves into homemade sour & spicy sauce paste, and finally served also boiling hot in claypot will brings wonderful appertising sour spice taste into mouth, especially the stingray freshness taste taken here that you neither found the same elsewhere in town.
Nonetheless, the owners also introduced the Chef Choon’s all time favourite recommended “Golden Crispy Mantis” which like by all the customers today. Local fresh mantis meats selected, floured-up in recipes followed by deep fried, then seconds wok-fried in mixtures of curry leaves, chilli padi & milk powder, into slight fresh milk and finally served in unbelievable crispy bites of mantis meats itself with freshness sweet tasty into mouth that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Fish Head Pot eating house “Restoran Ah Choon” at Sitiawan, Perak.
RESTORAN AH CHOON
Address: No. 14,
Jalan Megah 1,
Taman Megah,
32000 Sitiawan,
Perak.
Business Hours: 11:30am to 2:30pm
5:30pm to 11:00pm (Daily)