THE RECOGNISED “AH RAU” (HONG YUN) CHINESE CUISINE FAMILY RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN @ KEDAH
“Chinese Cuisine Family Restaurant” is all the while a kind of the local chinese-based eating restaurant or dining house that carrying the combination of local with chinese cuisines under a roof being widely practised on our nations since decades with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended Chinese Cuisine Family Restaurant “Ah Rau” (Hong Yun) running into two-generations at Alor Setar, Kedah having great positive response from the market recently.
The Kelantan originated Mr. Kho Shel Hong (born 1980), together with his wife Ms. Chew Bee Kean (Kedah born) both are the recent immediate couple-owners of this best recognised Chinese Cuisine Family Restaurant “Ah Rau” (Hong Yun) as the 2nd generation presenting all their home-cooked recipes in signature menus to the locals & visitors in an better environmental dining condition on the northern ground at Kedah.
Kho Shel Hong’s father late Mr. Kho Wing Kim (commonly known Ah Rau, 1953-2020), was the initial founder who began his very own-running roadside chinese eating house named the “Kedai Kopi & Makanan Ah Rau” along the Sungai Korok, Simpang Kuala in the year of 1986 being decades serving his home recipes to the locals with his patience, later-on being generation passed onto his son Kho Shel Hong in the year of 2019, whose being nearly 20 years running his elder brother’s kueh teow soup eatery under the same roof with wife Bee Kean where the couple practically experienced in the field thoroughly.
In circumstances & with vision to further their exposure in the career, they moved and expanded their eating house into a better manner dining condition at Pekan Simpang Kuala in the year of 2021, then shifted to the recent location on the same territory since mid of year 2025 still carrying the name “Kedai Kopi & Makanan Ah Rau” (Hong Yun) continue serving all their signature menus to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2025 on the northern nation at Kedah.
In this Kedai Kopi & Makanan Ah Rau (Hong Yun), the owners’ very first top recommended in menus will be their family’s authentic two-generations “Teochew Steamed Fish” which most wanted by their regulars here. Local fresh sea fish (on customer’s preference) steamed for about 10-20 minutes with the combination of salted vege, tomato, red chili, ginger shredded & water plum, and finally served toppings with their home-fried garlic oil, spring onion & celery leaves will brings the wonderful fish’s freshness itself with appetising sour spicy tasty swallowed kind of their Teochew Steamed Fish eatery that you must have a try when reached Alor Setar, Kedah.
Secondly will be their signature “Ginger Shredded Chicken”, also always among the restaurant’s daily selection favourite by their customers from the beginning. Local fresh feeded garden/village free range chicken selected, prepared in cutted pieces, then wok-fried with ginger shredded into home seasonings mixture such sesame oil, black bean oil etc, and finally served after minutes stewed with chinese rice wine will brings the excellent chicken’s texturing meat bites into mouth with ginger & rice wine’s aromatic tasty swallowed kind of eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Another will be their famous “Deep Fried Belly with Fermented Beancurd”, which also wanted by their visitors in selections. Local fresh pork belly commonly selected, at least 8 hours home-marinated with fermented beancurd & their home seasonings mixture, followed by deep fried and served in cutted slices will brings the unbelievable crispy with full rich of belly’s juicy meat bites into mouth that you will never regret after tasted here.
Moreover, the owners also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Deep Fried Squid/Sotong” which like by most of their customers here. Local fresh sea squids prepared in about 10 hours home-marinated with their in-house seasonings flour mixture, served after minutes deep fried will brings another exotic crispy with nice salted squid’s chewing freshness texturing bites in combination that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised two-generations Chinese Cuisine Family Restaurant “Kedai Kopi & Makanan Ah Rau” (Hong Yun) at Alor Setar, Kedah.
KEDAI KOPI & MAKANAN AH RAU
Address: No. 171 & 172,
Tingkat Bawah,
Pekan Simpang Kuala,
05400 Alor Setar,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 6:00pm to 10:00pm (Daily)
(Closed on Monday)