Ah Gan, Seputeh

Seputeh’s Ah Gan is a new neighbourhood haven for hog hunters, serving comforting classics with a skilled chef’s prowess, from pork tendon ball noodles to roti babi with crab, roast pork mun fun to marble butter cake laced with pork lard.

For a soul-soothing, steaming-hot bowl of beauty, try the Homemade Pork Tendon Ball Noodles (RM10.90) - the tendon balls are terrifically tender with a light gingery lift, bolstered by a balanced mix of meehoon and yellow noodles in naturally rich, Penang-channelling broth of dark depth.

Roti Babi with Crab (RM15.90) is irresistibly crackly, deep-fried and baked to a confident crunch, encasing a juicy-fleshy centre of minced pork and hand-peeled crab, saucily seasoned with savoury tang.

For a nostalgic favourite, the Mun Fan (RM12.90) features wok wisdom with bold flavours, immersed in robustly familiar, slow-simmered gravy, thick in texture and memories, punctuated with char-speckled roast pork, smooth and succulent.

Not into pork? Check out the Sekinchan Prawn Paella (RM22.90), a one-pan, single-person’s pleasure of calrose rice steeped in crustacean stock and saffron, topped with market-fresh prawns, playfully circled with baby shrimp for socarrat-like caramelised-crust crisp.

The Marble Butter Cake (RM6) harbours a secret of pork lard melted with the butter, bringing decadent body to soft scrumptiousness for all generations.

Fun fact: Ah Gan refers to chef-founder Logan of Bangsar’s Wurst and Babi Kuah Hitam, the latter of which will move to Ah Gan next month.