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HAVING seen good reviews for Yip Kee Noodle Shop’s seafood clay pot I’d intended to order it when lunching with friends, but here I was tucking into a keow teow.

Literally stir-friend rice cake strips, the Malay/Singapore speciality, with its flat noodles, has been a favourite for years and something I can rarely go past.

This dish didn’t disappoint, with its slightly flame-seared flavour, and at $11 the serve was generous.

Another of our party tucked into the mee goreng ($11) and was impressed with the full bodied flavour, and chilli zing–although it did need a bit of soy sauce to lift it.

We kicked off lunch sharing a hot and sour soup and spring rolls (both $6.50).

The spring rolls were hot and crispy, but lacked flavour, something the soup more than made up for.

At first spoonful the viscous bowlful was a tad off-putting visually, but eyes closed it was delicious.

Thank goodness we shared, because the servings to come were so large we struggled.

The seafood laksa ($11) defeated one mate’s best intentions, the massive bowl of steaming noodles, in a rich spicy “soup” and abundance of seafood proving too much.

The fourth member of the party astounded those watching as he polished off a whole plate of beef with crispy vegetables in szechuan sauce ($14.80).

“That’s my favourite,” our very helpful waiter beamed when he ordered.

Loosening his belt my mate sighed: “The beef is tender and [chilli] hot, and the vegetable crunchy.”

Punters could be forgiven for driving past the low-key eatery, just up the road from the more trendy Eighth Avenue cafe strip.

This is the daggy side of town, the council-owned verge full of rubbish, including tattered plastic bags, empty drink bottles and paper caught in the tragic looking verge plantings.

But it’s well worth stopping for good food and good service at ridiculous, rock-bottom prices.

Local families and nearby workers must love this place because for $60 four people ate very well.

by JENNY D’ANGER

Yip Kee Noodle Shop
2015 Guildford Road, Maylands
open lunch and dinner
7 days | 9371 8818