Kong Kong Beef Bowl
Publica, Kuala Lumpur
Jason's verdict
- Stops
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- Dishes
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- Visits
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The verdict
BolehJason gives the RM28.90 Australian beef bowl a 6.3, finding the flavour underwhelming for the price despite decent texture. The RM29.90 mega Thai milk tea scores a 7 and is worth it purely on portion, sharing 8-9 cups.
Highlights
- Price: Beef bowl RM28.90, mega Thai milk tea RM29.90
- Taste: Bouncy Thai flat noodles, herbal soup, but brisket under-marinated and flavour doesn't match the price
- Ambiance: Trendy Publica spot famous for the record-breaking giant beef bowl
- Other: RM99 super beef bowl holds a Malaysian Book of Records title
Dishes tried
- Australian beef bowlScore 6.3 out of 10
level 2 spice, bouncy noodles, brisket lacks marination
- Mega Thai milk teaScore 7.0 out of 10
huge portion, not too sweet, share with friends
Full transcript468 words
I've seen this all the time when people talk about tong-kong-kong-kong bowl. Is it all just a gimmick, mostly just made up of ice? And how many people can you share it with? We got our ass to publica to find the answers. But first I try to test the mini version of this big boy. This is the size of their 99 ringgit super beef bowl that got the Malaysian book of records. This is their normal Australian beef bowl, 28 ringgit 90 cents, level 2 spice. Comes with the Australian beef slice, beef ball, beef brisket. You can choose but we got their Thai flat noodle. It's giving that bouncy, toy-toy kind of texture. Sweet, salty, spicy. Usually when it's level 2 mid-spice kan. Macam too little. This one there's still some amount of kick. The beef brisket slides off. Easy to tear lah but the marination is not much. For me I like beef brisket when it's glazed and sauced up because the more you chew a beef brisket the more dry it feels. Thanks to the soup it doesn't feel super dry. You know a beef bowl as standard when it's not spongy and it's got a snap and it feels very dense inside. Luckily it doesn't have any tendons lah. When you drink the soup by itself, it feels very herbally. When you get in with the soup and the noodles, it adds a slight sweetness. You know what this one tastes like? A thicker, beef enriched version of the herbal egg and it's also very jela. It's a thin slice as if like those hot pot beef slices, it is still quite chewy. There's nothing obvious to point out. The noodles is cooked okay, soup feels okay. That's my issue with this. For a RM30 beef bowl I don't think the portion is that big and for me the flavour doesn't match up to the RM30 price tag. Mahan amampui! 6.3. If the normal size bowl already feels like that, this one feels like a total gimmick. I think this is at least 10kg. When I see it in videos ah, I always wonder if there's too much ice. I gaul-gaul inside here. Ice feels like it's about here. Mega Thai milk tea for RM29.90. Just judging on the portion alone, it's very worth it. The taste still retains like as if I'm drinking a normal size milk tea. Normal Thai milk tea? You will definitely feel refreshed because it's also not too sweet. But no matter what this size, you better not drink it alone. Potong kaki way. You get a bit of that signature Thai tea leaf diluted version of chachoy moe. Besarna mampui! 7. For RM29.90 you get 8 maybe 9 full standard cup 1 Thai milk tea RM3.30.
RM28-30 · Mega Thai milk tea