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He Left Bukit Mertajam With One Recipe, 14 Years Later, Cheras Is Still Queuing

Malaysia Times desk Original: The Rakyat Post↗ 9/23 19:14 X
He Left Bukit Mertajam With One Recipe, 14 Years Later, Cheras Is Still Queuing
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A Teochew cook from Bukit Mertajam and his wife have spent 14 years serving authentic yam rice and mixed pork soup in Cheras — using local pork at double the price of imported pork, with free soup refills, on a menu that tops out at RM20.

From the original report

LC Chan grew up Teochew in Bukit Mertajam, and he knows one cuisine the way a person knows their own dialect — not learned, just carried.

In 2011, he and his wife Teri Yum, now 54, left that hometown behind and opened Zheng Ji Famous Yam Rice (正记大山脚咸菜猪杂汤芋饭店) in Bandar Perdana, Cheras.

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The Rakyat Post
Originally published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated here
Sep 23, 2026
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