Pan Mee Shop, Mee Jawa Cashier, Selling Assam Laksa

I'm sure most of us (in Malaysia) have seen a cash register with a digital display which welcomes you to the store/stall while displaying the name of the cashier. For example;

WELCOME TO KFC
I'M DIYANA

Recently I was blessed enough to find a stall with a very quirky cash register display. Check it out.


So just from the register itself, you'd think that the name of the store/stall is Pan Mee. But wtf is the person's name Mee Jawa for? Upon reading that, I immediately looked up and check out the cashier's face. No, it wasn't a plate of Mee Jawa that can walk and talk that was serving me. Lol.

So I went ahead and asked if the cashier's name is Mee Jawa. He just smiled and didn't answer me. He was a foreign worker. Wanna have a look at Mr. Mee Jawa?


There you go. He might have originated from Jawa, but he sure doesn't look like mee. Lol. And the best part as you might have noticed, they sell Assam Laksa in that stall as their signature dish.

The stall is located at Pavilion KL's food court. We gave the Assam Laksa a try due to its eccentricity in visual. As usual, a meal in Pavilion is never cheap in general. The assam laksa cost RM7.30 if I'm not mistaken which some Penangites might roar with anger to find this out while they only charge less than RM3.50 for a bowl in Penang.


The price is reasonable judging that the rent in Pavilion is definitely expensive and if they don't have a price that's good enough to bring in profit, that wouldn't be a business to begin. To compensate on its high cost, the assam laksa is indeed large in portion with sufficient fish meat to spare. Taste wise, it's nothing compared to Penang's laksa but it's still good for KL standard since I've not successfully find any laksa in KL which is any good.

Check out this Pan Mee shop with Mee Jawa cashier for its Assam Laksa the next time you visit Pavilion. It's still one of the cheaper alternatives for food in the shopping complex.

Thinking to change his name to Durian Pancake
Robb