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Ong Lai: Plentiful Local Porky Cuisine to Satisfy Your Taste Buds

Nov 4, 2015

Locals who crave for Malaysian-Chinese foods especially “pork-centric” cuisine have a new dining option with the recent opening of a new restaurant, Ong Lai at the “porkiest stretch” in Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall (Old Wing).

Serving More Than 80 Malaysian “Pork-Centric” Favorites

Ong Lai means “Luck Comes” in Hokkien, serves an extensive of food and beverage selections on the menu which caters for breakfast, lunch, tea time, and dinner. The restaurant has a wide selection of more than 80 Malaysian “pork-centric” favorites, including Braised Pork Rice, Malacca Pork Satay, Pork Intestine Satay, Pork Dumplings Egg Noodles, Pork Intestine Porridge, Pork Chop Bun, Pork Curry, Prawn Mee with Pork Ribs, Roasted Pork Char Siew and Pork Belly and many more.

Below are some of Ong Lai’s must-try signature dishes, which are available at reasonable prices.

Pork Dumplings with Spicy Sauce

Prawn Mee with Pork Ribs

Roasted Pork Belly + Char Siew Noodles

Roasted Crispy Pork Belly with Rice

Homemade Pork Meat Balls Noodles

Pork Intestine Porridge

Lotus Root & Red Beans Pork Ribs Soup

Malacca Pork Satay

An Extensive of Beverage Selections

The extensive beverage menu of Ong Lai includes, tropical tea series, mint juleps, mixed
sodas, signature mocktails, and smoothies among its staple offerings of coffee & tea. If diners can’t decide on their beverage choice, he or she can let their creative beverage menu which was inspired from the traditional fengshui vision board to help make a choice from a variety of 8 signature drinks. Simply spin the pineapple designed arrow and see which drinks it points to.

“Cham on the Rocks” – a twist on the traditional “Cham” which is Milk Tea + Coffee is one of their highly recommended signature drinks.

Roasted coffee beans and homemade Kaya jam are also available in Ong Lai.

Colorful & Modernize Traditional Chinese Ambiance

Depicting a modernized traditional Chinese interior, the restaurant’s 2,500 sq.ft space accommodates 120 seats, including 40 at the alfresco area. The restaurant’s décor exudes a fun, young and vibrant feel with feature art and installations incorporating East and West elements in a multitude of colors.

Hard to miss the eye-catching art installation of 56 koi fishes in incorporating auspicious shades of red and yellow among 7 other colors. Re-purposed Chinese furniture painted in bright colors and traditional styled window panes and the display of nostalgic items such as a mounted vintage bicycle, traditional lanterns, colorful pop art posters with quirky quotes and murals, make up the charming interior at the outlet.