KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 -- These are a couple of bowls that wouldn't be out of place at your neighbourhood coffee shop.

First a bowl of piping hot broth, concentrated and sweet, topped with some siu bak choy for the requisite greens.

The true treasures are the porky treats within - tender slices of pork meat; fresh innards such as pork intestines and liver; good, bouncy meatballs.

The second bowl offers oodles of noodles, each strand coated with the simplest of dressing - a few flicks of dark soy sauce and the aromatic oil from frying pork lard. All crowned with nuggets of fried pork lard.

That this is the signature Pork Noodles at a heavily matcha-centric cafe in Taman Segar, Cheras comes as a mild surprise.

Located on the mezzanine ...