Sloppy Joe's @ Ampang

First up i would like to say i'm sorry but i don't know excatly where in Ampang this place is. I'm not familiar with this area and would probably get lost. Will try to get the directions or address soon and post it up wokay?

So well here we go again as there always seem to be a story behind every food place i go to. Thehehee :)

But before that what is a sloppy joe? In the US it's a hot sandwich. Composed of ground beef, highly seasoned tomato sauce spread between two buns. The term sloppy comes from the fact that when you eat it, the meat and sauce starts spilling out. Joe? well i guess must be the name of the guy who started it or else you could just look up the history of sandwiches whenever free. Basically to me Sloppy Joe = Burger

For months now whenever Z and i would be out with friends, i keep on hearing them saying 'sloppy joe', how you must try it, really good, out of this world...etc. Then one fine day i finally asked Z...

me: what is this sloppy joe craze actually? how come i tak tau pun?
Z: oooh, this place is in ampang, dah lama dah actually...since i was like in school pakcik ni dah jual. I didn't know dia ada lagi, in fact i totally forgot about it until they mentioned.
me: oh ic, so you've eaten it la, sedap ke?
Z: yup, dulu la...memang different. ramai orang sampai beratur tau beli.
me: oh really? bring me la...i wanna try (imagining like a hawker centre something like hartamas square but only in ampang, huge crowd of people sitting down waiting for their orders of sloppy joes/burger)
Z: okay, one day we go.

So the one fine day arrived, as i was being driven by Z, i sat anxiously waiting to arrive at the destination...as he turns into a lorong i see hawkers just like how i imagined on my right side.

me: oh, it's here...(points to the right)
Z: no lah, tu la sloppy joe. (points to the left)
all i see is a beat up looking typical ramli burger stand infront of 7-11 convenient store. (you know how usually there's a ramli burger stand in front of every 7-11)
me: hah? that's sloppy joe? you mean all that craze and stories about it, is actually a ramli burger?
Z: hahahaha...wait you tak tengok lagi pakcik ni. His burger ada lain skit, you kena tengok dulu.
me: okay fine...

And the verdict...this pakcik's burger is truly a ramli burger that i have not seen before. It is soooooo extra sloppy hence they nicknamed it sloppy joe. The way this pakcik prepares the burger....everything is everywhere and entah la cam mane it just ends up sloppy. But somehow in a way it does taste good. I wouldn't say extraordinaryly superb but it's how a typical ramli burger will taste but just extra sloppy. One things for sure is you don't get those dry burgers which i hate where the buns are flaky, meat is dry and insufficient sauce. It's also true about how famous he is because i've never seen any ramli burger stands preparing as much burgers as this one does and the stock that he carries is alot. A few weeks later i even caught him featured on TV as a place where some local celebs go to get their midnight snack. Giler famous pakcik ni. Don't worry he's not doing this all alone. While he cooks the meat and fry eggs and heat buns, his (i'm guessing wife) who i would call makcik will be the one who lays and stacks every burger in place and handles the cash. A very pleasant and humble couple.

This is the burger stand, makcik and pakcik must be resting. It was still early around 10pm. Crowd comes in at midnight.


Random pictures...


Have you seen this much amount of planta at any burger stands??? I didn't take picture of the mayonaise tub beside it but trust me lebih kurang besar jugak... :O


See the amount of burgers that they had prepared in advance, it's only halfway done so that when people place orders, pakcik will place them on the hot plate to heat and also finish the process of cooking the meat patties. I guess this way saves more time and customers won't have to wait too long when suddenly there's a long line of orders. Through long years of experience i guess this is best way they could come up with when it comes to handling huge number of orders.
p/s: check out the supplies in the back, egg trays, sauces, ada banyak lagi tu...tak masuk frame gambar...


The end result. This is my sloppy burger daging special.....we went to the hawkers opposite to eat our sloppies and order some drinks. My dinner, sloppyRM3.50 + drinkRM1.50 = RM5 only


Literally i had to eat mine with fork and spoon...Z ate his like how a normal person would eat a burger and ended up looking like a 5 year old with sauce all over his hands and smudges here and there...hehehe...sian :P