Midnight Tong Sui in the Klang Valley: Why Hey Yi Dessert's Kepong and Cheras Outlets Earn a Late Crawl

Why Hey Yi Dessert Is the Anchor

This is an editorial suggestion rather than any official ranking, chosen because of its unusual hours and menu depth. Hey Yi Dessert is a growing chain with seven Klang Valley outlets. Most branches wind down at midnight or 1am, but two push well past the usual closing time: the Cheras and Kepong outlets stay open until 2am. Those two branches make the most natural endpoints for an after-dark dessert run — Kepong for anyone ending the night in north-west KL, Cheras for the south-east.

The Kepong branch is located at Desa Kepong'Gi, on Jalan Rimbunan Teratai 4 in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Published hours are 5pm to 2am on weekdays and 2pm to 2am on weekends — so this is strictly a supper destination, not an afternoon one. The outlet is also described as pork-free, a practical detail for mixed groups deciding where everyone can eat comfortably.

A Menu Built to Preserve Family Recipes

Hey Yi lists more than 80 old-school Chinese desserts. Co-founder Charis Ching has explained that the unusually wide menu exists to keep her family's recipes alive and to share them with a broader community. The nostalgia is deliberate: metal stools and patterned ceramic tiles drawn from Hong Kong cha chaan tengs give the room an 80s character that reviewers describe as authentic rather than costume-like. It is the kind of space that rewards sitting down slowly and sharing bowls, not queuing for a cup in a hurry.

Two Paths Through an 80-Item Menu

Faced with 80 options, the simplest strategy is to split your order along a single line: warm and comforting, or cold and bright.

The warm, soothing side:

• Bubur Cha Cha (RM6.90) — the bestseller and the staff recommendation. A creamy, warm coconut-milk dessert with a pronounced pandan aroma and soft, chewy pieces of taro and sweet potato. The consensus first order.
• Sesame Soup + Milky Mochi (RM7.90) — deep, nutty and earthy, with a faintly smoky smoothness from roasted sesame seeds, matched with tender mochi. A good choice when you want less sugar.
• Almond Soup (RM8.90) — silky and fragrant, and a gentle palate cleanser after a rich dinner.

The chilled, fruity side:

• Mango & Grapefruits Coconut Milk Sago (RM13.90) — sweet mango against tart grapefruit, bound by creamy coconut milk and bouncy sago. The refreshing counterpoint to the warm bowls.
• Gui Ling Gao Milk (RM15.90) — the boldest pick: a turtle-shaped medicinal jelly, made without actual turtle shell, floated in milk with chewy taro balls. Bittersweet and herbal, softened by the milk.

For a table of three or four, a balanced round looks like this: one warm coconut-milk bowl, one nutty soup, one cold sago, and the Gui Ling Gao Milk for whoever in the group likes to experiment.

Planning the Crawl

Since Kepong and Cheras are the two branches running until 2am, position them as the final stop of the night rather than a waypoint. Confirm hours before setting out — weekday opening at Kepong starts at 5pm, so plan dinner elsewhere first. The quiet pleasure at stake is simple and rare: a hot, fragrant bowl of tong sui at an hour when the alternatives are usually deep-fried and wrapped in paper.

Visual note: this AI-generated illustration is not a photograph from a visit to the listed venues.

Sources

• This Kepong dessert shop oozes 80’s vibes & serves 80+ types of old school Chinese desserts - Malaysia Food & Travel.