Penang Streets Foods- Char Koay Teow

Almost anyone staying in Malaysia love streets foods. Last holidays, we had decided to visit the infamous Penang Sister Char Koay Teow @Lam Heng Cafe, 185 Macalister Road, Penang. It is so easy to miss the Lam Heng Cafe because it is just at the corner & it is quite difficult to get a parking. We have been circling the same street for at least 5 times just to get a parking. It was almost 2pm, I guessed whatever we ate must tasted so good because we were hungry. LOL.........

However, I was glad that we finally found a parking. Honestly the shop is very old, feel like I am going back to 80s. But the shop owner are e-commerce savvy, you can find them in Facebook. Take a close look at the Lam Heng Cafe signboard, it was tagged with "Facebook".

Char Koay Teow in Hokkien language (one of the Chinese language) means fried flat rice noodles. If you ever visit Penang, you must not miss this signature fried noodles. These flat rice fried in a sizzling hot wok with oil, bean sprout, eggs, prawn, chili (optional), cockles (optional) & chives. Most of the time, customer will drop the chili if they ordering for the kids. Some people do not take cockles due to personal preference. Please tell the stall owner when you order, they have very good memory even though the crowd is big.  Well, for myself, I will want all these ingredients in my Char Koay Teow.

Besides that, we also order Hokkien Mee (Hae Mee) & Loh Mee from the other stalls. I thought it was pretty good. Hokken Mee (Hae Mee) is noodles served together with hard boiled eggs, small shrimp, meat slices, bean sprouts and kangkung (water spinach) in a spicy prawn broth.

 

Loh Mee - noodles in dark soya sauce broth thickened with corn starch and beaten eggs, served with eggs, meat slices and bean sprouts.

We always prefer to stay in studios apartment. Gurney hotel offered a very reasonable packaging. In Malaysia, hotels price is higher on Friday, Saturday & Public holidays. It could be pricey to travel during those peak period. My recommendation is to travel off peak period because Penang had lots of tourist.

We continued our dinner "makan trip" around George Town. We recommend the below few dishes that you must try if you ever visit Penang. We just drive around George Town around 7p.m., then randomly pick an eatery full of people &  full of hawkers stalls. It will never goes wrong.

We had.......

Lor Bak - Marinated minced pork, rolled in thin soybean sheets & spices.Deep fried. Usually served with small bowl of Loh (a thick dipping sauces thickened with corn starch and beaten eggs) and chili sauces.

Rojak Buah- assorted fruit salad tossed in a special thick black prawn sauce. It is combined with sugar, tamarind  and lots of fruits (pineapple, guava, green mango, cucumber and pickles fruits) tossed in this sauce with crushed toasted peanuts and dried squid too sometimes. There are a few variations, Rojak Buah is my all time favorite after eating all those deep fried stuffs.

My kid favorite: Oysters Omelet is juicy & fresh.

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By the way, when come to feasting, you should follow the crowd. We see a lot of customers ordering this stir fried clamps. We tag along to order the same things when the waitress served it up to the table next to us. Oh....YES! It was good.

P/S: The only side effect is I put on weight. @_@