In Penang, there are four common noodle type Chinese food which include Har Mee (Prawn Soup Noodle), Curry Noodle, Wan Tan Mee (Noodle with Dumpling) and Koay Teow Soup. Koay teow is a kind of flat rice noodles. You could easily find these four local foods everywhere in Penang, but be reminded that those sell at the Chinese cafe or food court mostly are not Halal.
Among all, koay teow soup or koay teow t'ng in Hokkien (soup = t'ng in Hokkien) is a non spicy food. Commonly the soup base is cooked with pork bone for many hours. Good soup base is the critical factor in determine the taste of the koay teow soup. After survey for many food stalls, the stall in Sri Nibong Cafe is one of the best that I ever tried. Sri Nibong Cafe is located along Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, almost opposite with Police Station Sungai Nibong.
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| Koay Teow Soup Stall in Sri Nibong Cafe |
Although the stall looks simple but there is always queue who waiting for their 'take away' food to be packed.
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| Koay Teow & Yellow Mee Soup |
Similar to others, koay teow soup offer here is served with ingredients such as minced pork, fish ball, fish cake, fried garlic and scallion. But the unique point is the minced pork is fresh while the fish ball is spongy. However, the most important point is the soup base is tasty. To make it even delicious, lets add an egg..wow!! Excellent!
For locals like us, some people may prefer solely koay teow for this food while others may like to mix the koay teow with yellow mee. The thin rice noodles (mee hoon) also could be an option. If I'm not mistaken, this food is sold at RM3.50 for standard bowl while RM4.00 when additional egg is requested.
Besides koay teow soup, I did discovered another good food from this cafe. It is 'Pan Mee' (hand made flat noodles). It is different from koay teow. Physically, koay teow would be slightly oily than pan mee. Normally the stall owner would make the flat noodles from the dough upon customer order. The dough would be pressed by a small hand-operated machine and later become flat noodles. If you interested, you could stand there and observe. Normally 'Pan Mee' is offered in 2 styles which is soup base and dry base. The soup base is normally not spicy but the dry version could be slightly spicy ya.
As shown in photo above, I always prefer the dry pan mee with 'zha jiang' source. I'm not sure the actual ingredient of 'zha jiang' prepared by this stall but in certain websites, 'zha jiang' could be referred to salty fermented soybean paste. Anyway, the taste is good. Besides the noodles, other ingredients include anchovies, minced pork, black fungus, fried onion and lime.
Before eating, make sure the lime juice is dropped onto the noodles. Then mixed well all the ingredient with the chilli source provided. After all, the first bite would give you such a wonderful taste. Don't believe? Lets come and try it out!! The pan mee would cost you not more than RM4.00.
Other than Koay Teow Soup and Pan Mee, there are also lot of foods that could serve as your options. Among all include Chee Cheong Fun, Jawa Mee, Popia, Western Breakfast, Lam Mee, Nasi Lemak, Prawn Soup Noodle, etc.
Sri Nibong Cafe is still within walking distance from Terminal Bus Sungai Nibong, maybe around 10 minutes heading to the big round about near Crystal Point. Enjoy!
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| Koay Teow & Yellow Mee Soup with Egg |
Besides koay teow soup, I did discovered another good food from this cafe. It is 'Pan Mee' (hand made flat noodles). It is different from koay teow. Physically, koay teow would be slightly oily than pan mee. Normally the stall owner would make the flat noodles from the dough upon customer order. The dough would be pressed by a small hand-operated machine and later become flat noodles. If you interested, you could stand there and observe. Normally 'Pan Mee' is offered in 2 styles which is soup base and dry base. The soup base is normally not spicy but the dry version could be slightly spicy ya.
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| 'Zha Jiang Pan Mee' by Sri Nibong Cafe |
Before eating, make sure the lime juice is dropped onto the noodles. Then mixed well all the ingredient with the chilli source provided. After all, the first bite would give you such a wonderful taste. Don't believe? Lets come and try it out!! The pan mee would cost you not more than RM4.00.
Other than Koay Teow Soup and Pan Mee, there are also lot of foods that could serve as your options. Among all include Chee Cheong Fun, Jawa Mee, Popia, Western Breakfast, Lam Mee, Nasi Lemak, Prawn Soup Noodle, etc.
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| Sri Nibong Cafe Interior |
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| Sri Nibong Cafe Interior |
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