Penang Road Char Kuey Teow

Hello !!!
Welcome back dear readers.


The very first food that we are about to introduce is 

CHAR KUEY TEOW


 TATA!!
Here you go.

Photo from website.

History of  Char Kuey Teow

Firstly we talk about Char Kuey Teow (Fried Rice Noodles) .

The Chinese will visualize the wok-fried flat rice noodles with succellent 
prawns, cockles and bean sprouts in soy sauce and lard. 

However, 
the Malay version of Char Kuey Teow
 is fried flat rice noodles with prawn and a little egg gravy. 

The Chinese version Char Kuey Teow 
to the Malays is known as Kuey Teow Kerang 
(Fried Flat Rice Noodle with Cockles).

Penang is known best for the Chinese version 
So,
 make sure you try the Chinese version Char Kuey Teow whenever you are in Penang. 

While Char Kuey Teow can be found throughout Malaysia the Penang version reigns supreme.
 We heard many stories about tourists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and beyond who trek religiously to Penang for a satisfying meal of the dish.

 Somehow, 
Char Kuey Teow from outside of Penang its simply an inferior shadow of the real stuff-lack of work, too dark in colour and wrong taste and texture. 
That is the very reason why Malaysians from out-of-state would 
go to Penang for just to have a plate of Char Kuey Teow.

The problem for the Muslims might be whether its HALAL 
or not as most Chinese Char Kuey Teow sellers added lard and pork skin for better taste. 
There are plenty of Char Kuey Teow stalls having their speciality the sauce and ingredients.


Now,
we are going to introduce you guys
one of the famous Char Kuey Teow in Penang which located in Penang road.

Here is the Char Kuey Teow stall located,
Joo Hooi Cafe.

Kedai Kopi Joo Hooi or Joo Hooi Cafe 
is a chinese cafe that has all the Penang favorites such as Char Kuey Teow.

         Located on a side road just off  Penang Road called Hutton Lodge. 

Its very near to the bus stop, 7-11 and Mydin as well as Nasi Kandar Sup Hameed.

This is the stall that we interviewed.

The lady boss a.k.a the chef.

We are lucky enough to get the stall owner and founder,
Mr. Raymond Lim
for our interview.

Mr. Raymond Lim and Ms. Lim.

He has involved in this business for 30 years.

He started this business through a random opportunity. 
One day, out of a sudden,
Mr. Raymond approached his friend
and asked for Char Kuey Teow recipe and his friend agreed.
He started to learn and has brought up the business today successfully.

Through the interview section, 
we found that Mr. Raymond is very friendly, 
patient and willing to share his story with us. 

Besides that, he has a good memory. 

He can remember customers’ order at the same conducting interview with us.

Here is the interview video.
Hope you guys enjoy watching. 

Before the interview,

we ordered a plate of Char Kuey Teow.

TATA!!

Here you go. 

WOW!!!

There are BIG shrimps, rice noodle (Kuey Teow), cockles, bean sprouts, Chinese sausages.

It tastes so nice

 we finished it in few minutes 

and 

we will be back for this.

Other than that, 

they had been featured in newspaper,

Kwong Wah Yit Poh (A local newspaper)

and visited by famous icons. 

Above two photos are Taiwan artists.

Mr.Raymond (left) with our one and only Mr. Jimmy Choo (right)

We spotted Dr. Lee Chong Wei.

Lastly, 

we took a photo with Mr. Raymond.

(Second row, left to right) Mr. Raymond and Candice
(Front row, left to right) Mathu and Angela

Value proposition     

Customers can get to taste traditional taste of Char Kuey Teow 

for Mr. Raymond follows and complies every single step that had been passed down 

by his Char Kuey Teow’s master.

Reason       

The reason for chose this Penang Road Char Kuey Teow 

is because previously we had tasted their Char Kuey Teow before this.

We think that it is really worthwhile and should be introduce to the others.

Here are some information about Penang road Char Kuey Teow.

Name :   

 Penang road Char Kuey Teow

Address : 

Jalan Penang, 10450 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.

Direction :

Please click Map for full Google map.

GPS :

5.418946, 100331752

Business Hours :

11.30 am - 5.30 pm

(Unfixed rest day)

Selling Price :    

RM 5.00 (Without egg)

RM 5.30 (With egg)

Additional charges may apply for special order.

Customers' feedback

"Nice flavour, not too spicy."

"A plate is not enough."

"Not as oily as others."

"Acceptable price with BIG shrimps."

"Want to order again."

Refer HERE 

for more information regarding Char Kuey Teow.

Some of our Muslim friends may wish to try Char Kuey Teow as well.

So, here is the

 Halal Char Kuey Tewo recipe.