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Hokkien Prawn Mee

Hokkien (prawn) Mee in Penang or known as Mee Yoke in KL. It is one of my favourite hawker’s fare.
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I had wanted to blog this for a long time but did not manage to snap a ‘halal looking’ photo. Finally, I got this bowl of noodle with only prawns and egg.

Hokkien mee’s soup is the most important thing. Good soups are made by boiling prawn shells, big bones (of the oink-oink type, of course) for long hours. Usually, the noodle is garnish with kangkong, hard boiled eggs, slices of meat and of course, prawns. Fried onions are scattered on the soup. And it has to have a huge spoonful of pounded chili fried in oil.

I had buffet dinner at The Revolving, City Bayview Hotel a few days ago. The cost per head is RM39.90 ++. And they serve? Hokkien Mee. Halal version. Not bad, the taste. We took several large prawns from the buffet table, peel and ate them with the Hokkien mee. Bestest in the world.

There are too many good Hokkien Mee stalls in Penang to be mentioned here. I am lousy with directions, remember names etc so I will just give a rough idea. Penangites - if you are reading this and has other suggestions, please drop your comment. I love Hokkien Mee and will gladly try out any new place.

Morning
1) Jalan Perak junction with Jalan Anson, where Sony is. Opposite Padang, near the Tua Pek Kong temple. The coffee shop at the corner is so popular. You have to be very early and be willing to scramble for an empty table and wait for a long, long time to get your bowl of Hokkien Mee.

2) The coffeeshop behind Lai Lai Supermarket (the supermarket now closed).

3) Bangkok Lane - not that great.

Noon
4) Lorong Selamat/Macalister coffeeshop
–cannot think of any at the moment –

Night
5) Dhoby Ghaut (where the above bowl of Hokkien Mee is from. This guy sells Curry Mee as well, which is good too.

6) Jalan Burma, across Him Heang. You can tambah every parts of the oink-oink.

Most Hokkien Mee stalls in Penang are pretty decent and edible. In fact, competition is so keen, no hawkers can survive if their foods are not tasty.

**In KL, Hokkien Mee is the black, black, fat, fat, fried noodles. Over here, in Penang we call those type of noodles, Hokkien Char and if they use the fat noodles, it is Tua Pui Mee.

Posted by on April 4th, 2005 under Food

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No Responses to “Hokkien Prawn Mee”

  1. hokkienlang Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 10:33 pm

    Hokkien mee? Wa su kak!

  2. Eileen Chua Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 10:35 pm

    Drooling already!! Yummy Hokkien Mee.

    Prawn mee is also called hokkien mee in Kelantan too.

    Can’t wait to go back!! another 3 months plus!!

  3. Diana Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 10:52 pm

    oh dear.. the picture just started an intense crave for hokkien mee! oh no.. i’ve got another 9 months before I’m back.. how to tahan?? =P

  4. yingci Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 11:00 pm

    hey thanksssss for the mouthwatering picture :) have been waiting for this for a looooonnngggg looonnggg time! :P thanksss again!!!!!! :)

  5. yy Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 11:42 pm

    picture must be ‘halal’ too?

  6. James Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 12:00 am

    Hehh… why would you attempt to shoot a halal-looking pic when this dish is anything but? A popular one in KL is in Kepong. The place here lets you “Ka-Liu” with all kinds of stuff. Yumm…

  7. lilian Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 12:05 am

    yy - ‘Cos I got many Muslims readers mah. So not nice to show a pic of oink-oink lor.

    James - I said halal-looking oni. All the photos on my blog has no oink-oink wan. If there is, then I will only give URL so that whoever want to see, has to go to flickr or photobucket to see.

    Poor Diana, yingci and Eileen - You can only dream for now. Or ask your folks here to courier Ibumee Instant Mee, Hokkien Mee flavour to you. Hey, it is not bad, you know? A new brand.

    Hokkien Mee for Hokkien lang.

  8. Rodney Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 12:09 am

    My adventures of making hokkien mee wasn’t successful. I guess its the water here and the chu bee here is different. :( but there’s a place here that make awesome hokkien mee with all the chilli in the world.. yum.. :D

  9. romantic Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 12:48 am

    What a coincidence!!! I made Hokkien mee for lunch :) Thats the only authentic noodle dish I can make..had to buy the sambal belachan from a Dutch shop though. I could never make that curry mee though..:(

  10. reapies Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 10:35 am

    Hokkien Mee at Free School Market in the morning is also fantastic - noodles and bihun used are of very high quality. Take it without chilli first to savour the prawn taste, and then only add chilli and generous amounts of garlic. The fried onion (”ew chang”) is home cooked so you don’t have to worry about plastic or stuff added into it. Said stall also serves loh mee, and at times Herbal Chicken Mee Soup.

  11. fishtail Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 6:40 pm

    I too had buffet dinner at the Revolving Restaurant. It was a flop because they allowed smokers to smoke freely (no separate rooms) and there was this Norwegian fellow smoking a cigar while his wife smoked a Marlboro. Last weekend, I tried the buffet dinner at Equatorial (not the View, but the coffee garden). With oysters and all, that was very satisfying (and it cost only RM55++).

  12. drea Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 11:19 am

    hehe there’s yummylicious hokkien mee at nite available at a stall in Seong Huat coffee shop. Itz in Sg Dua.Frm USM side gate, drive dwn past McD etc n take a left turn at the traffic lights. Scrumptious!

  13. twinsmom Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 12:28 pm

    *drooling* nvm, few hours more pasar malam got prawn mee, prawn mee is only Malaysia got right?

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