Kedai Kopi Liong Huat Seng - Sungai Tiram Char Hor Fun

In Penang, there are a type of noodle which comes in big pieces. It somestime can be bigger piece than a spreaded Chee Cheong Fun but taste like typical koey teow. In Hokkien, they call it “TUA PAN“. Before you cook it, you will need to cut it into smaller piece.

In KL people call this “WAT TAN HOR” [Smooth Egg Koey Teow], Ipoh people call it “SAR HOR FUN” [SAND KOEY TEOW??] and Penang people call it “CHAR HOR FUN” [Fried Koey Teow]. Basically it is cooked the same way just come with a different name according to where it is sold. Our of this 3 I still prefer the Penang Char Hor Fun more than the rest.

Penang island has a few reputable Char Hor Fun restaurant which have been selling since the pre war time. They are Foo Heong [Cintra Street], Tai Tong and Kafe Tong Hooi. There are a hidden gem situated near a small place a long the Penang Airport runway called Sungai Tiram where it is right next to the air strip. When you dine here, you can see a lot plane take off or landing.

The Char Hor Fun stall actually is located within a small food court where they got sell seafood noodles as well.

Seafood Noodle Stall

Char Hor Fun Stall

Stir fried TUA PAN with rice vermicelli with soya sauce. This is prepared in advance to shorten the cooking time. They don’t fry much and put a side. They just cook it in advance because of the orders are coming non stop. Each time the TUA PAN are stir fried, the frying pan need to be cleaned before they can cook the gravy and the ingredients.

EE Fu Mee

The TUA PAN running low …. time to fry some more to top up …

Stir Fry Tua Pan in action. The TUA PAN must fried until got a bit overcooked or in Hokkien called “CHAU HUI TAR” a bit. Without that, it is not enough kick in the Char Hor Fun.

Then the cravy are cooked and poured on top of the stir fried. The gravy are cooked with special boiled soup, corn starch to thicken it, CHAI SIM (dunno how to call this vege in english), prawns, pig liver and egg. It look simple to prepare but the skill to prepare it is not easy.

The it must be accompanied with pickled green chili. Without this, it doesn’t feel right when eating your Char Hor Fun.

See the bottom part …. a bit of the over cooked TUA PAN coated with soya sauce ….. That is the best part. We did order another plate of EE Mee which cooked the same way. That time myself and Daniel busy gawking down the Char Hor Fun already …. forgot to take picture of the EE FU MEE. It is basically looks the same with different noodle only.

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Place: Kedai Kopi Liong Huat Seng

Location : Near Penang Airport. It is the food court next to Petronas Petrol Station.
GPS Coordinate :N5 18.039 E100 16.356
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Address : Checkout the map
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Business Hour : Dinner time only. Mostly start at 6pm onwards.
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Food Type: Chinese Hawker Food
Price: RM4
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 2/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : None
Recommended Foods : Char Hor Fun, Ee Fu Mee, Belacan Chicken

Recommended Drinks : Kopi Oh KOW!

Remark:
This coffee shop got inner and outer part. Inner part serve only coffee/tea. If you want juices, you need to sit at the outer area. For breakfast, PenangTuaPui mention their Hokkien mee are nice.

Bayan Baru Market Food Court Ban Chen Kuih

“Ban Chen Kuih“, Ban Chang Kuih, apom balik, apam balik, apam …… all sorts of name are used to represent a piece of chinese pan cake. The pancake basically have 2 types. One is a thin and crunchy type and another one is the thicker version. Different people like different version for their chinese pan cakes.
I like mine thin and with plenty of crunched peanuts, extra sweet corns and extra margerine. I usually visit the stall 81 in Bayan Baru Wet Market in Penang. In KL, it is pretty hard to find the same taste of what I had back in my lovely hometown.

I have been patronizing this stall for more than 20 years and the quality still maintain.

He is using charcoal stove to bake all the pan cakes. Imagine the skill you need to handle all 8 pans when the business are peak. His ingredients are basically the most basic for baking pancakes which is flour, eggs, sugar, crunched peanuts, creammy type sweet corns and also margarine.

By looking at the pictures also enough to kill, look at that crispy pan cakes with the corn !!!! Arghh …. It makes me really want to bite on it now.

The uncle told me a secret of making the pan cake to be able to stay crunchy for a longer time. When it is taken out from the pan, you have to let it cool down before packing it. If not, it will get soggy and become soft.

The price per piece for this pan cake still very cheap (RM0.60) in Penang compared to KL which is RM1 per piece on the basic peanuts only. Checkout more detail pricing at the picture below.

Place: Stall 81 Bayan Baru Ban Chen Kuih

Location :Bayan Baru Wet Market Food Court
GPS Coordinate :N5 19.504 E100 17.148
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Business Hour :Morning till lunch …. and 5pm till 10pm
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Food Type:Chinese Hawker Food
Price: RM0.60 for a basic pan cake
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 2/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone :
Tax :
Recommended Foods :Ban Chen Kuih with plenty of peanuts and corn

Remark:
Taste very good when taken hot.

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SS19 Petaling Jaya 888 Food Planet

Place: 888 Food Planet

Location : SS19 PJ
GPS Coordinate : N3 06.852 E101 37.662
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Address : Lot 1, Jalan 19/1, Seksyen 19, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
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Business Hour : 24 Hours
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Food Type: Local Foods and International Cuisines
Price: Medium range
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 4/5
Food Votes : 3/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax :
Recommended Foods : Korean, Taiwanese, Vietnam, Ah Paw Chicken Rice

Recommended Drinks : Ice Cold Ovaltine

Remark:
This food court operates 24/7 and environment wise are very cozy and clean. The foods served are proportion to the price paid and also plenty of variety to choose from.

Azim’s Burger Shack at Rasta Food Court Taman Tun Dr Ismail

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Place: Azim’s Burger Shack

Location : Rasta Food Court Taman Tun Dr Ismail
GPS Coordinate : N3 09.533 E101 37.565
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Address : Refer Map
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Business Hour : 5pm to 11pm
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Food Type: Western Foods
Price: Slightly on the high side. Refer to the menu
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 3/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : No
Halal : Yes
WIFI : Yes
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : 5% Gov and 5% Service
Recommended Foods : Any of the burgers with Mushroom Sauce

Recommended Drinks : Tea ice cause the rest are too expensive

Remark:
This burger stall is ranked #1 in Fried Chillies show before in 2007 when they are located next to Taman Tun Dr Ismail’s police station. Then later on they shifted to the current location with a better environment and parking. However the parking fees is RM1 per entry. You can park at the road side if you want to save the RM1. This food court is located exactly next to Penchala Link.

When you order the burger, you can tell them how well you want your burger patties is cooked. Then it comes with quite a generous fresh vegetables and thick mozzarella cheese. Regardless whatever you order from them, you MUST order the mushroom sauce and eat with it. The sauce taste so good with burgers.

Next to Azim’s Burger stall, there’s an Asam Pedas stall which cooks a very nice dish. They are pretty cheap too.

Tako Tao Takoyaki

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Place: Tako Tao Takoyaki

Location : Most of the big Jusco shopping Center
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Business Hour : Jusco Supermarket Operating Hours
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Food Type: Japanese Food
Price: Reasonable
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 4/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : Yes
Halal : Yes
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : No
Tax : No
Recommended Foods : Takoyaki (Octopus Ball)

Recommended Drinks :

Remark:
Tako Tao is mainly available in all Jusco shopping malls within the food court area. It is cooked on the spot when you order it. There are quite a number of flavors for you to choose.

Steam King Seafood Restaurant

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Place: Steam King

Location : Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara
GPS Coordinate : N3 09.087 E101 35.560
Address :7, Jalan PJU 5/10, Dataran Sunway, 47810, PJ, Selangor
Contact No : 03-6140 7460
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Business Hour : Lunch and Dinner Time
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Food Type: Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Price: Reasonable and a bit on the high side depending what fish you order
Payment Terms : Cash / Credit Card
Cleanliness Votes : 4/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : Yes
Halal : No
WIFI : No
Smoking and non smoking zone : Yes
Tax :
Recommended Foods : Steam Fishes and Tong Po Meat

Recommended Drinks :

Remark:
From the restaurant name, I had and impression that this restaurants only serve steamed foods. But it is not. They do have fried foods too. They are more famous for their steam fish actually.

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Restaurant Near By :
Pappa Kopitiam
Pak Li Kopitiam
Ichi Bento
Kafe 888
Restoran D.U. Food Court
Restoran Super Kitchen Chilly Pan Mee
Traditional Recipe Restaurant

Aman Puri Medan Selera Great Wall Food Court

Place: Aman Puri Medan Selera Great Wall Food Court
GPS Coordinate :
Location : Aman Puri
Address :
Contact No : 012-677 6059
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Food Type: Claypot Fish Head Curry
Price: RM9
Halal : No
Video : Play

Food Recommended : Claypot Fish Head Curry

Remark :

Ming Tien Food Court Sui Jiao (Fried Dumpling / Yaki Gyoza)

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Place: Ming Tien Food Court

GPS Coordinate : N3 08.676 E101 42.839

Location: Taman Megah SS24 behind the Futsal and badminton hall.

Address : Refer Map

Contact No : None

Business Hour : Dinner time. Close on Thursday.

Food Type: Chinese Fried Dumpling.

Price: RM5 to 6 per plate up to 10 pcs.

Environment Cleanliness Vote : 3/5

Food Votes : 4/5

Halal : No

Comment/Remark:

Out of so many foods in Ming Tien, the best dish I had is the fried dumpling. The boss is from China and he made a good dumpling. You can order it in soup type or fried. In this time, I ordered a fried one. It comes together with a vinegar mixed with pepper and chili oil. In Japanese restaurant also they came with the same thing.