Penang Char Koay Teow

Penang Char Koay Teow has been selected as the No.1 Must Eat hawker food through an online poll on the VisitPenang website in 2009.The dish is considered a national favourite in Malaysia and Singapore.It is made from flat rice noodles or kway teow , stir-fried over very high heat with light and dark soy sauce.The dish is commonly stir-fried with egg, slices of Chinese sausage, fishcake, beansprouts, and less commonly with other ingredients.

There are plenty of Char Koay Teow stalls in Penang with each stall having their specialty sauce and ingredients. The Char Koay Teow from Kafe Heng Huat in Lorong Selamat cost RM9.00. The lady owner can be recognized easily as she wears a huge goggle. She shifted to this new coffee shop, from the old premise which is a few doors down the road.