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Seriously. Is there anything better than an authentic Penang char koey teow? No. I don’t think so. I was fortunate enough to be in Penang for a weekend in March and believe you me, I ate enough char koey teow to last me for the year.
Char keoy teow is basically a rice noodle dish that has been stir fried in a very very hot wok with delicious special chilli and soy sauces. A Penang char keow teow always has prawns, beansprouts, blood cockle, lard chips and Chinese sausage slivers. Egg is optional (but I always have it) and you can choose whether you want chicken egg or duck egg. It gets fried in a wok so hot that the noodles have beautiful smoky flavour.
There is no such thing as a good char keoy teow in Australia. There. I said it. And non-Penang char koey teow just does not measure up.
Written by Kat
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
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Hahaha… Living here all my life and I still don’t quite like the taste of char koey teow. Though I do agree that Penang char koay teow’s pretty good compared to one I ate in KL. Horrible experience. Horrible.
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Which shop in Penang was the photo from? Looks great!
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im sorry i dont even know the name of the shop. my friend took me there. she said its famous. its a little shophouse only sold char koey teow and penang laksa.
AHA! after much googling, it was this one:
http://www.penang-traveltips.com/kedai-kopi-sin-hwa.htm -
i’m the sin hwa owner.. the photo is not from us. our plate is not white colour 1. please do visit us again, thank you
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sorry my apologies. conferred with my friend, the picture wasnt from sin hwa but from one of the hawker stalls on gurney drive. however, sin hwa was DEFINITELY the best char koey teow in penang i had on the trip. in fact, i had two!
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[…] that Celeste had recommended. It was one of the better char kuey teow I have had in Melbourne but I have had better in Penang. But bear in mind I spent 5 years in Penang and I am uber fussy about my char kuey […]
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the ckt in pulau tikus is one of my favourite places to go whenever i went back to penang…. and damn right… ckt in australia just wont do! i made a point by going through melb,sydney,perth,brisbane,hobart heck even darwin to search for my ckt
