Three of the most well known hawker food originated from Penang are Char Kueh Teow, Asam Laksa, and of course, Prawn Mee (usually referred to as Hokkien mee up north). Of these three, Prawn Mee probably has the highest market penetration in Klang Valley. You could find plenty of hawker centers offering this dish, often claimed to be from Penang.
the proper prawn mee (Penang Hokkien mee)
I have tried Prawn Mee from numerous locations around PJ and KL, including some of the more prominent stalls such as the stall at Chow Yang, SS2 and the “famous” stall at this kopitiam at PJ State. However, they usually turn out to be such disappointments, until this one day when I saw this mobile hawker stall selling Prawn Mee just outside my house. I took a bowl from the kitchen and ordered a bowl, that was more than a year back.
This is how prawn mee should taste like.
The Prawn Mee prepared by this old man was so good I kept thinking about it whenever I thought of this dish. Finally a couple weeks ago, when I was having the Pork Noodle near my house, I spotted this stall on the move, and quickly inquired the owner about the base location. Apparently the old man goes around the neighborhood at the area from around noon, and station at Kampung Chempaka from about 2-4pm daily.
Located at Kedai Kopi Hoonky, Kampung Chempaka
The Prawn Mee here has no special secret ingredients, just the usual noodle (and meehun, or kueh teow), kangkung, bean sprout, small prawn, boiled pork, and fried shallots in a rich prawn based soup. Sambal paste is added according to taste and preferred level of hotness. This stall made it just nice, tastes exactly like what anyone would expect when ordering Prawn Mee in Penang.
Of course, the old man speaks the Penang Hokkien, too.
The Prawn Mee is sold for RM 3.50 regular and RM 4.00 for the big portion.
Address:
Jalan PJU 1/4,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.116027, 101.598945
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By ShaolinTiger on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
Looks good, glad you found this place.
Hard to find decent prawn mee in KL.
By suanie on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
got new phone… eksyen…
By snooki on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
Will definitely give this a try. Currently, my top 3 best prawn mee shops are:
1. Chow Yang SS2
2. OS Paramount Garden
3. PJ State
I really hope this shop can knock one shop off my list
By oliviasy on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
hv u eaten at yat yeh hing during the day? they hv chicken rice, Keke Bentong Chicken rice. just opposite loong foong. go there and give it a shot. but go early cos the lunch crowd is kinda overwhelming sumtimes… their chilli + garlic sauce is yumms… soup is free-flow. the “pak-jum-kai” is fabulous.
chicken rice yumyumyum~~~
By cyber-red on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
yummy! seksyen 17’s one not bad altho the guy looks like a perv..
By sotong on Jan 22, 2007 | Reply
PJ State’s prawn mee SUCKS!!!
so expensive and no taste… totally BAN!!!
By PreciousPea on Jan 23, 2007 | Reply
I agree with sotong…and they made me waited 35 minutes and kept saying coming coming coming.
By eksk on Jan 23, 2007 | Reply
Hey KY since you go around eating outside so much i was wondering if you know anyplace that sells penang style hokkien char around Klang Valley?
By sasha on Jan 23, 2007 | Reply
this shop punya prawn mee nice ka? I stay so near also Dunno. Ok This sat i go try!
By foodcrazee on Jan 23, 2007 | Reply
dude, whats nice in Damansara Perdana ?
By KY on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
eksk,
I’ve been looking for that for a long time too, still no luck. Not easy to find them even in Penang these days.
foodcrazee,
I’ve been to Mum’s, got some pretty good but slightly higher priced food.
By maggielurva on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
hi ky,
瑕面? couldn’t find the right chinese character for prawn?
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By Carrie on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
Hi! KY!
there is another good prawn mee at Kepong… if i m not mistaken from PJ to Kepong, after the jusco there is a petrol station (i think is shell station, not very sure) a right hand side, then u turn into the petrol station and go future in, is around there lar. the name of the prawn mee is “hao yee gei”…
i love the prawn mee… after u try it, u will love it… believe me…
By terence on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
The hokkien mee by this man is good. He has been pushing his stall around for years. If not mistaken, his house is opposite the SS2, Taman Bahagia LRT station.
Besides hokkien mee, he serves ‘ching tong’ as well.
By glozz on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
Good Day,
Went to this place today; but could not find him. I was there from 2.20 until 3pm. Did I miss something or does he have off days? Thanks.
By KY on Jan 24, 2007 | Reply
glozz,
The old dude probably has an off day, I’ve only been there on weekends.
By se on Jan 25, 2007 | Reply
Looks delicious, been reading your blog for ages, first time I’ve commented though. Do you stalk the old man around Noon on weekends? lol I would if it tastes as good as it looks.
Btw, do you intend to do any paddling/orange-scavenging this coming Chinese New Year? Perhaps you could get a better ‘boat’ this time, haha.
By eksk on Jan 30, 2007 | Reply
hi Ky
which stall do you recommend for hokkien char in penang then?
By KY on Jan 31, 2007 | Reply
eksk,
Used to love the one near Pengkalan Weld, but I believe they’re not operating anymore. It’s been a long time since I had any Hokkien Char.
By puerca on Jun 5, 2007 | Reply
I went to the kedai kopi several times but couldn’t find the old man. finally i managed to spot him last Saturday. The prawn mee soup is good. Accoding to the old man, he usually be there from 2:30pm till eveything is finished. Monday is his off day.
By Giant Dan on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply
Check out The Champ prawn mee at 1st floor centre point…. It my favourite bar cafe for prawn mee..
By KY on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply
Giant Dan,
I’ve been there a few times and fell in love with their tau yeu bak!