Nov
30th

Siong Ho Fish Head Meehun at Village Coffee Shop, Weld Quay

Files under Eats, Hawkers, Penang | Posted by KY

I went back to Penang over the long weekends.

toll fees: RM 93
hours spent driving: 9 hours both ways
petrol:  RM 100
distance traveled: 780 km both ways
seafood noodle for two: RM32.50
having dinner with mom: priceless

village coffee shop fish head noodle, weld quay, penang
Seafood noodle – pick your own ingredients

I suggested Japanese food at first, but it was mom’s idea that we go to this fish head / seafood noodle place at Weld Quay for something a bit more special.

Siong Ho fish head meehun is located within Village Coffee Shop at Weld Quay, just a couple hundred meters from the jetty, and actually quite near to where my late grandma’s place where I spent a big chunk of my childhood. It was a bit nostalgic.

Calling Siong Ho a fish head meehun place is a bit of an understatement, the choice of ingredients offered at this place is quite astounding. There’s fish ball, meat ball, fish fillet, fish head, fried fish, kidney, prawn, cuttle fish, squid, minced meat, and even crab.

fish head noodle with prawn, fish ball, kidney, and more
fish head/seafood mee hun with all the extra ingredients, nutmeg juice

For my bowl of personalized meehun, I chose a couple pieces of kidney (they are very tasty!), fish ball, fish  meat, a piece of fish head, prawn, and cuttle fish to go with mee hun and clear soup. You can also choose to have noodle, kueh teow, or thick mee hun, tomyam soup is available too. (but no version with evaporated milk, like in KL)

Mom ordered pretty much the same thing except without cuttle fish, and deep fried fish instead of the fillet.

The seafood’s fresh, the soup is sweet, and I particularly like the fact that they have this whole container full of deep fried garlic on every table. I like my seafood noodle with plenty of those, and I think I refilled probably 3-4 times, it was an awesome idea, why wouldn’t other shops do the same thing?

KY and Mom at Village Coffee Shop, Weld Quay
mom & I having a simple dinner

One other thing that’s available here (and most kopitiam in Penang) is nutmeg drinks. Blended nutmeg with a dried sour plum, prepared in a way that is similar to kedondong (umbra with sour plum) but without the bitter after taste, and more refreshing.

Dinner cost RM 32.50 in total, and for the amount and quality of ingredients we got, not to mention the good taste, I thought it was well worth it.

village_coffee_shop_map

Address:
Village Coffee Shop
107-A, Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay),
10300 Penang, Malaysia
GPS: 5.411949,100.338049
Tel: 019-458 8693

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34 Responses to “Siong Ho Fish Head Meehun at Village Coffee Shop, Weld Quay”

  1. By kimberlycun on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    wah looks delicious! harlo aunty!

  2. By Huai Bin on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Hey this is great! Seafood noodles where you can pick your own stuff. There’s even kidney! :)

  3. By cumidanciki on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    wow.. i thot you were just there.. so fast u post! looks like a generous portion of liao.. value for money man!

  4. By eiling on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    omg this is really awesome. Can pick your own ingredients and then got nutmeg juice somemore!

  5. By Valerie on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Guys who sayang their mum are so sweet!

  6. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    kimberlycun,
    Yess delishhh

    Huai Bin,
    Yah I love the kidney!

    cumidanciki,
    hehehe, yah, woke up at 3am and couldn’t sleep maa

    eiling,
    Yes! nutmeg juice’s awesome.

    Valerie,
    :D

  7. By Tan Yee Hou on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    wahh your car so economical on highway one!!

    hello aunty!!

  8. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Tan Yee Hou,
    yess, on highway full tank can run 400+ KM wann!

  9. By Genova on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Hey. what do you call that nutmeg drink in hokkien ?

  10. By Bangsar-bAbE on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    I think KL restaurants can’t be bothered to prepare fried garlic for their customers. These days, some places even stinge on cili padi. =(

  11. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Genova,
    nutmeg’s called “lau hau” in hokkien :D

    Bangsar-bAbE,
    Yaaa that sucks, fried garlic is awesome!

  12. By BabyMocha on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    awesome! the best thing is can choose ingredients ourselves :)

    yummy!

  13. By Jaclyn Chew on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    so sweet d son!
    and i wanna try d soup too!
    nvtapao :(

  14. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    BabyMocha,
    Oh yes, very easy!

    Jaclyn Chew,
    Hahah tapao till KL busuk liao!

  15. By Dangerous Variable on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    This is my definitely on my to eat list when I come back from London. Gosh, it has been quite a while and your blog actually drives me insane and salivating most of the time.

  16. By J2Kfm on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    your mum snapped photo for you?!! hehehe .. cool.
    9 hours both ways?
    yday it took us 6 hours from pg-ipoh!
    bladders-a-bursting.

  17. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Dangerous Variable,
    Wah cool nickname. lol, learn to cook then :P

    J2Kfm,
    Yah, mom took that photo, canon S90! woohoo

  18. By Dude on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Hey KY,
    Did you break up with Mel?

  19. By Rachying on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Wah it looked so tasty! I’m so hungry now! A must try for my next trip back to penang!

  20. By Leo on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    jot down on my notebook on to go list when I go to Penang in the future!!! Went there last 2 weeks but didn’t have much time to explore around.. rushing to another wedding in Kuantan after my friend’s in E&O

  21. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Dude,
    We’re separated but we’re still friends. :)

    Rachying,
    Yes do it!

    Leo,
    Wahh E&O very nice hotel :D

  22. By JD on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    Was half blur reading this post this morning since on medication. But kidney, always the best. Not widely available in KL though.

  23. By KY on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

    JD,
    Yahh, you can find them at some bak kut teh places, like the one at Kepong. :D

  24. By Yatz on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    9 hours for both ways?!?!?! got so fast or not?

  25. By melisa teoh on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Feel bad that we didn’t get some bro, sis and mom time when ur back. i was too busy with work and stuff since i came back from BKK, plus it’s end of the year. Was glad that u came back and spent time with mom.

  26. By KY on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    yatz,
    Got la, if without traffic jams it’ll only be 3.5 hour each way

    melisa teoh,
    Yah, everyone living in a different time zone. lol

  27. By Chef Mel on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    wah so nice! Can pick one. I love kidney and the fried garlic! :D

  28. By KY on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Chef Mel,
    Yess kidney is very nice!

  29. By Eve on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    oh, my friend told me he saw someone like you that night at this diner. Turns out its really you! :)

  30. By KY on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Eve,
    Small world!

  31. By chris on Dec 6, 2009 | Reply

    good one ky.. this is one of the famous shop in pg for fish head beehun..

  32. By KY on Dec 6, 2009 | Reply

    chris,
    Thank you. ;)

  33. By mich on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply

    hey ky, penang jetty is chew jetty? or they are both different jetty?

  34. By KY on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply

    mich,
    they are different, penang jetty is the one with ferry service, much bigger and modern. chew jetty is just this little small jetty where ppl built their houses on stilts, over the ocean

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