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

Siong Ho Fish Head Meehun at Village Coffee Shop, Weld Quay
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38 thoughts on “Siong Ho Fish Head Meehun at Village Coffee Shop, Weld Quay

  • November 30, 2009 at 7:52 am
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    wah looks delicious! harlo aunty!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 9:01 am
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    Hey this is great! Seafood noodles where you can pick your own stuff. There’s even kidney! 🙂

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  • November 30, 2009 at 9:25 am
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    wow.. i thot you were just there.. so fast u post! looks like a generous portion of liao.. value for money man!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 9:35 am
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    omg this is really awesome. Can pick your own ingredients and then got nutmeg juice somemore!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 9:42 am
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    Guys who sayang their mum are so sweet!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 10:04 am
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    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,
    😀

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  • November 30, 2009 at 11:19 am
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    wahh your car so economical on highway one!!

    hello aunty!!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 11:52 am
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    Tan Yee Hou,
    yess, on highway full tank can run 400+ KM wann!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 12:14 pm
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    Hey. what do you call that nutmeg drink in hokkien ?

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  • November 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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    I think KL restaurants can’t be bothered to prepare fried garlic for their customers. These days, some places even stinge on cili padi. =(

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  • November 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm
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    Genova,
    nutmeg’s called “lau hau” in hokkien 😀

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

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  • November 30, 2009 at 2:41 pm
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    awesome! the best thing is can choose ingredients ourselves 🙂

    yummy!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 3:26 pm
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    so sweet d son!
    and i wanna try d soup too!
    nvtapao 🙁

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  • November 30, 2009 at 3:34 pm
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    BabyMocha,
    Oh yes, very easy!

    Jaclyn Chew,
    Hahah tapao till KL busuk liao!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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    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.

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  • November 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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    your mum snapped photo for you?!! hehehe .. cool.
    9 hours both ways?
    yday it took us 6 hours from pg-ipoh!
    bladders-a-bursting.

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  • November 30, 2009 at 4:33 pm
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    Dangerous Variable,
    Wah cool nickname. lol, learn to cook then 😛

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

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  • November 30, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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    Hey KY,
    Did you break up with Mel?

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  • November 30, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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    Wah it looked so tasty! I’m so hungry now! A must try for my next trip back to penang!

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  • November 30, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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    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

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  • November 30, 2009 at 7:02 pm
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    Dude,
    We’re separated but we’re still friends. 🙂

    Rachying,
    Yes do it!

    Leo,
    Wahh E&O very nice hotel 😀

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  • November 30, 2009 at 8:36 pm
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    Was half blur reading this post this morning since on medication. But kidney, always the best. Not widely available in KL though.

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  • November 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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    JD,
    Yahh, you can find them at some bak kut teh places, like the one at Kepong. 😀

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  • December 1, 2009 at 1:38 am
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    9 hours for both ways?!?!?! got so fast or not?

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  • December 1, 2009 at 2:25 am
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    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.

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  • December 1, 2009 at 9:45 am
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    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

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  • December 1, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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    wah so nice! Can pick one. I love kidney and the fried garlic! 😀

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  • December 1, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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    Chef Mel,
    Yess kidney is very nice!

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  • December 1, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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    oh, my friend told me he saw someone like you that night at this diner. Turns out its really you! 🙂

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  • December 6, 2009 at 1:46 am
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    good one ky.. this is one of the famous shop in pg for fish head beehun..

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  • December 6, 2009 at 10:39 pm
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    chris,
    Thank you. 😉

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  • January 4, 2010 at 9:11 am
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    hey ky, penang jetty is chew jetty? or they are both different jetty?

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  • January 4, 2010 at 11:50 am
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    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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  • March 13, 2013 at 7:31 am
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    Hi KY,

    i have tried the tom yum noodle soup yesterday in Village coffee shop during lunch. overall impression is low as the food is expensive, limited parking and it is very hot.

    May be i should visit during night time which is cooler.

    rgds
    Wong, BestPenangfood.com

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    • March 13, 2013 at 9:38 am
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      Wong Pow Long,
      Yah, perhaps night time is different. 😀

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  • June 23, 2018 at 12:30 am
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    KY, does this place still exist? The variety, kidney and fried garlic look very tempting for a soup noodle.

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