Ahhhh, asam laksa, the other Penang hawker food that makes up the big three must try dishes whenever one visits the pearl of orient. The other two, of course, are char kueh teow, and prawn mee.

wholesome penang laksa
the glorious Penang laksa, look at the amount of fish!

While you can find pretty decent char kueh teow (aunty gemuk at Kelana Jaya, Seng Lee at Damansara Height), and behind and prawn mee (such as this one at Yon Lee, TTDI) in Klang Valley, getting a good bowl of asam laksa outside Penang proved to be much tougher.

The best asam laksa I’ve found this side of Peninsular Malaysia  would be the stall at Alisan, SS4. While it ‘s pretty good and positively edible, there’s still quite a big departure in quality when you compare that to those from Penang.

penang laksa stall by jalan gottlieb
Laksa at Taman Emas kopitiam, opposite Peng Hwa high school

While the Ayer Itam stall often gets the nod as one of the best Penang laksa, many locals from this part of the island usually prefer this stall within Taman Emas kopitiam at Jalan Gottlieb.

This is the same stall that used to operate at the intersection between Jalan Bagan Jermal and Jalan Tanjung Tokong, some half a kilometers away. I remember mom used to tapao from there over 20 years ago.

popiah, chee cheong fun, chai kueh, and laksa
popiah, chee cheong fun, chai kueh, and laksa

The laksa, selling at RM 2.80, comes with fresh cucumber, lemongrass, vegetable, torch ginger flower, pineapple, sweet prawn paste, chili, and that asam based broth thicken with porch and shredded ikan kembong meat. Heaven!

The stall also sells deep fried pohpiah that goes very well with the broth, and the chai kueh is not bad either.

KY and Shiang
KY and Shiang

For those who might not fancy laksa as much, there’s curry mee and char kueh teow stalls too. We ended up tapao-ing 10 packets of laksa to KL. Note the number of pre-packed noodle they’ve prepared in the photo above to give you an indication of how popular this place is.

The shop operates from late breakfast to afternoon. Try it!

map of taman emas kopitiam at jalan gottlieb

Address:
Taman Emas kopitiam
Jalan Gottlieb
10350 Georgetown, Penang

GPS: 5.433316,100.302864

Penang Laksa at Taman Emas kopitiam (Peng Hwa), Jalan Gottlieb
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34 thoughts on “Penang Laksa at Taman Emas kopitiam (Peng Hwa), Jalan Gottlieb

  • June 16, 2010 at 10:08 am
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    It’s HOKKIEN not prawn mee!!!! Boo

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  • June 16, 2010 at 10:12 am
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    Tim,
    Too many KL noobs get confused, I gave up trying to keep saying it’s hokkien mee already. Go with the flow maaa. lol

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  • June 16, 2010 at 10:14 am
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    the AMOUNT OF FISH is daymn important loh. if not, it’ll taste like diluted fish juice wtf

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  • June 16, 2010 at 11:06 am
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    Yeah I’ve ate here before. Good stuff. Penang laksa is asam laksa right?

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  • June 16, 2010 at 11:07 am
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    Oh no, apasal tempting me to go penang right now !! i wan this!!!

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  • June 16, 2010 at 11:22 am
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    Tey Cindy,
    hahaha wtf diluted fish juice!

    Huai Bin,
    yess correct!

    Jess,
    hahah make it happen! 😀

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  • June 16, 2010 at 12:19 pm
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    That Penang laksa / asam laksa looks sooooooooooo good! Thanks for blogging it, KY 🙂

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  • June 16, 2010 at 12:19 pm
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    Cecilia,
    you’re welcome! 😀

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  • June 16, 2010 at 12:54 pm
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    Its becoz only Penang Kia uses Hokkien Mee for Prawn Mee. The rest of the world uses Hokkien mee for the braised one lar. We r not NOOB. . .hehehehe!

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  • June 16, 2010 at 1:49 pm
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    Still Penang’s asam laksa the best!!! I can’t find any nice one here in KL… *sobs* 🙁

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  • June 16, 2010 at 2:36 pm
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    foodcrazee,
    hahah yeah I know!

    sotong,
    Agreed fully!

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  • June 16, 2010 at 3:44 pm
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    a fren brought me to one hawker area in farlim after BP. the hawkers are in tricycles with some tables set up in a square. the laksa there is kinda nice and different. the fish meat is scooped using spoon onto the bowl and not all mashed up. nice and i wonder if it’s still there.

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  • June 16, 2010 at 5:33 pm
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    no doub the pearl serves the best assam laksa/penang laksa in the nation

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  • June 16, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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    KY, I hate you! You’re making me crave for it at this very instant. Dang! Have to plan a trip back to Penang soon now. >_<

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  • June 16, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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    Looking forward for a year end trip to Penang and enjoy all the local delicacies…maybe can chill out at Hard Rock too…

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  • June 16, 2010 at 10:19 pm
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    foodcrazee,
    true that

    ciki,
    haha yah the pungent smell is awesome 😛

    gracieq,
    haha why hate me! go! 😛

    JD,
    yah it’s a pretty decent place to chill esp if you like to rock 😀

    hApPy,
    hahaha what do you mean don’t know what to do!

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  • June 17, 2010 at 9:23 am
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    wah the laksa looked so thick & pekat… and chipped bowl. haha best!

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  • June 17, 2010 at 9:31 am
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    eiling,
    yah memang damn best! hehehe, old school wan ok

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  • June 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm
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    oh boy…u reminds me of this stall…love the laksa and popiah when i was in penang…very chun ler…missing the laksa now…

    btw, do visit my latest review in a indochine restaurant…

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  • June 17, 2010 at 9:44 pm
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    via,
    oOo i shall check on that 😀

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  • June 17, 2010 at 11:14 pm
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    sudden downpour got me stuck at the kopitiam the other day….fml

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  • June 18, 2010 at 12:57 am
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    winsern,
    hahahah that one memang FYL

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  • June 18, 2010 at 3:56 pm
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    Most people would be torn between this and the Ayer Itam one.
    I never ate here, but the Ayer Itam one was good. Though slightly dirty.

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  • June 21, 2010 at 9:36 pm
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    J2Kfm,
    yeah, this place is a lot more hygenic though.

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  • June 24, 2010 at 3:40 pm
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    fuck!! just read this entry today. this is the best assam laksa in the whole world i tell u!!!

    I miss it like mad!!

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  • June 24, 2010 at 3:49 pm
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    Robb,
    just go to Penang, Robb! 😛

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  • July 2, 2010 at 7:28 pm
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    Wow~~ I want to eat! Must ask my university friends go there to have a try.

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  • July 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm
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    university student,
    do it!

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  • December 24, 2010 at 11:33 pm
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    so miss penang T.T

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    • December 25, 2010 at 3:07 am
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      penang kia: make a trip back 😀

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  • November 11, 2011 at 12:29 pm
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    This is 1 of the best laksa in town~
    However, it’s not recommended to go during lucnch time on weekday, as traffic is usually very jam (school knock-off time).

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    • November 11, 2011 at 4:10 pm
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      Jam Choo: ya traffic can be quite epic there on rush hours

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