I have a little history with this most awesome mee sotong stall.

Although born and bred on the beautiful island of Penang, I haven’t stayed there since after high school, so this particular mee sotong stall wasn’t in my vocabulary. I had originally heard about it from Horng instead.

The very first time I tried to have it, I went to the wrong food court at the other side of the ocean front and had myself a disappointing mee goreng. The stall was closed for during my second visit, and on the third try, which should be a charm, ended up with the whole place being cordoned off due to Cup Prix motor racing.

mee sotong at Padang Kota Lama, Penang
mee sotong at Padang Kota Lama, Penang

Two years later, this is the story of my fourth visit, and unfortunately, it doesn’t provide a further cases of schadenfreude, I simply had the best mee sotong (or if you prefer, mee goreng) ever!

The stall is located within the food court directly next to Fort Cornwallis, a stone’s throw away from Penang Jetty.

As you step into the food court, the mee sotong stall is hard to miss, it is the busiest stall.

glorious mee sotong
glorious mee sotong, spicy and addictive

A plate of mee sotong costs between RM 4 to RM 6, and the photo above illustrate the RM 4 version. The dish is very wet, and comes with your usual mee goreng ingredients, but with plenty of squid in really spicy, sweet, and awesomely delicious sauce.

It was so good I wanted to have it again the very next day, the only thing stopping me is the long drive back to KL and the knowledge that my stomach will probably protest. The idea of stopping at every other rest area to visit the toilet wasn’t a very welcoming one.

mee sotong and coconut shake with ice cream
mee sotong goes well with coconut shake with vanilla ice cream

By the way, the spicy mee sotong goes best with a glass of icy cold coconut shake with vanilla ice cream from the mamak stall right next to the one selling mee sotong. A combination perfect for each other, that milky vanilla ice cream really does control the spiciness a little bit.

So next time when you go to Penang, try this out!

map to Padang Kota Lama, Penang

Address:
Food Court at Padang Kota Lama
Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah
Penang

GPS: 5.42078, 100.34434

KY eats – Mee Sotong at Padang Kota Lama, Penang
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37 thoughts on “KY eats – Mee Sotong at Padang Kota Lama, Penang

  • April 14, 2011 at 11:40 am
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    HAHAHAH i remember about ur post to the wrong stall. and YES Best maggi goreng in Penang. i miss thisssssssssssssssssss !! i used to makan here every other week

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    • April 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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      Ling Hui: hahaha yah that was very tragic!

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      • April 14, 2011 at 2:13 pm
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        Yes lah! i was like wTF? hahaha n u’re from Penang

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  • April 14, 2011 at 11:56 am
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    OMG sweet and spicy sotong!!!! haven’t had sotong for years!

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    • April 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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      Michelle: and this one is the best of them all!

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  • April 14, 2011 at 1:54 pm
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    gosh, i studied at usm in penang for three years, but i never knew about this stall. arrrgh! 😀

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    • April 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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      Sean: hahaha go back there now!

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  • April 14, 2011 at 2:35 pm
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    MEE SOTONG?! next trip to Penang must refer back to this post for address! 😀

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    • April 14, 2011 at 3:15 pm
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      Tey Cindy: yess, definitely a must try!

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  • April 14, 2011 at 2:45 pm
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    I prefer the mee rebus one, (they gave you an option of mee rebus and mee goreng ).

    But maybe because I am a johorean at heart where everything is good if made into mee rebus.

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    • April 14, 2011 at 3:15 pm
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      dils: yaaa i wanna try the rebus version too.

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  • April 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm
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    So is it Mee Goreng + Some sotong sambal? My next Penang trip is in June, maybe can sneak out to try it then…

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    • April 14, 2011 at 3:15 pm
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      JD: yess, do it! won’t regret wann 😀

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      • July 22, 2023 at 2:48 pm
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        Im at Penang Airport (to fly back to KL) only I come across this article. 😔 Will surely go there when I come back again.

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        • July 31, 2023 at 3:46 pm
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          Joanne Tai: haha next time!

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  • April 14, 2011 at 7:32 pm
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    your stomach can ‘stomach’ both spicy mee goreng and icy cold coconut shake at the same time? i think i’d have bad diarrhoea if i did that!

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    • April 15, 2011 at 10:48 am
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      KA: hahaha i didn’t say I didn’t have to go to the toilet 😛

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  • April 14, 2011 at 10:05 pm
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    wah KALORI overload!

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  • April 15, 2011 at 1:23 am
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    omg yess. this is the best mee sotong in penang! and i love the coconut shake from the stall next to it tooo!

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    • April 15, 2011 at 10:49 am
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      shirlynn: haha that makes two of us! 😀

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  • April 15, 2011 at 4:52 am
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    Hey that looks very promising! I can’t believe I’ve ever had mee sotong before – mee soto, yes but that’s a different thing. I like the hue – it looks spicy to me. 🙂

    Unfortunately it’s in Penang. Oh well, nothing a road trip can’t fix. 🙂

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    • April 15, 2011 at 10:52 am
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      Huai Bin: yah try it next time! 😀

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  • April 15, 2011 at 6:46 am
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    How i wish im in penang right now.. darn hungry now.. btw.. that mee looks like mee goreng mamak.. u in penang now?

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    • April 15, 2011 at 10:56 am
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      TikkoSS: u’re not working, u can do it! I’m at office now laa.

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  • April 15, 2011 at 2:28 pm
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    Holy crap on a stteeeekkk..

    This looks effin glorious…

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    • April 15, 2011 at 4:34 pm
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      s2k_247: yesss it’s freaking awesummmm

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  • April 15, 2011 at 8:43 pm
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    Oh dear! It looks delicious. I will look for it if I go to Penang. Thanks for sharing 😉

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    • April 16, 2011 at 10:14 pm
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      ShashaCatering: yaa, if you do go don’t msis it out!

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  • April 16, 2011 at 11:51 pm
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    haha~ is mee for “sotong” ? 😛

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    • April 16, 2011 at 11:57 pm
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      nekomeow: sotong will eat anything with sotong! lol.

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  • December 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm
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    I just tried this in Penang. Heaven!

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    • December 20, 2011 at 2:13 pm
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      J.Y Tan: I’m glad you like it. 😀

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  • March 4, 2012 at 11:09 pm
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    One of my favorite! Ahhh…..saliva dropping already! Coconut shake too….mmmm

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    • March 5, 2012 at 8:15 am
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      Brenda: ya that coconut shake.. yums. The only bad thing is the wait time.. gahh

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