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| a good plate of char koay teow is one that is fried with charcoal fire! 火气! |
I got to know about this place through a local television program called Taste with Jason (阿贤人情味). Jason or Axian went on a char koay teow hunting in Penang in one particular episode. One of the places he tried and recommended is the one at Siam Road, Georgetown.
What makes this different from others is that the vendor, an old uncle serve each plate of char koay teow with the usual ingredients - pork lard, koay teow, waxed pork sausage, prawns, chives, bean sprouts and eggs and it was fried individually using fire fuelled with charcoal. He will fan up the fire with his left hand and then fry the dish with his right hand. His son is in charged of taking orders and serve the orders to hungry fans or first timers, like me.
I've been wanting to try out this plate of char koay teow ever since I got to know about it but the chance didn't come until a friend of mine who is a Penang food enthusiast from Singapore, sought a recommendation for a good plate of char koay teow ("ckt"). It struck me that we must try the one at Siam Road and after calling up my mother just to verify on the uncle's stall opening times, we drove to Siam Road from Gurney Drive with a glimpse of hope to taste a plate of ckt. It was already 6.40pm when we started our drive and the uncle has started selling ckt since 3pm that day.
Lady Luck was on our side and we get our chance! We sat at the kopitiam opposite the uncle's stall and waited patiently. You must be patient and have a friend with you because the wait for your turn will take up to an hour!
The taste is good, not that salty and packed with flavour. The price, only RM3.30 for the smallest plate. The portion commensurate with the price. For better experience in which my friend taught me, order two small plates instead of one big plate. That way, you get to taste the ckt fully without stuffing yourself silly in one plate.
Siam Road Char Koay Teow
Corner of Siam Road and Anson Road
(Seating in Hock Ban Hin Café).
Georgetown 10400 Penang
What makes this different from others is that the vendor, an old uncle serve each plate of char koay teow with the usual ingredients - pork lard, koay teow, waxed pork sausage, prawns, chives, bean sprouts and eggs and it was fried individually using fire fuelled with charcoal. He will fan up the fire with his left hand and then fry the dish with his right hand. His son is in charged of taking orders and serve the orders to hungry fans or first timers, like me.
I've been wanting to try out this plate of char koay teow ever since I got to know about it but the chance didn't come until a friend of mine who is a Penang food enthusiast from Singapore, sought a recommendation for a good plate of char koay teow ("ckt"). It struck me that we must try the one at Siam Road and after calling up my mother just to verify on the uncle's stall opening times, we drove to Siam Road from Gurney Drive with a glimpse of hope to taste a plate of ckt. It was already 6.40pm when we started our drive and the uncle has started selling ckt since 3pm that day.
Lady Luck was on our side and we get our chance! We sat at the kopitiam opposite the uncle's stall and waited patiently. You must be patient and have a friend with you because the wait for your turn will take up to an hour!
The taste is good, not that salty and packed with flavour. The price, only RM3.30 for the smallest plate. The portion commensurate with the price. For better experience in which my friend taught me, order two small plates instead of one big plate. That way, you get to taste the ckt fully without stuffing yourself silly in one plate.
Siam Road Char Koay Teow
Corner of Siam Road and Anson Road
(Seating in Hock Ban Hin Café).
Georgetown 10400 Penang
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