Kuala Kurau Famous Prawn Fritters and Pineapple Drink

I heard Kuala Kurau is a beautiful fisherman village. Many photographer pick this place to challenge their photography skill. I also want to see the scenery and of course, explore some famous food here. Before I go, I do some survey online and found a site introducing the famous Prawn Fritters in Kuala Kurau. 


I got the shop address but no map. To be safe, we invite Ah Ben who is local join us for 1-day tour at Kuala Kurau. He was inviting us to visit his hometown and mentioning this famous Prawn Fritters way before I do online survey.

How good is this famous prawn fritters? How it fried? Who is the owner? How long in business? Operation hour and others can read at www.mywisewife.com I just want to add a pineapple drink on top of the Famous Prawn Fritters

It is not a juice but Pineapple Drink. It is so special and good to hydrating your body. So fresh and energized. Noticed many people order this drink here at Kuala Kurau. You should drink pineapple drink, do as the Romans when you travel to this part of the world.

There is a noodles soup selling here. The owner running business on her tricycle. Look like good but I do not have chance to try it. If you have chance to visit to Kuala Kurau, check that out too.




Here are some of the photo I took when visited to Kuala Kurau. I use only Canon Ixus 860IS, cannot compare to the quality of DSLR lah. This place is good to see sunset. If you plan your trip properly, you can eat Pang-long's Laksa, buy Fairy's biscuit, eat World Tasty Rojak, Char Koay Teow, Tom Yam Mee, 'CIMB' Char Bee Hoon, visited the Gula Estate, see sunset and eat Famous Tu bak Hoon before you return home.

Not so bad after edit, look like postcard....hehe

Nibong Tebal Tu Bak Hoon (Pork Noodles)

Another famous food in Nibong Tebal - Tu Bak Hoon. People from Penang Island tense to travel so far to Nibong Tebal just for this food. With lots of pork and meatball, the soup of this noodles so tasteful. I don't eat pork's intestine, so may not taste the best out of this Tu Bak Hoon. 

For those pork's intestine lover, you can try out this Tu Bak Hoon at Kedai Makanan Lye Lee Food & Beverage restaurant. I agak-agak (estimate) plot the location in this map. Please look out for the signboard when you are near

One bowl cost RM5.00 with many ingredients. In Penang Island, you can only get a few piece of this and that. In Nibong Tebal, the Tu bak hoon look like new bowl although you already dip the pork a few time in the sauce.


Please note that, this is nonhalal food. 

Balik Pulau Laksa & Hokkien Mee

Many tourist come to Balik Pulau for Durian and Laksa. I don't eat durian although my grandpa own a good quality durian farm. Don't ask me about durian, I visit Balik Pulau for food especially Laksa. You can easily find 3 or more Laksa shop in Balik Pulau town. However, many usually don't eat Laksa at Kampung Jalan Baru because it not easy to find and distant from Balik Pulau Town


This house not only sell Laksa

but also selling Hokkien Mee

Those who crave for spicy Laksa and Hokkien Mee, you can kill 2 birds with 1 stone by visit to this house. Yes, it is a house, neither shop nor stall.

It may be a little bit hard to find but it is worth for your food hunt trip at this corner of Penang Island because the scenery along the road is beautiful and the food is in good taste

Parit Buntar 888 Rojak

This rojak awarded with Best Tasty Rojak in the World. I'm no kidding. This is best of the best rojak ever taste. My ex-boss recommend this rojak when I work in Nibong Tebal 10 years ago. Back in that time, I always 'tapao'  rojak back to Penang every time I return home. 


This rojak shop named "eight eight eight" found at Bee Chuan Kopitiam at Parit Buntar town. It near to Billion and Minat hypermarket. Easy to find with this map.

What make this 888 rojak special? Every rojak also taste good, every rojak also got fruits as ingredients, every rojak almost the same. Why, what how? Check out rojak making:

The special of this 888 rojak not only the rojak kuah (sauce) unique, the best part is the cucur. I can't explain how good is the cucur with the rojak kuah. You just have to try it yourself.

Nibong Tebal Kary Mee (Curry Noodles)

This Kari Mee (Curry Noodles) was recommend by Shin Tan. When he show us the picture of kari mee in iPhone, the kari mee covering with ingredients. He said you can add prawn, fish-ball, meatball, 'ham', chicken feet, 'hea kor', 'tau pok', 'tu huei', 'tu bak' and others. Feeling dizzy when curry mee can put in so many extra stuffs. Will it still be kari mee after adding so many dishes?

Super-duper oily after adding so many dishes in a bowl of kari mee. Do remember to prepare many packet of tissue. I knew there is one kari mee found at Farlim Pasar Malam on every Wednesday night also allow extra dishes to be add in Kari Mee. But the price for one bowl will be expensive. 


How much for a bowl of Kari Mee at Nibong Tebal with extra ingredients like prawn, fish-ball, meatball, 'ham', chicken feet, 'hea kor', 'tau pok', 'tu huei', 'tu bak'? You guess!


Or get the answer at Nibong Tebal Curry mee with this map, found along Jalan Ooi Kar Seng and near to where I eat Jawa Mee.

Parit Buntar Char Koay Teow

On one weekend, we planned to explore the famous "pang-long" laksa at Parit Buntar. Special about this "pang-long" laksa is open for weekend and business for 1 - 2 hours only. The laksa selling fast like movie ticket at Golden Screen Cinema. Like Chinese proverb said, the bird wake up early got worm to eat. (lazy people counter it with: the worm wake up early get eaten by bird) Because, we are not wake up early like bird, the laksa sold up when we reach there.


We forced to explore some other food in Parit Buntar town because we haven't eat breakfast yet. We found this Char Koay Teow at one of the Bee Chuan Kopitiam opposite Billions and Minat hypermarket. Check out the map

Frankly speaking, Penang famous with Char Koay Teow food, Penangites normally don't recognise Char Koay Teow at other places even the Char Koay Teow is good. Same mind-set applied to us as well. However, when the Char Koay Teow presented on the table, in this so beautiful ceramic plate. Mentally, I know this Char Koay Teow going to be good.


You got feeling of eating when it presented in this beautiful classical plate. In Penang, the Char Koay Teow normally deliver in blue plastic plate where you can see the shinning oily look at the edge of plate. Although it taste good, mentally you feel like you going to get sick eating so oily food.


I hope the Char Koay Teow seller in Penang can deliver more healthy (while still taste good) and good presentation of Char Koay Teow because food not only talk about tasteful but also the settings. ...(",)

Bukit Tengah Seven Village Koay Teow Th'ng (Noodle Soup)

Seven Village also known as "qit-long" (in hokkien) is a chain of store that selling signature dish of Koay Teow Th'ng. It is not like a kopitiam (coffee shop) or hawker center, their interior design is more toward a restaurant but selling local Penang food.


As far as I know, there are only 2 branches in mainland. One found in Nibong Tebal and another is the one that I always visit at Bukit Tengah. I just wondering why they not open a branch at Penang Island? It should be good business because the Koay Teow Th'ng so sedap (tasty)


Bukit Tengah branch is near to Juru Autocity which can found at this map. I normally visit to Seven Villages when I have functions in Autocity, be it Fuel-ing or OT-ing, I'll eat Koay Teow Th'ng first. It happen every time become my ritual before clubbing....lol

Big bowl is RM4.20 while Small bowl is RM3.00. There is not much different in ingredients  except the size of bowl. So, I would suggest you go for small bowl and order some side dishes.

Lobak and Kuang Chiang. I have no idea what is Kuang Chiang and never know existence of this dishes for the pass 30 years. Count me as "suang pa" (barbarian) who didn't know this dish. If you also like me, who never know "Kuang Chiang" (not suang pa), you should try this dish. It is so good to eat with Chilli sauce.


Besides the famous, signature dish of Seven Village, they do sell other noodles as well. But I never have chance to try because every time I just order Koay Teow Th'ng

Penang Kari Mee (Curry Noodle) at Goodall Cafe

There are too many foods offer in Goodall cafe at Jalan Gottlieb, Penang. Besides local Penang food, you can find Indian food, Japanese food, Italian food at Goodall cafe. Despite many choices of food available, I only order curry mee most of the time.

Because the curry mee "hochiak". Some people claimed the soup a bit sweety, but I just like it. If I'm right, this curry mee exist for a few decades since grandfather time. The only original Penang curry mee since 19xx years. RM3.00 a bowl, you find many ingredients that suppose to be there in curry mee.


You ask me if I'll boring always eat curry mee at Goodall cafe. I can assured you, I still order curry mee when dine at Goodall unless the shop is not open.


Because of slow loading of embedded  map from Google on my pages, here is the map link

Batu Maung Dual Hokkien Mee

Batu Maung is small town in Penang. It is locating in the southeastern part of Penang Island and in term of food, normally people tagged it as place to eat seafood. Indeed, Batu Maung is famous with seafood. But, there are others famous food as well like Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee) at Astaka Batu Maung, What is Astaka? In hokkien, it is bang-san. In short, it is morning market at Jalan Baru Batu Maung. Found beside Wen Khai Primary School at GPS coordinate: 5.295494,100.280199 and near to Penang International Airport. But don't set GPS and go to Penang International Airport as you won't get to eat Hokkien mee that I mention here.


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One special item about this Astaka Batu Maung is you can find twin food stall in the same Astaka, everything double. No kidding! Example, you can find 2 stalls selling Char Ho Fun, 2 stalls selling Char Mee Hoon, 2 stalls selling Hokkien Mee and even 2 stalls selling coffee side by side. Normally, it is a conflict to sell the same food, same drink in same Astaka. However, they are still co-exit together and live harmony. It is up to the customer to decide what to order from...




...And It is also confusing which one to order from. As this blog description said: "Find food by searching the sense of food and then quickly track down what you should eat for the day, I suggest you order the Hokkien mee (Prawn Mee) from Chai's Hokkien Mee （财）The taste is more real by using many prawn to cook the soup, compare to another Geat's Hokkien Mee (玉）Which the sweetness of the prawn soup is a bit artificial.

Above is the Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee) from Chai and below is the Hokkien mee + Loh from Geat. Both also eatable, just the Chai hokkien mee is preferable over the others.

If you happen to shopping at this morning market, you can contact me for breakfast at Astaka Batu Maung. However, don't too early in the morning...hehe. The hokkien mee still available until 11am+. 

Penang Lao Fu Zhi Bak Kut Teh

Like I said, I normally eat Bak Kut Teh at night (especially after clubbing :-p) There are many famous Bak Kut Teh around Penang. But the one that I always go and like most is the one at Dato Keramat, Lao Fu Zhi Bak Kut Teh. Not because the owner is my friend but their Bak Kut Teh is Bak Kut Teh. (What statement is that?) What I mean is they putting in the real stuff, herb and others to make the Bak Kut Teh. Not like the prepack Bak Kut Teh you can get in hypermarket.


This Lao Fu Zhi Bak Kut Teh is 老招牌, it been around for a few decades. If you drive too fast along Jalan Dato Keramat, you might miss it. In the street view, it found at the left side after curve road of Jalan Dato Keramat into Jalan Ayer Itam. Hard to explain if you're from outstation, use the GPS coordinate: 5.413498,100.312117 and see the map: 


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It open from dinnertime until the next day morning. 1am, you can't sleep. You go there, still open. 2am, you hungry, you go there, still open. 3am, you drunk, you go there, it still open. 

It just cost RM5, not sure it is a friend's price or it is that cheap. Look at the ingredients, more than the Raja Uda Yam Rice and better than having Nasi Kandar at Mamak Stall.

Lunas Tan Kee Roasted Duck Rice

One of the afternoon, after serviced car at Kulim Toyota center. I suggest go to try out the Lunas famous duck rice since already at Kedah State. 2 stuffs I know about Lunas, one is my college friend a.k.a bak chang stay here and another one is Lunas famous with Duck Rice.


Some distance from Kulim Toyota Center to Lunas Tan Kee Duck Rice. I don't know how to go for sure, luckily I got Elisa who know the place. If you don't have "Elisa", then use the GPS coordination: 5.428184,100.535588 or refer to the google map.



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Slow down after you turn into Jalan Lunas and look for the signboard, Tan Kee Roast Duck

They sell quarter roast duck per person. If you come in a group of 4, congratulation! You get the whole duck. This is what I heard people said, don't know how true it is...and I get half duck, you guess how many of us?

A bit "hect" (too much) by looking at it. Eat until some point, I found the taste is the same all the way from beginning, make it so plain. I should just order some salted vegetable soup to mix it. However, to finish it will be a problem for 2 of us. So, just eat it for first time also the last time and never come back. Too much of good food make it bad.


Duck Rice for 2 and take away 1 duck rice cost about RM16. It is so cheap! I get to know the roasted duck and E & O Hotel cost RM100++ for a duck. So, I think this is so cheap. I might be using wrong example for comparison but it just roasted duck. :-p

Bukit Mertajam Pak Man Mee Kuah Ketam

The real name for the BM To'Kun Mee Goreng is Pak Man Mee Kuah Ketam To'Kun. This was the same place I explore the Mee Goreng. We came here just for mee goreng but the waiter told us: "Mee Kuah tinggal satu jer, nak x?" Which mean, the Noodle Kuah left last one only, do you want to order?

Of course, we took the last plate of mee kuah and feel exclusive when newly walk in customer disappointment over the sold out of mee kuah....ngek ngek ngek :-p


Found same place as the Mee Goreng. Kaki Bukit of Tok Kun Hill.




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It look like Jawa Mee but it is not. They called it Mee Kuah: (Kuah is soup in Malay)

Oh, this Mee Kuah so tasty. The soup is so thick with taste of crab or shrimp or seafood. At first, I taste it like shrimp. But this is not mee udang (Shrimp noodle). When I taste it again, it like seafood soup taste as the soup taste more than shrimp. My mind just can't set it straight even the signboard said Mee Kuah Ketam (crab), The crab bisque soup is so-so good. So orgasmic! 


The problem of the last plate of mee kuah is it a bit chill. If they make hot the crab bisque soup, you probably suck and lick the last drop of the mee kuah... (".)


Normal Mee Kuah cost RM3.50 and with Ketam will be RM4.50 which I think it worth the price.

Found this video introduce Pak Man Mee Kuah Ketam in youtube, the same guy that promote best tasty rojak in the world

Alma Wang Wang Nasi Lemak

I went to one of the hawker center in Alma Bukit Mertajam, I noticed many people buy food from this stall and I said I will try this next time because I already ordered curry fish head. So, last week, I went back to this hawker center just to try out the food at stall named Wang Wang Nasi Lemak.


The hawker center found "near" Pasar Malam (night market) at Alma on every Sunday night. It not found on main road but from the hawker center, you can see the pasar malam. I not familiar with the place here. So, this is gps coordination: 5.32626,100.479648 (which I also don't know how to read it)


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I was expecting some good smell and taste of lemak from the Nasi Lemak:

However, the Nasi (Rice) is just plain white rice, no lemak at all. How can a stall named Nasi Lemak, sold the Nasi do not have lemak one? (-_-)" 


However, it has many variety of food to select from and mainly in curry, like curry chicken, curry fish, curry prawn, curry lamb, curry vegetable, curry curry....wah, blur with curry. I think it is because of the curry, it named as Wang Wang Nasi Lemak. For me, it is more suitable to call Economic Rice or that day, the nasi lemak just sold out. I don't know...


The plate above cost me RM4.00 with mainly vegetables. The "Wang Wang" (旺旺）do the trick, after I finish the food, many people still queuing at the stall

Bukit Mertajam To'Kun Mee Goreng

Many people go to Tok Kun mountain hiking and when they are done, many like to stop over at this place for a plate of mee goreng. My first visit to this place, I think is 10 years ago. No hiking, just straight to this place for mee goreng with Ah Hooi. He is my guide in Bukit Mertajam. :-)


Revisit to this place like walking down the memory lane with Ah Hooi last time. This place found at the entrance to Tok Kun hill. A good landmark that you won't miss or use this GPS coordination: 5.346898,100.487201 (btw, I don't know how to use or read the gps coordination, I simply copy from Google map)


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Not sure I'm hungry or because my mind-set set the mee goreng here is good. Indeed, the Cherok Tok Kun Mee Goreng really good. if you happen to hike at Tok Kun Mountain, you should try this, forget about the calories you just burn.....:-p

The normal plate without ketam (crab) cost RM3.50 which is a bit high in price for mee goreng, must be the popularity cause the extra. However, with crab is RM4.50 which is cheaper because crab is expensive nowaday.

Permatang Tinggi Hokkien Mee

I food hunting this place for 3rd time, this place famous for Hokkien Mee & Loh Mee that  beeing published in local newspaper called Ah Shang Hokkien Mee. It is not easy to find if you not local. Elisa bring me to this place for first time. It not found at main road but one of the house at the Taman of Permatang Tinggi, Bukit Mertajam. 


If you would like to explore this Permatang Tinggi's hokkien mee, refer to below map or use this coordinate: 5.302844,100.478017.


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The Hokkien Mee taste good at my first visit, you can add extra meatball, chicken feet, loh nui (herb egg), egg and others. I guess the best is the homemade chili they provide. I always like original taste of hokkien mee and prefer not to put chili to spoil the taste. However, heavy taste or spice lover can add and change the hokkien mee to curry mee as the chili is free flow:

My second visit to this place is a bit in shock because the table is full of flies. I feel sick after eating the hokkien mee because worry about the hygiene of this place. Then I convinced by friends that Jawi, BM, Tambun these area is normal with many flies. Not sure why but the flies are big and many compare to other area. 

I doubted and visit again this place after longtime. (Hard to find good food around Simpang Ampat Area, I force to go back to same place when running out of choices) I think the flies is because the hygiene of this place. Look at the plate soaked in the oily water with tissue paper plastic and unknown floating stuffs:

This probably the last time I visit to this place unless they improve the hygiene. Not to condemn this place, but the hokkien mee not standard all the time. Sometime it taste good, sometime taste so-so only. Probably overrated by local newspaper or not much competition around that area. Trust me, I tried one of the Laksa at Permatang Tinggi Market, it is the worse Laksa ever but the seller still can survive.

Nibong Tebal Jawa Mee

I randomly google for food in Nibong Tebal and found many famous food in Nibong Tebal like Crispy Pork Knuckle, Tu Bak Hoon (Pork Meat noodle), Crab Porridge and other. I looking for something simple and light for breakfast. So, I decided to try the Jawa Mee at Nibong Tebal.

This hawker center found between morning market and Yawata in Nibong Tebal city center. Refer to below map or use the GPS coordinate: 5.166873,100.474986. 

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The stall named as Tiger's Jawa Mee. She does sell Tu Bak Hoon also. However, I just order the Jawa Mee:

It just taste like Jawa mee, sour, a bit spicy and sweet. Yum~yum~yum. The stall open morning 8am till 5pm, not sure what day is close. In case it close, you can other food like Bak Kut Teh. I noticed many people around also order Bak Kut Teh at the same Hawker center. I seldom eat Bak Kut Teh in morning, so find it weird to eat bak kut teh in morning.
Anyway, I will try it next time because it is full after ate Jawa mee that full of ingredients. Small bowl cost RM2.70 and Big bowl cost RM3.30 worth the price

Raja Uda Yam Rice

I been long hearing about the yam rice at Jalan Raja Uda. One friend who stay and work nearby  Raja Uda recommend us to check this place out. He said the Aunty always give him extra bak eon (meatball) because he got the charm....hehe!


Many time the yam rice sold out fast and with no surprise, you can eat the yam rice without yam. Ya, that right. Just white rice.


Anyway, I went to try my luck with rule of thumb, if no yam rice, I passed. It no joking, the place is jaming-pack with people even already passed lunch time. Can't find an empty table. But luckily, the yam rice still available. The place is along Jalan Raja Uda. It found at the corner lot of a building, paiseh forgot the name of the kopitiam (coffee shop) You just search for RHB Bank at Raja Uda or set GPS to this coordination 5.433695,100.385513



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Here is the yam rice I ordered:

It is a bit oily, can't eat the yam compared with the one I tried at Sentosa Bukit Mertajam. It just got it own specialty of yam rice.


No extra bak eon, no intestines of pig, it cost RM5 for single serving.


I like the combination taste of yam rice and the sour soup. This is another Penang Food that you should try besides Hokkien Mee, Curry Mee, Nasi Lemak and Char koay teow that outstation friends always mention.

Butterworth Ah Khoon Loh Mee

I was recommend by a friend to go explore this food at Butterworth, Penang. She used to recommend me Nasi Tomato (tomato rice) but it not open on weekend. She said this Loh Mee is different from Penang Island's Loh Mee. The specialty is the Loh Mee itself tasteless and you have to add in vinegar and sambal (chilli paste). Hm...should it still be call Loh mee?


She draw us a direction on A4 paper and we managed to find it. It found opposite Telecom Malaysia, Butterworth Branch. Nearby vicinity is Hotel, UOB Bank. Normally you can't miss it, if you key the coordinate 5.410777,100.370874 at your GPS :-p or refer to google map below:


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Here is the Loh Mee

Before I add any vinegar or sambal, the Loh Mee taste genuine. It is so original, I enjoy eating without need to add any sauce. For those who like to distinguish the mainland loh mee and Penang Island loh mee, then you can consider add in Vinegar and sambal. 


Add in Vinegar itself spoil the loh mee taste but with combination of vinegar and sambal, it is another wonderful taste of loh mee. With just RM3.80 only a bowl, you get to enjoy at least 3 tastes for loh mee at the same location. Haven't mention the juicy pork meat, so soft and tender. Anyway who visit to butterworth, should try it. It open morning until noon only.