One of the many famous Penang street food dishes is wantan mee. Read more about Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee here: http://migrationology.com/2015/06/lebuh-acheh-wantan-mee-penang/
Penang is one of the most famous cities in Malaysia and even throughout the world for its diversity of delicious food available. After having an action packed trip to Langkawi, Ying and I arrived in Penang. On our first day, I had some work to do, so we didn’t go on a big street food adventure, but using the map on Foursquare, I found a restaurant called Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee that served Penang wantan mee, and so we decided to go check it out.
The Uncle and Aunty that ran the restaurant were extremely nice to us, and they had a choice of either pre fried wantan mee noodles or fresh egg noodles wantan mee. We decided to get one of each, plus a bowl of wantan dumplings in soup on the side. Malaysian wantan mee, which is sometimes referred to as kon lou or kon loh wantan mee, is a type of noodles hand-tossed in a black sauce made with dark soy sauce. After the noodles were boiled, the Uncle dished them into bowls and then tossed them within the sauce mixture, making sure to coat the noodles. The Aunty then topped each bowl of Penang wantan mee with slices of char siu bbq pork, a handful of blanched choi sum, fried wantan, and some green onions. I’ve eaten plenty of noodles, but I think this was my first time to try black sauce hand tossed noodles.
I started off trying the pre-fried noodles, which were similar to instant packaged ramen noodles. At first I thought the fried noodles would be stir fried instead of boiled, but they were rather boiled, but just fried and dried before. The noodles had a crinkly texture and they were easy to chew. The sauce was slightly sweet, and to me it had a nice nutty flavor to it. The fresh egg noodles were dressed in the same exact dressing, but the noodles had a much different texture, that was much more silky and maybe a little more chewy. I think overall I preferred the fresh egg noodles better.
Along with Penang kon lou wantan mee, they also had extra wantan dumplings at Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee. To my delight, the wantan were probably my favorite items for lunch. The wantan were filled with minced pork and minced shrimp, and nice bits of water chestnut. But what I really like about them was that the bowl of soup was nicely flavored with sesame oil and sesame seeds - the dumplings were delicious.
Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee
Address: Located on Lebuh Acheh in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Open hours: About 7 am – 1 pm daily, so it’s a place for breakfast or an early lunch
Prices: Our bowls of wan tan mee cost 4 MYR each and the wantan dumplings were 1 MYR per piece, and we had a bowl with 5. Our total bill came to 13 MYR
How to get there: Lebuh Acheh in George Town is parallel to Lebuh Armenian. From Canon street, just turn onto Lebuh Acheh and the restaurant is on the left side of the road.
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