Bukit Mertajam Char Koay Teow Shootout

Not only Penang's Lorong Selamat or 'Sisters' are famous for Char Koay Teow, Bukit Mertajam also has few stalls that serve delicious Char Koay Teow (炒馃条) and cheaper of course.

I'm going to recommend 3 stalls for you to choose. Here are some commonalities that I observed among these stalls.

• Use charcoal instead of gas
  
• Fried with duck egg instead of chicken egg
  
• Fried with lots of lards, delicious...
  
• Fried upto 8 plates in one go. Sorry dude, no individual fried Koay Teow here.
  
• Prawns only go into Wok in the middle of Char process. Therefore the prawns are not overly cook.
• Use Coka-Cola bottles to contain soya sauce.
  
• RM2.50 per plate (small serving). No way you can get this price in Penang Island.
• Open late, better go after 9pm.

Stall#1 is located at Jalan Pasar (approx 5°21'54"N 100°27'37"E)







Stall#2 is located at Jalan Stesen (approx 5°21'44"N 100°27'40"E)







Stall#3 is located at Jalan Kuari (approx 5°21'17"N 100°28'10"E) --> some say this stall serves the best Char Koay Teow in Bukit Mertajam town.

Kemunting Lake View Restaurant, Kulim

This is another place that serves fresh water fishes. Not far away from Kolam Ikan Restaurant, Sungai Kob.

The floating restaurant is built on the lake, whereas Kolam Ikan Restaurant is located within the palm tree estate. Here, the place is more hygienic, less flies and easy access by elderly people.

So, is the food here better than Kolam Ikan Restaurant? Emm...

Main entrance to the floating restaurant.












'Sa-Be Fei Chow' fish, aka 3-Flavours Talapia Fish. Nothing to shout about.


Claypot Tauhu. So so only.


Deep fried Patin fish, with light soy sauce. Somehow, I still prefer the same dish prepared by Kolam Air Restaurant. The soy sauce used by the latter smell and taste better.


Stir-fried vegetable.


Pananomic view of Kemunting lake (using Canon S3IS camera)


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Kemunting Lake View Restaurant

Address: Plot 1635,Jalan Simen, Kampung Kemunting, Dusun Karangan, 09700 Kulim,Kedah.
Tel: 04-4056046/017-4057551/019-4721183
Business Hours: 11am-8pm (Closed on Wednesday)

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