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What is Curry Mee

Curry Mee is a Penang hawker noodle dish. It is made up of egg noodles (mee) and rice noodles (bihun) in a coconut-milk based curry soup and served with bean sprouts, bean puffs (taupok), prawns, cockles, cubes of coagulated pig's blood, cuttlefish, mint leaves, a helping of chilli paste, and some times eggs and chicken meat.

The Penang Curry Mee closely resembles what is known in other states as Laksa, with noted differences

Ingredients of Curry Mee:

  • egg noodles (mee)
  • rice noodles (bihun)
  • prawns
  • bean sprouts
  • bean puffs (taupok)
  • coagulated pig's blood in cubes
  • cockles
  • cuttlefish
  • eggs
  • chicken
  • chilli paste to taste
  • cockles
  • mint leaves
  • chilli paste as desired

    Curry Mee Location Map


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    Where can you get the best Curry Mee in Penang? Let us know. If you know of any coffee shop not listed, you can still vote for it, as long as it is in Penang! The voting will run until 31 December. All you need to do is fill up the information requested below, and email it to me at:



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  • Food: (name of food, ie: chee cheong fun, etc.)
  • Where: (ie Ah Leong Cafe, Jalan Kerbau)
  • Available during: (breakfast / lunch / dinner)
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    Where to find Curry Mee

    Curry Mee is available at the following coffee shops in Penang:

  • Butterworth corner house after the ferry terminal go on Jalan Chain Ferry trafic light cross junction, 1 vote (No 1 on map)
  • Chew City, (11am to 4pm), Jalan Sungai Kelian, Hillside, 1 vote (No 2 on map)
  • Chulia Street stall, (dinner), by the roadside, in front of furniture shop, 1 vote (No 3 on map)
  • Coffee shop beside Esso petrol station, opposite Lam Wah Ee Hospital (breakfast), 1 vote (No 4 on map)
  • Island Glades, Selera - opposite end of Genting (morning)
  • Jalan Sungai Pinang, in front of Honda Showroom, 1 vote (No 5 on map)
  • Lorong Seratus Tahun, (breakfast), corner coffee shop, 1 vote (No 6 on map)
  • New Cathay, (breakfast/lunch), Corner of Jalan Burma and Lorong Kuching, 1 vote (No 7 on map)
  • New World Park, the stall nearer to Hutton Lane side, 1 vote (No 8 on map)
  • Pepper Estate, (breakfast till 11am), corner house in front of playground, 1 vote (No 9 on map)
  • Kedai Kopi Top Taste, Kampung Jawa, Bayan Baru (lunch), (No 10 on map)
  • Chang Yen Vegetarian Food (lunch), Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 11 on map)
  • Hup Guan, Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 12 on map)
  • Kedai Kopi Kwai Lock (breakfast, lunch), Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 13 on map)
  • Northam Beach Cafe (dinner), Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah (No 14 on map)
  • Poly Coffee Garden (lunch), Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 15 on map)
  • Restoran Hup Kee (breakfast, lunch), Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 16 on map)
  • Seng Lee Cafe, Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 17 on map)
  • Sin Hup Aun Cafe (breakfast, lunch), Jalan Pasar, Pulau Tikus (No 18 on map)
  • Bayan Baru Market Hawker Centre (breakfast), (No 19 on map)


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