Jawa Mee

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What is Jawa Mee

Jawa Mee, or Mee Jawa, is a Penang Nyonya-inspired noodle soup. Despite its name, Jawa Mee has its origin in the Peranakan kitchen far and away from Jawa. The type of Jawa Mee sold by hawkers has the noodle swimming in a transparent tomato-based gravy. It is topped with boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, one or two prawns, fritters, slices of beancurd, a sprinkling of fried grounded peanuts, and chilli paste to taste.

In my opinion, the home-cooked Jawa Mee made by my wife (which she learned from my mother-in-law) is best! She uses broth made from pork bones (bah kut) into which she adds orange sweet potatoes and tomato sauce. The meat from the pork bones is chopped fine and added to the gravy. The taste is out of this world.

Ingredients of Jawa Mee:

egg noodles (mee)

rice noodles (bihun)

bean sprout

beancurd (taukua)

boiled eggs

boiled potatoes

prawns (optional)

prawn fritters (heh chiee)

fried grounded peanuts

potato-based tomato gravy

fried chilli paste to taste

slice of lime (keat-la)

lettuce for garnishing

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Jawa Mee

Where to find Jawa Mee

Jawa Mee is available at the following locations in Penang:

Lam Heng Coffee Shop, Jalan Macalister, beside the Sister's Char Koay Teow

Chang Yen Vegetarian Food, Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 1 on map)

Gurney Drive Hawker Centre, Persiaran Gurney (No 2 on map)

Northam Beach Cafe, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah (No 3 on map)

Sin Yin Nam Cafe, Jalan Macalister - New Lane junction (No 4 on map)

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