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What is Koay Kak

Koay Kak, often written as Char Koay Kak, is a popular Penang hawker food. It is rice cakes fried in thick black soy sauce, with eggs, bean sprouts and chye por (preserved vegetable bits). The bean sprouts and chye por adds crunchiness to the rice cakes. Chilli paste gives it spiciness. Some times seafood such as prawns and squid rings are added.

Koay Kak looks like Char Koay Teow with some noted differences. Koo Chye (chives) are rarely sprinkled over Koay Kak, unlike Char Koay Teow. The inclusion of prawns to Koay Kak is also not as common as with Char Koay Teow.

Ingredients of Koay Kak:

  • rice cakes
  • eggs
  • bean sprouts
  • chye por (preserved vegetable bits)
  • prawns (optional)
  • squid (optional)
  • chilli paste, as desired

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    Where to find Koay Kak



    Koay Kak is available at the following locations in Penang:

  • Stall opposite old Lip Sin Market at Lebuh Nipah, 1 vote (breakfast except Friday)
  • Teo Guan Hup Coffee Shop at ground floor of Block 2G, opposite Old Farlim Market (breakfast), 1 vote (No 1 on map)
  • Batu Lanchang Market Food Court, Batu Lanchang (No 2 on map)
  • Bayan Baru Market, Bayan Baru (No 3 on map)
  • Kedai Kopi Kwai Lock, Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (No 4 on map)
  • Seow Fong Lye coffee shop, 94C Lorong Macalister (No 5 on map)
  • Sin Yin Nam Cafe, Jalan Macalister - New Lane junction (No 6 on map)
  • Stall at Lorong Selamat (No 7 on map)
  • Teluk Bayan Hawker Centre, Sungai Nibong (No 8 on map)
  • Yi Garden, 150 Jalan Macalister (No 9 on map)
  • Perak Road Market (morning) (No 10 on map)


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