Sin Yin Nam Cafe, New Lane

Sin Yin Nam Cafe, New Lane, George Town, Penang (22 May 2011)


Sin Yin Nam Cafe (GPS: 5.41492, 100.32638) is the coffee shop at the junction of New Lane and Macalister Road in George Town, Penang. It is one of several coffee shops along New Lane that turns the whole place into a massive hawker food centre. Sin Yin Nam Cafe is one of the oldest coffee shops along New Lane and has been operating there for several decades. Today the hawker stalls spill onto both sides of New Lane.

One thing I am not too impressed about Sin Yin Nam Cafe is that it is one of the first coffee shops to charge patrons for not ordering any drinks. Although I always order drinks, I still feel that it is a bit much of the coffee shop to do this, even though I fully understand that as a small business operator, it needs to meet its overheads.

One thing I do like at Sin Yin Nam Cafe is the Hokkien Mee here, which I call the New Lane Hokkien Pai Kut Lor Mee.



28 July, 2014: We returned to Sin Yin Nam cafe which we have just visited two days earlier. Since we were here so recently, this time we decided not to have the Hokkien Mee, but opted for the Lor Bak.

Unlike the Hokkien Mee, we were less impressed with the lor bak. First of all, the lor bak disintegrated after it was sliced. In my wife's opinion, that means a failure. As she often makes lor bak at home, she expects to see the lor bak to hold its shape after it is sliced into pieces. Secondly, the beancurd was not sliced all the way through, but stuck together at the bottom. To me, that's small matter, but my wife regards that as another failure. The prawn fritters were also "wanting".

Sin Yin Nam Cafe lor bak (29 July 2014)


My wife thought that the chicken rice stall seems to be doing quite good business, so we decided to order chicken rice as well. After tasting it, we say that the chicken rice is only passable - something to eat for want of anything better. I know we sound quite particular about our food. Of course, most of the things "can makanlah" but if you want me to praise it, it has to be outstanding.

Sin Yin Nam Cafe chicken rice (29 July 2014)

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Getting there

You can take Rapid Penang bus 101 and 104 to reach Macalister Road.

Sin Yin Nam Cafe is on the Map of Jalan Macalister, Penang

Sin Yin Nam Cafe on Google Street View

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