Kheng Pin Cafe @ George Town, Penang
Yeah, here come my final post of my December 2020’s Penang trip! *popping champagne & throwing confetti
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That day was our last day in Penang, so we went all out to eat as much as we can *kiasu and Kheng Pin Cafe was our first stop for breakfast.
Kheng Pin Cafe located at the junction of Jalan Penang and Jalan Sri Bahari is known for this Loh Bak stall manned by an old uncle.
Kheng Pin Cafe with a very typical Kopitiam setting houses several food stalls of the famous Loh Bak, Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee), Wonton Mee and porridge.
Loh Bak or Ngoh Hiang is a type of Hokkien delicacy which is made with minced meat seasoned with five spice powder, then rolled inside a bean curd skin and deep-fried. The Loh Bak here is not only referring to the meat roll but a composition of various fried stuff such as fish cake, tofu, prawn fritters, meat balls, sausages and etc.
There were 3 choices of portion for one pax (RM6), two pax (RM8) or three pax (RM10).
One pax portion (RM6.00)
The platter consisted of Loh Bak, fried fish cake, fried tofu, prawn fritters, meat ball and sliced cucumber served along with chili sauce and thick brown sauce resembled Loh Mee gravy.
The main star here definitely the fried meat roll. Freshly fried and served pipping hot, the meat roll yielded a pleasant crispy bean curd skin, encased with meat filling (mixture of minced meat + pork slivers) that was well flavoured with five spice powder. Other ingredients were just mediocre.
We also had Hokkien Mee and Char Koay Teow from these stalls.
Hokkien Mee (RM5.00)
A satisfying bowl of Prawn Mee with rich prawn-y broth and all the necessary condiments.
Duck Egg Char Koay Teow (RM8.00)
Came with two rather big prawns and fried with the more “premium” duck egg, this plate of Char Koay Teow certainly another noteworthy order in Kheng Pin.
The rice noodles was full of “wok hei”, well-seared and robustly flavoured with soy sauce chili paste and duck egg.
Wonton Mee (RM5.00)
For Sam who didn’t fancy the above food that we ordered. ╮(╯_╰)╭
♥Verdict: Definitely a place that worthy to put into your Penang food hunting list!
Kheng Pin Cafe
80, Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang.
When I eat loh bak, I like the sticky sauce. Prawn mee and char koay teow are definite must eats when in Penang.
PH, I don’t like sticky sauce/gravy, so I’ll normally have the Loh Bak on its own or withthe chili dipping only. There are so many food we as tourist want to eat at Penang, but stomach space is limited >_<
The lor bak is good.. So is the prawn fritters..
Another stall is the chicken rice.. It’s delicious & always has a queue..
Haha, so the famous loh bak wasn’t that great huh. I think we can find many decent loh bak in KL (after all, isn’t all fried stuff pretty similar…kekeke)…..but not many can do the sauce well (I’ve had a lot of gluggy & overly starchy ones). >.<
Kris, the five spice meat roll was good here, but others were pretty standard (not handmade by uncle I assume =.=”), LOL
Probably never been to this particular kopitiam myself but char kuih teow is almost always good in pretty much anywhere in Penang!
KY, their CKT is cincai eat cincai good right? LOL
I believe I passed by this restaurant. Should have stopped to enjoy the good food here.
Tekkaus, there’s always chances to try out, put this in your list for next trip!
You missed the best of the lot….
The chicken rice is best in town but the stall only open around 11.30am
Jerry, hmm…. I don’t remember I saw chicken rice stall here, but anyway thank you for your recommendation and will try out next time since my girl like chicken rice. 😛
Correct me if wrong . Kheng Pin Cafe is located at Jalan Transfer/Transfer Road (opposite Caltex petrol station).we can enter from Jalan Burma after turning in from Penang Road. Or Jalan Argyll ..
Ashroff, sorry that I’m clueless on this because I’m not local. 🙁
One word: Zheng! I love this place too but only manage to go during work trips to Penang. I don’t wake up early enough on holidays. I tried during my CNY trip but CMI.
Huai Bin, nvm go on your next trip!