Tuesday, July 9, 2019

虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fun @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 Café Seow Fong Lye on Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang

09.07.2019 Breakfast
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 Café Seow Fong Lye 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang (click here to Google Map)
94C, Lorong Macalister, George Town, 10400 George Town, Pulau Pinang
GPS Location: 5°25'01.0"N 100°19'44.6"E
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fun rm$3 👍👍😋😋 
Total bill: rm$3
Budget: MYR$2.50(S), rm$3(M), rm$3.6(L)
Payment method: Cash only
Cuisine: Penang Chee Cheong Fun
Thoughts: This unassuming and little humble push-cart Penang Cheong Fun stall has been selling the same thing on Macalister road for over 60 years (started way back in the 1950s before Merdeka). The stall starts business as early as 7am and is said to usually close before noon. It offers very simple Chee Cheong Fun which is served with home-mixed prawn paste, optional chili and sesame seeds! my breakfast portion of rm$3 for a medium size plate seems very tiny indeed. Savoring the chee cheong fun with the really thick pungent shrimp paste and chili sauce, really wakes one up early in the morning especially after a late night booze!
This famous little stall is located just outside of the entrance to 小蓬莱茶室 Café Seow Fong Lye, about 50-60 meters into Macalister road, entering from Burma Road. The Kopitiam offers Koay Teow Thng, Penang Curry Mee, and I think Fried Koay in dark sauce; all seems appetizing for another trip!
It is said that a Mr Lee Fook Loon started a stall selling the Penang-style chee cheong fun at a corner coffee shop along Macalister Lane off Burmah Road back in 1955. Mr Lee had learnt the recipe from a friend and tried his hand everyday thereafter at making his own steamed rice flour rolls and mix his own sauces for a smooth and delicious snack of chee cheong fun. After many years, he perfected the sauce with just the right amount of shrimp paste and a tiny bit of sugar (and maybe some other secret ingredient) to balance out the overpowering strong shrimp paste flavor.
The current operation Mr Chan, said that his father-in-law continued to make his own rice flour rolls and mix his own sauces for many years until he let Chan take over the stall in 1997.
Food: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Service: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋
Price: 5 / 10 😐😐 
Ambiance: 4 / 10 🙄🙄
Tel: 012-4575238 (Madam Lim)
Operating hours: 07:30am - 12:30pm (Wed closed)

虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3 @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3 @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3 @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang

The Chee Cheong fun stall
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang

Make-shift eating area
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang

@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
@ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3 @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang
虾膏猪肠粉 Prawn Paste Chee Cheong Fum rm$3 @ Maclister Lane Chee Cheong Fun at 小蓬莱茶室 94 Lorong Macalister, Georgetown Penang