雲吞麵 Wanton Mee @ 牛干冬小食街 Chulia Street Night Market, Penang Georgetown

April 11.2025 Dinner

@ 牛干冬小食街 Chulia Street Night Market, Penang Georgetown (click here to Google Map)

Chulia St, Georgetown, 10450 George Town, Penang

GPS Location: 5°25'05.5"N 100°20'10.7"E 
雲吞麵 Wanton Mee rm$6.50 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$6.50
Budget: rm$10++
Payment: Cash  or Touch&Go
Cuisine: Wanton Mee

Pork free: Red Charsiew is Pork

Alcohol free: not at the stall

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: No

Internet Wifi speed: N/A  

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: No

Menu prices: Net 

Order & Delivery: No Idea

On-line Delivery Service: Not sure

Indoor Seating tables: None 

Outdoor Seating: maybe 6+tables (2-4ppl tables) 

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: N/A

Photos taken using: Huawei P60 Pro
Thoughts: Netizens referred to this Wanton Mee stall as "Mother And Son' Wan Tan Mee", which has been going on for at least 50 years to-date. Said to be operated by mother-and-son(s) team with the stall churning out delicious Penang style wantan noodles with red charsiew like there is no tomorrow from 6pm to its closing time around usually 10 or 10:30pm everyday except Monday. 

The regular (small) Wanton Mee at rm$6.50 comes with the Egg Noodles topped with some red charsiew, fried wanton, some choi sum, and pickled green chilies. 

The Chulia Street night hawker center is one of many night time hawker centers around Penang's Georgetown area, this one is located at the junction of Carnarvon Street & Chulia Street. Make-shift tables are literally just next to the busy junction with almost constant cars and motorbikes passing by next to the tables on the road side with no roof top. Customers can also self-service to bring the noodle plate to other tables along Lebuh Carnarvon which are "own/run" by beverages stalls but must order drinks from them. On rainy days, one can also dine at the opposite "西南茶室 Xi nan Cafe" Kopitiam provided again with purchase of the kopitiam beverages. 

There are at least 20 if not more street stalls at this "牛干冬小食街 Chulia Street Night Market" offering every night from as early as 4:30pm to 10:30pm or 11pm every night except for Mondays, and it is important to note that most of the stalls foods are prepared by local Penangites: 

叉燒雲吞麵 Charsiew Wanton Mee

碌碌 Lok Lok 

華人豬肉沙爹 Chinese Pork Satay

馬來人沙爹 Malay Chicken/Beef Satay

炒粿条 Char Koay Teow 

炒菜炒豆粿 Char Chai Char Tau Kueh

檳城白咖哩麵 White Curry Mee 

叻沙 Laksa

薄餅 Popiah

鴨肉粿條湯 Duck Meat Kway Teow Soup

烤雞翅 Chicken Wings 

檳城福建麵(蝦麵) Penang Hokkien Mee (Har Mee)

混合鮮榨果汁 Mixed Fresh Fruit Juices
檳城五香肉卷 Lorbak (if not mistaken)

中東沙威瑪 Homemade Shawarma
漢堡 Burger

小炒 (炒河粉 Fried Hor Fun, 福建炒 Hokkien Char, 伊府麵 Er Foo Mee)

榴蓮 Durian

and many more

牛干冬街 Chulia Street is one of the oldest streets in Penang, having been one of the 4 streets that were built when 喬治城 George Town was established by the 英國東印度公司 British East India Company back in 1786. The road was originally named 馬拉巴路 Malabar Street and renamed 牛干冬街 Chulia Street in 1798. Both the names "Malabar" and "Chulia" were references to the largely 印度移民工人社區 Indian community of immigrant workers who inhabited the area in the 18th and 19th Centuries. By the late 1800s the Indian community had largely been pushed out by a new wave of 中國南洋移民 Chinese immigrants and the character of the road became more diverse with Hindu temples and mosques alongside Chinese temples. By the 1980s Chulia Street had transformed again into a centre for cheap backpacker hostels and restaurants. From 2010 onward Chulia Street has changed again into a place with more expensive hotels and restaurants. The thing that has remained the same during all these transformations is the 牛干冬小食街 Chulia Street night market, which continues to flourish.

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 7 / 10 👍👍
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 4 / 10 👍
Parking: N/A
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: N/A

Website: not found
Facebook: not found 
Telephone: not found 
Operation hours: 05:00am - 10:00pm+ (Monday closed)

雲吞麵 Wanton Mee rm$6.50

  

@ 牛干冬小食街 Chulia Street Night Market, Penang Georgetown