Penang Char Koay Teow @ Viva Food Court, Jalan Tanjong Tokong, Penang: Learn How To Cook Penang Char Koay Teow (VIDEO INSIDE!!!)

I was told by Ju, my food liaison whom I confide about nice foods in and around Tanjong Tokong that there is nice Penang char koay teow in Tanjong Tokong, opens only at night. She further detailed that there were huge crowd of people waiting every night for their favorite char koay teow. I must try it out!!

The char koay teow is located in Viva Local Food Haven @ Tanjong Tokong. If you're heading towards Batu Ferringi, the food court is located on your right side. Rest assured, it's easy to find as it's situated just beside the main road.

Signage in front of the stall

No crowds seen...but in reality, really cooking non-stop

Hard to get both the boss and his wife together in a photo because his wife was delivering food to customers all the time.

Let you see the photos of the finished product first. Also, if you want to learn how to cook Penang's famous char koay teow, you're in luck because I managed to capture on video (watch videos at the end of this posting), yay!!!

Extra special - RM7 (actually RM6.50 but if want to add egg must add another RM0.50. OMG, RM6.50 and still no egg included???)

What's in extra special? 5 big prawns, lap cheong (sliced Chinese sausage), si ham (cockles/ kerang), egg, taugeh and noodles

How was the char koay teow? Well, you can't really go wrong if you combine prawns, cockles, egg and taugehs. Unfortunately, it was not spicy, but instead tasted like typical Chinese way of cooking, salty. Not that I don't enjoy it (I do), but less 'thrills'la. It's not too oily and and the amount is just right, not too much, not too little.

Ingredients: prawns, sliced Chinese sausage, cockles, spring onions, eggs

Secret sauces; oil+lards (yay!), soya sauce and chili (how come my ckt not spicy, aii!)

Now, for the finale. 'How to cook Penang char koay teow?' in videos! I recorded 2 videos (watch below). Also, you can hear in the second video, a boss from the nearby stall selling hokkien mee asking me to do a write-up about his stall. Hm, next time maybe, if Ju says the hokkien mee is nice, hehe

Video 1: Normal Penang Char Koay Teow

Video 2: Penang Char Koay Teow With Extras (mine)

Viva Food Court. 

Lot 303, Jalan Tanjung Tokong. 

10470 Penang

Tips:
1. I think the portion of noodles are the same for both small and large plate. The different is just the number of big prawns. Even other 'liews' like cockles and slices of Chinese sausage were of the same amount. So, no point ordering big if you're not a fan of prawns.

Tasty Or Not?
Rating: 7.5/10. Nice Penang char koay teow with lots of 'liews' (prawns, cockles, egg, Chinese sausage)...but prepare to pay dearly for that.