Mee Udang Teluk Kumbar
by ~ April 24th, 2005. Filed under: Food.Teluk Kumbar is where my hubby grew up. So, we are very fond of going to Teluk Kumbar eventhough it is located at the south coast of Penang, about 30 minutes drive from town. It is worth the drive though.
Teluk Kumbar is a small fishing village with some nice seafood stalls. It is famous for its’ Mee Udang or Malay prawn mee. The best shop selling Mee Udang is only available at night. I shall blog that one day when I visit Mee Udang Salwa, located at Jalan Cikgu Abu.
This afternoon, we took our children to the beach and stopped for Mee Udang at a randomly picked stall.
It is located in a rustic little kampung house with very friendly and chatty mak ciks. Makes you feel like mom is cooking for you. (the two kids in the photo, sitting on the swing are mine)
Mee Udang is rather expensive at RM8 because the prawns used are huge, fresh and of the white variety (caught fresh from the sea). This stall, Mak Long, uses Kimball Tomato Soup to cook her noodle.
The other stall I mentioned earlier tastes much better as they use Heinz Tomato Soup (which is much more expensive) and bigger prawns. However the price can go as much as RM16 per plate.
If you are someone who do not like prawns, you can opt for plain noodles at only RM2.50.
April 24th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
Looks very delicious!!!! Mr Parawn look s very coool LOL looks like a cool dude in sunglasses
April 25th, 2005 at 12:41 am
Romantic - I think Mr Prawn looks menacing. Eat me and I kill you with the cholestrol. *muahahaha*
April 25th, 2005 at 12:46 am
Mee Udang Salwa is already obsolete by Tanjung standard. Go try Mee Udang Mak Long or the other one nearby, both,just a few meters further up from Jalan Cikgu Abu. Got up & turn right at junction and walla U can see these stalls. Try that,U will forget Mee Udang Salwa forever.
April 25th, 2005 at 8:18 am
Hmm…very interesting dish… Don´t think I have eaten this dish before despite being in Penang upteeth times. How do they cook this? Only with ketchup?
April 25th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Wah ha ha! I’ll definitely go for the plain noodle version. The description sound like tomato mee in Kuching, just that without big prawns. Oso, the noodle that we are using is deep fried crispy type.
Hey, I like the way the prawn on the fork. ^_^ It’s really cool~
April 25th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
RN16 a plate is a lot for 2 prawns!
April 25th, 2005 at 7:51 pm
Viewtru - This one is Mak Long version, RM8 for 3 big prawns. The other one, is RM16 for 4 HUGE prawns.
fish fish - Yes, I heard of tomato mee but never tasted it. Missed it when I was in Kuching.
Mellie - They use tomato soup mostly. Sort of like mee jawa but without all the potatoes.
Ali - This is Mak Long’s mee. But I still prefer Salwa, but only when the father is cooking. His son doesn’t have that touch yet. However, at Salwa, you can ask them to cook simple dishes to eat with rice. The sea side is a bonus at Salwa too.
April 26th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
Alamak Lilian the prawn gazed lovingly into my eyes. I’m in love :))