New Cathay Cafe Penang — Restaurant in George Town

This is a popular coffee shop popular with not only the residents of Pulau Tikus but also tourists from out of state. My recommendations for this place are based on my personal tasting of the hawker fares. With Penangnites, we are spoilt for choices even for a particular hawker fare , depending on which part of the state you are in. This is another Wan Tan Mee which is very good by my high standard. The Kon Low has a taste if its own , quite unlike the normal Penang style which is darker with thick dark soy sauce. Try the soup one with its tasty clear soup , which will not leave you thirsty . Another gem at this coffee shop is the Pancake, not to be mistaken with Chinese Pancake known in Hokkien as "Ban Chean Kuih ". ' Pancake is a dough based delicacy , pan fried with egg and slices of banana until golden brown Add some raisins and sesame for a most fragrant and mouthwatering taste. At last count there are only 3 stalls plying this delicacy. So hurry and try his Penang speciality before it disappears completely. The Curry Mee has its faithful customers hut I would like to talk about the Chinese Jawa Mee. Yes , I know some of you.may confuse this with the Malay Jawa Mee. The Chinese version is quite different from the Malay one . The Chinese one is served in a slightly starchy sourish tomato based gravy with bean curd, cracker and egg. Add some pounded chillies to make a complete and satisfying meal which will make you come back for more. Bon Appetit. Comments are...

Finally got to try this hawker after coming for the third time!

Come early, as it wa quite crowded and some stalls have run out of food or preparing to close on 11.00 - 11.30am

The hawker has wide selections of food, including the one you rarely find on other hawker like the Pan Cake (not the American type of pancake)

What i had : Wan tan (dumplings) from The Wan Tan Mee stall was yummy - meaty and full of filling. The soup was so bland, though Pan Cake was sweet and nice, with banana and egg. It reminds me of Oh Cien, but sweet version and without oyster for sure 🤣 I requested without raisins and had to wait a while for the next batch. But it didn't take that long. Apom with egg on top (RM 2) from The famous Sai Ram Apom. Love love love this so much! The sweet and thin Apom and the runny yolk with a little bit of soy sauce and pepper. You should try this!!

Btw the short-haired lady from the beverage stall is so friendly and funny.

Will visit this hawker again for brunch and try other stalls.

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Came here again and tried : Wan tan (dumplings) RM 8,5 - this time requested dry ones, seasoned with soy sauce, just like the Wan Tan Mee. Still bland, but much better than with soup Xian Bing (meat pie) RM 3 - so good! Crispy outside, a little wet inside, the meat filling was so generous and packed. It tastes peppery and tasty. Many other hawkers don't offer this menu. Should try. Come early because they will be sold out...

Curry mee was delicious here. Slight above average. 3 stars

Lam mee was recommended. Simple and nice. Soup was good. RM5 per serving. 4 stars

Prawn mee was delicious. Soup was fantastic. Ingredients with pork slices, small cut half prawns, egg, vege and pork skin. RM5 per serving was value for money. 4 stars

Yee mee also worth trying. Taste was good and noodle was well done. Generous ingredients. Value for money. But just lack of wok hei. RM6 per serving with extra egg. 3 stars

Wan tan mee taste just so so, slight above average. But, the ingredients was generous that pull crowd. RM5.50 with 3 fried wonton and 2 steam wonton and 1 thick fishcake and slices of charsiew really very worthy. Wonton is upside of normal wonton elsewhere. Taste is 3 stars but ingredients add another 1 star. 4 stars

Fried fish bee hoon was done nicely. Not over cooked and with slight wok hei. Adequate fish. 3 stars

Just outside the coffeeshop, a van near the coffee shop that sell bread with pork dried meat cum floss. Ask the boss to put more sauce. 3 stars

Indian apom besides the coffeeshop also worth...