Tiger Char Koay Teow — Restaurant in George Town

Located in Ping Hooi Cafe on the corner of Melayu Street and Carnarvon Street, this humble little stall has been dishing up delicious plates of Penang's famous char koay teow with an additional twist - the tiger prawns in every plate.

Parking is almost non-existent here, unless you're very lucky to get one after a few rounds of Carnarvon Street and the surrounding streets. But do push on, because most times, you will be able to get one.

Because the stall starts so early in the morning, many start their day with this delight from as early as 8am. Mid morning meal seekers also throng here. However, on two occasions, during peak lunch time period, the this place is not packed and this stall closes at 1:30pm (not as officially stated here as 2:00pm - be forewarned).

There are a few choices here to add on to your plate of goodness - you could have it fried with duck egg instead of the regular chicken egg - and that results in a plate of char koay teow that's richer in flavour. Also, if you fancy more than just the two prawns in a standard plate, you could opt for more prawns as well, and that sets you back and additional RM4.

Some have described this koay teow as slightly wetter than most, and I suspect this could be due to the additional chilli paste if you want your dish to be spicier. But otherwise, the koay teow is way above average, with good "wok hei" and flavour. The large prawns are super fresh - crunchy and sweet, while the fresh cockles are also a welcomed addition to the mix. Only thing missing from this char koay teow is the lap cheong or chinese sausages, which is a staple in any char koay teow,

Expect to pay about RM9 for a plate with duck egg, and if you add on the prawns or other options, then get ready to fork out an additional RM4. Still reasonably priced for something that's fried fresh with good ingredients.

All-in-all, an above average plate of koay teow. Come if you're around the area and experience the nostalgic Ping Hooi cafe where the...

My ideal Char Kway Teow (according to DBP the correct spelling is kuetiau 🥴. I find that spelling is flat, tepid and limped, doesn’t reflect the hustle, bustle, and flaring stove fire of hot frying activities in order to get and serve a plate of good Char Kway Teow I guessed because DBP panel members never tour the country scouring for the best Char Kway Teow, immersing themselves into the legacy of the dish and come up with the right spelling of this magical flat noodle in Bahasa Melayu 🤣. So I stick with Kway Teow, ooppps, sorry for the digression 🙏) Back to my ideal Char Kway Teow; It should not be too oily or too wet, Must have burnt, caramelised at the edge of the flat noodles and that shredded eggs that mixed into that cauldron of wok fired, The noodle strand must never ever become clumpy and yet with crunchy tauge (beansprout), munchy kucai leaves (Chinese chives), and juicy cockles……. and crowned by fresh sea prawns. Size wise, the serving plate size is not too big , so it is just enough for you to crave the second helping yet not too small so that you don’t immediately order the second serving. It is kind of torturing your soul whether to go or not to go for the immediate second helpings 🤭. Instead, it makes you return to the place for another day to have that Char Kway Teow again! 😆 This Tiger Char Kway Teow definitely fits the bills of my ideal Char Kway Teow, thus my 5 stars. The service is attentive and polite. I reckoned if this place is AC, it becomes...

Look who is here for Chinese New Year celebration. A friend of us all the way from India to Penang for holiday. Today we give him a tour and try out Famous Tiger Char Kuey Teow at Lebuh Carnarvon. It located inside Kafe Ping Hooi. Its usual the kopitiam is pack of crowd and need to queue for at least 20-40 mins are normal.

2nd day of Chinese New Year is better as many stall has started open for business. He wants to try everything but somehow during CNY 6 out 10 stalls are operate only. This Tiger char Kuey teow is full of wok hei and you must try it out. The fragrant of big prawn absolutely gives the kick for the kuey teow . You can order extra ingredient such as big prawn for more. The price can go up till RM15.

Kafe Ping Hooi have many stalls such as Wantan mee, chee cheung fun and the fried loh bak stuff. We have ordered chee cheung fun but i din’t attach here. As we come for the nice food and we go for other food hopping around. We also went Penang Famous Cendol and other cafe. Behind of this kopitiam have another kopitiam good for Kuey Teow Thng. Inside Georgetown has so much nice food around that you...