Toon Leong Coffee Shop — Restaurant in George Town

I was staying across the street at the Tido Hostel, and this was a natural place to go for breakfast after I was told that the shrimp soup with noodles were halal. Thus I ate breakfast there twice. Needless to say it’s called a coffee shop and the Chinese owners Malaysian coffee is strong and consistent, I tried it with condensed milk and without, both a very good: strong and without any artifacts like bitterness or acidity. In other words, very good ups of coffee. At at the current price if 2 RM, the best value for money coffee in the neighborhood. I recommend you go here to try it for yourself. I had experienced the coffee six months earlier in another visit as well, hence my comments reflect several instances of experiencing the coffee firsthand on multiple days. Consistent quality. Now for the halal noodles with shrimp soup: the soup is more like a broth with an appropriate level of salt and spices, plus a piece of mint- harmonious balance with a strong flavor of shrimp and several pieces of shrimp in the soup. Two different types of noodles are mixed together with some fresh sprouts. Very tasty and enjoyable, but a bit on the light side in terms of quantity of noodles. Coming from Kunming, Yunnan, we are used to huge bowls full of noodles, so it’s probably my bias on this matter. I would still highly recommend it because of the wonderful taste and because it’s only 5 RM, so compared to other good options it the best value for money too! Uncle’s coffee is a big plus too. Highly recommended breakfast combo for 7 RM. I didn’t try the Roti Canai, but other customers were enjoying it. You judge for yourself. Don’t let the busy atmosphere and old look of the place dissuade you from eating breakfast here. Highly recommended, despite it usually being busy, if you don’t mind waiting a few minutes for your food and coffee to be brought to your table. I forgot to mention the boiled egg...

Very nice local restaurant to have breakfast and/or lunch. We ordered the classic toast with kaya and milk tea but other guests were having Nasi Lemak or hokkien mee from adjacent places. The atmosphere is nice, a bit more to “what we are used to” with proper chairs and tables. The service was very friendly and understood everything we said in English. The toast was very good, not as dry as I had it in other places. The kaya is served on the side, which is nice so you can spread it yourself. It’s not as sweet as other Kayas I’ve tried. In addition with 2 half boiled eggs - great breakfast! The milk tea, on the other hand, was very very very sweet - probably the sweetest I had so far in Malaysia, not a huge fan, but other than that good taste. I can recommend this place for anyone who likes to have a typical Malay breakfast/lunch...

Surprisingly this halal prawn mee was outstanding. Full of prawn flavour and good balance of taste. Ingredients was generous. Never imagine halal prawn mee xan be so tasty. 4 stars

Updated 2021: Nasi kandar was moved to an opposite shop lot 50m away from Toon Leong. Each morning I always see long queue for the nasi kandar. So today I give it a try. Not to say that this is the best nasi kandar in penang as there are so many contenders for the title. But nasi kandar from this stall taste is good, above average and value for money. 1 plate of squid, lady finger and egg and another plate of lamb, ladyfinger and egg, total bill is only RM14. My advise is to reach there before 830am as my lamb is the last piece at that time many food...