Our visit to Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee, 2 April 2016

Ah Soon Kor (2 April 2016)


After learning that Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee has moved to Carnarvon Street on 31 March, 2016, my wife and I planned our visit the following Saturday, 2 April, 2016. We arrived at 8:30 am in the morning, right after our usual trip to the market (Saturday morning is market day for us).

Ah Soon Kor attending to a customer (2 April 2016)


There were quite a few tables already occupied, and throughout the course of our meal, we saw that Ah Soon Kor has a steady stream of customers. Since we first discovered the Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee a few years ago, he has moved twice. His original location, when we discovered him, was at the Sin Kim Sun Coffee Centre on Macalister Road. From there, he moved to occupy a shophouse on Perak Road. That was a year ago. That location was probably not suitable to his business, so a year later, he has moved again.

In comparison to Sin Kim Sun on Macalister Road, we found his present coffee shop rather dingy and airless. This is highly attributed to his painting the ceiling timber a dark brown. He installed a number of ceiling and wall fans to provide ventilation, but it was still a bit warm inside. We felt that had he painted the ceiling white, used round coffee shop tables, and normal florescent tubes, it would give the place a brighter, more "coffee shop" appearance. The rectangular wooden table can probably fit more into the space than the round tables, hence the choice. But it makes the place look dark.

The Hokkien Mee at Ah Soon Kor (2 April 2016)


After a short wait of about five or ten minutes, we received our orders. This being the Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee, and me being me, my bowl has large pieces of spare ribs and sio bak. There's also boiled eggs, sliced shrimps and mantis prawns. But I noticed that the mantis prawns were fewer than usual. Just as we were about to partake of our meal, our Facebook friend Lucia Lai arrived. We have planned to meet there. This time, Lucia ordered the Lor Mee (she had tried the Hokkien Mee on her first visit on Thursday).

Here I am with Lucia Lai at Ah Soon Kor Har Mee Stall (2 April 2016)


My wife enjoying the Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee (2 April 2016)


Lucia found the Lor Mee to be very salty as well as watery. (I have not tried the lor mee at Ah Soon Kor, my favourite lor mee is at Jelutong Market.) My wife likewise also found the Hokkien mee to be rather salty, but I myself thought it tasted fine. As a matter of fact, I have taken Ah Soon Kor Hokkien Mee before and it was even saltier when it was selling at Perak Road. I had planned on telling him that his Hokkien Mee was rather salty, but considering I did not find today's Hokkien Mee as salty as I had expected it to be, that warrants a change of plans. Nevertheless, we roped in Ah Soon Kor as soon as he was free, so that we could provide him our feedback that his Hokkien mee tends to be rather salty.

On the whole, I liked his Hokkien Mee best when it was at Sin Kim Sun Coffee Centre. (Alas, the drinks were also the most expensive there.) After he moved his stall to Perak Road, his mother took over his stall there for a while, but she has since decided to retire from selling.

List of Coffee Shops in Penang and Coffee Shops in Malaysia

Private Guided Tours of Penang

If you are seeking private guided tours of Penang, message Penang Tour Guides at penangtourguides@gmail.com and enquire with them.

 Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang

Do you have a property for sale or to rent out? Are you looking to buy or rent a property? Get in touch with me. WhatsApp me (Timothy Tye) at 012 429 9844, and I will assign one of my property agents to serve you. I will choose the agent for you, according to your property needs. So when you message me, provide me some details of what you need, whether to sell, to buy, to rent or to rent out, and what type of property, is it condo, apartment, house, shop, office or land.

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Map of Roads in Penang

Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.