Penang Lor Mee 檳城滷麵

The Penang Lor Mee at Jelutong Market is one of my favourites (1 September 2012)


The Penang Lor Mee (檳城滷麵), also written Loh Mee, is a Penang hawker noodle soup of a gooey broth made from tapioca flour and egg. The ingredients include mee (egg noodles), bihun (rice noodles), taugeh (bean sprouts), slices of boiled egg, garnished with golden-fried onions, topped with pork (or chicken) slices, and served with chilli and vinegared garlic pastes. Some stalls also include chicken feet, regarded as a specialty and a delicacy. (I actually learned to take chicken feet because of Lor Mee).

Many Hokkien Mee stalls sell Lor Mee on the side, but to get really good Lor Mee, go for stalls that sell only Lor Mee. They are more likely to have the fully range of Lor Mee ingredients.

Ingredients of Lor Mee:

If you are looking for stalls selling Lor Mee, my food map below should prove helpful. It shows all the Lor Mee stalls that I have come across. The numbers correspond to the list of stalls shown below.

Recommended Lor Mee Stalls by Members of Hawker Food Planet

Where to find Lor Mee Stalls in Penang

There are a number of popular lor mee stalls in Penang. The famous ones include the stall at Kedai Kopi Hai Beng at the junction of Burmah and Jones Roads, another, also called Hai Beng, at the junction of Pitt Street and Stewart Lane, and the one at Joo Huat Restaurant along Perak Road, near the Perak Road Market. My favourite, however, is a stall along Ipoh Lane, near the Jelutong Market. Recently (Oct 2019), I also discovered a loh mee stall at Super Tanker Hawker Centre.


Hainanese Lor Mee at Kedai Kopi Hai Beng at the junction of Jones Road and Burmah Road (7 May 2009)


The lor mee of Joo Huat Restaurant in Perak Road, one of the better ones (22 September 2012)

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