Chicken Kueh Teow Theng (Soup) Recipe –Simple and Light food on a Hot Day!

There is a stall in Kepong Baru wet market that sells Ipoh Kueh Teow (flat rice noodles), lou si fan (short rice noodles) and also Ipoh taugeh (Bean sprout). Kueh Teow soup is my wife’s favourite, so we would buy ingredients from this stall almost every week. It has been more that 3 weeks now that we last cooked kueh teow soup and I am sure that my wife would want to cook it this weekend! LOL! Although it seems like there are lots of preparation required to cook kueh teow soup, the process would be made easy if you do it systematically. I used chicken bones to make the soup instead of the usual pork bones. Many Penang hawkers actually use duck in the soup to make it tastier! Nothing beats a nice hot bowl of kueh teow theng (soup, cheng tong) for lunch!

Main Ingredients
Kueh Teow, 500 gms, blanched with hot water
Taugeh, (Bean sprout), blanched with hot water

Garnish,
Garlic, 1 bulb, chopped finely and fried until golden brown
Sawi (vegetable), 1 bunch, scalded with hot water
Fish Cake, 2 pcs, cook using the soup and cut into slices
Fish Ball, 20 pcs, cook using the soup and cut into slices
Chilly paste, 5 table spoons, slow fried with oil until fragrant

Soup
Chicken Bones, (use reasonable amount to enrich the soup)
Soya sauce, 2 table spoons
Salt to taste

Put water in pot and bring to a boil. Put in the chicken bones and let it boil using slow heat for around 1 hour. Add salt to taste. To serve, put some kueh teow in a bowl. Arrange the fish ball, fish cake, taugeh and sawi on the kueh teow. Pour some soup in to the bowl a little bit over the kueh teow level. Put some fried garlic on top of the kueh teow. I like mine with lots of chilly paste added!

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Yummy Kueh Teow (Flat Rice Noodles, Cheng Tong) Soup, Heng Hoe Restaurant, Chai Leng Park, Prai – Peteformation Choice

Whenever I crave for a good Kueh Teow Soup, I will drop by in Heng Hoe Restaurant in Chai Leng Park (previously known as Alisan, just at the back of Wah Hong Restaurant). This stall is run by an old couple and they have been selling Kueh Teow Soup here for many years. I have been eating the kueh teow soup from this stall for many years and on my recent trip back to Butterworth, I suddenly realised that the uncle is getting very old and he cannot move as fast as before. I wonder how long he will be selling kueh teow here. Sometimes I really pity them, so old yet have to slog so hard to earn a living. I came to know that they do not have any children, so no one to take of them in their twilight years. Somehow, I like the taste of the kueh teow soup from this stall and to me it is the best one around. The soup is very nice and flavourful. They are quite generous with the minced pork and garnishing. It is sort of a cross between ‘Cheng Thong’ (Clear Soup Noodles) and ‘Chee Yoke Fun’ (Pork Noodles). I haven’t found a stall that can match the unique taste of this uncle’s kueh teow. Anyway, this is only my personal opinion. Sorry I don’t have the picture of the kueh teow because I ‘tar pau’ (take away) and brought them back to KL. Ha ha ha! Address : Heng Hoe Restaurant 74, Jalan Gan Chai Leng, Chai Leng Park 13700 Prai, Butterworth. Breakfast and Lunch only Map to Heng Hoe Restaurant, Chai Leng Park.

Ipoh Taugeh (Bean sprout), Hor Fun and Pretty Ladies from Ipoh (Ipoh Mari Sui Char Bor)!

The Ipoh taugeh (beans sprout) and Hor Fun (kueh teow, flat rice noodles) are very well known to be very tasty. Somehow the taugeh that are produced in Ipoh are chubby and crunchy. Taugeh produced in other states in Malaysia is longer and not so crunchy. I guess it might be that the natural spring water in Perak that is use to cultivate the taugeh has certain minerals that other states in Malaysia don’t have. Furthermore the skin of the Ipoh taugeh is smooth and porcelain like, just like all the pretty ladies from Ipoh! So, the special Perak water might have effect on the ‘Ipoh Mari ladies’ complexion too; maybe? LOL! There is a stall in Kepong Baru market that sells Ipoh taugeh and Ipoh hor fun. Like the taugeh, the hor fun also has smooth texture. They are very springy and the best thing is there is also no strong funny rice smell. I would buy this food stuff from the vendor every week when I do my marketing. Sometime I would fry the hor fun and sometime I would make kueh teow soup (kueh teow theng, cheng thong) with it. Wow, great yummy Ipoh hor fun and taugeh!

Then, from some leftovers taugeh, I made crispy prawn fritters with it. I added in springs onions, prawns, capsicum and onions, so that I can hide these in the flour to make my kids eat some greens without knowing there are there! ROFL!

Lin Restaurant, Seven Village Raja Uda Kueh Tiaw Soup (Flat Rice Noodles Soup)

Kueh Teow Soup with generous amount of minced pork (bak choh). Kuan Jiang and Lobak. Food prices clearly stated. Nice, ambient and clean restaurant!

7 Village Restaurant

Whenever I want to enjoy nice kueh teow soup (flat rice noodles soup) in a nice and ambient environment, I would drop by to Lin Restaurant. This is one of the most famous kueh tiaw soup restaurants in Butterworth and it is located right in the heart of busy Raja Uda Road. If you come from Jalan Siram and Telaga Air Road Junction heading towards Raja Uda Road, you will notice a blue signboard Chinese Character for seven by the roadside on your left not far away from this junction. Turn in to the road on your left and you will come across a row of shop lots on your right. Restaurant Lin is located here. I ordered Kueh Tiau Soup (Guo Tiau Tang, RM2.70 for small), Teowchew Kuan Jiang (Yam paste wrapped in beancurd skin, RM0.60) and lobak (braised meat rolls, RM1.20). One thing I like about the kueh tiau here is they are quite generous with the minced pork and I just love the taste of it. It has been quite some time since I last had such a good kueh tiau soup in Butterworth. I washed everything down with a cup of black coffee (RM0.80). The food prices here are very reasonable and for such a nice dining environment it was worth it! No wonder they have such a good crowd here most of the time! Address Restaurant Lin 6,8 & 10, Lorong Ceri 6, Taman Aman Jaya Off Raja Uda, 12300 Butterworth Tel : 604 3330216 Opening Hours : Mon – Sat, 7.30am to 5.30pm Sun , 7.30am to 1 pm Map to Lin Restaurant, Seven Village Raja Uda Kueh Tiaw Soup

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Chow Kee Restaurant, Manjalara

Chow Kee Restaurant started business more than a year ago but I haven’t tried their food until recently. It is a bit further inside from the other group of restaurants around this area, so you can expect it not to be so crowded. I was there with my kids for breakfast and we ordered curry mee, kueh teow soup and jawa mee. The curry mee is of the creamy KL type and a cross of Penang type, taste ok. The kueh teow soup in nice and the taste surely beats many other kueh teow soups in KL. It is served with generous amount of vegetables. The Jawa Mee also has a generous amount of toppings like keropok, vegetable, cucumber strips, fried tau kwa (tofu), shallots and ground peanuts. Overall taste is ok; maybe a little extra salt would improve the taste a bit. Good place for to have breakfast, very friendly restaurant owner, customers and stall operators. Everyone there seems to know each other very well. I will be back here to try the Chee Yoke Fun; recommended by the owner. Curry mee...............................................................Kueh Teow soup Jawa Mee..................................................................Chow Kee Restaurant Address: Chow Kee Restaurant Jalan 7/62 A Manjalara GPS Latitude 3°11'39.11"N Longitude 101°37'55.38"E MAP to Chow Kee, Manjalara