Char Kway Teow
🌏 Origin: Penang
Flat rice noodles stir-fried over ferocious heat with prawns, cockles, egg, bean sprouts and dark soy sauce. The smoky "wok hei" flavour defines a great plate, and Penang's hawker versions are considered the gold standard.
- Main ingredients
- Flat rice noodles, prawns, cockles, bean sprouts, egg, chives, soy sauce
- Where to find it
- Penang hawker centres, Chinese kopitiams nationwide
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