Pan Mee @ Times Square Penang

Brought by a friend to this place.  This is like the cleaner version environment for Pan Mee fans.  Indeed most hawker places in Penang are sub standard in terms of cleanliness.  So this can be a place for you to bring ya non local friends.  Of course everything comes with a price ... The prices here are slightly above the hawker price.

The shop isn't very spacious and it gets filled up pretty fast during lunch time.  Choice of soup and dry, thick, thin or shredded typical of most pan Mee places.

This dry home made chilli is a must try and it is super yum especially if you are a chilli lover!

Good alternative place to bring ya friends ... Nice lunch venue ...

Best Pan Mee also on the 'Cheap & Good' List

 Located in the heart of town, this is a highly recommended venue for Pan Mee lovers.

It is called I Mum Mum

Here is the location details

https://plus.google.com/117088911949536230217/about?gl=my&hl=en

There you go for those who wanted GPS coordinates :-)

GPS Coordinates : 5.406715, 100.332001

and here are few other blogs written about this place, in case you don't trust Foodie ...

http://www.bestpenangfood.com/2013/01/03/i-mum-mum-pan-mee-review/

http://www.crizfood.com/1140/i-mum-mum/

 They serve several types of Pan Mee here.

To make it simple we can divide it to soup or dry and then the texture of the noodle 'thick' (wide) or fine.

Foodie's Choice

Wide Pan Mee Soup

Why?

Foodie suggest wide cause the wide type gives it more texture so when you bite on it you can feel the chewy feeling that makes pan mee yummy.

Soup because the soup noodle served here is piping hot up till the end.

The dry style is a little too salty.

 Don't forget to try all 3 types of the sauce served with all the different choices of Pan Mee.

However, you can mix and match them your way.

The owners do not really mind if you ask for several types of sauces.

 Up close you can see the 'ikan bilis' which, if you like it very much you can order an additional plate.

 What is not so attractive about this place ???

The Service is very SLOW ...

So to get away from this problem, best you be there early when the crowd has not woken up yet.

The place is rather FILTHY

You can see rats running around, but if you are local and don't mind, then it is OK

This is just a warning for the Singaporeans who come across this blog.

The ambience is NOT great

Just look at the photo below

You actually have someone's underwear hanging in your face while enjoying your bowl of noodles.

I guess there is always a 1st for everything ...

Coffee is passable ... give it a 3 star

While you are there, don't forget to visit the fish ball stall next door and buy some to take home

Penang Freshly Made Fish Ball

Well, here is the link for its other branch

One Precinct, Bayan Lepas

Whatever said, minus all the imperfection, this place still earns its name as the Best Pan Mee in Penang and also it is one of the 'Cheap & Good' venue.

A Must Try Folks !!!

New Cathay Revisited

New Cathay Coffee Shop
425E Jalan Burma
Open: 7:00am – 2:00pm
Close: Sundays
GPS Coordinates: 5.43236,100.309569

This coffee shop is always crowded in the morning for breakfast.

This is the effect of Medical Tourism in Penang and the effects of having Adventist Hospital nearby.

As a result, the food here is expensive, the service is poor and there is a lousy ambience due to the crowding, so if you are here to have a stroll or a relaxing breakfast or lunch forget it, it is more like a battle field.  Ok, let's get to the food.

Can't do the regular rating as there is a mixture of good and bad, love and hate ... so please read on :-)

Good stuff here - Jawa Mee @ RM3.00 still very reasonable and super tasty, highly recommended.
Pan Mee, Fried Fish Bee Hoon (super friendly couple, for the price you are paying good value for money)

The other stalls are ok, good place to come if you have a large crowd and everyone wants to try something different.

Don't bother with the wan ton mee, it is so-so with the worst attitude ever, very snobbish man taking orders, long wait and worse still he insist you give him exact change.
I personally feel this attitude deserves a BOYCOTT since we are spoilt for choice.
But then again, views differ ...
http://www.malaysianfoodie.com/2008/03/new-cathay-wanton-mee-and-roti-babi.html

Curry mee here is still good.
Is the price increase due to the Indonesians flooding in?
Used to be RM2.80, now it is compulsory RM3.50 with all the unnecessary 'additions'!

Do you remember as a kid eating curry mee with fish ball or sotong ball ?
This is not very authentic at all.
Think it is a scam, by adding a fish ball you can increase the price
only tourist will buy into this one, so not for the locals !!!

Kopi O is lousy and it is RM1.00 - please don't bother
Not to mention the lady workers pull a black long face, maybe they are over worked and the only male worker is 'fake friendly' to females and non-stop flirting with the males ...

Add your own sugar indeed is a good option but contaminated sugar is absolutely disgusting

This one is good, for this price they serve you with plenty of fish.
Husband and wife super friendly :-)

New Cathay revisited ... but I will only come here when I run out of options or need a quick fix.
Coffee is lousy ... Food is over priced.
Here Foodie chooses - Jawa Mee, Fried Fish Bee Hoon and Pan Mee