Best Pork Noodles in Penang

Tomyam lovers rejoice! This unassuming stall has been a popular haunt for locals to charm their taste buds with tantalising tomyam noodles. Visually stimulating with a crimson-red hue, the broth exudes strong tomyam flavours and flooded with noodles of your choice, where Maggie often takes the cut with a range of toppings. Apart from the top sellers – fried fish cutlets and mantis prawn, their minced pork complements the slurpy-worthy dish too with a texture and flavour triumph. Not a tomyam fan? Their pristine soup offers a subtle substitute. 

What not to like about Lye Lee Food & Beverage, a commodious ambience, delectable dishes and wallet-friendly price tag. During peak hours, expect a huge throng of hungry audience and just remind yourself, good things come to those who wait. There are a couple of noodle variants but the pork noodles deserve more attention. Served piping hot with noodles of your choice, it’s liberally loaded with minced pork and intestines that are nothing but succulent. Each warm mouthful just hugs you from the inside and their homemade chilli concoction only makes it even better. Hold on, you can even jazz up the bowl with prawns, bird egg, fish ball, abalone and deep fried fish meat - what more can you ask for. 

Housed in a revamped colonial building, Hon Kei does look like a new kid on the block yet it has made most of their name previously at a stall inside Ho Ping Coffee Shop. Expect an anatomy chart of pork done to perfection and paired with a range of noodles such as vermicelli, thick noodles or mixed up together. Broth-wise, salted vegetable mixed pork and bitter gourd mixed pork soups are available. No matter how you choose to mishmash your mouth-watering bowl, the flavours are sure to deliver on all accounts. Either you settle with simple minced meat or bite the bullet with brains and other innards; this place is crafted for pork lovers to rejoice!