Prawn Mee@ Sin Kim San Coffeeshop, Penang

I wanted to have the hokkien mee (aka prawn mee) at Jalan Bangkok..

Most unfortunately, it was not open that morning. Francis wanted us to try another famous prawn mee at Jalan Rangoon, when we reached, the stall owner was washing his pots already :-(

Elaine suggested Sin Kim San as she had tried it before, at the other end of Rangoon road.

It was already late in the morning and the weather was rather hot, my urge to have hokkien mee dont seem that appealing anymore...I just wanted to have a cup of cold drink..

Nonetheless, Elaine went ahead and ordered for us while Andrew had charsiew siew yoke rice as his stomach cant take any onslaught of spicy food..

Andrew's rice was served first..

The char siew (bbq pork) was average, a tad on the dry and hard side. I thought the siew yoke (roasted pork) was quite nice, slightly different from those we have in Klang Valley. Their siew yoke was tossed (or did they stir fry?) with dark soy sauce and some sticky sauce (malt sugar?). Maybe I had the crunchy bits and juicy meat, but the texture and flavour reminds me of old style stir fried siew yoke with sugar and dark soy sauce. I like it though andrew didnt..

Soon after, the elusive prawn mee...Eh? What's this? That's not prawn... that's.... mantis prawn!

I am so accustomed to prawn in my prawn mee, so it was a nice change, to see loads of mantis prawns in this bowl instead :-). Dunked in the sambal, give it a good stir and *chomp*! The broth was very sweet, from the prawns (shell) and pork bones. Some of them find it too spicy, though I thought it was just nice. The mantis prawns was very fresh, springy sweet flesh blends well with the spicy broth. There were lots of other ingredients such as sliced pork, shrimps, beansprouts and topped with fried shallots. This combo is delicious and we finished our meal really quickly. And for RM4 per bowl, such value for money!

Sin Kim San Coffeeshop is located at the junction of Macalister and Rangoon road.