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Char Kway Teow (炒粿條, or aka Fried Flat Rice Noodle) is one of the must-order-food when you are visiting the state of Penang, Malaysia. It is sold in almost every part of the city from hotels, malls, restaurants to the hawker stalls. Ask the locals, they would definitely know where to find the best in town. You wouldn’t want to miss this delicious local favorite food.

The Char Kway Teow is stir fried with cockles, prawns, fresh bean sprouts, chives and egg. Add some red chilli paste for an extra kick to the noodle.  Most importantly, the Char Kway Teow is cooked in fiery wok heat with lard (if possible), that makes it so aromatic and fragrant.

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Zha Jiang Mian (炸醬面) is a traditional dish from Northern China and it is named as the “brown meat sauce noodle” in most Chinese cuisines while Westerners called it “Chinese spaghetti”. Noodle (面) is the main diet for Northern Chinese due to the main crop at Northern China is wheat.  Thus the Chinese uses it to produce the wheat noodle as known as la mian (拉麺) or it is called Ramen in Japan.

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