Excellent Char Koey Teow at Excellent Cafe

Excellent Cafe Char Koey Teow

Excellent Cafe Char Koey Teow, is my personal favorite CKT which has been around for 35 plus years.  Excellent Cafe is just before the Ayer Itam Round About, (Landmark Banks!) and a Chinese school.  

Back those days, when we spend our school holidays at Grand Pa House this is a must for us, and when my parents were posted back to Penang it became a weekly affair (a 30km round trip), & now its a while indulgence (80km + round trip now as I am staying in Butterworth.)

The Char Koey Teow here come with 2 Big Fresh Prawns per plate, and is fried one plate at a time, for full “wok hei” flavor that hard to replicate by those who mass produce CKT. We use to have to wait 1 hour or more in the 80's and 90's, but now at RM8.50 per plate the wait is around 30 min only, plus the fact that this is abit out of the way for most tourist. ­

Is this the best Char Koey Teow in town? Most Penangnite have their own favorite. There are many well known stalls like Siam Road the current champion, Lorong Selamat, the red hat aunty, Ah Leng CKT now next to Star View Restaurant, Dato Keramat and at Zoo Road, Ayer Itam at Night, Tiger CKT at Peng Hooi Cafe, Carnavon Street, or Opposite the Pulau Tikus Police Station and to this question there is certainly no answer but just a preference and if the cook is prepared to cook the CKT in your favorite manner such as charcoal fire, using pork lard, or a lining of banana leaf.

Our method, Firey Hot & Spicy with Half cook blood cockles and runny egg.

Most CKT stalls in Penang dish up adequate CKT, that where most penangnite will have their meal, but for tourist from aboard or outstation, it worth it to have one of the famous CKT.

Parking at Excellent Cafe, can be difficult to difficult to find, as there are limited car parking there, I would advice most to seek parking at the Goverment Dental Clinic on the Road heading to Penang Hill at 1o'clock at the Round about. Me, I will park at the some where in the kampong lanes behind.

The CKT is open for Breakfast and Early Lunch till sold out, Beside CKT this Kopi Tiam also have good Roti Canai, Koey Teow Thng (Breakfast & Lunch) and Mamak Noodles (Afternoon).

Getting Here : See Map Provided or Use Waze, Excellent Cafe a POI.