Best Fried Dough (Ham Chim Peng) in Butterworth

Oil Fried Devils / Fried Dough Chinese Style come in many variations, styles and fillings, and can be eaten at all times of the day. 

Fried Curlers or Dough sticks are usually eaten in the morning dip / flavored with Coffee in Malaysia or with Soya Bean Milk in China.  Another Variations is consuming it with Bak Kut the (Pork Bone Tea) during meals, or Mix in to Penang Spicy Fruit Salad (Rojak) or even stuffed with fish paste and then deep fried, or stuffed with various savory or sweet items. 

Then there is the Traditional variation of the fried dough with filling which is eaten all day, ie : Ham Chim Peng, or Chinese donuts (without the Holes) stuffed with red bean paste / sesame seed / or 5 spice and other verities.  Producing & selling this items are a thriving cottage industry, operating from Homes, Shops, Stalls or Market Places, with some going upmarket in Shopping Malls.  It is best eaten fresh within minutes of the dough being cooked in big woks of hot oil. 

However, in Butterworth, the Champion operate in a Humble Street Stall at Night in the carpark of the Best Steamboat in Penang, near the 9 God Emperor Temple along Raja Uda.  Some how or other the various verity of Fried Dough here taste better, crispier then other shops. 

Patrons of the Steamboat will either tapau (packed) and eat it as a appetizer, dessert or even as supper / breakfast.   

Map Link to the stall is  Here