Penang Wantan Mee at Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee

One of the many famous Penang street food dishes is wantan mee. Read more about Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee here: migrationology....
Penang is one of the most famous cities in Malaysia and even throughout the world for its diversity of delicious food available. After having an action packed trip to Langkawi, Ying and I arrived in Penang. On our first day, I had some work to do, so we didn’t go on a big street food adventure, but using the map on Foursquare, I found a restaurant called Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee that served Penang wantan mee, and so we decided to go check it out.
The Uncle and Aunty that ran the restaurant were extremely nice to us, and they had a choice of either pre fried wantan mee noodles or fresh egg noodles wantan mee. We decided to get one of each, plus a bowl of wantan dumplings in soup on the side. Malaysian wantan mee, which is sometimes referred to as kon lou or kon loh wantan mee, is a type of noodles hand-tossed in a black sauce made with dark soy sauce. After the noodles were boiled, the Uncle dished them into bowls and then tossed them within the sauce mixture, making sure to coat the noodles. The Aunty then topped each bowl of Penang wantan mee with slices of char siu bbq pork, a handful of blanched choi sum, fried wantan, and some green onions. I’ve eaten plenty of noodles, but I think this was my first time to try black sauce hand tossed noodles.
I started off trying the pre-fried noodles, which were similar to instant packaged ramen noodles. At first I thought the fried noodles would be stir fried instead of boiled, but they were rather boiled, but just fried and dried before. The noodles had a crinkly texture and they were easy to chew. The sauce was slightly sweet, and to me it had a nice nutty flavor to it. The fresh egg noodles were dressed in the same exact dressing, but the noodles had a much different texture, that was much more silky and maybe a little more chewy. I think overall I preferred the fresh egg noodles better.
Along with Penang kon lou wantan mee, they also had extra wantan dumplings at Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee. To my delight, the wantan were probably my favorite items for lunch. The wantan were filled with minced pork and minced shrimp, and nice bits of water chestnut. But what I really like about them was that the bowl of soup was nicely flavored with sesame oil and sesame seeds - the dumplings were delicious.
Lebuh Acheh Wantan Mee
Address: Located on Lebuh Acheh in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Open hours: About 7 am - 1 pm daily, so it’s a place for breakfast or an early lunch
Prices: Our bowls of wan tan mee cost 4 MYR each and the wantan dumplings were 1 MYR per piece, and we had a bowl with 5. Our total bill came to 13 MYR
How to get there: Lebuh Acheh in George Town is parallel to Lebuh Armenian. From Canon street, just turn onto Lebuh Acheh and the restaurant is on the left side of the road.
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Penang has been my favorite city for food in Asia thus far. I was there just a couple of weeks ago. Awesome place.

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It's great to see that you first tried the dishes as they were made, so that you can experience the creations made by these passionate people, before adding the sauces. When I was a kid I used to add chilly sauces to my food straight away and my mum taught me a lesson about appreciating the dishes in their original states before altering them with extra flavourings.

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That wonton soup represents what makes Malaysia great! In Hong Kong and Guangzhou, the wontons would look and taste quite a bit different to the ones in Penang. Northern Chinese influences changes them so that they're bigger, the wrapping is thicker, and with a dash of sesame oil. Love the ethnic mix that is Malaysia ...

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When you wake up in Australia and have absolutely not way in hellll of getting Wanton Mee 😭😭😭 might be one of my favourite dishes of all time? So effffingggg GOOD!!

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loving the feel of this roadside eatery. reminds me of places in Laos. quiet streets, crumbling colonial buildings, maybe a river view, a stray dog..

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Vientiane is more laid back, Penang is more modern. No river though.

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hi guys i.m malaysian chinese , i alway eat that wantan noodle very nice fantastic

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How I'd love to do that, travelling and eating!!

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Beautiful buildings. The food looks so good as usual. I want some. 😃

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I like your attitude always ready to taste diffrent kind of foods(you.know some peoples are afraid of) and you actually can feel the taste like local.since i could not speak malaysian i show your noodle screenshot finally i ate what i want and i was feeling fullfillment

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It makes me so happy to see you eating this wantan mee in George Town, because I was there 4 months ago! The noodle was indeed super delicious! Greetings from Vienna, Austria!

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HelloMissD Great to hear you were in George Town too!

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red plate, red sauce and red noodles...Wow!!!!

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I'm so hungry now!!! But please keep posting your food videos.

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That looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing!

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สวัสดีครับ Mark!! I was in this store last weekend it was really nice wantan mee! its good to see your video of the same stored i was in last week 5555. now im in KL having an amazing time with food here. hope you enjoy the trip in Penang Mark!! Big fan from Thailand.

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Posthorn Mungmee Kop khun mak krap Posthorn. Great to hear you ate here too. I'm back in Thailand now, but hope you have a nice trip to KL!

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I'm a local guy but never try this wantan mee ....Lol thanks Mark for recommend the yummy

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One Ton Mee - My foreign friend called it . They taste so great that he craves to have one full ton of it, now that he is back to his own country .

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We in Malaysia especially the Chinese food loves to put in the dark soy sauce for color, it's not salty like the usual soy sauce that you had as condiment. It has a little bit sweet flavor to it, so don't be afraid of that dark sauce which most foreigners mistakenly thought of it as super saltiness. The sauce is always mixed with some soup base broth, hence it's not entirely poured from the bottle as sauce kind of thing.

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Umm and one more thing that thing in the soup actually call (Shui Jiao)or(Shui Gao)

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Ah, Wantan Mee my absolute favourite dish that I ate in Georgetown . From experience, all the Wantan Mee I have ate basically taste the same.

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Mark Wiens Kon Lou is Cantonese, meaning Dry Mix, even though it is not exactly dry, but compared to the noodles in soups, this is the version that does not have soup, hence dry mixed. Wonton mee is priced for the chewy texture, the springy feeling when you bite into the noodles. Good video. Good job. Also, I see you picked up the local customs of calling older people uncles and aunties. Very good.

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the dumpling that you ate is called Sui Kau... wantan is typically smaller and rounder. Glad that you enjoy wantan mee, that is my favorite!

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you never go wrong with some tasty noodles....love your viddiez..greets from amsterdam

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in penang are food heaven chinese , indian ,malay,korean food, japanese food ,western food, arab food. Yea another one you should try is Ikan bakar (burn fish with spicies wrap with banana leave) that is super aromatic dish (it have malay version and chinese version of it)

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I just found this one. Wonderful!

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Wantan mee is a great discovery for me at Penang. I ate one at Gurney Drive, the ones at the back. It was delicious, I kept coming back for more. Assam Laksa is also delicious, you should try Pasembur, Oyster Omelette, Penang style Rojak, and their fishball. I also enjoyed their vegetarian dishes at a hospital canteen when I accompanied my family, it was so good!

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My most favorite food in Malaysia.

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Good choice Mark. Can't agree more with you on the atmosphere here, this place is pretty laid back and peaceful to enjoy a plate of Wantan Mee in Georgetown.

[@ohbian]

hi Mark, the sauce generally consists of dark soy sauce (made with dates and soy hence it's sweet), pork lard (if you are lucky you get some crunchy chunks too), pepper, sesame oil and some stock. the dumplings you ordered separately usually have mince pork (3 part fat and 7 part meat), water chestnuts, prawns). of course comes in a bowl of hearty broth with greens and drizzle of garlic oil 😍

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Welcome to Penang. Do come back to enjoy more of Penang food.

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Both noodle dishes looked very good.

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the food looks very nice! would love to try some one day!

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i like his amuse look when he taste those food

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Omg, this dish looks SO good!

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To me Penang is one of the food paradise in global ..

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Mark that looked so yummy! I prefer fresh noodles myself but that soup/ sauce that was served with them mmmmmmmm :)

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it is a wonderful place to visit in penang beatiful place delicious food such a good place

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Wow! that's a real big bite. By the way, I'm a fan of Penang street food too!

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Looked nice! I would really like to try dumplings one day. Thanks Mark!

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Mark, you're very generous with this They were Maggi noodles with extra MSG soya sauce- uugh. No vegetables to soak up antioxidants?

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Oh yea! One of my favourite dishes in one of my favourite places. Looking forward to more Penang uploads Mark!

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I remember having tried that (not at that particular place) in Georgetown. It was good, however, my all time favorite food in Penang was Cha Kuey Tiew which is stir fried rice noodle with seafood.

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you sir are one lucky person! haha I wish I got a job like you... go around tasting food all over the place

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that looked great! :) makes me hungry. thank you for this video, great job!!!

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Ary Afzan Hey Ary, I'm back in Thailand now, but right after Langkawi we were in Penang for a week. It was great!

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Penang has the best food ever!

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Wang tang mee for me always goes with pickled green chilli Dry or Soup was the phrase, when I ordered noodles in SG! Difinitery “Dry” with soup on side

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its really good to see you...I'm really a big fan of you everyday I watch you video and iam learning a lot from you.keep it bro and I really too request you to please come to Nagaland once again.

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U should try malay food when came to malaysia. Its insanely delicious

[@__toto___]

Wantan Mee is great, yes? Actually you shouldn't pick the peaceful ones, the more people the better the food. It has always been like that here. Or it's just morning, there isn't much people. Food looks good, I'll definitely visit this place.

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hourgmorn Yah, I loved it! I'm sure there might be better in Penang, but this was pretty good I thought, and it was very close to where I was staying.

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Mark Wiens Yeah, the noodles looks good. It's actually pretty cheap for Penang standards.

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Makes me hungry, I have just eaten! I love the Wanton mee - I should make it here myself really. But it is better eating out. Sad because of Lockdown.

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Penang food is awesome. u gotta try Melaka (Malacca) food too on your next visit to Malaysia. Love Mark & Ying.

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Hey Mark, did you know that most of the curry restaurant owners in England are originally from Bangladesh, not India? Given how much the British people love their curries, you sure get an idea of how great our Bangladeshi cuisine is. I watch your vlogs on a regular basis and absolutely adore them. And I think you should definitely come visit our country one of these days and taste our rich-mouthwatering dishes. Hope to see you soon in Bangladesh!

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wantan mee-something to die for! i have to go there!

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your expression while eating is just mind blowing.........i have also had that won-ton soup, here in india in the restaurant called THE BEIJING BITES.....and yeah it was awesome.....like your videos Mark Wiens

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The most favorite food in Penang 😍

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Penang wonton noodle always goodddd

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If he makes you hungry when you watch his videos and you dont have nothing around, just have a nice cup of coffee. That always works for me.

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You should really try the asam laksa in Penang and i am sure you gonna love it.Asam laksa and asam pedas is different.Asam pedas is kind of curry but Asam laksa is some kind of noodle with sour and spicy soup.

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