7 editor-picked hokkien restaurants across 2 cities.
A guide to Hokkien restaurants worth a trip, by city. We list operators, signature dishes, and the rooms locals book first.
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The best-scored Hokkien place in each of 2 cities.
Kim Lian Kee, founded in 1927 and on its Petaling Street corner since the 1930s, is credited with the dark, lard rich KL style of Hokkien mee in Kuala Lumpur.
OrderOrder the Hokkien mee, noodles fried dark with soy sauce and lard the way KL invented it.
TipThe original tin-roofed corner shop sits across the street from the larger air-conditioned Kim Lian Kee, and the outdoor tables fill after 19:00.
888 Hokkien Mee has stirred its deep-red prawn broth on Lebuh Presgrave for 30 years, the evening bowl that anchors Penang's Hokkien mee argument.
TryHokkien mee prawn noodle soup
TipAdd the loh mee gravy swirl, the mix locals call lam mee; roast pork and prawn add-ons turn it into dinner.
Kim Lian Kee, founded in 1927 and on its Petaling Street corner since the 1930s, is credited with the dark, lard rich KL style of Hokkien mee in Kuala Lumpur.
OrderOrder the Hokkien mee, noodles fried dark with soy sauce and lard the way KL invented it.
TipThe original tin-roofed corner shop sits across the street from the larger air-conditioned Kim Lian Kee, and the outdoor tables fill after 19:00.
888 Hokkien Mee has stirred its deep-red prawn broth on Lebuh Presgrave for 30 years, the evening bowl that anchors Penang's Hokkien mee argument.
TryHokkien mee prawn noodle soup
TipAdd the loh mee gravy swirl, the mix locals call lam mee; roast pork and prawn add-ons turn it into dinner.
Bridge Street Prawn Noodle serves its Bib Gourmand Hokkien mee mornings only at the far end of Beach Street, Penang's old-time daybreak bowl.
TryHokkien mee and loh mee combo
TipOrder the ham ban, half Hokkien mee and half loh mee in one bowl; it is the combination the stall is known for.
Ming Hoe Hokkien Mee fries dark soy Hokkien noodles and kau yuk mee hoon off the old third mile stretch of Jalan Ipoh in Kuala Lumpur, a family-style shop.
OrderKau yuk mee hoon with canned stewed pork, and fried fish cake.
Why locals goThe shop sits on a side road off the old third mile stretch of Jalan Ipoh, away from the city's food streets, and is known mainly to regulars.
TipThe kau yuk mee hoon is a sharing plate at about RM 40; pair it with a smaller noodle dish if dining alone.
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