Frankie Char Kuey Teow

Frankie’s CKT is not unknown amongst food bloggers and lovers of the famous Penang Char Kuey Teow. Frankie’s is known for his duck egg CKT, and only regulars are privileged of this because it is not stated on the menu and it is limited. Well, not being aware of this, I ordered the regular with chicken egg and stood at the side as I watched in amusement. Frankie’s exuberance in cooking is apparent in the way he tosses the beansprouts and gracious spinkling of my lap cheong into the wok, his body and hand movements was unlike any other guy behind the wok I have ever seen. He was very friendly too. How refreshing!
For duck egg CKT it is priced at RM6, and mine is RM5.50. I took home mine and I have to say that is is quite good! I unfortunately only ate it after quite sometime after buying it, so it was already cooled down and a little lumpy but nonetheless i finished everything. Been craving for char kuey teow and this left me satisfied!

One afternoon, I was around this area and looking for some place to have a quick lunch. Saw this kopitiam with quite a number of hawker stalls in it. I’ve been here once long time ago with one of my bestie. So I decided to just have lunch here.
After rounding the area for a while, I finally parked my car creatively (double parked) because it seem to be impossible to get a proper parking spot. Everyone here double park (some even triple parked) their cars. So, I went to this kopitiam. I was clueless of what to have at first, was contemplating between char kuey teow or wonton noodles. And. I ended up with char kuey teow. The less healthy choice…
I find that the char kuey teow guy was quite funny, he wore a goggle when he’s frying my char kuey teow. I’ve never seen anyone wearing a goggle while cooking before. Besides, he’s quite a friendly guy. Felt it through the way he spoke to me when I’m ordering my char kuey teow and when he brings them over. Unlike most grumpy faced hawker operator, he was very smiley and cheerful. That’s why he caught my attention (hardly see people like this anymore).
To my surprise, his char kuey teow was really delicious (I expect it to be an ordinary char kuey teow). It reminds me of Penang’s char kuey teow (only then I notice his sign board written «Penang Fried Kueh Teow» oh my, how blur am I.) which I haven’t had in a while. It contains quite some ingredients too as compared to the normal char kuey teow (usually they only have either cockles or shrimps) which includes Chinese sausage, cockles and shrimps. I was contented with my lunch and happy that I ordered from this char kuey teow stall instead of the wonton noodles stall. I made the right choice and discovered a nice char kuey teow place.
Now, whenever I feel like having some Penang style char kuey teow, I’ll come here to this kopitiam for Frankie’s char kuey teow!