The Char Koay Teow here is packed with charcoal flavor, served with duck eggs inside out and sunny side up, topped with generous amount of stir fried prawns, pork lards and Chinese sausage. This Char Koay Teow is so yummy.
The Char Koay Teow here is packed with charcoal flavor, served with duck eggs inside out. Deep fried battered mantis prawns and fresh big prawn.
Bukit Mertajam used to have three duck egg char koay teow stalls and it had been like that for a long time. The stall in front of the old train station used to my favorite and it was manned by Ah Heng. Ah Heng then moved to Taman Quarry and the youngest brother took over his spot. Unfortunately, the youngest brother (pictured above) got into an accident a years ago and had to recuperate for some time. After he regained his strength, he reopened his stall outside Fresh Food Court – which can be considered a totally different side of the town.
Here's the location.
The noodles were alright, not exactly al-dente but they were okay. The interesting part was the Sambal Belacan with a mix of deep fried Shallots and Silver Fish (and a little bit of Sugar). There were a lot of things happening at the same time... sweet, savory, spicy and crisp-crunch. To add on the variety, their Shrimp Dumplings can be a decent choice.
For mains, we had Cold Chili Oil Noodles and Drunken Chicken with Sesame Oil and Noodles; both were served in a small portion. The first choice was basically starch noodles so the texture was on the chewy side but the condiments were cleverly chosen. The flavor was spot on either.... spicy but not overly so yet, it comes with an addictive chili fragrance.
The name "Tomyam Town" paints a picture, the place should not be new to Tom Yum devotees, the brand is well-established in the township of Bukit Mertajam. One of Tomyam Town's branches is located at Icon City, where clamoring crowd can be easily noticed during evenings on weekends. The restaurant adopts "help yourself" style- all possible ingredients are displayed right in front of the counter and diners are to pick their preferred ingredients to be added into the noodle-dish (though variety is limited to processed food mostly, with some frozen Seafood). Impossible to tell the prices but from our experience, it seems like the prices are reasonable and may not cause a dent on the wallet.
