Chee Cheong Fun

Chee Cheong Fun

Chee Cheong Fun usually eaten as breakfast, flat sheets made from rice flour, is steamed soft then cut up and topped with sweet sauce (tee Cheou), chilli sauce, thick black shrimp paste (Hae Ko) and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds.

Having it drenched in the shrimp paste is Penang’s specialty. You can choose to have all the sauces or request for less sauce depending on your preference and can be ordered in either ‘opened’ or ‘closed’ form. ‘Closed’ means the rice rolls will be served in its original form – rolled up, firm and intact. If ordered ‘opened’ the rice rolls would have its ‘opening’ peeled off by hand then loosened into a koay teow like shape, making them easier to coat with the prawn paste. Usually, a mixture of ‘opened’ and ‘closed’ rice rolls would be given.

There are many Chee Cheong Fun stalls in penang

Kedai Kopi Genting Cafe

Address: Lorong Delima 3, Island Glades, Penang

Business Hours: 7.00am – 12pm

GPS Coordinates: N05 22.972 E100 18.242

Seow Fong Lye Cafe – Mdm Lim Mei Fong (012-4575238)

Address: 94C, Macalister Lane, 10400 Penang

Business hours: 7:30am to 12:30pm. Closed when coffee shop is closed.

GPS Coordinates: N5 25.022 E100 19.741