THE 30 YEARS HOME RECIPE “ENG NOODLES” WANTAN MEE BY ONG FAMILY INTO 2ND GENERATION IN NORTH MALAYSIA
“Wantan Mee” or in century ago locally known ‘Tok Tok Mee’ is one of the traditional eatery frequently practised especially by Chinese religious, recently also favourites by locals and non-locals can be found everywhere in the nation. Here in Penang, we found the 30 years history home recipe wantan mee by the Ong family into second generation served in specialized noodle house.
The local originated Mr. Ong Ho Kok who born in Penang (1955-2004) was the first generation being passed onto the home recipe to his son Mr. Ong Kean Eng born 1983, was the founder and the recent owner of the famous “Eng Noodles” wantan mee noodle house at Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth.
Mr. Ong Ho Kok who all the while exposed in food and beverage industry practised in Penang began his wantan noodles career since year 1986 at his age of 31 years old, together with wife Madam Teh Siew Lan (born 1961) running their mobile noodle stall in the central market in Taman Free School with no signage reached 2004 introduce their home made recipe wantan noodles to the public.
While the 2nd generation Ong Kean Eng who with his age of 32 years old currently, touched the industry since kids helping parents in their food stall during school off and holidays been passed onto recipe to continue the family career in year 2004 running the noodle stall since age of 21 years old. Subsequent to the great response from the market and with the mission to expose further enabled Kean Eng to established his very first specialized wantan noodle house named “Eng Noodles” with lovely wife Ms. Tan Siew Wei in year 2012 at Raja Uda being recognized by visitors.
In this restaurant, their 30 years traditional home family recipe Wantan Mee surely will be the top recommended menu you must have a try when reached Penang to be served either in dry kon lou or soup. The Dry Kon Lou Wantan mee prepared with their in-house sauce made from mixture of black soya sauce, soy sauce, pork oily and sesame oil brings an authentic taste cannot found in others. Served topped with mushroom slices, char siew and boiled or deep fried home made wantan will be the perfect combinations.
Their Wantan Noodle Soup prepared in home cooked soup base boiled more than 3 hours with pork bones, ikan bilis and 7 home recipe ingredients mixture, then topped with boiled wantan, veges, char siew slice and mushroom presenting an exotic traditional bowl of delicious eatery wanted by their regulars and visitors.
Another will be their top seller Stewed Mushroom Chicken Feets which to be served with wantan noodles or as side order. Four hours stewed chicken feets with mushroom mixed boiled in their home 7 ingredients recipe will brings the chewing textures when bites and swallowed into mouth you cannot aside. Also one of the noodle house’s signature menu.
Moreover, their home made Dumpling served in soup boiled also among the recommended. Prepared mixed wrapped insided with mixtures of pork minced, fish, water chesnut, prawn and 4 ingredients mixture brings the best eatery in town, especially the taste itself and the insided meats mix textures in bites.
Nonetheless, in order to various the menus in the noodle house to meet the recent market demands, Kean Eng also introduced their home cooked Stewed Mixtures such chicken drumstick, duck drumstick, stewed chicken egg with half boiled yolk etc you cannot missed when stepped into the “Eng Noodles” wantan mee specialized shop at Butterworth, Penang.
ENG NOODLES
Address: No. 117,
Pusat Perniagaan Raja Uda,
Jalan Raja Uda,
12300 Butterworth, Penang.
Business Hours: 2:00pm to 11:30pm (Daily)
(Monday Off Day)