Nestled within a charming alley in the bustling Air Itam market, this eatery finds itself amidst a plethora of local street food stalls.Specialising in affordable Penang-style curry mee, it offers exceptional value for money. What sets this place apart is its distinctive cooking method, utilising a charcoal stove to prepare the noodles. The resulting broth achieves a perfect balance, infused with a homemade chilli paste, spices, and rich coconut milk.

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Check out the installments in this series: Penang Food Guide | Penang Food and Travel Guide | Auntie Gaik Lean’s Old School Eatery (MICHELIN-Starred Peranakan Restaurant) | ChinaHouse (Longest Cafe in Penang) | Hameediyah Restaurant (Nasi Kandar) | Hema Hema Ice Cream (Artisanal Ice Cream) | Kafe Ping Hooi and Tiger Char Koay Teow (Traditional Coffee Shop with Popular Char Kway Teow) | JOJA Bagels (Sandwiches Made with New-York Style Bagels) | Kimberley Street Food Night Market | Lok-Lok (Street Food Skewers) | Moh Teng Pheow Nyonya Koay (Traditional Snacks or Desserts) | Penang Road Famous Laksa and Teochew Chendul | Sister Curry Mee (Curry Noodles) | Toh Soon Cafe (Traditional Coffee Shop)

Air Itam Sister Curry Mee, yang terletak di Air Itam, adalah salah satu gerai makanan jalanan yang terkemuka di Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Gerai ini dioperasikan oleh dua bersaudara wanita yang telah lama melayani masyarakat setempat dan pelancong dengan hidangan Curry Mee mereka yang luar biasa. Curry Mee dari gerai ini terkenal dengan kuah kari yang kental dan kaya rasa, yang disempurnakan dengan berbagai bahan seperti tauhu, udang, sotong, dan darah beku, yang semuanya menambah dimensi rasa pada hidangan tersebut.

Curry Me was one of our favourite dishes in Penang, similar to a traditional coconut laksa found in other parts of Asia. The Curry Mee dish is a soup formed with a combination of curry and coconut milk, typically involving yellow noodles and rice vermicelli, fried bean curd, cockles, prawns, cuttlefish, cubes of pig’s blood and bean sprouts. We weren’t too keen on the pig’s blood but without it, it was still delish!

The famous curry mee stall closes at 1pm, so it’s best to have this before heading up Kek Lok Si. The elderly sisters have been serving up mouth watering bowls of curry mee for over 80 years, and it’s great that their grand niece will be taking over from them to literally keep the fire burning. Each bowl of noodles come with an intense, flavorful curry, topped with bean curd, pig’s blood and cuttlefish strips.

Be it tourists or locals, the name Air Itam Sister Curry Mee will ring a bell to anyone who steps foot in Penang. The stand-out factor of this Curry Mee lies in the special cuttlefish chilli base with an extraordinary fragrance to it as well as the curry which is cooked over a charcoal stove. Every element in this bowl of Curry Mee vocalizes itself; truly a bowl of Curry Mee perfection by two living icons.

Curry Mee is the Penang-special curry with a preparation that is very different from other curries. This street food of Penang is served with pig blood, cockles, taufu pok, cuttlefish with fragrant broth and mild coconut milk. The chilli paste with which it is served tastes distinct for the stalls because each of them uses their own special ingredient in its preparation, to enhance the soup base.

The fame of Sister Curry Mee (暹罗姐妹咖喱面) is the hard work of the Lim sisters, who are already in their 80s. The cheerful sisters greeted every customers standing in front of their little shed with big smiles. Their curry mee are still cooked over charcoal and customers can choose either plain or fried rice vermicelli and yellow noodle.

Before entering the temple grounds, have a bite at Sister’s Curry Mee, a street food stall that has been serving delicious curry noodles since the 1946. If you prefer laksa, look for the line to Air Itam Asam Laksa instead. Afterwards, make your way to Kek Lok Si, one of the largest and finest temple complexes in Southeast Asia.

In Malaysia, there is one dish to rival all - even the famous Nasi Lemak!. This dish is so popular that it might even become the next McDonald’s ice-cream flavour, the new Miss Malaysia’s costume, or the new burger - if they can find a way to incorporate it!. We are talking about the creamy and utterly delicious curry mee.

Sister Curry Mee is the best place to eat in Air Itam market and the best Curry Mee in Penang!. Curry Mee is made of a mix of noodles drowned in rich coconut curry sauce and, in this case, topped with squid, blood curd and sambal. The place is run by two sister who have been serving this dish for decades.

Besides exploring Air Itam Market, the main reason for coming here was to check out the legendary Sister Curry Mee. Had some difficulty locating it initially as the stall was off the main road (Jalan Paya Terubong). Just need to keep an eye out for this Chinese Methodist Church.

Next, one dish that we absolutely love in Penang is its curry mee. The broth in Penang’s curry mee is kind of white or lighter in colour instead of red. It is because the broth has more coconut milk than the curry, which is why it is also known as Penang’s White Curry Mee.

After visiting Kek Lok Si Temple at Ayer Itam, we planned to have curry noodles at the famous Air Itam Two Sister Curry Mee. Unfortunately, the shop was closed when we arrived. However, an elderly lady we met there suggested another better store within walking distance.

Picture credit: malaysianfoodie.com Delicious food tastes even better when it’s rich in history. For over 70 years, the Lim sisters have been making mind-blowing Curry Mee for all Penangites to enjoy. If you pride yourself as a Curry Mee lover, this is the holy grail.

And though Georgetown gets the most attention in the guidebooks, Penang has much to offer an adventurous foodie outside the capital. Plan a route through coastal city Butterworth or Bukit Mertajam and work your way through nasi kandar, Hokkien mee, Mee Jawa and more.

In other countries like Singapore, this would be known as curry laksa. Curry mee is a dish made with egg noodles in a coconut-based curry soup. It’s typically filled with bean curd puffs, bean sprouts, pig’s blood curd, cuttlefish, shrimp, and cockles.

This is a spicy noodle soup made with a coconut milk-based broth and a mix of yellow noodles and vermicelli. It’s then topped with ingredients like prawns, cuttlefish, tofu puffs, and cockles. The spicy curry broth is what makes this dish so delicious.

Air Itam Sister Curry Mee Chee Cheong Fun at Air Itam Penang Malaysia. The famous Sister Curry Mee was founded by two iconic sisters in Air Itam, Penang since 1946. They're now in their late 80s and the stall has been taken over by their grandniece.

Curry mee is a rich, spicy and creamy coconut-based curry soup with egg noodles and is packed with flavour!. Other ingredients typically found in this dish include tofu, bean sprouts, pig’s blood curd, cuttlefish, shrimp, and cockles.

The Curry Mee here is rich, aromatic with a perfectly balanced spice and good quality cooked fish. (We bet you can’t just eat one bowl! We opted for seconds half way through finishing the first bowl. It was THAT good!)

This was one of our favorite dishes, second to the Char Koay Teow. Its unexpected flavors blew us away. Curry Mee is a unique soup made with thin yellow noodles and rice vermicelli.

A fragrant noodle soup with a spicy coconut milk-based curry, tofu puffs, prawns, cuttlefish, and cockles. 📍 Where to Try: Hot Bowl White Curry Mee, Ali Curry Mee

The coffee shop located across the Sisters Curry Mee is a stone throw away from the Air Itam morning wet market, which itself is full of interesting local flavor.

Their curry mee is great with flavorful and spicy soup broth. If you prefer a more coconut taste, you can mention it. The toppings are decent.