If traveling to Penang, don’t forget to stop by to eat Hameed Pata Mee Sotong.
While Penang is usually synonymous with Nasi Kandar, the locals’ and visitors, FAVOURITE noodles are Mee Goreng Mamak.
The Mee Sotong Special is one of the distinct types of Mee Goreng Mamak, only available in Penang.
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong Special Esplanade Penang is the best queue-worthy spicy Mamak Noodles at Esplanade, guaranteed to satisfy any craving.
One of the best places to bring your friends to halal food!
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Where is Hameed Pata Mee Sotong?
The stall opened in 1978. It is run by the second-generation cook Shahul Hameed Syed Mohamed.
Mee Sotong Hameed Pata is in Kota Selera Padang Kota, a famous Halal Food Court near Fort Cornwallis.
The Mee Sotong stall operates daily from 12 noon until 8 pm and closes on Sundays.
Don’t be surprised if, at 11.30 am, people are waiting in line for the stalls to open.
How many calories are in Hameed Pata Mee Sotong?
When fried, Mee Goreng is a carbo-load to the max, a plate of which I’ll say is near a whopping 660 calories at the very least. Translated? You must run at least 12.8km!
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong is one of the best places in Penang to visit.
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong Menu
While most customers order the Mee Goreng Sotong, their Mee Rebus Sotong is equally delicious.
Specialties of Hameed Pata Mee Sotong
The Mee Goreng Sotong is fried in a large pan for several orders.
The cook uses a special gravy with a pre-adjusted dosage.
After the noodles are cooked, the cooked squid sambal is placed on top before serving.
Mee Rebus Hameed Pata Mee Sotong
The boiled noodles have a unique taste.
Mee Rebus Sotong is served with a reddish sweet potato-based gravy.
The taste is delicious when you eat noodles with gravy and dried squid sambal.
The taste of Mee Goreng Sotong is a bit similar to Mee Rebus Sotong, which is why the same gravy is used.
Mee Goreng Sotong here differs from the others.
It can’t be found anywhere else.
Those who are afraid of spicy can have a drink on standby.
A plate of spicy fried squid noodles with bean sprouts, potatoes, and eggs served with squid sambal and lemon slices to be squeezed to add flavor.
The taste of Hameed Pata Mee Sotong never disappoints and encompasses all flavors, namely spicy, sweet, and sour.
For many years, the taste has remained the same and delicious.
How to order a spicy Hameed Pata Mee Sotong?
Here’s the deal.
They use more oil during their preparation; think those crunchy deep-fried floury roll bits called Cucur Udang, the higher the calorie count.
Extra Sotong (squids) in tomato sauce?
Large portion?
Knockin’ an egg?
Make it extra spicy?
Since the lunchtime queue is at least twenty persons strong, getting a spicy Hameed Pata Mee Sotong plate is an epic test of patience and resilience.
The long lunchtime queue at Hameed Pata Mee Sotong
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong Sauce is cooking in the wok.
A new batch of Mee Goreng. The cook ladles over the saucy Sotong Gravy before it’s served with a garnish of fried onions, spring onions, and a wedge of lime.
What to drink with Hameed Pata Mee Sotong?
So the norm is to order a coconut shake or two and slurp as your partner stands and queues.
What is coconut shake, you’d ask? Just about every table has this order.
It’s a concoction of coconut water and sweet coconut flesh topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
I can make a version to die for with ice cream soda cubes instead of ice. 180 calories!
Nothing tastes better than Coconut Shake. Photo: Doris Lim
Recommended dessert for Hameed Pata Mee Sotong
Come to think of it, we went the whole nine yards on this and had Ice Kacang too.
There are many soft, sweet red beans, corn, palm seeds (Attap Chee) with shaved ice, two syrup types, and a scoop of ice cream on top.
Do the maths. Ice Kacang 257 calories.
Penang Ice Kacang with a ball of Ice Cream
How hot is the spicy Hameed Pata Mee Sotong Special?
Back to the famous Hameed Pata Mee Sotong (cuttlefish).
Practically every table at the food court has a plate of it.
Even though the cook fries the noodles in a vast massive wok, the taste has been consistent over the years.
The noodles are beautifully coated with gravy and cuttlefish, a tad heavy, salty, sweet, and spicy.
Almost everyone chows down on it fast.
We get so hungry waiting that we’re almost “grateful” when served.
It’s our turn.
Yayyyyyyy!!!
There are two versions of the mee: a Mee Rebus with gravy or the dry Mee Goreng.
The crowd mostly orders the Mee Goreng topped with a saucy Sambal Sotong, with soft and chewy (dried) squids cooked in a sweetly spicy sauce.
A small plate is RM5, while a bigger portion is RM7.
It’s worth the wait if you’re visiting Penang.
The mee sotong is DELICIOUS and addictive! I eat my noodles with an additional spoonful of sugar to cut the heat from the chili.
I know bad habits are hard to break.
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong is delicious!
Is there a Halal and Non-Halal Section?
The Fort Cornwallis Food Court is Halal, so you needn’t worry about eating here.
How do you order Hameed Pata Mee Sotong during MCO?
My family and I eat our favorite Mee Sotong every week, and during MCO, we will order our noodles!
The noodles arrive hot in the Hameed Pata Mee Sotong-branded wrapper, which features the big sotong and a detailed image of the boss’s headshot!
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong branding. Look out for the wrapper with a big Squid.
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong is just as tasty, eaten hot from the pack during MCO.
Hameed Pata Mee Sotong
6, Kota Selera Padang Kota Lama,
(Fort Cornwallis Food Court),
Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, 10200,
George Town, Penang.
Hours of operation: 11:30 am-8:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) Closed Sunday
