Beef Brisket Noodle Soup is a Cantonese dish of a rich slow-braised savoury-sweet beef bone broth served over Wanton Mee (Egg Noodles).
I’ve been eating this dish for over two decades.
Ngau Lam Mein, the Braised Beef Brisket Noodles, is a typical Hong Kong or Cantonese-styled dish.
Beef Brisket Noodle Soup has an unforgettable aromatic, delicious beefy, and wholesome taste.
If you’re a beef eater, you will enjoy the succulent beef brisket and chewy tendon.
A nice brunch of Beef Brisket Noodle Soup, Wantan Mee, and Sui Kow Soup.
Beef Brisket Noodle Soup
Nothing beats the taste of a rich beefy flavor made from hours of slow-braised beef bones, tripe, beef, and white radish for an aromatic beef broth.
The two-star ingredients in this dish are beef brisket and beef tendon.
A splendid Chinese sauce is known only as Chu Hou sauce, which gives this recipe its distinctive flavor.
The gravy is thick with collagen-thickened sauce, the tendons turn gelatinous, and the brisket becomes fall-apart tender!
I’ve tasted some beefy soup in Thailand’s Boat Noodles, where the collagen-rich beef tendon is cooked overnight and breaks down to make the sauce extra thick and flavorful!
Another braised beef meal I like is the Filipino dish of Angus Pares.
Cooking Tip: If you want to cook this at home, use the more expensive Bentong ginger for a more fragrant and spicier flavor profile.
What noodles should you try for the beef brisket noodles?
There are a few noodles for selection; I find the Wantan Mee (Egg Noodles) very well with this recipe.
You can choose either the thick or thin Wan Than Mee noodles.
They top your noodles with the braised beef and some soup broth.
Beef Soup Mee (Dry/Soup)
While many stalls emphasize beef balls in their bowl of noodles, Uncle believes that the beef brisket is the show’s star.
Ngau Lam Mein’s soup is a flavorful beef soup with mustard greens (Chye Sim) and chopped green onions.
Beef Soup Mee comes with a generous portion of flavourful beef pieces.
Don’t miss Uncle’s beef tendons with their jelly-like texture that melts in the mouth.
You can order more as an addition to your bowl of beef noodles.
I relish each part of the beef brisket as it has a robust, beefy, ginger flavor.
The beef brisket is incredibly tender and has a sweet flavor and a delicious mouthfeel.
Biting the thick layer of fat melts in your mouth, and it’s just right.
If you’re a fan of the tripe with its distinct honeycomb texture, I think you will like it.
I’m a strictly no-organ meat eater – except for liver, which I relish.
The tripe is neutral in taste and has a dense, chewy texture, similar to sauteed octopus but less rubbery.
Taste the robust beefy broth with well-prepared beef briskets and tendon; we reckon you will slurp it all up.
Wantan Mee Noodles (Dry/Soup) (RM4, RM5)
There are many great Wantan Mee Noodle stalls in Penang.
I just like egg noodles—springy, thin, or broad wantan noodles tossed in dark or light soy sauce and pork lard oil.
Wantan Mee with Char Siew and Chicken
Sui Kow (Chinese Pork Dumplings) (RM7, RM12)
The best Sui Kow is wrapped on the spot and boiled.
Same with the little Wantan.
The fan-shaped dumplings with folded edges are served in a tasty soup.
Sui Kow is parcels of minced meat and vegetables wrapped in a thin piece of dough.
Sui Kow dumplings have a filling of coarsely diced or whole shrimp, minced pork, and water chestnuts–this is how we make them at home.
Water chestnuts’ taste and sweetness (somewhat expensive) are far superior to yam beans used in street stalls.
Sui Kow (Chinese Pork Dumplings)
What is your craving?
Beef Brisket Noodle Soup, Wantan Mee, or Sui Kow?
Whatever your choice, beefeaters will choose the flavourful Beef Brisket Noodles Soup (Ngau Lam Mee).
If you want a delicious meal of braised beef, egg noodles, and soup, head to the pushcart at Kg. Malabar.
Beef Brisket Noodle Soup Review:
If you are not a beefeater and are not adventurous enough to try Beef Brisket Noodles Soup, you can order the plain Wan Than Mee served with Char Siew and chicken slices Wanton.
I usually top the order with either an additional bowl of Shui Kow Soup or even Wantan Soup.
Don’t worry; the Wan Than Mee soup and braised beef brisket do not have the overpowering taste of beef.
Location of the Beef Brisket Noodle Stall
If you are coming from Chulia Street, keep left.
You can see a Kopitiam, Kedai Kopi Ho Ping at the junction. Turn right in.
The stall is on your right, permanently parked outside Kedai Kopi Malabar in George Town, Penang.
Kedai Kopi Malabar
55, Lorong Kampung Malabar, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.
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Address: 55, Kampong Malabar, George Town, 10200 George Town, Penang
Business hours: Monday to Saturday, 9.00 am–5.00 pm (Sunday Closed)
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Blog Disclosure: This is a NOT sponsored blog post. All opinions are mine. The writer and friends paid for their meal.
