Penang Food | Wong Chau Jun – Fish Head Beehoon
For those who had never been here, the bright yellow signboard could be easily mistaken as the place serving vegetarian food but once you stepped into this place, you would know it was not a vegetarian place but rather a famous spot for fish head bee hoon.
Wong Chau Jun is located along Rangoon Road just some distance away from SeangLim Toptaste Hokkien Mee. It might be easy to miss this place as most of the shop houses here looked almost the same so the only indication you have to reach this place is the bright yellow signboard.
The restaurant itself was quite spacious and brightly lit. The ventilation around the place was quite good and not stuffy at all due to the high ceiling and few high powered fans that kept blowing. There were ample seats available even though the restaurant was full of customers.
Fish head bee hoon was the first dish arrived and it came it big claypot that could serve a few people at once, unlike the one at we had at Sungai Ara. It looked a bit like big bowl of porridge when the fish head beehoon was served to us. The ingredients were quite adequate with pieces of fishes in every scoop we took.
The soup was clear in colour and tasted sour and spicy like the Thai style. The combination of sourness and spiciness in the fish head bee hoon was addicting that Tam Ciak kept scooping one spoon after another. Fei Fei said he liked this one too but Huat Koay and Tau Hua preferred the one at Sungai Ara.
The other attraction was steamed fish with hor fun which was a unique dish available in Penang in terms of the cooking style. The dish looked pretty simple with slices of fish steamed and then added with hor fun before being served. The steamed fish with hor fun was quite nice and special with the sauce act as the seasoning to the dish as the hor fun and steamed fish were bland and almost tasteless. Still, we could taste the freshness of the steamed fish which was tasty and the smooth hor fun was just the perfect companion that came together.
A good place for lunch if you do not mind traveling here but parking can be a problem here. Sometimes you need to park at the other street and walk over to this place but lady luck is at your side if you can find parking spots just outside this restaurant. Waiting is low as well and you would get your dish normally quite fast too. No long hour waiting like the Sungai Ara one!
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find parking + wait @ Wang Zhao Jun = waiting for SG Ara one.
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cariso,
use this equation instead…
find parking (only driver) + the rest go order + waiting < = (less than) waiting at SG ara one…
makes sense? :p
wao!!!very nice!!!i wan to eat!
thx for recommend!
i like to go pg cari makan.
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~珊姑娘~,
put this in your list of places to eat next time
The last time I lunch there with a group of 10 persons, they served us with a big garoupa fish, the meat somehow is a bit hard.
But the dishes taste good.
How come there’s no xmas cap for your guest contributor one?
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allie,
don’t be angry hor…
yours still in progress, not yet done mah.. we just got the main banner done few hours ago….
I like this very much… the last time i went without my baby … so sad…
New Kid on the Blog,
make another trip in near future, ok?
Rem your baby this time
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Little Inbox,
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this is a MUST try one… veyr very nice……..
compare to the Sungai Ara one.. I prefer the one here…..
Sungai Ara waiting time killing most of the business……
Janice,
Different ppl have diff preferences. This happen to be yours right?
erm, long time bo jiak hu tao beehoon….
the taste is suppose 2 be sour and spicy punya meh????
jovyn,
isn’t that supposed to be that way here… ?
sour and spicy??
I also think the fish head noodles is not that nice. :p
Did you try their taufu? Not bad.
soo sean,
nope we didn’t try to tauhu… was it good?
the steamed fish with hor fun is new for me, looks nice & attractive^^
shell,
yea, it’s kind of unique dish that we found in Penang. Maybe it originated some where or a creative idea from the cook?
Tuapui.can u tell me tell where d place where d owner specialises in ‘loong tan’ fish whether steamed,fried,braised etc.I hav lost my direction.tks
I have been here once! Really nice and love the so called ‘thai style’ liked meehoon!
Gotta visit them again when i am back to Penang for short break.
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CazzyCazz,
Hahaha rem to keep this in your makan-makan list
for those who likes the extreme sour taste of the main dish, wong chau juin is definitely a place not to be missed!
hehe
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We’re consolidating the best eatings places in Penang mah… :D:D
wow, what a comprehensive penang food guide!!! (with great pics too) thanks for dropping by at my humble little blog. can i link u?
fatboybakes,
You’re welcome to link us
the parking problem stop me from getting there for 2nd time… I know it tastes well….
Penang Tua Pui,
My banner is up d. Thank you for the banner !
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erm, i never had “fish head beehoon” with sour & spicy flavour loo…paiseh
i tot normal punya is like keow toew th’ng soup…hehe
allie,
you’re most welcome, hope you’ll like it
jovyn,
yea, it’s a bit different from the normal fish head bee hoon…
the one at Sungai Ara also quite spicy, depending on which type you order… cause lots of chilies one..
What a great discovery for me! Will check it out soon. Tks for the review.
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I love the steamed grouper hor fun always. Great place to dine in for their signature sour soup fish bee hoon too
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lk,
time for you to make discovery too
Criz Lai,
yea, it was a wonderful place for dine in…
wow…the steam fish with hor fun look intrested…
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squall,
yup, it’s unique and interesting
Guys, thanks for korek-ing this place out. I had lunch there today and it was delicious! My parents loved it. Erm….but is it really fish head bee hoon? I have lots of pieces of fish in there but I don’t think they are fish head lah….
[...] big thank you to the good folks of Penang Tua Pui for korek-ing this place [...]
Sheryl,
glad you have tried this place yourself and that your parents loved them too… perhaps it was not fish head bee hoon.. there’s always a choice to use only fish meat instead…
yet to try this, heard my hubby say this is great.. will try one day for sure…..
I love both Sungai Ara and this one, depend where I am at the time I miss the dish.
My wife like it the most.
what a good finding, when I go back Penang, sure will go and try it out..
Jon,
if you’re outside Penang.. which one will you miss more? :p
Janice,
yea… think of what to eat when you’re home and make a list…
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I love Wong Chau Jun .. whenever i have visitors i will bring them there to try these special food…
Other of their recommended dishes are
- honey chicken
- ziu pai tauhu
- dong poh yok (I have this 3 times. The first time was the best!! superb!!!!)
- fu yu yao mah (my fav vege dish. So far they are 1 of the 2 that i tasted the best in serving this dish of course not many places have this dishes serves and not many pple like it too…)
I had just had this fish head noddle months back, but i love the taste, but i din have chance to try their hofun type. Will try it next round.
This shud be a MUST visit outlet at Penang and their quality remain even they are famous.
I have been to WongChauJuin for years (4years at least) and love the steamed fish hor fun and sour spicy beehoon. Have been bringing lots of outstation friends to this kopitiam!
This is a MUST visit kopitiam when in Penang!
i’ve tried the fish head noddle (sour & spicy), but not enough sour & not enough spicy >>> no taste.
then i tried the steamed fish hor fun. taste okay but so so only, not really excited on it.
both dishes not worth the price.
the steamfish with ho fun is something must try….. my dad will order it for sure every time dine in this restaurant.
how much for the meal ar?
I’ve eaten the steamed hor fun with fish at Alor Setar & at Pekaka Dim Sum shop in Penang, the kopitiam at Alor Setar opens until late night