Recently I mentioned in a previous Penang post that there are a number of vegetarian stalls/restaurants, which have been opened by non-vegetarians who see a better market in targeting vegetarian customers. Another one of those stalls is a famous wanton mee stall located at Batu Lanchang Food Court. Previously this same stall was selling non-vegetarian wanton mee, and subsequently switched to vegetarian. You can see on the signboard that the owner has literally crossed out the characters 蝦水 (prawn) and replaced the sign with the Chinese character that all vegetarians should be familiar with - 素.
Vegetarian Wan Tan Mee StallLocation: No.12 Batu Lanchang Food CourtContact: 016-4147299 Opening Hours: Daily 12.30am-4.00pm. Monday & Friday Closed. The
Wanton Mee available at this stall is made more in the style of Penang wanton mee, with its generous puddle of dark sauce at the bottom, which fills the ingredients with intense flavour. The juicy mushroom, crunchy vegetable and thinly sliced mock meat all worked perfectly together.
For this dish, the wanton are the soup version, and are served in a separate bowl. As I chose the large (大) portion, the size was really quite big, with many vegetables also lurking in the bowl wanton soup. For the price, there is no doubt that this dish is fantastic value for money, with the taste also being well above average.
Price: RM3.20. 8/10Conclusion - Since switching to vegetarian, this stall has built up a reputation within the vegetarian community of Penang for serving outstanding vegetarian wantan mee. Although I've eaten better in Singapore, I still agree that this wanton mee is above average and certainly worth visiting. Overall Rating
Food - 8/10
Ambiance- 6/10
Service - 7/10
Value - 8/10
